The unique natural conditions, the culture after thousands of years and * * * have created Laifeng's heavy "fish culture".
1985, after tasting Laifeng fish, Yang Xuanting, a famous calligrapher, happily wrote the book "The Beauty of Fresh Fish", praising Laifeng Laifeng for its delicious taste and becoming famous at home and abroad.
"Laifeng Fish" is the originator of the popularity of "Jianghu dishes" in Chongqing in recent years, followed by spicy chicken, taro chicken, post office crucian carp and Taian fish.
Later, these well-known "Jianghu dishes" did not get rid of the influence of "Laifeng fish" in cooking techniques.
Outside the Tang Cheng Dajiang Arowana Workshop at the south gate of Bishan District, there is a small Laifeng Fish Culture Square, where all the stories of Laifeng Fish can be found.
Before the Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway was completed and opened to traffic, Laifeng Town has always been the only place and an important node of Chengdu-Chongqing traffic artery.
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when Huguang filled Sichuan, a large number of immigrants from the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River came to Laifeng. In addition to farming and raising fish, they also brought the technology of cooking fish from the south of the Yangtze River to Bayu, and combined it with the Sichuan flavor of Bayu to form Laifeng fish, which combines the flavors of Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong and Hunan cuisine with Sichuan cuisine.
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Laifeng, a satellite city in Chongqing, was crowned with famous chefs, which greatly promoted the progress of cooking skills of Laifeng fish and made Laifeng fish famous.
In the heyday of Laifeng Fish, famous performing artists Zhang Ruifang, singers Li Danyang, Cai Guoqing and many politicians also wanted to taste Laifeng Fish through Bishan.
After tasting Laifeng fish, Benchang You happily wrote the praise of "Laifeng fresh fish is the best in the world";
Chinese restaurants in San Francisco and other places in the United States have also hanged signs that operate Laifeng fish.