What is the historical allusion to eating tofu ?

Today, "eating tofu" has become synonymous with taking advantage and sexual harassment. Have you ever wondered how "eating tofu" evolved into the meaning of taking advantage, and what historical allusions are there? Today, let's take a look at the past and present lives of "eating tofu".

There are two historical allusions about the evolution of "eating tofu" into taking advantage. The first historical allusion has the highest credibility, which is said to be in the Han Dynasty, Chang'an Street.

There is a tofu shop opened by a husband and wife, the proprietress is born beautifully, the style is various, people send "tofu Shih, in order to attract customers, it is inevitable that there will be a show of amorous behavior, attracting the men around to always take advantage of the proprietress in the name of eating tofu. Therefore, it also caused the jealous wives to be dissatisfied, and they started with "You went to eat tofu again today?" To express jealousy and dissatisfaction.

So, over time, "eating tofu" has become synonymous with men taking advantage of women.

The second allusion is that in ancient funerals, there was a custom of eating tofu rice, and ordinary people would ask someone to help when there was a funeral at home. At mealtime, the host will provide tofu rice to the helper. However, some idle people will fish in troubled waters, and they will not help, but they will also sit down at the dinner table and eat.

For the kind of guys who don't work and go to eat, they say that they eat tofu. Later, "eating tofu" took on the meaning of taking advantage.

Tofu has four characteristics: white color, fine face, tender quality and soft nature, which is in line with the characteristics of "young woman" with fair and delicate skin and weak temperament. Therefore, "eating tofu" is used to take advantage of girls and sexually harass. Everybody, you are interested in "eating tofu".

In the 30s of the last century, Shanghai began to circulate the humorous and ironic new phrase "eating tofu". The more typical and common in life is that some men like to laugh with women, and even use their hands and feet to take advantage of something, which is called "eating tofu". Of course, there are also women who eat men's tofu, Xiao S

I like to be on variety shows.

Eat the tofu of various male stars.

This is a beautiful woman who opened a tofu shop with her husband, and the business didn't work, and then when she came out, many men came to eat tofu to see her, so I said this.

One of the most credible theories is: It is said that during the Han Dynasty, there was a tofu shop opened by a husband and wife on Chang'an Street, and the proprietress was born beautifully, with all kinds of charms, and was called"Tofu Shih Tzu"In order to attract customers, it is inevitable that there will be a show of style, which will attract the men around him"Eat tofu"In the name of flirting with the proprietress in the tofu shop, touching the proprietress when paying the copper plate, etc.

Later,"Eat tofu"It has become synonymous with men and thin women.

It is said that in the Han Dynasty, there was a tofu shop opened by a husband and wife on Chang'an Street, the proprietress was born beautifully, the style was varied, people sent "Tofu Shih", in order to attract customers, it was inevitable that there would be a show of amorous behavior, which attracted the men around to always take advantage of the proprietress in the name of eating tofu. Therefore, it also caused the jealous wives to be dissatisfied, and they started with "You went to eat tofu again today?" To express jealousy and dissatisfaction.

So, over time, "eating tofu" has become synonymous with men taking advantage of women.

What is the allusion to "eating tofu" that we casually said, listen to Mr. Zhao vividly tell this allusion.

After the advent of tofu in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, it quickly became a very favorite snack of the common people. At that time, the popular way to eat it was to put a large piece of tofu in a bowl, sprinkle it with condiments, and eat it with a knife while cutting it into small pieces. As a result, countless such tofu fast food restaurants have appeared.

At that time, there was a small tofu shop opened by a husband and wife on Chang'an Street, the proprietress was originally beautiful, and the tofu with beauty function was often eaten, and naturally it was fine skin and tender meat, known as "Tofu Shih".

In order to attract customers, "Tofu Shih Tzu" inevitably has a flirtatious behavior, attracting the surrounding men to go to the tofu shop to flirt with the proprietress in the name of "eating tofu", and move their hands and feet, such as touching the proprietress when paying the copper plate. As a result, the wives of the vinegar sea were dissatisfied, and often thought "You went to eat tofu again today?" "Come and reprimand your husband.

Later, "eating tofu" became synonymous with men and women.

Related allusions

Allusion 1 It is said that in the old days, the tofu shop was mostly a husband-and-wife shop, the husband got up in the middle of the night to grind tofu, and the wife sold tofu during the day, and the proprietress of the tofu shop took tofu as a regular food, and naturally gave birth to fine skin and tender meat. So, the jealous wives were dissatisfied, and thought "Are you going to eat tofu again today?" "Come and reprimand your husband.

Since then, "eating tofu" has become synonymous with men and thin women.

Allusion 2: In the old days, there was a habit of "eating tofu". There must be tofu in the meal prepared by the bereaved family, so going to the bereaved family to mourn and eat is called "eating tofu", also called "eating tofu rice". In the past, when there was a funeral in the families of farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it was necessary to invite some people to help if they wanted to move a corpse from their homes to the cemetery for burial.

When it was time to eat, the host set up a few tables in the courtyard or in the open space in front of the door, and served the food to the villagers who helped. But at this time, there will also be a few idle people, who are busy and do not help, but they also sit down at the dinner table and eat. Even if he is discovered by the master, it is inconvenient to pick him up.

The meals for funerals are relatively simple, mainly tofu, and white is the main color of the funeral.

Some fellow villagers who went to help said that they were going to eat tofu rice because they were afraid to go to the bereaved family to help. For the kind of guy who doesn't work and goes to eat, he also says that he eats tofu. This is probably the ** of the word "eating tofu".

Tofu is a nutritious and time-honored ingredient, and the public's love for tofu has promoted the progress and development of the tofu making process. The main production process of tofu is pulping, that is, making soybeans into soybean milk; The second is coagulation, that is, soybean milk is coagulated into a gel containing a large amount of water under the combined action of heat and coagulant, that is, tofu.

In the old days, most of the tofu shops were mom-and-pop shops, and the husband grinded tofu, and the wife sold tofu during the day.

Chinese characters can accurately express our emotions, which is difficult for any country in the world to surpass. In addition, there are many aspects of Chinese character expression, such as the two words we often use in daily life, "eat tofu" and "eat jealousy". If taken at face value, eating tofu and jealousy are both common behaviors in our daily lives.

But if it is used in a special context or scene, it has another meaning. So when did these two words become rich? What kind of allusions are there behind it?

Let's first talk about the origin of tofu, which can be traced back to the Han DynastyIt is said that in order to achieve a state of immortality, Liu Bang's descendants collected soybeans and salt products in the current Anhui region for a hundred years to refine, but in the end, the elixir was not refined, but a lot of "tofu" that was white and solidified together was refined. Because of this, the technology of making tofu slowly flowed to the people, and by the middle of the Han Dynasty, tofu had become a very common food on the market.

At that time, there were many tofu shops opened by husband and wife, and as we all know, tofu has the effect of beautifying the face, so the proprietress of the tofu shop is white and beautiful. In order to attract more customers to buy tofu, the proprietress will inevitably show off her demeanor, so many male customers came to interact with the proprietress who sold tofu in the name of eating tofu, and even used their hands and feet. The wives of these men who went to "eat tofu" will naturally be very unhappy, and when their husbands come back, they will ask, "Did you go to eat tofu again today?" , so "eating tofu" has another meaning.

Let's talk about the origin of "jealousy" again. It is said that Li Shimin rewarded him with several beauties in order to thank Fang Xuanling, but Fang Xuanling's wife was very opposed to this, so Fang Xuanling did not agree. Then Li Shimin sent someone to Fang Xuanling's house and threatened Fang Xuanling's wife that if she still questioned and objected, she would be able to drink poisonous wine and die.

Who knew that Fang Xuanling's wife had a strong temperament, and she actually took the poisoned wine and drank it all because she looked like a fierce woman.

However, this is not poisonous wine at all, but vinegar, which is just a test for Li Shimin to his wife. After Li Shimin learned about this, he smiled and teased Fang Xuanling, in this case, you should listen to your wife's words carefully, it seems that you have not enjoyed the life of your wife and concubine, lest your wife be crazy and jealous for this. It is precisely because of this story that jealousy has another meaning.

What do you think about this?

At that time, there was a small tofu shop opened by a husband and wife on Chang'an Street, the proprietress was originally beautiful, and the tofu with beauty function was often eaten, known as "Tofu Shih", in order to attract customers, it was inevitable that there would be a show of amorous behavior, which attracted the men around to always flirt with the proprietress in the name of eating tofu, and moved their hands and feet. Later, eating tofu became synonymous with men and thin women; Tang Taizong Li Shimin gave Fang Xuanling several beauties to cut. Fang Xuanling is a famous wife in history, and she doesn't dare to accept it.

Li Shimin expected that Mrs. Fang Xuanling was a fierce woman, so he didn't dare to be rewarded, so he sent a eunuch to hold a pot of poisonous wine. If Mrs. Fang did not accept the concubine, she would give her a drink of poisonous wine, but who knew that Mrs. Fang took the poisonous wine without fear and drank it with tears, but she did not die, and it turned out that the pot was filled with vinegar. The story of jealousy spread, the taste of vinegar is sour, and the taste of jealousy is also sour, so jealousy has become synonymous with jealousy between men and women due to the intervention of a third party.

There is a small tofu shop opened by a husband and wife on Chang'an Street, the proprietress is already beautiful, and the tofu with beauty function is often eaten, and naturally it is fine skin and tender meat, known as "Tofu Shih", which attracts the surrounding men to go to the tofu shop to flirt with the proprietress in the name of "eating tofu", and move their hands and feet. The wives who are churning in the sea of vinegar are not satisfied, and often start with "Are you going to eat tofu again today?" "Come and rebuke their husbands.

Later, "eating tofu" became synonymous with men and women. Li Shimin expected that Mrs. Fang Xuanling was a fierce woman, and Fang did not dare to be rewarded. So he sent a eunuch to hold a pot of "poisonous wine" to send a message to Mrs. Fang, if she did not accept these beautiful concubines, she would be given to drink poisonous wine, but it was vinegar, so "jealousy" became synonymous with jealousy between men and women due to the intervention of a third party.

After work, I often go to the countryside, and I inevitably eat in the countryside. My leader is a technical cadre, and he is known for his meticulousness, which is the kind of person who can tell whether the mummy of 3,000 years ago is a fake or not, and he is also very helpful and cultivated for my juniors. That's why I have a lot of respect for my leaders.

There was a meal in a restaurant in the town, the town, but the hotel grade is said to be not low, the South Star Hotel, when ordering a shallot, I asked for a shallot, mixed with tofu, this is the leader likes to eat the dish, a clear and white, refreshing and delicious, especially for the taste of northerners. So after the food comes up, I rarely fight with the leaders, after all, there are still many dishes, and the children from the countryside are still quite sensible. This time is no exception, the tofu stopped in front of the leader, so that he could eat more and do what he liked.

In fact, the most I learned from the leader was meticulous, until there was a trend that the blue was better than the blue, of course, it was all a later story, not to mention it for the time being. From the angle from which I was sitting, I happened to see the back of the tofu, also known as the backlight, and I noticed that this piece of tofu was a little abnormal. Normal tofu is boxy and square in section, but this piece of tofu is trapezoidal and short at the top and long at the bottom.

My experience of buying tofu since I was a child tells me that if the chef's knife skills are not very good, the tofu is not fresh. But look at the leader to eat with relish, I can't say anything, the owner knows that the leader loves to eat tofu, deliberately asked for a plate, I observed that it is still trapezoidal, basically can be determined that the tofu is not fresh, rural people commonly known as collapsed, belongs to the morning can not be sold, to the afternoon need to be cheap to deal with the situation. It's hard to say anything, the leader is the expert authority on eating tofu, and I'm just a little white, he seems faceless when he says it, so I can only clean myself and love myself and not eat it.

After eating, I went back to the city. The next day, the leader came quite late, saying that he had a stomach trouble at night and tossed all night. I don't dare to mention the tofu thing, how embarrassing it is for the leader.

It wasn't until a long time later that my colleague said that he leaked his mouth and let the leader hear it, and called me over for a big lecture on other insignificant things, and I was still confused and didn't know what was wrong. Fortunately, the leader still understands my character, has always been good to me, last year I sent a WeChat circle of friends to mention this, the leader who does not often play WeChat also gave me a big like, a bit of the right number to sit down.

Only I know that the leader does not recall the fiery fighting life of his youth, but he can never go back. I have the shadow of his struggle back then.