After the invention of tofu in ancient Liu An, Li Shizeng let tofu rush out of Asia and go to the world. What happened? The following is my careful recommendation for everyone, hoping to answer your questions.

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Tofu is the quintessence of China. Some people say that tofu should be regarded as the fifth invention of China. Interestingly, the other four great inventions, as well as the country, are all competing with us. This tofu is not even controversial.

Recently, animal protectionism and vegetarianism are popular in the western world, and it is advocated to replace animal protein with plant protein. China's tofu has become an example, which makes westerners admire it. When people from China come to the west, if they don't have better job opportunities for a while, they can make a living as long as they have the skills of making tofu. I have met more than one domestic professor who makes a good living by making tofu in the United States or Canada. The trick of turning a soybean into a white cube is similar to magic in the eyes of white people, and only China people can play it. Now the Japanese can cook tofu, but the so-called Japanese tofu, unlike tofu, is more like a failed version of China egg soup, which is tasteless to eat and a pity to discard. Therefore, eating tofu depends on China people.

The inventor of tofu is said to be Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty. There are many legends about him, including an alchemist and a gourmet. The invention of tofu belongs to the latter. The Western Han Dynasty advocated simplicity, and nobles were not allowed to use metal utensils. Everyone worked hard to eat. From the excavation of Mawangdui, we can see how much those nobles love to eat. If modern people have the ability to keep fresh, those rich and delicious unearthed foods will definitely surprise the world. Therefore, it is reasonable for Liu An to invent tofu. The inventor of tofu was a nobleman, and it was also a noble family that made tofu rush out of Asia and go to the world. Later, this person was named Li Shizeng.

Li Shizeng was the son of Li Hongzao. Li Hongzao was an important official and a leader of clean stream in the late Qing Dynasty. When he was alive, he was a little conservative and always had a hard time with westerners. However, his son born in his later years is very trendy and has no interest in Chinese studies. He didn't make any progress in the imperial examination, but he went to France to study early. What Li Shizeng learned is not clear, but what people know is that he, as the son of a nobleman, opened a tofu company in Paris and showed the appearance and taste of China tofu to foreigners on a large scale.

Li Shi has been abroad for many years, but he has never learned how to look like a foreigner. He wears a suit, but he wears a Chinese belt. When he walks, his belt stands out in front of him, which is very eye-catching. It is said that the bank in Paris once refused to let him in because of his clothes. Li Shizeng likes garlic again. In the pocket above his suit, there are garlic cloves instead of handkerchiefs. It is natural that such a role combining Chinese and Western culture should promote China's quintessence in the West. In order to make the quintessence of Chinese culture very quintessence, the teachers and coolies of Li Tseng Tofu Company were brought from China. Qi Rushan, who later helped Mei Lanfang reform Peking Opera, brought him dozens.

In this way, foreigners tasted authentic China tofu, and Li Shizeng's tofu company also made a fortune. Li Shizeng, who made a fortune, was on pins and needles in politics. Because of his good friend Zhang Jingjiang, he began to support Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party. It is said that as long as Sun Yat-sen has no money to spend, he will send a telegram with letters like ABC written on it. A stands for 1 10,000, B stands for 20,000 and C stands for 30,000. The French side knew at a glance that the money came from Paris. The dynasty to which Li Shizeng's father was loyal was overthrown, partly because of his efforts. Unfortunately, "people are still alive, and the country is still alive." Li Shizeng had to continue to be busy.

Judging from the later results, it also had a lot to do with the revolution, that is, organizing young people from China to study in France. Thousands of aspiring young people came to France and Europe. We don't know what they learned, except that a large number of * * * people poured out among them. And some of the money these people left in France came from tofu.

After China's tofu was sold abroad, it had something unusual to do with the two revolutions in China.

Introduction to Liu An:

Liu An * * * BC 179-BC 122 * *, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and the son of Huainan. In the eighth year of Emperor Wendi, 65438 BC+072 BC, Liu Chang was deposed from the throne and died of hunger strike during his journey. In the sixteenth year of Emperor Wendi, Emperor Wendi divided the original Huainan State into three letters and gave them to the Liu An brothers. Liu An was named the eldest son of Huainan Wang at the age of sixteen.

Liu An is witty, good at reading, writing and playing the piano. He was a famous thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Li Sao, written by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was the first work that China highly praised Qu Yuan and his Li Sao. He once "attracted thousands of guests" and collectively wrote Lie Hong, which was called Huainan Lie Hong or Huainan Zi. This schoolbag, Luo Yongzhen, has both historical value and literary value.

Liu An was the first practitioner in the world who tried to take off in a hot air balloon. He drained the eggs and burned them with moxa to get hot air, so that the eggshells floated.

Liu An is the founder of tofu and soybean milk in China. 1September, 99015th, Huainan held the first "China Tofu Culture Festival" to solemnly commemorate the birthday of Liu An, the founder of China Tofu, and the 2100th anniversary of his invention.

According to records, Liu An was the inventor of tofu and many health preserving methods. It is said that Liu An used soaked soybeans to grind into soybean milk for her mother to drink every day during her mother's illness. Liu's illness gradually improved and soybean milk spread to the people. About the origin of tofu, it is recorded in ancient books that Liu An accidentally mixed gypsum into soybean milk when he was making an alchemy in Bagongshan, Huainan, and made tofu through physical changes. At this point, both soybean milk and tofu originated in China, and Huainan, Anhui Province is known as the hometown of tofu in China.