Noodles｜面

说文解字系列 In this series Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters today we explore the character for face or noodles Nine thousand years ago in the distant Fertile Crescent someone discovered a miraculous seed It was the first time humanity found wheat golden wheat stalks shimmering under the sun That seed crossed mountains and rivers journeying for six thousand five hundred years before finally arriving in China From then on China had a miraculous food and the Chinese named it with this character The character for noodles was born three thousand years ago on oracle bone script The passage of time has not changed it From then on the Chinese table saw thousands and thousands of kinds of noodles Northerners love knife-sliced noodles the dough blades flying from the knife into the boiling pot Beijingers prefer noodles with soybean paste yellow bean paste and diced pork with cucumber and bean sprouts one bowl fills the stomach Wuhan people cannot live without hot dry noodles the fragrance of sesame sauce is the morning greeting every day Sichuan people have dan dan noodles the担担 carried the brine through the streets awakening memories across generations Jiangnan people have spring sunshine noodles clear broth and white noodles scattered with scallions the gentlest taste of spring Every place has its own bowl of noodles Every family kitchen hides its own bowl of noodles That bowl of noodles might be the hand-rolled noodles mom made getting up before dawn kneading and rolling the dough That bowl of noodles might be the spring sunshine noodles grandma made standing at the stove bent over dropping the noodles one by one into the pot That bowl of noodles might be the egg noodles mom brought to the bedside when you were sick as a child That bowl of noodles might be the last bowl before leaving home and the first bowl upon returning That bowl of noodles might be the longevity noodles on your birthday when mom said may your life be long and smooth What flavor is the bowl of noodles in your heart It is the flavor of mom the flavor of grandma the flavor of home It is the dim yellow light the steaming mist hands covered in flour A bowl of noodles is a home and this single character is filled with Chinese peoples love for home No matter how far you go there is always a bowl of noodles waiting for you to come home 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动