Compared with Europe, China is not a country with a tradition of drinking milk. One of the reasons is that the source of milk replacer in the Tianjin car accident is very poor. Cattle were introduced from China and Europe at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century, that is, at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Prior to this, native cattle in China were mostly yellow cattle and buffaloes, including yaks in the border areas of Tibet. No matter what kind of cows produce milk, they can't compare with cows. Secondly, in ancient China, cattle were mainly used as farming tools. In order to protect agriculture, the government has many restrictions on the edible function of cattle. So people in China drink less milk and drink it late.

In ancient China, milk and dairy products appeared later as food than in the Tang Dynasty, and they were only delicacies of princes and nobles, so the people didn't have the luck to meet each other. In contrast, goat's milk, which is not common now, was more popular in ancient times. It is worth mentioning that monks in the Tang Dynasty were not allowed to eat meat, so high-protein and high-calorie milk and dairy products became the favorite of monks. Because of the high status of monks in the Tang Dynasty, they could ask nearby farmers to provide them with milk. On the murals of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, there are many pictures of peasant women milking cows. Bai Juyi, a famous poet, is also a loyal fan of dairy products. It is difficult to get up in winter. What do you do after getting up? "Melting snow, stir-frying fragrant tea, stirring crisp and boiling mi. If you are greedy, you will realize it. If you are happy, you don't know. " Fry a cup of tea with snow water and cook a bowl of porridge with milk. I didn't expect master Bai Juyi to have such a life mood on a cold winter morning! What does the white poet want to eat in the cold spring? "The feeling of chilly spring today, ask yourself what you want. Crispy and warm onion wine, milk rehmannia porridge. " Buttered wild garlic wine and milk rehmannia porridge are both warm and appetizing. White poet is really a person who pays attention to health preservation and has a high taste in life.

In the Song Dynasty, the economy and society advanced by leaps and bounds, and milk and dairy products finally came to the table of ordinary people's homes. During the Northern Song Dynasty, in Kaifeng, the capital of rich people and free trade, there appeared a private food store "Wang Jia Cheese" dealing in milk and dairy products. In the Southern Song Dynasty, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, milk has become a common condiment in people's daily life. The great poet Yang Wanli is an official in Hangzhou. He couldn't wait for milk and cake on New Year's Eve, so he couldn't help but write a poem with emotion: "Snow leek, cream, cream, age, no milk, no cake." How can there be no milk and ghee on New Year's Eve? Yang's anger overflowed on the paper. Fortunately, Adult Yang is a talented person and understands people's feelings. It won't be difficult for the milkman to come. The poet mainland friends have begun to pin their aesthetic pursuit of visual art on milk. "Huailiucheng washes the rain and dust, and cherry cheese tastes new." Just after a new rain, I picked up the white frozen cheese and red cherry on my plate and savored them under the tree by the river. This color and texture are really a great enjoyment of vision and taste! Cherry and cheese have long been common ingredients, and you can also try the artistic conception of Lu poets.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the rapid population growth and increasing food pressure, a large number of pastures and grasslands were reclaimed as farmland, resulting in a large number of dairy cows and the loss of milk supply in society. The popular custom of drinking milk and eating dairy products in Song Dynasty gradually declined. Even so, the upper class occasionally has the habit of taking dairy products as snacks at high-end banquets. The famous essayist Zhang Dai inherited the "secret" cow cheese. He keeps a cow at home. Every day, he squeezed the fresh milk out and put it in a basin, and let it stand overnight. Then, he removed the naturally condensed essence from the milk surface and cooked it in a pot. At the same time, he added the clear juice of Lan Xue's secret tea according to the ratio of one pound of milk to four cups of tea juice. In this way, a cup of rich and fresh "milk tea" was born! Thick milk fragrance and light tea fragrance blend together. In Zhang Dai's own words, it is "winning the orchid into the heart is logical." What a romantic scholar-bureaucrat, he is so picky.

Times have changed. After the 20th century, with professional advantages, dairy cows undertook the task of providing milk sources for Chinese people. In order to enrich nutrition and improve physical fitness, the demand for milk by wealthy people has also increased greatly. In 1949, the number of dairy cows in China was only about 40,000, and by 20 10, it had reached142,000. Nowadays, it has become a way of life for China people to take a box of milk home at the supermarket on weekends or order a bottle of fresh milk for home delivery every day. Tea shops, dessert shops and ice cream shops abound, and countless patterns of milk and dairy products have been dug up. In the past, the leisure and elegance of high-ranking officials and celebrities have long been integrated into the life of ordinary families. Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people in front of Yan. That was the old days.