The development of history
Puyuan Town is located in the east of Tongxiang City. The ancient place name of Puyuan Town is Xu Li, also known as Yu Er. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal built in the Qin Dynasty passed through the territory. Before making suggestions in Song Dynasty, it was a grass market, which was called "Lake Tour", "Beautiful Scenery" and "Pu Chuan". Lang Pufeng wrote that he traveled south to An (now Hangzhou) with a captain riding a horse, and then moved to a secluded lake where Pu's family lived. The sixth Sun Pudou helped Song Lizong to go south, was promoted to assistant minister of official department, and was awarded the first Puyuan, hence the name of the town. In the 11th year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1307), Pu Jian invested to build a house and open a street, built four big tooth shops, collected mechanical products, "invited people to trade" and "merchants from afar came here", so it was also called Yongle City.
Puyuan celebrity
Puyuan Celebrity Puyuan is outstanding and has produced many celebrities, such as Chen Juanhong, a world famous model, Huang Zhiquan, governor of Jiangxi Province, Zhu Yongguan, deputy director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Zhu Yongchun, a famous teacher in Zhejiang Province, and so on. The ancestors of Puyuan were also very great people.
Puyuan culture
Puyuan has always attached importance to compiling local chronicles, and there have been 15 kinds since Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the Records of Puyuan, there were 185 people and 380 kinds of writings in the past dynasties, which left a rich cultural heritage for the town people. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Shadow Play, Puppet Show, Pinghua Tanci and other operas came to Pu for performances. The performances of operas were generally held in Miaotai, Hunan and there were many bookstores in the town. In the 1920s, Puyuan began to show silent films. In the 1940s, there was a theater in the town. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were Yi Shu, Yixue, Xiangyun Academy and a women's association that advocated women's studies. During the Republic of China, there were two complete primary schools, 13 primary school, and vocational schools such as weaving workshops and mechanical primary schools. 1947, puyuan went to Shanghai to initiate the establishment of private meijing junior high school. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was transformed into Tongxiang County No.3 Middle School.
Su mutton noodles-a traditional snack in Puyuan
"Crispy mutton noodles" is a traditional diet in Puyuan town, which is sold in all food restaurants in winter and spring. Mutton is selected from the "Flower Goat" born that year (mutton is tender, with low smell, goat is the best, followed by Hu goat). Slaughter, remove hair (without peeling), clean, cut into small pieces, each piece is about 4 ounces, stacked in a large pot, each pot is about 80 pieces, with PJ, soy sauce, sugar, Shaoxing wine, ginger and red dates. Noodles were made of fine water (as thick as thread) shaken by the noodle-making workshop in the town that day. People can take it out in a large pot of boiling water (commonly known as healthy noodles), put it in a big bowl full of mutton soup, cover it with a piece of crispy mutton (you can choose it yourself if you like to be fat or thin), and sprinkle some onions, garlic or Chili powder at will to eat. The mutton is crisp, tender and smooth, with rich flavor, the noodles are soft and elastic, the soup is thick and shiny, and the color and flavor are good.