Uncle Yu Chenggang, who lives in Jingjing Hutong, is 75 years old this year and is a true old Beijinger.

He went out early this morning to take a look at his precious thrush, and then returned home after breakfast.

As usual, scroll through the subscribed studies to learn about what is happening outside.

Elderly people don't have much interest in sports and entertainment news. When reading newspapers, they mainly read news reports from home, abroad and Beijing.

He was looking at the big news on the front page when a headline caught his eye.

Following the introduction below, Uncle Yu immediately turned the newspaper to the page of the report and couldn't wait to read it.

“Since Hongxing Building, one of the ‘Eight Buildings’ in our city, closed down last year, the century-old dumpling tradition has disappeared from public view.

Recently there was news that the dumplings from Hongxinglou had reappeared. The reporter rushed to the restaurant mentioned in the news - Wenquanchun..."

The following report briefly introduces a few sentences about the history of Wenquanchun’s time-honored brand, and also mentions a few words about Yang Zhenxing’s previous experience.

Seeing this, Uncle Yu remembered what happened to this time-honored brand, or rather what happened to Yang Zhenxing.

Most people in Beijing are impressed by the cooking competition held in Beijing last year.

Later interviews with Yang Zhenxing in newspapers and magazines made many people remember this stunning young man.

It can be said that Yang Zhenxing has become somewhat popular with some people in Beijing.

Just like Uncle Yu, after seeing the report, he can remember who he is and have an impression in his mind.

Knowing what was going on at the 'place where the incident occurred', Uncle Yu continued to look down.

"This year, Wenquan Chun made several changes and contacted the former dumpling chefs of Hongxinglou, and invited most of the chefs to Wen QuanChun.

According to Master Yang, in order to let the neighbors eat Hongxinglou’s dumplings again.

Wen Quanchun prepared the raw materials for 100,000 dumplings before the winter solstice to fully meet the festival needs of the people of the capital.

In addition to common fillings, dumplings with traditional flavors such as dried spinach fillings are also specially prepared for citizens to choose from."

Seeing this, Uncle Yu Chenggang put down the newspaper, and his thoughts drifted away with his memories.

Born in the late first decade of this century, Uncle Yu’s childhood was still during the Republic of China.

When he was just four or five years old, his grandfather or father often took Yu Chenggang to play on the overpass not far from home.

Or go to the goldfish pond to see goldfish, or go to the theater to listen to a play, or more often, go to the street to watch folk artists performing on the street and taste Tianqiao delicacies.

At that time, there were famous actors and actresses such as Liang Yiming, a young Ma Lianliang, Meng Xiaodong, a female veteran of the Yu School, and Fu Zhifang, Mrs. Mei Lanfang.

There are also cross talk masters Chang Lian'an, Hou Baolin, Guo Ruilin, Wang Fengshan, Lian Kuoru and other folk art stars who have all performed at Tianqiao.

Peking Opera, Pingju Opera, folk arts, martial arts, miscellaneous notes, and hundreds of artists of all kinds.

All of them are elites in various fields, with exquisite arts and unique skills.

At that time, Tianqiao was divided into east and west markets.

Because the East Market is close to the Temple of Heaven and the area is small, there are mostly shops selling small businesses.

The Xiannong Temple in the west is not as big as the Temple of Heaven, so the West Market is larger and more prosperous than the East Market.

Especially the triangle area on the north side of Beiwei Road, the south side of Yongan Road, and the west side of Yongnei Street.

The Peking General Chamber of Commerce, North China Theater, Kailang Theater, as well as Dangui, Tianle, Xiaotaoyuan, Wanshengxuan and other theaters are all located in this area.

After liberation, Dangui Theater was renamed Tianqiao Cinema; Tianle was renamed Tianqiao Auditorium and is now the location of Deyun Society;

Among them, Wanshengxuan's Pingju opera is the most influential and well-known.

Hua Shulan, Xin Fengxia, Xing Shaoying, Wei Rongyuan, Xi Baokun, Zhao Lirong and other famous actors have performed here.

After liberation, it was renamed Wansheng Theater, and the plaque was inscribed by Mr. Lao She.

When Yu Chenggang was a child, there were eight monsters from the third generation of Tianqiao.

They are Da Jinya, Shen San, Saihuo Donkey, Xiao Yunli Fei, Jiao Dehai, Da Bing Huang, Guaizi Dingzhuan and Rubbing Oil.

"Go to the overpass to see things, go to Dashilan to buy things" was what people in the capital talked about at the time.

A large number of folk artists gathered here, and over time it became a cultural holy place.

As the number of people increased, various traveling merchants, street stalls and shops, restaurants and snacks, teahouses and restaurants also appeared in response to demand.

There is a complete range of Beijing snacks, and there are many time-honored brands, the most famous of which is Tianqiao’s ‘Three Kings’.

The three kings are the barbecue king, the tortoise teahouse and the bean juice king.

There are many bean juice sellers all over the capital, but at first there was only one Bean Juice King in Nancheng.

Later, when the business was sluggish, Bean Juice King moved to Cai Shi Kou next to the vegetable market, and later developed into today's Nan Lai Shun Restaurant.

As for Chenggang, there are four big families in Douzhier in Beijing.

Douzhier Zhang in Liulichang, Shuji Douzhier in Tianqiao, Douzhier Xu and Douzhier He in Dong'an Market.

In addition to douzhier, Tianqiao is also famous for its tofu naobai, explosive belly stone, etc.

However, there are dozens of famous restaurants running over the bridge from south to north, the most famous of which is the long-lasting Hongxing Dumpling House.

Yu Chenggang still remembers the first time he ate dumplings at Hongxing Tower when he was five years old.

At that time, he was eating three kinds of fresh food, and he ate more than half a catty in one go, making him groan even when he walked.

From that time on, he became a regular customer of Hongxinglou Dumplings.

In the 1960s, when he learned that Hongxing Tower had reopened, he was so happy that he tightened his belt and went to eat dumplings with his family.

I came back and ate Wo Wo Tou pickles for a long time.

Until Hongxinglou canceled dumpling sales in the first few years, Yu Chenggang would often go to Hongxinglou to eat dumplings.

Last year, when he heard that the restaurant was closed again, he thought he might never have the familiar taste again in his life and could only savor it in his memories.

I didn't expect to see this news in the newspaper now.

It reminded the old man of his childhood memories and the old taste that was ingrained in his bones.

"Dad! Dad! What's wrong with you?"

Yu Chenggang's eldest son has not yet retired and is preparing to go to work.

When he saw his old man sitting in the courtyard, motionless with a newspaper in front of him, he was frightened!

I quickly left my bike behind and came over to see the situation.

Yu Chenggang was not angry when his memories were interrupted. He looked up at his son, picked up the newspaper and said as if nothing happened:

"I just remembered something. Why don't you go to your class?"

When Yu Yu saw that everything was okay, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and picked up the car, and was about to go out, when he was stopped again.

"Don't be busy walking yet, come here."

Yu Chenggang pointed to the address on the newspaper report and said: "Remember this place, our family won't make dumplings during the winter solstice. You can go here and buy a few kilograms of dumplings after get off work."

Looking at the familiar name in the title, Yu Yu seemed to think of something. He looked at his father and said, "I know, Dad, I'll ride over there after get off work today to take a look."
Chapter completed!