Why are more and more people eating vegetarian food?

 品味素食 贵在心境

为什么吃素食的越来越多？

Unexpectedly, I suddenly found that there were more and more vegetarians around me. It is said that in Hong Kong, more than 200 vegetarian restaurants are doing well; In Taiwan, there are more than 2 million vegetarians in the island; In the United States, there are more than 12 million vegetarians; The membership of the Canadian Toronto Vegetarian Association has more than doubled in five years; One in six Britons have become or are considering becoming vegetarian; In Germany, vegetarian chain stores are all over the streets; Today there are 1.5 million vegetarians in Italy.

Among the vegetarians in the world, the most appealing is the Hollywood star who is active on the enchanting stage. It is said that in order to lose weight, "vegetarianism is equal to love beauty" has become their slogan of sticking to their faith and promoting vegetarianism.

From actress Madonna to sports star Lewis, more and more celebrities are waving flags for vegetarianism. They hope to extend their inner charm with a new and positive lifestyle, and vegetarian food is just the ideal choice of these star characters. Vegetarianism can resist aging, maintain beauty and keep body shape; Vegetarianism is also a lifestyle of benevolent and wise people with ancient aristocratic origins. Edison, Einstein, Tolstoy, Tagore, Sun Yat-sen, Diana and other celebrities from all ages have chosen or finally chose vegetarian food.

China's vegetarian diet has always had three routes: the palace, the temple and the folk.

Although the palace vegetarian diet is exquisite, there are too many elements of ceremony and ceremony; The vegetarian food in the temple is low in ascetic spirit, and high in rich and noble spirit; Folk vegetarianism is accompanied by seasons and customs. It is simple, simple and beautiful. It is quite ancient, but it is a pity that it is scattered and not fragmented.

The old man of Zhitang said, "Drinking tea should be under the paper window of the tiled house, with clear spring and green tea, and drinking with two or three people with elegant ceramic tea sets. You can get half a day's leisure, which can offset ten years of dust dreams. After drinking tea, you can continue to cultivate everyone's success, whether it is called profit or not, but occasional moments of leisure are also indispensable."

I think this is also the highest level of vegetarianism in our generation.

Enduring aftertaste

Tofu is the most basic and common ingredient in vegetarian diet. But it is not easy to do it well. The Wensi tofu soup of Dajue Temple is wonderful in cutting fresh tofu into thin shreds. Such thin shredded bean curd floats on the thick soup, adding a flowing beauty.

The fresh and tender shredded tofu melts in the mouth, is soft and sweet, and has no tofu taste or brine taste. Moreover, the soft and smooth shredded tofu makes the whole soup more mellow and long.

Vegetarian food is a light food, and it gives people the impression of being few, light and thin. However, although it is made from light food, Wensi tofu soup has a mellow and smooth taste, which makes people feel thick, delicious, chewable and memorable.

Dajue vegetarian stew is delicious and rich in ingredients. The whole dish includes many simple ingredients, such as gingko, mushroom, lily, asparagus, bamboo fungus, mushroom, etc., but the production is not simple.

In Dajue vegetarian stew, each ingredient has its own characteristics. The richness of ingredients not only brings sensory enjoyment - colorful and pleasing to the eye; At the same time, it also determines the richness of the taste - fresh, fresh and fragrant.

With such rich expressive power, nature has become the diversified beauty of Dajue vegetarian stew, and at the same time, it has also become the name of vegetarian food.

   不经意间，忽然发现身边吃素的人越来越多。据说，在香港，200多家素食馆生意兴隆；在台湾，全岛素食者超过200万；在美国，有1200多万食素者；加拿大多伦多素食协会的会员5年增加了1倍多；1/6的英国人已经或正在考虑成为素食者；在德国，素食连锁店遍布大街小巷；现今意大利共有150万名素食主义者。

   全球素食者中，最有号召力的是活跃在妖娆舞台上的好莱坞明星。据说，为了减肥，“吃素等于爱美丽”已成为她们坚持信念、宣传素食的口号。

  从艳星麦当娜到体育明星刘易斯，越来越多的名人为素食主义摇旗呐喊。他们希望用一种新潮而又积极的生活方式延长其内在的迷人要素，而素食恰恰就是这些星级人物的理想选择。素食可以抗衰养颜、保持形体；素食又是一种有着古老贵族渊源的、仁者和智者的生活方式。爱迪生、爱因斯坦、托尔斯泰、泰戈尔、孙中山、戴安娜等古往今来的名人大家，都曾经或最终选择了素食。

   中国的素食向来有三条路线：宫廷、寺院、民间。

   宫廷素食固然讲究，但有太多的礼和仪式的成分；寺院素食低的有苦行僧气，高的有富贵气；民间素食与时令、风俗为伴，朴实淳美，颇饶古风，可惜星星点点，不成片段。

  知堂老人云：“喝茶当于瓦屋纸窗下，清泉绿茶，用素雅的陶瓷茶具，同二三人共饮，得半日之闲，可抵十年的尘梦。喝茶之后，再去继续修各人的胜业，无论为名为利，都无不可，但偶然的片刻悠游乃正亦断不可少。”

我想，这也是我辈凡人食素的最高境界吧。

   耐人回味

   豆腐是素食中最基本、最普通的食材。但是要想把它做好却并非易事。大觉寺的文思豆腐羹，妙在将新鲜的豆腐切成细丝入羹。如此纤细的豆腐丝漂浮在醇厚的羹烫之上，别添一种流动之美。

  鲜嫩的豆腐丝入口即化，温软香甜，毫无豆腐味和卤水味，而且软滑的豆腐丝使整道汤羹更加醇厚，绵长。

   素食本是清淡之品，给人的印象也不免寡、淡、单薄，然而虽然取材于清淡的材食，文思豆腐羹却自有醇厚、香滑的口感，让人备感厚重、鲜美，耐人咀嚼、回味。

   大觉素烩赏心悦目，食材丰富。整道菜包括银杏、香菇、百合、芦笋、竹荪、滑子菇等多种简约食材，但出品却并不简单。

   在大觉素烩中，每种食材都葆有自己的特点，食材的丰富，不仅带来感官的享受——色彩缤纷，赏心悦目；同时也决定了口感的丰富——鲜嫩、清爽、唇齿留香。

  如此丰富的表现力，天成了大觉素烩的多元之美，同时也再正了素食的寡、淡之名。

 (This article is an original article by Zhuge Changqing, and the pictures are selected from the Internet. Welcome to forward it, and please indicate the source for forwarding)

Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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