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[quote=ICEBERG,259093]Well, the authentic 'ants climbing a tree' should have minced black fungus in. Those small pieces of black fungus look like ants and the dry noodles are 'branches of the tree'. It is said that this dish has something to do with Dou E, a character in The Injustice to Dou E written by Guan Hanqing. To get more information about Dou E, you could have access to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Injustice_to_Dou_E.

Dou Tianzhang (father of Dou E) sold Dou E to his debtee as a child bride in order to raise some money for taking part in the imperial examination. Unluckily, Dou E's husband died after they got married. Thus, she burdened the responsibility to take of her mother in law. Their life was hard because her mother in law suffered a serious illness. To take good care of her mother in law, Dou E not only brought her to see doctors but also tried her best to make delicious dishes to help her recover soon. However, they were too poor and could not afford to buy pork. Without other ways, she begged the butcher and had little pork on tick. Actually she did not know what dish she could make with this little pork. Finally, she used some left dry bean noodles, black fungus and pork to cook 'ants climbing a tree'.[/quote]

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