摘要
千里淮河,是我国南北方的自然分界线,素有"黄金水道"之称。地处淮河中游的安徽省淮南市历史悠久,早在新石器时代就有人类繁衍生息。舜,曾在此躬耕,"舜耕山"因此得名;禹在此治理淮水,"淮河第一峡"的峡山口建有禹王亭以作追思。汉初,设置淮南国。"淮南"之名即从此出。昔日,这里是西汉淮南王刘安的封地。刘安不仅主持编写了一部包罗万象的社会百科全书《淮南子》,还因在八公山上烧炉炼丹,偶然将石膏点入丹母发明了豆腐。经过代代相传,如今,用八公山豆腐精心烹饪制作的"豆腐宴"已达数十个品种,其中以"刘安点丹"和"豆腐水饺""五彩豆腐丝"尤为著名。
Huai River,which is regarded as the geographical dividing line between North China and South China,has been called as olden Waterway Located in the middle reaches of Huai River,the Huainan City of Anhui Province has a long history.As early as in the Neolithic Period,there had human beings living here.There is a famous mountain, namely hun Geng Mountian which is known for that Shun(a legendary monarch in ancient China) ever engaged in farming here.At the gateway to the irst Gorge on Huai River there is a pav...