行走在民国百姓的餐桌旁——《民国杭州饮食》解读与评介

Table of the Commons in the Republic Period——An Analytical Introduction to Food and Drink of Hangzhou in the Republic Period

《民国杭州饮食》是近期一部研究民国饮食文化的佳作。本文从纲领、治史观念、民国杭州名菜演变等角度,解析和评价该书。该书是全方位研究民国杭州饮食的首部著作,其在史料考证、价值立场、研究方法和撰写方式上都表现出著者治学的严谨和新意。全书生动细腻的再现民国杭州百姓饮食习俗和风貌,是该领域经典之作。

Food and Drink of Hangzhou in the Republic Period is a recent publication on food and drink of the Chinese people and the present paper is an analytical introduction to this outstanding endearour from the points of view of outline, historical approach, and evolution of famous dishes of Hangzhou in the period of Republic （1911-1949）. This book is in fact the first comprehensive work on this subject and its research of historical data, values, position, approach and presentation hest demonstrate the preciseness and creativity of the author, not to mention its vivid and meticulous description of the habit of the local Hangzhou people related to food and drink in the Republic period. It is a classic of its kind.