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Instant Boiled Jiu Mentou (nine pars of the body of an ox), Longyan

Instant boiled in wine refers to a processing technique — put meat or fish slices into the rice-wine mixed boiled water for a little while and then it would be ready for eat. The so-called Instantly Boiled Jiu Mentou means taking nine parts of the body of an ox— tongue, tripe, heart, the connection part between belly and intestine, ridge, heart blood tube, kidney, and stomach, into the boiled water with wine. The nine parts, which are called by Xinquan people the Jiu Mentou, signifies nine major characteristics in Han opera, such as the female character, the male character and the clown.