龙须面 (lóngxūmiàn) · dragon-beard noodles

Measure Word

一碗龙须面 wǎn

Meanings

1 dragon-beard noodles
2 hair-thin hand-pulled noodles

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Very fine wheat noodles, as thin as hair, a traditional noodle of the north that is now an everyday food. The hand-pulled kind is a banquet dish and is sometimes deep-fried.

Contains wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

师傅几分钟就把一团面拉成了龙须面。

Shīfu jǐ fēnzhōng jiù bǎ yìtuán miàn lā chéng le lóngxūmiàn.

In a few minutes the chef pulled a lump of dough into dragon-beard noodles.

HSK 6

二月二龙抬头那天，北方人有吃龙须面的习俗。

Èryuè èr lóngtáitóu nàtiān, Běifāng rén yǒu chī lóngxūmiàn de xísú.

On the second day of the second lunar month ("Dragon Raises its Head"), northerners traditionally eat dragon-beard noodles.

Tips

culture

A 拉面 (hand-pulled noodle) showpiece: the master folds and pulls the dough through many halvings - 128, 256, 512 strands - until each noodle is as thin as a human hair. Eaten on 二月二 (the 'Dragon Raises its Head' day) for luck, when its fine strands symbolize the dragon's whiskers. Also survives as a fried dessert (龙须酥).