Buddha Jumps Over the Wall---JINGJU HE

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a famous Fujianese dish most often served at lavish banquets. Preparing the dish is difficult and time-consuming, for it brings together many different ingredients.

• History

The earliest mention of the phrase “Buddha Jumps over the Wall” appears in a book from the Song dynasty (960-1279). Stories abound as to the origin of the dish’s colorful name. According to one version, the fragrant smell of the dish was so powerful that it induced a Buddhist monk to climb over the monastery wall to get a taste of it. Another version says that a monk prepared the dish one day, adding many nonvegetarian ingredients to his stew, and that when he was caught eating it he had to leap over his monastery walls to escape. But it is impossible to prove or disprove either of these versions. 

• Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and contains

1.Shark’s fin
2.Abalone
3.Japanese flower mushroom 
4.Sea cucumber 
5.Dried scallops 
6.Chicken 
7.Huan ham
8.Pork and ginseng 
Due to its unique nature, the dish has to be pre-ordered 5 days in advance.

• Relevant Information

Taiwanese Banquet Dishes--Wu, fine food program host, Broadcasting Corporation of China