There are rice noodles across the bridge in the south, and dipped in the water in the north. One south and one north, one thin and one wide, one is made of rice, one is made of wheat, but in the eating method coincides, are the staple food and soup are separated, when eating the staple food into the soup dip and eat, dip the water is also named because of this way of eating. Northern people eat soup noodles, mostly mix the noodles with the soup, or boil the noodles with the soup, or mix the noodles with the fried juice, and then fish them into the bowl to enjoy the pleasant feeling of eating noodles.
Because the noodles dipped in the water are wide and long, shaped like a trouser belt, it is impossible to eat a whole noodle in one bite, and some people describe it as "half in the bowl and half in the stomach." In fact, this is not an exaggeration, a noodle is 5 centimeters wide, nearly 1 meter long, generally a person eats 3 has reached the limit, so most noodle shops are sold on the root.
According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a farmer's family in Chang 'an. One day, daughter-in-law Li Wang to the whole family and noodles cooking, because too much and noodles, the cutting board can not be rolled out, can only be divided into noodles, even pull and shake the noodles pulled open, cooked out of the pot, and found that the noodles are too long and wide to stir, she rushed wisdom picked up a few noodles into the bowl, add noodle soup, to prevent noodles stick, and a bowl of soup, let the family will be dipped in the soup to eat. Because the noodles are wide and kneaded for a long time, the noodles are soft, smooth and sturdy, coupled with the carefully modulated juice, the entrance is delicious and the aftertaste is endless. How can you enjoy the delicious, soon such a way of eating spread, it is said that Tang Taizong also tasted this delicious, gave the book "dip in water belt noodles". From generation to generation, dipping water has become a common delicacy in the people's diet and is widely spread in the Guanzhong area.