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	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[Mixian]]
	* [[Yunnan Food]]		* [[Yunnan Food]]
	* [[Guilin Rice Noodles]]		* [[Guilin Rice Noodles]]

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	\|description=Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles are a Yunnan specialty: rice noodles assembled tableside in a steaming broth with meats, vegetables, and egg.		\|description=Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles are a Yunnan specialty: rice noodles assembled tableside in a steaming broth with meats, vegetables, and egg.
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	\| image = Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles.jpg		\| image = Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles.jpg
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	\| alternate_name = Guoqiao mixian; 过桥米线		\| alternate_name = Guoqiao mixian; 过桥米线; crossing-the-bridge noodles
	\| pinyin = Guòqiáo mǐxiàn		\| pinyin = Guòqiáo mǐxiàn
	\| type = Rice noodle soup		\| type = Rice noodle soup
	\| course = Main course		\| course = Main course
	\| country = China		\| country = China
	\| region = Yunnan		\| region = Yunnan (Mengzi / Kunming)
	\| other = Yunnan specialty		\| other = Yunnan specialty; tableside assembly in scalding broth
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	'''Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles''' (Simplified Chinese: 过桥米线; Traditional Chinese: 過橋米線; Pinyin: ''Guòqiáo mǐxiàn''), also called '''guoqiao mixian''', are a signature [[Yunnan Food\|Yunnan]] rice-noodle soup. Diners receive a bowl of very hot broth and plates of raw or lightly prepared toppings—meats, vegetables, herbs, and ~~egg—which~~ are added at the table so they cook gently in the ~~steam~~.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_bridge_noodles English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles''' (Simplified Chinese: 过桥米线; Traditional Chinese: 過橋米線; Pinyin: ''Guòqiáo mǐxiàn''), also called '''guoqiao mixian''' or crossing-the-bridge noodles, are a signature [[Yunnan Food\|Yunnan]] rice-noodle soup. Diners receive a bowl of very hot broth and separate plates of raw or lightly prepared toppings—meats, vegetables, herbs, egg, and noodles—which are added at the table so they cook gently in the retained heat.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_bridge_noodles English Wikipedia: Crossing-the-bridge noodles]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	~~The experience~~ is as important as the ~~flavor: ingredients~~ are ~~crossed into~~ the ~~broth~~ (~~the folk idea behind the name~~), ~~producing a fresh, layered soup~~. ~~Broths are typically~~ light but aromatic; rice noodles ~~(mixian) are soft~~ and ~~slippery~~. ~~Chili oil~~, ~~pickles~~, ~~and~~ herbs ~~are common personal seasonings~~.		Service is as important as flavor. Broth often looks calm because a thin layer of chicken fat or oil sits on top, acting as insulation so the liquid stays hot enough to cook thin slices safely when they are slipped in. Diners typically add meats first, then vegetables and bean products, then the rice noodles (''mixian''), following the house order. The finished bowl is light but aromatic rather than heavy chili-oil red; personal chili, pickle, and herb seasonings are common.<ref name="wp" />

			Quality cues include broth that is truly scalding (handle with care), fresh slippery rice noodles, and toppings sliced thin enough to cook through without boiling the table into a stew. The experience is sometimes compared—loosely—to assembling a delicate chicken pho; Yunnan’s borderland foodways make that analogy suggestive, not identity.
			Restaurants may stage the topping board as a small landscape of colors—pale meat, green herbs, yellow egg, brown mushroom—so the guest sees freshness before anything hits the broth. Everyday shops use fewer plates; banquet sets multiply them. Either way, the noodles themselves should remain springy, not left soaking until mushy.


	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	~~Typical~~ toppings include thinly sliced meats or fish, quail egg or beaten egg, greens, mushrooms, tofu skin, and rice noodles. Exact ~~combinations~~ vary by restaurant and ~~region~~ within Yunnan. ~~The broth is kept extremely hot so thin slices cook quickly~~.		Chicken- and pork-bone style broths with aromatics such as ginger and star anise are widely described; toppings may include thinly sliced meats or fish, quail egg or beaten egg, greens, mushrooms, tofu skin, Yunnan ham shreds, and rice noodles. Exact trays vary by restaurant and by city within Yunnan. Overview only—not a recipe.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	The dish is ~~tied to~~ Yunnan rice-noodle culture and is often ~~explained through local legends about delivering hot soup~~ across a ~~bridge—stories~~ that ~~emphasize care~~ and ~~ingenuity rather than~~ a single ~~documented~~ inventor. ~~It is now~~ a ~~must~~-~~try~~ for ~~visitors~~ to ~~Kunming~~ and ~~other Yunnan cities~~.		The dish is rooted in southern Yunnan rice-noodle culture. Local government and gazetteer writing often point to '''Mengzi''' (Honghe) as the place most closely associated with the specialty, with soft dating to the late Ming or early Qing period; Kunming restaurants later made the bowl a visitor must-try.<ref name="hh">[https://www.hh.gov.cn/info/9021/795922.htm Honghe Prefecture culture feature: Mengzi crossing-bridge noodles]</ref>

			A beloved folk story tells of a scholar studying on an island and a wife who carried separated broth and toppings across a bridge, discovering that an oil film kept the soup hot until assembly. That narrative elegantly explains the service logic and the name, but it is '''legend / folk tradition''', not a fully documented invention record with named dates and patents.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="hh" /> Soft heritage notes: Mengzi’s crossing-bridge rice-noodle making technique appears on China’s national intangible-cultural-heritage lists (fourth batch, 2014, in public summaries), and related local ICH / geographic-indication marketing surrounds the name—treat those as craft recognition, not as proof of a single inventor.<ref name="hh" />


			Beyond Mengzi, Kunming and other Yunnan cities turned the tableside ritual into a visitor staple: banquet-style topping trays, tin or ceramic display bowls for group photos, and simpler worker lunches all share the same logic of scalding broth plus last-minute assembly. Travel writing often stresses that the oil film can hide how hot the liquid still is—diners are warned to follow the house sequence rather than dump everything at once.<ref name="wp" />

			Compared with [[Guilin Rice Noodles]] (often a dressed or broth-based Guangxi bowl already mixed) or [[Luo Si Fen]] (river-snail aroma and heavy pickled heat), crossing-bridge service keeps protein and vegetables visually separate until the diner chooses the moment of cooking. That theatrical pause is why the dish photographs well and why tourism boards lean on the bridge legend—even while historians keep the story in the folk column.<ref name="hh" />

			Modern chain outlets outside Yunnan sometimes pre-cook toppings or lower the broth temperature for safety theater; purists still insist on a truly boiling bowl and paper-thin slices. For travelers, Kunming is where most itineraries meet the dish, while Mengzi remains the place-name most often cited as the craft hometown.<ref name="hh" />
	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	Restaurants may present elaborate topping trays for sharing, or simpler single bowls. Spice level and broth richness differ widely. Related Yunnan rice foods appear on [[Yunnan Food]]; compare ~~other regional noodle soups such as~~ [[Guilin Rice Noodles]] and [[Luo Si Fen]].		Restaurants may present elaborate topping trays for sharing or simpler single bowls. Spice level and broth richness differ widely between tourist banquet sets and everyday shop cups. Related Yunnan and neighboring rice-noodle foods appear on [[Yunnan Food]]; compare [[Guilin Rice Noodles]] and [[Luo Si Fen]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[Yunnan Food]]		* [[Yunnan Food]]
	* [[Guilin Rice Noodles]]		* [[Guilin Rice Noodles]]
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	== References ==		== References ==

	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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'''Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles''' (Simplified Chinese: 过桥米线; Traditional Chinese: 過橋米線; Pinyin: ''Guòqiáo mǐxiàn''), also called '''guoqiao mixian''', are a signature [[Yunnan Food|Yunnan]] rice-noodle soup. Diners receive a bowl of very hot broth and plates of raw or lightly prepared toppings—meats, vegetables, herbs, and egg—which are added at the table so they cook gently in the steam.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_bridge_noodles English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

The experience is as important as the flavor: ingredients are crossed into the broth (the folk idea behind the name), producing a fresh, layered soup. Broths are typically light but aromatic; rice noodles (mixian) are soft and slippery. Chili oil, pickles, and herbs are common personal seasonings.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Typical toppings include thinly sliced meats or fish, quail egg or beaten egg, greens, mushrooms, tofu skin, and rice noodles. Exact combinations vary by restaurant and region within Yunnan. The broth is kept extremely hot so thin slices cook quickly.

== History and culture ==

The dish is tied to Yunnan rice-noodle culture and is often explained through local legends about delivering hot soup across a bridge—stories that emphasize care and ingenuity rather than a single documented inventor. It is now a must-try for visitors to Kunming and other Yunnan cities.

== Serving and variations ==

Restaurants may present elaborate topping trays for sharing, or simpler single bowls. Spice level and broth richness differ widely. Related Yunnan rice foods appear on [[Yunnan Food]]; compare other regional noodle soups such as [[Guilin Rice Noodles]] and [[Luo Si Fen]].

== See also ==

* [[Yunnan Food]]
* [[Guilin Rice Noodles]]
* [[Luo Si Fen]]
* [[Sichuan Food]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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