I, buns, originally known as steamed buns, also known as cage cake, rumored to be invented by Zhu Geliang, is a feeling of satiety is a strong staple food, is a traditional Chinese food, and is still an indispensable food in people's lives.
Two, buns are wrapped up by the surface and filling, made of meat filling or vegetarian filling, good buns thin skin filling, fluffy and delicious. You can also do a variety of patterns. Simple, animal, plant, flower, all kinds of patterns for people to taste.
Three, according to legend, Zhu Geliang seven captured seven vertical subdued Meng Yu, line to Lushui, the army can not cross the river, so the beef and mutton chopped into meat sauce mixed into meat, outside the bread on the flour, made into a human head model, sacrifices, after the army smooth crossing. This sacrifice is called "brute head" also called brute head, later called "steamed bread".
Four, to the Southern Song Dynasty, "Dream sorghum record" in the "restaurant" records: the hotel specializing in the sale of grouted steamed buns, thin-skinned spring cocoon buns, shrimp buns and so on. Here called "bun" should be the dialect of "bun". At this time the filling of the buns has been very rich, but still buns, buns do not make specific divisions.
Fifth, to the Qing Dynasty, steamed buns and buns finally have a clear distinction.
Six, "bun" word first appeared since the Song Dynasty, before mainly known as "steamed bread". Legend has it that Zhu Geliang invented when he conquered the Mengwu, the shape of a human head, and then with the development of history, gradually changed to poultry meat filling. But the history of Chinese people eating steamed buns can be traced back to at least the Warring States period, when they were called "steamed cakes".
Seven, the Song Dynasty, the name of "buns", "steamed bread" has been the name of the parallel. Until the Qing Dynasty, "bun" and "steamed bread" title only gradually differentiated. And the Wu language area and other places still retain the ancient name, will contain filling called "steamed buns", such as "fried buns" "steamed buns with crabmeat" and so on p>