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Shaxian snacks have a long history, which originated from the Chinese food culture in the Yellow River valley of Xia, Shang, Zhou, Jin and Song Dynasties. They have a strong historical and cultural foundation among the people, and are especially famous for their variety, unique flavor and economic benefits. The food culture of the Central Plains spread to Shaxian County with the people of the Central Plains moving southward for many times. Shaxian has become a gathering place of traditional food culture in China, which is one of the main reasons why Shaxian snacks are famous all over the country. Shaxian snack actually belongs to a branch of the ancient Central Plains food culture tradition with a long history. Many snacks in Shaxian still retain the characteristics of ancient traditional consciousness culture, and some snacks even retain the original characteristics, which can be called "living fossils" of ancient China traditional food culture.
it not only has the characteristics of food in Fuzhou and southern Fujian, but also has the Hakka food culture style in the mountainous area of Tingzhou. Shaxian snacks with strong Chinese characteristics are divided into two schools, namely, Chengguan snack school with fresh and sweet taste and fine production. The representative varieties are flat meat (pasta), steamed dumplings, meat buns, etc., which are unique; Xiamao snack school, with salty and spicy taste and extensive production, is represented by Xiamao Town, and its raw materials are mainly rice, potato and taro, such as frozen rice, sweet potato, frozen rice skin (japonica-indica noodles) and beef series.
Shaxian snacks are not only popular in counties (cities, districts) of Sanming City, but also in Nanping, Fuzhou and Xiamen, where snack bars with "Shaxian Snacks" signs are often found, even as far north as Beijing, as far south as Shenzhen, and in Saipan, a Pacific tourist resort in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. It shows that Shaxian snacks have great influence and spread widely. According to incomplete statistics, there are hundreds of kinds of snacks in Shaxian County, and there are dozens of kinds that are supplied all the year round. They are steamed, boiled, fried, roasted and pickled, and the processing methods are diverse. The raw materials of rice, noodles, taro and tofu are unique in local characteristics and rich in sources. Every household can cook a few kinds, and there are snacks in the streets and lanes of the city 24 hours a day, which is very convenient.