The main differences between five-spice powder and marinated buns are as follows.

Five-spice powder is made by mixing and breaking five spices: fennel, aniseed, pepper, cloves, and cinnamon in proportion. Some also replace the cloves with bay leaves! Mainly used for stir-frying and stuffing! The marinade is different. There are many types of marinades, and the ratio must be determined by the emperor and his ministers. The 13 spices of the old marinade are: pepper, galangal, cinnamon, ginger peel, aniseed, fennel, sannai, cardamom, Orange peel, clove, woody incense, angelica dahurica, huoxiang.