There are Beijing-style specialty snacks, and the most common traditional snacks are "Bada Dian" and "Ba Xiao Dian".

The names of the eight different pastries

The big eight are: 1. Fleece cake, 2. Large puff pastry, 3. Large oil cake, 4. Butterfly roll, 5. Piece Ersu, six, chicken fat cake, seven, Zhuangyuan cake, eight, seven star dianzi.

The small eight pieces are one size smaller than the big eight pieces: 1. Pop tart, 2. Small roll puff pastry, 3. Small peach puff pastry, 4. Small chicken pancake, 5. Small screw puff pastry, 6. Salty Dianzi, seven, jujube flowers, eight, cheating face. The last four are the most popular with children. Especially the jujube flowers, which are made of jujube paste and twisted into petals, are very beautiful.

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In the old days, Beijingers had to bring gifts when visiting relatives and friends, and they paid attention to giving "Beijing Eight Pieces", that is, "Big Eight Pieces" and "Little Eight Pieces". This was originally an indispensable gift and furnishing for weddings, funerals and daily life of the Qinghu royal family. Later, the recipe was spread to the people from the imperial kitchen. Its main ingredients are refined white flour, white sugar, lard, honey and various fruit seeds. The so-called "eight pieces" refer to eight kinds of snacks, usually sesame cakes, jujube flowers, and rolls, some of which are engraved with different words such as blessing, wealth, longevity, and happiness. Available in round, peach, square, etc., packed in a rectangular cardboard box. "Small eight pieces" are double copies, sixteen pieces packed in a cardboard box. In the past, when my daughter returned to her parents' home or paid New Year's greetings to her elders, she would go to a pastry shop and buy a large box of eight pieces to carry in her hands, which was generous and beautiful.