Wujiang Fenhu Economic Development Zone

In addition to the beautiful scenery of Fenhu, there are many delicious foods in Fenhu, which must not be missed.

The earliest one should be Jiuniang cake. During the Spring Festival, around the fifth day or the sixth day, you can see stalls making wine cakes on the streets of Luxu and Lili. Jiuniang cake is a seasonal snack in spring. Its appearance is similar to that of a small moon cake, and its flour is made of sake. Due to the climate, it is often only suitable for selling for one season, and the best tasting season is around Qingming Festival. Jiuniang cake can be divided into meat and vegetarian, and its varieties mainly include rose, bean paste and mint. Fermented cakes with hot food are better, characterized by sweet, fat, soft and tough, oily and crystal clear, bright in color and distinct in taste.

Jiuniang cake

Jiuniang cake is a cake with a story.

besides the beautiful scenery of Fenhu, there are many delicious foods in Fenhu, which must not be missed.

The earliest one should be Jiuniang cake. During the Spring Festival, around the fifth day or the sixth day, you can see stalls making wine cakes on the streets of Luxu and Lili. Jiuniang cake is a seasonal snack in spring. Its appearance is similar to that of a small moon cake, and its flour is made of sake. Due to the climate, it is often only suitable for selling for one season, and the best tasting season is around Qingming Festival. Jiuniang cake can be divided into meat and vegetarian, and its varieties mainly include rose, bean paste and mint. Fermented cakes with hot food are better, characterized by sweet, fat, soft and tough, oily and crystal clear, bright in color and distinct in taste.

Jiuniang cake

Jiuniang cake is a cake with a story.

Jiuniang Cake

Suzhou people eat Jiuniang Cake, which is said to have started in the late Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Shicheng (1321 ~ 1367) took his mother to flee for life because of accidental injury. At that time, it was the Cold Food Festival, and there was nowhere to beg, and he didn't eat for several days. His old mother fainted from hunger, and Zhang Shicheng broke down in tears when she saw that she was going to starve to death. An old man saw that Zhang Shicheng was very filial to his mother and son, so he made a cake for him with only a few distillers' grains at home, and Zhang Shicheng's mother was finally saved.

Jiuniang Cake Waiting for Baking

Jiuniang Cake

A few years later, Zhang Shicheng rebelled in the Soviet Union and became the king, remembering the rescuer at that time. In order not to forget this, Zhang Shicheng ordered the Cold Food Festival to eat wine cakes, named "Save Mother Cake". Later, Zhang Shicheng was captured alive by Zhu Yuanzhang and committed suicide on the way to Yingtianfu. At that time, no one dared to call the cake "Save Mother's Cake", but Suzhou people still had great affection for Zhang Shicheng and quietly changed the name of "Save Mother's Cake" to "Jiuniang Cake". Up to now, Suzhou people still have the custom of eating "wine-brewed cakes" in spring.