I traveled around China and came to Hohhot. During my few days of traveling in Hohhot, I discovered an interesting phenomenon: no matter where I go in Hohhot, I can see shops selling baked goods.

Later I learned that Baozi is a unique pastry delicacy in Hohhot, which looks like bread.

The status of baked seeds in Hohhot is like the rice rolls in Guangzhou breakfast. It is one of the most mainstream foods in Hohhot people's breakfast.

Many people may have eaten delicacies like baked seeds, but do you know where baked seeds come from?

The origin of Baozi can be traced back to the sixth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty. Alatan Khan led his tribe to the current Hohhot area and built the city of Guihua, imitating the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, because Alatan Khan was already old and sick at that time, the construction of Guihua City was presided over by his wife Sanniangzi.

Since a large number of workers and craftsmen were needed to build the city, feeding the workers became a big problem at that time.

So Sanniangzi handed over the task of feeding the workers to the Hui tribe who had returned from Ningxia, because the Hui tribe was very good at making all kinds of delicious pastries.

However, because the Ming Dynasty did not allow trade on the grasslands, all kinds of materials on the grasslands were very scarce, and there were not even enough pots for cooking. In order to repay the kindness of Sanniangzi, the traveler who was responsible for the workers' meals did everything he could to help the workers who built the city.

Delicious meals are provided.

Without a pot, they used local materials, sandwiched the dough between two flat stones and baked it on the fire.

Surprisingly, the pancakes made in this way are not only soft and sweet, but also very delicious, so they are very popular among the workers.

Because it is baked with fire, people call this kind of food "baozi". This is the origin of Baozi.

In the history of Hohhot, there were only two cities, namely Guihua City and Suiyuan City.

Guihua City was built in the Ming Dynasty and belongs to the old city. Suiyuan City was built in the Qing Dynasty and belongs to the new city.

The two cities were built 164 years apart, and both took three years to build.

Baked seeds are an important food throughout the whole process. This is the folk saying in Hohhot that two cities have one baked rice every three years.

It can be said that Hohhot is a city built with baked goods in mind. Because of this, Hohhot's baked goods are famous and are one of the symbols of Hohhot's gourmet food.

Nowadays, various kinds of baked goods in Hohhot have different shapes and tastes, including white baked goods, black baked goods, beef tongue, sugar triangle, oil spinner, bean paste and other varieties.

There are also many ways to eat baked beans. You can cut them in the middle and stuff them with tea eggs, wheat flour, fried skewers, pickles, offal, and any other food you can think of. The most classic way to eat them is to stuff them with tofu skin and pour them on.

Every bite of the red soup spicy baked rice is a childhood memory for Hohhot people.

When I left Hohhot for Xilin Gol on the last day, I went to the old city and bought a bag of baked goods of various flavors to take with me on the train. I ate one in the morning and didn’t want to eat anything else the whole day. I bought a bag and ate it for four days before I finished it.

, it is indeed a very good dry food for people traveling long distances.