My hometown is Kaifeng, the ancient capital of seven dynasties.

Because it is an ancient city, the city's construction and people's thinking are not as open and open as coastal cities.

However, the historical accumulation and humanistic connotation accumulated over many years are extremely rich.

As the only capital in the world where the central axis of the city has never changed, there are ancient city walls that maintain the architectural style and scale of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Song Palace architectural site Longting, towering iron towers, Bao Longtu meditation

Kaifeng Mansion, the Daxiangguo Temple where Lu Zhishen uprooted the weeping willows as described in Water Margin, the King Yu Terrace where Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi wrote "Liang Yuan Yin", etc.

Historical relics and modern civilization complement each other, attracting tourists and contributing to the prosperity of hometown tourism.

Although the cultural landscape is amazing, what makes tourists marvel the most and make them linger over is the snacks from their hometown.

Not to mention the long-famous Xiaolongbaozi that "looks like a lantern when lifted up and like a chrysanthemum when put down"; the pot stickers that spread their wings like flying butterflies; the crystal clear and oily bucket chicken;

peanut cake; the world-famous Bianliang watermelon with sandy flesh and sweet flesh.

Just talking about the snacks in your hometown can make you salivate, and you won’t be able to eat them again for a month.

The breakfast market is crowded with diners, and there are only soups, such as spicy soup (meat, vegetarian, and white), bean foam, eight-treasure porridge, tofu curd, soy milk, mung bean paste, and gluten sweet soup.

, four-flavored dishes, mutton soup, sheep intestines, chicken blood soup, duck blood vermicelli soup and more than a dozen kinds are listed for you to choose from.

There are more staple foods, including double-batch fried dough sticks, single-batch fried dough sticks, Gangzi fried dough sticks, glutinous rice fried dough sticks, meat and vegetable corners, vegetarian vegetable corners, meat buns, vegetarian buns, fried sugar cakes, fried triangles, egg pancakes, egg stuffed pancakes, and coriander pancakes.

, Nepeta pancakes, pancakes with fruit, mutton steamed buns...there are really too many.

At night, the street market for snacks in my hometown is a spectacular sight. The streets stretching for thousands of meters are brightly lit and bustling with people, and hundreds of snack stalls are set up on both sides.

The boss greets you enthusiastically and shows you the special dishes that are good in appearance, aroma, taste and appearance.

The boss also has a unique trick. He divides his snacks into small pieces or puts them into small bowls for you to taste for free.

At this time, you don’t have to worry about choosing or checking. You can just take a look at the number of people eating at the table behind that stall to determine which stall is the most delicious. At some stalls, you have to wait in line if you want to eat.

Order a plate of stir-fried jelly, a plate of mutton, a plate of soy beef, two plates of cold side dishes, a bowl of braised fish, four large yellow sesame seed cakes sprinkled with sesame seeds, and four bowls of hand-rolled noodles for the four of you.

, less than a hundred yuan, guaranteed to be satisfying and hearty.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the snacks in hometown reflect the prosperity of life, the true meaning of life, and the happiness of life.

Some time ago, my daughter returned to her hometown from Shenzhen a month early to give birth. The nutritious and nourishing food in her hometown allowed her to give birth to a fat boy weighing eight pounds.

What surprised me even more was that as soon as the fat boy came out of the delivery room, I held him in my arms. When I looked down, I saw the little guy's little hand in his mouth, sucking, and making "squeak, squeak" sounds.

Sound, haha, what a snack!