Said Jigen,,. Annual herb, like millet, for China's northern one of the miscellaneous grains, some people say it is sorghum.

Anciently, Jik is the longest of all grains, so the emperors worshipped Jik as the god of grain, and the god of the earth, "She", together called "She Jik".

In the northeastern part of China, the main cooking method is to boil and then steam, commonly known as "rice".

The Jizi rice is the Daur people's favorite traditional rice, the big yellow grain, like a gold bead. Jizi rice is called "Oshimo", will be millet (Manggelmo) bang cooked and dried and then crushed into. Do hot steam Jizi rice, usually love grits kidney beans; eat not soaked in fresh, sour milk, soaked in carp soup; sometimes also directly do milk Jizi rice porridge to eat, called "Suti cut".

According to the Qing dynasty Wang Ang series of "Materia Medica" on the record: Jik, complementary. Licorice, qi and in, Xuan (rising down said Xuan) benefit the spleen and stomach. It can be seen that Jigen is rich in nutrients, easy to human health.

The reason why Jik is so good, is that it is processed in a small amount of water in a pot before, so that the bran in the nutrients unreservedly into the rice, reducing the loss of vitamins in the process of rice milling, preserving more carbohydrates, proteins, inorganic salts and vitamins; and therefore eat a flavor, milling process is not easy to break and improve the rate of rice. Cooking in a small amount of water also destroys the enzyme in Jigen, killing the pests, so the preservation time of Jigen rice is also longer than other rice. Rice without pots of small quantities of water directly milled rice called sacrifice, Daur language called "Xijimo". Xijimo rice color white, like a jade pearl. Use it to make rice also grits kidney beans. Eat when soaked in animal and poultry broth or fresh, cooked milk, yogurt. Xijimo can also make sticky porridge - Xijimo Lale, eaten with butter, sugar.

"Wajelelal", is made of sijimo mixed with high quality milk from the first three days of calf lactation. Eat notify this Mokun (surname) households, select a representative, carrying a bowl and spoon to come to the gathering taste; even if the dispersed near the Tuen Mun this Mokun households, received a notice to ride to; because this is a symbol of the Daur people Mokun internal unity, **** one of the ancient style of sweet and bitter. Nowadays, although not notify Ben Mokun, but also to notify the left and right neighbors to taste. Lalle not only eat plain, every Lunar New Year's Eve every family must eat.

Shijimo flour can also be made into a hair cake (Hojigotumo), sticky bean buns (Beersger Gotumo) and willow leaf-shaped pancakes.

Shijimo flour with auspicious patterns made of pastries - fried fruit called "four days Geler", mixed with sugar and oil called "Hozhigeler", mixed with santinzi noodles, butter and sugar are called "Watt". These pastries can be used for wedding banquets, festivals and entertaining VIPs. Large plates piled high with all kinds of pastries, eating soft and sticky, crisp and fluffy, sweet and sour, mellow flavor and fresh aroma.

Rich in zinc, selenium and other trace elements, with a golden color, mellow flavor, has the effect of strengthening the body and replenishing the deficiency, prolonging life.