"Beijing Eight Pieces", also known as "Big Eight Pieces", includes salt and pepper cakes, Taishi cakes, white saqima, jujube flower cakes and cakes printed with blessings, blessings, longevity and happiness.

Beijing Eight Pieces, a Beijing-style pastry, was created in the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty and spread to the people. It is made of eight raw materials, such as jujube paste, green plums, raisins, roses, red bean paste, sugar, bananas and salt and pepper, with oil, water and flour as the skin, and leather bags as the stuffing and baking.

Eight pieces of Peking Opera are generally made into eight shapes, such as oblate, ruyi, peach, apricot, kidney, jujube flower, lotus leaf and oval, namely, Fuzi cake, Luzi cake, Shouzi cake, Xizi cake, Taishi cake, salt and pepper cake, jujube flower cake and Saqima.

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Tracing the origin of eight allusions in Beijing:

Ming Muzong, the 12th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a snack addict, especially fond of all kinds of cakes and fruit cakes. One day, in his spare time, Emperor Mu Zong suddenly became a little greedy, so he called the director of the "dessert room". The dessert room was responsible for making snacks for the emperor at that time.

Mu Zong has spoken. What kind of cakes are the most popular and delicious now? Bring it all to me.

It's a bit difficult for people, but the director of the dessert room is quite smart, and he has made a careful guess about the sacred meaning-anyway, it's good to make it look rich and make the master satisfied and happy.

Not long after, a delicate plate of fruit cakes was served. There were eight kinds of patterns, and each surface was printed with a red sample of "Fu Lu Shou Xi", which was auspicious in appearance and sweet in mouth. Mu Zong ate it with great pleasure.

the "Eight Pieces" that conquered Ming Muzong is the originator of today's "Eight Pieces in Beijing". In the Qing dynasty, pastry recipes were scattered among the people, so ordinary people could also eat dim sum in the palace.

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