Next, let us together from the perspective of food culture to understand it!
The origin of Beijing snacks
Beijing snacks have a long history, many varieties, materials, fine production, can be said to have a reputation. Beijing snacks are sold in the temple fair or along the street market, people will unintentionally come across, the old Beijing image called "touch food". The more famous of them are the old Beijing thirteen absolute and so on.
Beijing snacks, commonly known as "touch food" or "vegetable tea", a blend of Han, Hui, Meng, Manchu and other ethnic flavors and snacks and the Ming and Qing court snacks and the formation of many varieties, unique flavor. There are about two to three hundred kinds of Beijing snacks. Including side dishes (such as white water sheep's head, tripe, white Kui burning sheep's head, mustard pier, etc.), the feast used in the noodle (such as small nest, minced pork biscuits, sheep's eye buns, five blessings of life, hemp velvet packet, etc.), as well as for snacks or early morning, the night of a variety of snacks (such as Ai Wo Wo, donkey rolls, etc.).
One of the most Beijing-flavored characteristics of the bean juice, enema, fried liver, hemp tofu, fried noodles and so on. Some of the old franchises specializing in its characteristic varieties, for the imitation of the restaurant's small nest nest, minced pork pancake, pea yellow, kidney bean rolls, Fengzeyuan restaurant's silver silk rolls, Donglaishun restaurant's creamy fried cake, Heyi Zhai restaurant's large enema, the same as the residence of the baked buns, the Beijing restaurant's hemp velvet bag, Dashun Zhai point factory sugar fire, etc., and all other kinds of snacks in the Beijing snack bars and night market food and drink stalls are available for sale.
The Qing Dynasty "Dumen Bamboo Branch Lyrics" wrote: "The sun slanting play scattered back to where, feast and happiness with the six and the Bureau. Three big money to buy sweet flowers, cut cake ghost legs chirping, a bowl of sweet syrup congee in the morning, only to eat tea soup and noodle tea; cold fruit cake fried sugar ears, hanging stove baked cake Ai Wo Wo, fork burned just sold, and listen to the hard noodle called meat and potatoes; roasted wheat wontons listed on the plate, adding a good hanging powder dumplings, popping tripe and oil liver sausage, wood mustache slice of yellow cabbage soup." This also shows that Beijing has always had a lot of flavorful snacks.
Beijing snacks are y embedded in a specific historical and cultural background of an important cultural achievements. Each of its varieties of production methods, eating methods, etc., are embedded in a profound philosophy and the unique aesthetic interests of Beijing people. It is not only a "living fossil" of the physical history of the capital city of Beijing, but also an important part of the Beijing culture and an indispensable part of the life of the old Beijing, Beijing snacks are not only delicious, but also visually pleasing to the eye.