Snacks have three explanations in the Modern Chinese Dictionary. What we mean here is "the general name of rice cakes, zongzi, Yuanxiao, camellia oleifera and other foods sold in the catering industry."

Snacks, also called "meeting food" by Beijingers, probably refer to "cold dishes" different from staple food. The types of snacks can be described as varied, covering all kinds of food, fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs and milk. They are all sweet, sour and spicy, and they are eaten hot and cold in different ways, far exceeding the definition of "snacks" in the dictionary.

definition

Snacks are a kind of food with specific style and characteristics in taste, which can be used as an ornament between banquets or as the main food for breakfast and supper. All over the world, there are all kinds of snacks with distinctive features and unique flavors. It is often an important feature of a region and the "main object" for all wanderers to miss their hometown. Snacks are generally sold at a low starting point and the price is not high, so most people can afford them. Some scholars even study snacks as a cultural phenomenon.

China four snacks

Nanjing Confucius Temple snacks, Suzhou Xuanmiaoguan snacks, Shanghai Chenghuang Temple snacks and Hunan Changsha Huogong snacks are also called the four major snacks in China.

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