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Huang is an ancient traditional snack of Han nationality in Lingnan area. It is distributed in Maoming in western Guangdong, Chikan, Xiashan, Mazhang, Wuchuan, Lianjiang and Suixi in Zhanjiang, and Yulin, Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang in Guangxi. There are similar foods in eastern Guangdong, Fujian coastal areas and Hainan, but the names are different.

Hmong (pronounced hé) is pronounced "@" in Cantonese, which literally means something to do with crops. It is the product of rice, wheat and coarse grains. The definition of this word in Kangxi Dictionary in Qing Dynasty is "rudder" such as "xié" and "hé, rice noodles". The "Qi" in Ci Yuan is interpreted as: crumbs of rice and wheat.

In modern Chinese, it mainly refers to the crumbs of rice and wheat, mostly refers to coarse grains. It also refers to the grains of rice and wheat. In other dialects, it is basically not used, but in most areas of western Guangdong and southeastern Guangxi, it refers to Han snacks similar to cakes.

Historical origin

In the pre-Qin period, the common people in South Vietnam lived a slash-and-burn life, mashing simple grains and root crops into sticky shapes, wrapping them with meat dishes and eating them, forming food similar to Ciba.

Yellow is the crystallization of food culture in Lingnan for two thousand years. In ancient times, people used hairpin to worship the gods and pray for good weather during the festival. On memorial days and anniversaries, the ancestors were first worshipped with a hairpin during the Qingming period to convey the culture of filial piety; As a gift, festivals represent hospitality. Making and eating dumplings is the oldest tradition and indispensable custom of people in western Guangdong and southeastern Guangxi.

ancient literature

According to Historical Records of the Western Han Dynasty, people may say, "Is poverty fat?" His sister-in-law is jealous of Pingping and doesn't care about family production. She said, "She also eats chaff and ears." The "bran core" here is also called "bran", which refers to poor food. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu's "Drive the Vertical Spine and Pick the Xanthium sibiricum": "In troubled times, the people are in a hurry and the bran is narrow", which is mentioned here. "Male Valley" by Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty: "Male is tired, and Shi is tired of bran." It also mentioned the "rudder"

"The Book of the New Tang Dynasty" records that "Li Dayi, a military supervisor, died in the army, and he enjoyed drinking and playing the pipa with the soldiers." "Taiping Yulan" records "eating chaff ears. An uncle is better than nothing! " These two ancient books of the Northern Song Dynasty recorded "Huang". In the historical documents of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the word "Fu" also appeared many times. The "glutinous rice" recorded in these ancient books was only coarse grains and even coarse grains more than a thousand years ago.

However, after a long period of integration, improvement and sublimation, it combines the local customs of Lingnan area with the taste of whole grains, and has evolved into a popular local specialty food with full color, flavor and flavor.