Milk fan is a special dairy product, which is mainly produced in Eryuan County, Dali, and also in Xizhou Town and Xiaguan Town of Dali, especially in Eryuan Deng Chuan.

The milk fan has a unique shape and is a special cheese with less water. The color is milky white and yellow, roughly like a water chestnut-shaped bamboo fan with feet at both ends. Eat raw, dry, fried, fried and baked. This is a good dish to go with wine. It can also be used for cooking materials such as cloud legs. Chopped and added to the second sweet tea in the three teas.

Word source:

The word "milk fan" comes from the white language yenxseinp (southern dialect nyvxseiz). Yenx is a transliteration of the word "milk" in ancient Chinese. The initial consonant of the word "milk" in ancient Chinese is "Japanese mother".

The word "Japanese mother" generally corresponds to y- (central dialect) or ny- (southern dialect) in Bai language. Seinp means "silk thread" in white language. In the process of making milk fans, the solidified casein should be wrapped around bamboo poles to dry, just like the wrapped silk thread, hence the name yenxseinp, that is, "edible thread".

The earliest Chinese translation was "milk line". The name "milk fan" is a translation of half meaning and half sound. Fan "corresponds to the pronunciation of seinp. People who are not familiar with the vernacular will be attached to "shaped like a folding fan"

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Milk Fan