Sachima, also known as Saqima, Saqima, Sailima, is a snack invented by the Manchu people, belonging to a kind of "Chegao".

According to evidence, in Manchu, "Saqi" is "Sa Fei", "Malabenbi" acronym, is the "cut". "cut" means, because "Saqi horse" belongs to a "cut cake", plus "yard" process, that is, "cut into squares, and then yard up. It is cut into squares and then yards.

The word was first used in the Qing Dynasty in the Qianlong period, Fu Huan and other compilers of the Imperial Update Qing Wenjian. In the Manchu dictionary, sachima is a kind of granulated sugar fruit made from houma and granulated sugar, and since it was impossible to find a Chinese substitute at the time, it was directly transliterated from Manchu, giving it the name sachima.

Sachima originated from the offerings of the three tombs in Guanwai in the Qing Dynasty. It became popular in Beijing after the Manchus entered the customs and became one of the Beijing-style seasonal pastries, an important snack at that time. Saqima is characterized by its beige color, fluffy and soft texture, sweet and delicious flavor, and strong fragrance of osmanthus and honey.

Legendary Stories

An old man who had been making dim sum for decades wanted to create a new kind of dim sum and was inspired by another dessert, eggshells, which he didn't name at first, and couldn't wait to take it to the market to sell. But because it was raining, the old man went to the entrance of the mansion to take shelter from the rain.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the house came back on his horse and kicked the basket with the dim sum on the ground to the center of the road, where it was completely destroyed. Later, the old man once again to do the same snack to sell, the result is very popular, then someone asked the name of this snack, he answered "kill riding horse", and finally people will be the name of the elegant into the "Saqi horse".