Cakes have always been the food products in the trend of China times, and Chinese cakes are also one of the traditional cakes. According to legend, the origin of the custom of getting married and sending Chinese cakes comes from the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, there was a famous story. At that time, just after Liu Bei's wife held a funeral, Zhou Yu offered Sun Quan a plan to marry Sun Quan's sister to Liu Bei, hoping to take Liu Bei as a hostage and then take Jingzhou from Liu Bei's hands, but this trick was taken away.
At this time, an old master with superb skills made exquisite Chinese wedding cakes with dragon and phoenix patterns to symbolize the matching of dragons and phoenixes and good luck. The ancestor of this Chinese wedding cake not only has the crisp flavor of Jingzhou, but also has the sweet characteristics of Soochow.
Zhuge Liang ordered the production of 1, pieces, and sent them to every household and Sun Quan's soldiers, singing a ballad: "Liu Bei and Dongwu came to get married, and the dragon and phoenix cakes were the media evidence." At the same time, he asked people to fly kites, and a big piece of cloth was hung on the kites, which read "Sun Liu's two surnames got married", making Dongwu's marriage a household name, so that Sun Quan could not be ruined, and this story was also famous. This interesting story of the Three Kingdoms is also the origin of the custom of Chinese wedding cakes. I didn't expect the inventor of Chinese wedding cakes to be Zhuge Liang!
From then on, when both men and women have weddings to be held, they also try to imitate Zhuge Liang's action of sending cakes, telling everyone the good news with Chinese wedding cakes, which are traditionally gifts for engagement. In modern society, sending wedding cakes is no longer a political ploy, but an item to share the joy of marriage!
Up to now, Chinese wedding cakes have quietly changed a lot, and many different dim sum elements have been blended, which makes new people choose wedding cakes with more different changes! Because it is a happy wedding, it also represents many different meanings in the taste of Chinese wedding cakes!
Chinese wedding cake taste 1. Sesame-wishing the son who can't be planted, which is a metaphor for the faithful engagement
Chinese wedding cake taste 2. Pineapple-Pineapple Taiwanese pronunciation is "Wanglai", which symbolizes the meaning of future generations.
Chinese wedding cake taste 3. Red beans-have been regarded as "acacia beans" since ancient times, symbolizing the love of acacia with red beans. Used in wedding cakes, it is more affectionate.
Chinese wedding cake taste 4. Crisp-symbolizes the good feelings of husband and wife, which makes people feel inseparable.
(Excerpted from: Vegetarian, Vegetarian Wedding Cake Discussion Forum)
References: 1. 1824 Healthy New Year's Food is Free from Burden; 2. Lai Shengru lives a good year with peace of mind ~ protects cardiovascular system: Healthy New Year's Food is served; 3. Qi Fangling's "Lucky New Year's Food" lives a good year.