Visiting the temple fair in Beijing is a folk tradition left over from old Beijing, just as the Spring Festival Gala has become a cultural feast for Beijing citizens during the Spring Festival. Temple fairs are also called temple cities or festivals. These names can be said to be the historical "tracks" left by the formation of temple fairs. There are all kinds of delicious snacks at the temple fair. Next, let's go with me to see the classic snacks of Beijing Temple Fair.

Recommended food for Beijing Temple Fair: Sugar-Coated Berry

Sugar-Coated Berry is a traditional food in China. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in maltose syrup, which quickly hardens in the wind. The common snacks in winter in the north are generally made of hawthorn, the syrup is frozen hard, and it tastes sour and sweet, and it is still very cold.

Sugar-Coated Berry reminds many people of their childhood, and the sour and sweet taste is still fresh in their memories. Sugar-Coated Berry, in the Song Dynasty, began the ancient practice. It has long been recorded in history that it was popular everywhere in the Qing Dynasty, and teahouses, theaters, streets and alleys can be seen everywhere. Now it has become a traditional snack in China. Sugar-Coated Berry is suitable for all ages. It has the functions of appetizing, caring skin, increasing intelligence, eliminating fatigue and clearing away heat.

recommended flavors: traditional hawthorn candied haws, strawberry candied haws, yam bean and black dates.

Food recommendation of Beijing Temple Fair: enema

fried enema is a favorite snack of Beijingers and a popular street snack. Enemas began to spread in the Ming Dynasty. "Hundred Chants of Food in the Old Capital" mentioned that the fried enema said: "The pork intestines are fried for a while, and the spicy garlic is salty and delicious. Rotten oil smells like bacon, and it's pitiful for Tumen to chew. " There are often hawkers selling this food on the streets of old Beijing. It is recorded that: "Powdered pork intestines should be fried and burnt, and chopsticks and dishes should be scooped with a shovel. Children with special flavor should buy them and cross a few lanes in Xieyang Lane."

At the temple fair, the most popular snack is fried enema, and the price of 5-1 yuan is generally different. Although it is not as authentic as it used to be, it is still one of the hottest foods at the Spring Festival temple fair.