Snacks include tofu curd, spring rolls, fermented glutinous rice dumplings, lotus root starch dumplings, sesame seed candies, etc. Nanjing snacks have a long history and a wide variety of snacks. They have been passed down since the Six Dynasties period and have a history of thousands of years, with more than 100 varieties. Famous snacks include meat and vegetables, sweet and salty, and come in various forms. Representatives of them are the Qinhuai River and Nanjing Confucius Temple areas. Their flavored snacks are one of the four major snack groups in China. The snacks and snacks of Nanjing Confucius Temple may have originated from that time. The Qinhuai Painted Boat has fine craftsmanship, beautiful shape, exquisite selection of materials and unique flavor. After years of hard work, the snacks produced by seven of the dim sum shops were appraised by experts, and eight sets of Qinhuai-style snacks were officially named "Qinhuai Eight Wonders". In addition to Nanjing Confucius Temple, relatively concentrated dim sum and snack groups have gradually formed in Hunan Road, Xinjiekou, Chaotian Palace, Changle Road, Shanxi Road, Zhongyangmen, Huimin River, Yanziji and other places.
Chengdu’s unique flavor and wide variety of snacks are as popular as its delicacies. From all kinds of noodles to hand-cooked dumplings, from pickled marinades to cold dishes, from pan-fried candied fruits to pastry soup dumplings, from steaming and baking to deep-frying, there is a dazzling array of flavors and no less than 200 varieties. You can see snack bars everywhere in the streets and alleys of Chengdu.