The history of cakes can be traced back to the Neolithic Age, when there was a stone mill that could process flour and make it into powdered food. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fried and steamed cakes had appeared, such as honey bait, candied fruit, candied fruit and so on.

Since then, with the improvement of cookware and cookware, the raw materials, manufacturing methods and varieties of China pastry snacks have become increasingly rich. There are many popular snacks. For example, jiaozi, noodles, Lamian Noodles, pancakes, glutinous rice balls and fried dumplings in the north.

There are steamed dumplings, spring rolls, zongzi, Yuanxiao, fried dough sticks and so on in the south. In addition, according to their products and folk customs, many local snacks with strong local characteristics have evolved.

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Shanxi is the hometown of pasta. There are many kinds of pasta with a long history of more than 2,000 years. Among them, Daoxiao Noodles is the most famous, which originated in Datong, Shanxi in the 2nd century/kloc-0. Soft, smooth and easy to digest, Lamian Noodles, fishbone noodles and Daoxiao Noodles are also called the four major pasta dishes in Shanxi.

It, together with Zhajiang Noodles in Beijing, Yifu Noodles in Shandong, Regan Noodles in Wuhan and Dandan Noodles in Sichuan, is called the five famous pasta dishes in China, and it is really the "king of pasta".

According to the story of famous food in Jin Dynasty, "Daoxiao Noodles originated in Shanxi, which is a popular boiled pasta and the best in pasta. In Shanxi, whether in urban or rural areas, especially in Pingyao, Jiexiu, Fuyang and Xiaoyi, housewives, girls and many' women and men' in the city will make them. "

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