Shaqima, also known as "Saqima", "Shaqima" and "Sazima", is a sweet cake with Manchu characteristics. The method is to fry noodles, mix them with sugar, and then cut them into small pieces to eat. Saqima has the characteristics of beige color, crisp and soft taste, sweet and delicious, and rich fragrance of osmanthus honey.
The development course of Shaqima;
Shaqima was brought to Beijing by Manchus in the northeast after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and was changed to Yuanshunzhi in 1644, and has been popular in Beijing ever since. Shaqima has won people's love for its soft, sweet and instant taste.
Shaqima was hungry, and was regarded as an excellent walking food by the cavalry and camel teams who walked on the ancient Jingxi Road all the year round, and inadvertently let this Manchu gourmet snack go to the whole country along the ancient Jingxi Road.