Cake in ancient China:

Osmanthus cake;

Osmanthus cake has a history of more than 300 years. According to legend, in the late Ming Dynasty, there was a vendor named Liu Jixiang in Xindu County who made delicious Han cakes using glutinous rice flour, sugar and honeyed osmanthus as raw materials. It has a long history, is delicious and refreshing, is simple to make, and has a variety of varieties to meet people's various needs for taste.

Mung bean cake;

Mung bean cake is said to be a traditional Chinese food. During the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to seek health and safety, people not only eat rice dumplings, but also drink realgar wine, eat mung bean cake and salted duck eggs. Three kinds of cooling food can avoid summer diseases caused by the arrival of summer solstice.

Cold cake;

Cold cake is one of the traditional snacks of the Han people during the summer season in Beijing. It is sweet and soft, refreshing and delicious. In addition, cold cake is also a special snack in Yibin, Sichuan. The cold cake made of pure rice is completely different from the pastries made of ordinary rice. It tastes fresh, refreshing and smooth. ?

Red bean cake;

Red bean cake is a special snack of the Han people in the Jiangnan area. It is an exquisite series of Jiangnan snacks. It is as thin as a few red leaves and can be seen clearly from the translucent paste. You can clearly see every red bean filling hidden in it. Red bean cake is a dessert snack that can be used to treat diuresis, hypertension, edema and constipation.

Rice cake;

Rice cake is one of the traditional snack foods of Han China and has a long history. Rice cakes are steamed cakes made from sticky rice or rice flour. They are easy to process and store, and can be eaten in a variety of ways, so they are very popular among the public. In the Han Dynasty, rice cakes were called "rice cake", "bait", "獍", etc. Yang Xiong of the Han Dynasty already had the title of "cake" in his book "Dialect", and it became popular in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Watershoe cake;

Watershoe cake is one of the famous traditional desserts of the Han people in Fuzhou, Guangdong and Fujian. The earliest horseshoe cakes were made with a few simple materials. These horseshoe cakes are symbols of ancient religious myths and miraculous superstition.

Thousand-layer cake;

Thousand-layer cake is one of the Han-style cake snacks in Beijing. Made from refined flour, flour fertilizer, white sugar, preserved fruit, lard suet, alkaline noodles, Shaoxing wine, etc., the cake has a soft body, rich and clear layers, colorful colors, sweet and delicious taste, and should be eaten hot. ?

Fa Gao;

Fa Gao is widely distributed in the south and is a traditional Han food in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, Maoming, Sichuan Province, Chongqing City and other places. Made from steamed glutinous rice, it has a fragrant taste and is a popular pancake. Among them, "Longyou Hair Cake" is an intangible cultural heritage item with unique production technology and exquisite ingredients. The finished product is as white as jade in color, with holes as fine as needles, has a fresh and fragrant smell, is sweet but not greasy when eaten, and glutinous but not sticky. Its biggest feature is that it is fermented by adding an appropriate amount of glutinous rice wine during the production process. It is rich in nutrients and is especially suitable for the elderly and children.

Pea yellow;

Pea yellow is a traditional snack in Beijing and a seasonal delicacy in spring and summer in Beijing. According to Beijing custom, pea yellow is eaten on the third day of the third lunar month. Therefore, pea yellow is on the market every spring and is available until the end of spring. There are two types of pea yellow in Beijing: court and folk. Among the peas, flower peas produced in Zhangjiakou are the best. Pea yellow was originally a folk snack and was introduced to the Qing palace together with kidney bean rolls. Folk brown pea yellow is a typical spring food, often seen at spring temple fairs.