Sha County is under the jurisdiction of Sanming, Fujian. Shaxian snacks, known as the "living fossil" of the ancient Han traditional diet, are a branch of the long-standing Han food culture tradition in the Central Plains. It has both the food characteristics of Fuzhou and southern Fujian and the Hakka food culture style of the mountainous areas of Tingzhou. Therefore, Shaxian snacks with strong local characteristics are divided into two major schools, namely the Chengguan snack school with fresh, light and sweet taste and fine production. The representative varieties include flat meat (pasta), siu mai, meat buns, etc., which are unique; The salty, spicy, sour, and extensively made Xiamao snack genre is represented by Xiamao Town. The main raw materials are rice, potatoes, and taro, such as rice jelly, hi kueh, rice jelly skin (japonica indica noodles), beef series, etc.

So, where are the most representative Shaxian snacks? At Chengguan, Shaxian County. Historically, Xia Mao people were basically Hakka and liked to go out. Therefore, the earliest and most popular snacks sold outside are the Xiamao snacks. There are traces of Xiamao people in almost all the north and south of the Yangtze River. This mobility also separates the raw material processing and business services of the Xiamao snacks, that is, those who process do not operate, and those who operate do not process. Simple repetitive labor with low craftsmanship. Chengguan people in Shaxian County have a mountainous culture and like to process and operate by themselves, that is, a family-style operation pattern of "front shop and back shop". Chengguan style Shaxian snacks are exquisitely made and have various varieties, becoming the protagonist of Shaxian snacks. Therefore, people who have been to Shaxian County must try Shaxian snacks. After eating "Shaxian snacks", people will lament that "there is no snacks after returning from Shayang".

Shaxian snacks have shown their own characteristics in advancing with the times and developing and innovating: popular taste and affordable price; unique style and unique technology; low market access cost, spread all over the country; and fillings are green and environmentally friendly , beneficial to human health; absorbing dietary varieties from all over the world and promoting innovation. At present, there are more than 240 varieties of snacks in Shaxian County. Among them, more than ten new varieties such as jade dumplings, fruit tarts, chrysanthemum tea cakes, and two-color water chestnut cakes have been rated as Fujian famous snacks, while flat meat, siu mai, taro buns, Baoxin tofu balls have become a famous Chinese snack.