Shaxian snacks are from Minzhong, Fujian. Shaxian refers to Shaxian District, which is affiliated to Sanming City, Fujian Province. In 1998, Shaxian County registered the "Shaxian Snacks" service trademark with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. In 2002, the trademark was recognized as a well-known trademark by Sanming City, and in 2005, it was recognized as a famous trademark of Fujian Province.

Shaxian snacks are not only popular in the counties of Sanming City, but also in shops selling Shaxian snacks in Nanping, Fuzhou and Xiamen, and even in Beijing in the north, Shenzhen and Singapore in the south. Shaxian snacks can be found in China, Malaysia, and Saipan, and their influence is very great.

Features of Shaxian Snacks

The food culture of the Central Plains spread to Shaxian with the repeated southward migration of the Central Plains people, making Shaxian a gathering place of traditional Chinese food culture. This is the famous snack of Shaxian One of the leading causes nationwide. Shaxian snacks inherit the food culture tradition from the Yellow River Basin of the Central Plains. Various techniques such as steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, and pickling have been passed down to this day. They are called the "living fossil" of the traditional diet of the Chinese nation. At the same time, it combines the unique food genes of southern Fujian and the food culture style of the Hakkas. It has rich and varied tastes, with fresh, sweet, salty, spicy, sour and refreshing coexistences.

There are hundreds of kinds of snacks in Shaxian County, and dozens of them are available all year round. They are steamed, boiled, fried, grilled, pickled, and processed in various ways. The raw materials of rice, noodles, taro, and tofu have unique local characteristics. , and the sources are abundant, every household can make several of them. Snacks are available in the streets and alleys of the city 24 hours a day and night, which is very convenient.