Pastry first started in 1895.

Beijing Daoxiang Village was founded in 1895 (the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty). It is located outside the Yin Temple in Qianmen. It is the first company in Beijing to produce and operate southern food, producing pastries, meat, quick-frozen food, moon cakes, and Lantern Festival. , rice dumplings and other specialty foods, with more than 600 varieties in 16 categories. Beijing Daoxiangcun is the first manufacturer of southern food in Beijing.

In 1993, Beijing Daoxiangcun was recognized as a "Chinese Time-honored Brand". In 2014, Beijing Daoxiang Village won the "China Famous Trademark" of "Daoxiang Village". The pastry-making skills have a clear lineage and have been passed down to the sixth generation. In 2007, Beijing Daoxiang Village successfully resurrected the "Beijing Eight Pieces" that had disappeared in the capital for more than 50 years and introduced them to the market as a "top brand product".

Recommended pastries:

1. Osmanthus cake: Osmanthus cake has a history of three to four hundred years in China. Some people started making it in the late Ming Dynasty. Made from glutinous rice flour, osmanthus and sugar, it has a very delicate taste and a hint of osmanthus aroma.

2. Fa Gao: Fa Gao is widely distributed in the north and south and is a traditional Han food. Made from steamed glutinous rice, it has a fragrant taste and is a popular pancake. Among them, "Longyou Fa Gao" is an intangible cultural heritage item with unique production techniques. In addition, fa cakes from Yueyang, Huizhou and other places have their own characteristics.

3. Rice cake: Rice cake has a long history and is one of the traditional snack foods with Chinese characteristics. Rice cakes are steamed from sticky rice or rice flour. They are easy to process and make, are durable in storage, and can be eaten in various ways. They are somewhat similar to today’s rice cakes. This rice cake had already been discovered in the Han Dynasty. . So it is very popular with the public.

4. Beijing pea yellow: Pea yellow is a palace snack. It is also said that the Queen Mother of the West likes to eat it most. With such publicity, its value is even more incredible. However, the color of the yellow peas is not completely natural. The peas are not that yellow at all when cooked. The price of this kind of pea yellow is astonishingly expensive

5. Mung bean cake: Mung bean cake is one of the famous Han specialty cakes. Mung bean cakes can be divided into southern and northern ones according to taste. The northern ones are made in the Beijing style without adding any oil. Although the entrance is soft, there is no oily feeling. The southern mung bean cakes have a bit of your feeling, because in order to prevent the cake from becoming loose. When making them, southerners will add grease to make them stick together.