There are four *** "Hometowns of Chefs" recognized and named by the National Culinary Association in mainland my country. They are Changyuan County in Henan Province, Shunde District in Foshan City in Guangdong Province, Lantian County in Shaanxi Province, and Jixi County in Anhui Province. The four "Culinary Homes" are comparable to each other, each with its own merits.

Pastries are the main component of Chinese cooking and are famous for their long history, exquisite production, rich varieties and diverse flavors. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, cereals included wheat, rice, bean sprouts, broomcorn millet, millet, millet, hemp seeds, etc., and were known as five cereals, nine cereals, and one hundred cereals. Among them, wheat is divided into barley and wheat, and there are also many varieties of millet, millet, and rice.

Grain processing technology has developed from pestles and mortars, stone grinding basins, rods, grinding mills, etc. to stone mills. With the production of oils, seasonings and the use of bronze cooking utensils, fried and steamed pastries appeared. Bronze cooking utensils similar to woks can be used to bake pasta.

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In the Han Dynasty, with the widespread use of stone mills and the improvement of fermentation and other pastry-making techniques, pastry varieties increased rapidly and became popular among the people. The farm pasta described in Cui Ti's "Four People's Monthly Orders" includes swallow cakes, boiled cakes, water cakes, wine cakes, etc. Liu Xi's "Shi Ming·Shi Diet" at the end of the Han Dynasty recorded in detail that "cakes are combined. Noodles are combined."

Hu cakes are made by Damanhan, and they are also made with flax. ""Steamed cakes, soup cakes, and marrow cakes are all named according to their shapes." Among them, Hu cakes are oven-baked sesame seed cakes, steamed cakes are similar to steamed buns, soup cakes are boiled noodles, and marrow cakes are oven cakes made from animal marrow, fat and flour.

In "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing", the custom of eating seasonal noodles on folk festivals is described. For example, on September 9th, wearing dogwood, eating bait, and drinking chrysanthemum wine can make people live longer. Pengbao is Penggao, which is the first Chongyang diet cake.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Pastry