The origin of steamed buns. Before the Tang Dynasty, flour products were collectively called cakes. Such as steamed cakes (steamed buns), soup cakes (dough slices, noodles, etc.). According to the "Book of Jin", the steamed cakes you eat must be "crossed" to resemble flowering steamed buns, otherwise you will not eat them. From what we can see from the results of steaming, we can be sure that the noodles have to ferment.

The origin of steamed buns Let’s take a look at where the food now known as "baozi" - what the ancients called "steamed buns" came from? "Biluo" in the Tang Dynasty is a famous snack popular in the north and south. (It has fillings and can be steamed or baked.) Some people say that it is a steamed bun (steamed bun) introduced from Persia. As early as 1500 years ago, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Biluo was introduced to China. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many varieties of Biluo, including "Cherry Biluo", "Smallpox Biluo", "Crab Roe Biluo", "Taiping Biluo" and "Taiping Biluo" in the Song Dynasty. Sheng Huifang·Shizhi" The origin of dough-filled dough sticks

The origin of fried dough sticks: In 1142, the Prime Minister Qin Hui of the Southern Song Dynasty, his wife Wang and others killed the national hero Yue Fei in Fengbo Pavilion in Hangzhou. After the news came out, the people of Hangzhou wanted to kill them with a thousand knives. At this time, there was a vendor making sesame seed cakes and fried glutinous rice balls near Fengbo Pavilion. He used the dough balls to make figures like Qin Hui and Wang, and twisted the two figures together and threw them into the oil pan to express their gratitude. The common people who came to buy snacks saw this scene and started to fight, shouting: "Come and fry the cypress!" This way of denouncing traitors soon spread. Nationwide. This is the origin of fried dough sticks. Fried dough sticks are also called fried stew and fried ghost. It is a breakfast food made by the people of Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1142, the national hero Yue Fei was secretly framed in Fengbo Pavilion by the traitor Qin Hui and his wife Wang. After the people in the capital Lin'an (now Hangzhou) learned about this incident, they were all filled with indignation and hated Qin Hui and the Wang family. At that time, there was a restaurant specializing in fried food near Fengbo Pavilion. The owner of the store was frying food next to the oil pan. After learning the news that Yue Fei was killed by Qin Hui and his wife, he couldn't restrain his anger and grabbed a piece of dough from the basin. He made two little people, a man and a woman, and stuck them together back to back, and threw them into the oil pan. He shouted again and again: "Eat fried Qin Hui!" When he shouted, everyone around him felt excited. Everyone understood what he meant, so they all came together, helping to cook, shouting, and eating. Other restaurants saw this and followed suit. At that time, the whole city of Lin'an started making "fried cypress", and it soon spread throughout the country. "Fried cypress" has been passed down to this day, and many areas have renamed it "fried dough sticks", but there are still places where it is called "fried braised" or "fried ghost".