"Manchuria's offerings to the God of Dance include flying rocks, black peaks, and sticky rice cakes. They are as yellow as jade and taste greasy as fat. They are made of fake oil powder, dipped in honey and fragrant. After dancing, This is given to the neighbors and relatives, and the rice cakes are also known as golden chrysanthemums and hibiscus." It can be seen that rice cakes were a snack variety of the Manchus at least in the Qing Dynasty.
The "Powder Meal" in "The Food of the Shameful Border, the Embarrassing Bait Powder Meal" in "Guozhaji" is a cake made from steamed rice flour.
Predecessors wrote a poem about rice cake: "The meaning of rice cake is a little deeper than the clouds, and the color is as white as silver and yellow gold. We look forward to good times and good fortune as we age, and we sincerely wish for wealth to come."
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