"Yellow rice cake, sticky and sticky, with red kidney beans sprinkled on top. The love rice made by Gege was held in front of me with both hands. After eating the red bean reassurance pill, the rice cake became even stickier. The stickier it became. The more I feel, my heart is still stuck. "This is a Manchu love song. In the song, sticky cake is used as the title to express the love between young men and women, and this sticky cake is a typical Manchu cake. cake. Manchurian dumplings are the collective name for Manchu-style pastries. The "mandian" in the so-called "Mandian Han cuisine" refers to Manchurian dumplings. Most Manchurian dumplings are made from sticky rice noodles. The main production techniques include baking, grilling, steaming, and baking. They are often seasoned with honey. They are characterized by being sticky, soft, sweet, and crispy. The Manchu people have always liked to eat sticky food. This is because sticky food resists hunger and can be used as dry food during expeditions and hunting. The ancestors of the Manchu people usually had two meals a day. In the morning, they had breakfast and went hunting after the sun rose. In the evening, no matter how late it was, they would not return without hunting. This also made the Manchu people have a special feeling for the pastry.
As a traditional food of the Manchu people, there are still many varieties of Manchu cakes preserved in many Manchu inhabited areas, and some are still very popular all over the country, especially the "Sa" that is now known and loved by people from all over the country. "Qima" is also a kind of Manchu cake. Shaqima is the Manchu transliteration, and the Chinese translation is "sugar wrapped". The method of making Shaqima in ancient times is recorded in "The Chronicles of Yanjing": "Shaqima is a Manchurian pastry, made of rock sugar, butter and white flour. It is shaped like glutinous rice and baked in a non-ash wood oven. Then it becomes a cube, sweet and edible." In addition, fruits will be added to it. Before the Manchus entered the customs, there was a wild berry in Manchuria, which was shaped like a dog's breast. It was the main fruit ingredient of Shaqima at that time. However, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the fruit ingredients were gradually replaced by raisins, melon seeds, hawthorn, etc. Shaqima was a popular snack in the Qing Dynasty and was often used as an offering in temples and sacrifices.
Shaqima
After the Manchus entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, the cakes were also brought to the palace along with the Manchus. In the Qing palace, the emperor and the queen mother often rewarded the concubines with Manchurian cakes made in the palace cake room. This form was called "reward food". "Keshi" is a Manchu language, which means reward and gift. In addition, if festivals, sacrifices and other activities are held in the palace, a large amount of cakes must be prepared as offerings. Among the three tombs outside the pass, each tomb also has a dozen women from the Xinzheku, who are responsible for making cakes during big sacrifices. In addition, the emperor cannot leave the palace without making cakes. Emperor Kangxi made his first eastward tour to Shengjing to visit the mausoleum, and also brought "cake cooks" from the capital. In the Qing Dynasty archives "Black Picture Files" collected by the Liaoning Provincial Archives, there is a record of the crown prince carrying a large amount of cakes while hunting around during the Kangxi period. In addition, the emperor also gave cakes as rewards to soldiers who had achieved military exploits, which shows the high status of Manchurian cakes in the hearts of the Manchu people.