Manchu Sacrificial Snacks---saqima
by kiss war girl
Favorite
Difficulty
Hard
Time
2h
Serving
2
Saqima was originally a sacrifice of Manchu rituals. The "Yenjing Years' Chronicles" records: "Saqima is Manchu glutinous rice cake, made of rock sugar, cream and white noodles, shaped like glutinous rice, and baked in a non-ash wood oven. Cooked, then into cubes, sweet and greasy and edible.” With the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Saqima also followed the customs, spreading from north to south across the country, becoming a popular folk food.
There are many legends about the origin of the name Saqima, two of which are more typical. "Version One" is full of national sentiments. According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, a certain general in Guangzhou was surnamed Sa, and he particularly liked horse-riding and hunting. Every time I return from hunting, I have to eat snacks, and the requirements cannot be repeated. Once, a cook who was under a heavy pressure to innovate accidentally fry a snack dipped in egg white into pieces. But at this time, the general was already urging for a snack, so he had to bring it up. He thought he would be punished, but the general was full of praise and asked what the name of the snack was. The cook casually said "Kill horseback", and later the name of this dim sum was written into words, which became "Saqima".
Version two, in fact, the origin of Saqima is very simple. It is a transliteration of Manchu. It is very clear in the "Imperial Zeng Ding Qing Wen Jian" during the Qianlong period. In Manchu, Saqima is a snack made from flax and sugar. Because it is very difficult to find a word in Chinese to translate, so it was directly transliterated as "Shaqima"... Later, it gradually became customary and it was written as "Saqima".
Although which version is correct, it is clear at a glance, but in oral communication, I believe that "killing horseback riding" will be more vital because of its richer "cultural elements". "
There are many legends about the origin of the name Saqima, two of which are more typical. "Version One" is full of national sentiments. According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, a certain general in Guangzhou was surnamed Sa, and he particularly liked horse-riding and hunting. Every time I return from hunting, I have to eat snacks, and the requirements cannot be repeated. Once, a cook who was under a heavy pressure to innovate accidentally fry a snack dipped in egg white into pieces. But at this time, the general was already urging for a snack, so he had to bring it up. He thought he would be punished, but the general was full of praise and asked what the name of the snack was. The cook casually said "Kill horseback", and later the name of this dim sum was written into words, which became "Saqima".
Version two, in fact, the origin of Saqima is very simple. It is a transliteration of Manchu. It is very clear in the "Imperial Zeng Ding Qing Wen Jian" during the Qianlong period. In Manchu, Saqima is a snack made from flax and sugar. Because it is very difficult to find a word in Chinese to translate, so it was directly transliterated as "Shaqima"... Later, it gradually became customary and it was written as "Saqima".
Although which version is correct, it is clear at a glance, but in oral communication, I believe that "killing horseback riding" will be more vital because of its richer "cultural elements". "
