Pea Cake

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    Beijing Imitation Rice Restaurant Co., Ltd.
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    Top Ten Famous Snacks in China (Beijing)
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Pea Huanger is a good time for Beijing Spring and Summer Festival. Originally a folk snack, it was later introduced to the court. The pea yellow children in the court of the Qing Dynasty used the fine white peas as raw materials to make the finished product light yellow, delicate and pure, and the entrance was instant, the taste was sweet, cool and refreshing. According to the custom of Beijing, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar should eat pea yellow. Therefore, whenever the spring pea yellow is listed, it will be supplied to the end of spring.

Pea yellow children, famous for their love for food. It is said that one day, Cixi was sitting in the North Sea and calming down. He suddenly listened to the street and beat the sound of the gongs and screams. He wondered what he was doing. When the eunuch returned, he sold pea yellow and cowpea rolls. Cixi was happy for a moment and ordered to call this person into the garden. When the people met, Lafayette hurriedly squatted, and held the cowpea rolls and peas in both hands, and asked the Buddha to appreciate the light. Cixi tasted it, praised it, and left this person in the palace, specializing in making pea yellow and cowpea rolls for her. There are two kinds of pea yellow children in Beijing, one is the so-called palace snack made by Beihai Park. The other is the peas yellow children who sell the hawkers in the streets. These two kinds of snacks are called pea yellow children, but the materials, crafts and prices are very different.