Local Snacks

With a vast territory，China has various snacks in each area from South to North.In the broad sense，snacks mean all the food other than full meals，including cerea1，fruit，vegetable，meat，egg and milk，and they can be sour，sweet，salty and spicy.They can be en joyed directly or cooked.

Snacks can be included in dinner，as well as serve as the main course at breakfast or midnight snacks，or even only for satisfying one’s appetite.

Geographical location and products have great influence on snacks，thus snacks always bring local flavor，such as Fermented bean drink and Fried liver in Beijing，Fried bread stick wrapped by tottier and Guobacai in Tianjin，Flour noodle and Pita bread soaked in lamb soup in Xi’an，Duck neck and Hot dry noodles in Wuhan，Porklungs in chili sauce and Dried beef in Sichuan，and Steamed rice rolls and Meat porridge in Guangzhou.

Snacks with common ingredients become popular all over，while some are limited to certain regions because of the unique ingredients which can not be found anywhere else.The source of the snacks reflects the local culinary culture and social tradition.Sometimes people know it from other’s words.The snacks even become a symbol of that place.When they hear the place，they will think of the local snacks immediately，and vice versa.When speaking about sesame candy in Hubei，people will all associate it with Xiaogan.Because of the development of transportation，population migration and the improvement of food preservation technology，some snacks that were once limited to specific areas are spreading to other places at a fascinating speed.

Snacks have special meanings sometimes.Besides enjoying the special taste，visitors can learn local culture from it.As for people who are far away from home，local snacks usually represent their hometown and family，which they are missing every single day.A1l in all，snacks are not some unimportant triviality in our life，but constitute an important part of Chinese culture.

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