About the history of "cake" in China?

The earliest cakes were produced in Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

Pastry is an ancient food with a long history, which originated in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. According to the test, when King Wu sent troops to crusade against Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang sent an army soldier named Wen. In order to reduce cooking. In order to shorten the invasion time, Master Wen Zhong personally designed a sugar cake made of caramel mixed with fried rice flour, which was dried as soldiers' dry food. Today, this kind of sugar cake tastes good, easy to carry, suitable for storage, high in heat and suitable for marching and fighting. This can be said to be the embryonic form of China pastry, which is the originator of China pastry.

Since then, people have imitated this kind of sugar cake, improved it, adjusted the proportion of raw materials, improved the formula and improved the technology, and it has evolved several times. In the long historical process, it has gradually developed into various exquisite cakes such as pastry, stuffing, frying, baking and steaming. Once upon a time, there was a temple in Beijing's pastry industry, where a statue of a generation of master Wen Zhong was enshrined to commemorate the grandfather who made cakes. Later, the temple developed into a meeting, which is another story.

However, the origin of the word "dim sum" in folklore is different, and opinions have always been different. According to research, the word "dim sum" was officially circulated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Liang Hongyu, a famous soldier in the Song Dynasty, beat drums to retreat from Huang Tiandang, and was deeply moved to see the soldiers fighting bloody battles day and night and heroically killing the enemy. So he ordered the rear staff to bake all kinds of cakes that people like to eat and send them to the front to comfort the soldiers as a "small gesture." Since then, the word "dim sum" has been officially circulated and lasted for a long time. Today, whenever there are weddings, funerals, temple fairs, home visits, church activities, and even clients' work, there is a custom of sending cakes to show "a little affection".