Shanghai's most famous eight-treasure rice

Shanghai's most famous eight-treasure rice, a traditional classic snack, symbolizes good luck in the coming year.

Shanghai eight-treasure rice is a traditional snack with Shanghai characteristics. It tastes sweet and is deeply loved by Shanghai diners. One of the keys to making a good eight-treasure rice is the choice of eight-treasure rice. Preserved sweet fruits are red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, melon seeds, candied dates (tangerines), honeydew melons, raisins and red and green shredded plums.

The traditional healthy eating method of modern people is glutinous rice mixed with lard, which is famous for its heavy oil and sugar, bright color, rich fragrance and soft glutinous rice. Today, olive oil is used instead of lard, which reduces the greasy feeling and increases the fragrance of olive oil. The stuffed bean paste inside is also cooked with coconut milk powder. Coconut milk is very strong and great.

Nothing is more recognized by Shanghai residents than "Wang Jiasha". In Shanghai, it is a well-deserved "king of queues". Just after opening the door at nine o'clock in the morning, someone came to line up, and the long line wound along Nanjing West Road in front of the door.

The moral of eight-treasure rice:

The moral of the eight-treasure rice is that it represents reunion, because most of the eight-treasure rice is round, and the collocation of various foods also represents a bumper harvest. In China, New Year's Eve is a traditional custom, and many areas will eat eight-treasure rice on New Year's Eve.

Red dates and peanuts symbolize early birth; Longan symbolizes reunion; Lotus seeds symbolize the harmony of marriage; Melon seeds symbolize the law of life, safe and disaster-free; Jujube (honey kumquat) and honeydew melon symbolize sweetness; Raisins symbolize many children and happiness, and love is happy; Hongmei silk is the same color as Longmen, which means encouraging enterprising and wishing success; Green plum silk represents pine trees and symbolizes longevity.