With the normal north and south taste is different, dumplings why is the north sweet south salty?

In fact, dumplings in the beginning of the time in the end is sweet or salty has no way to prove, now evolved out of the south salty north sweet is actually a reason. In ancient times, the south and north of the economic level is not the same, at that time the north of the sugar mainly from sugar beet, low yield, while the south of the sugar from the sugar cane in the middle of the higher yield. Coupled with the inconvenient transportation at that time, sugar became very precious in the north. The Dragon Boat Festival dumplings belong strictly to the ritual food, will choose more precious ingredients to produce, all in the north on the choice of the more precious sugar in the production. And in the South more sugar, meat is more precious than sugar, so the South used meat to make a savory dumplings. It is for this reason, the dumplings into the South salty and sweet. The preference of the north and south for the flavor of the dumplings is related to the role they play in the meal.

Northern regions, mostly noodle-based, so for the dumplings this "contains glutinous rice and other grains of food", more to the role of dessert after the meal, so the people of the north more love to eat "sweet dumplings".

And in the southern region, the climate is warm and humid, more suitable for the growth of rice, the residents of the rice-based diet, so the dumplings in the three meals may appear, when the dumplings become the staple food, favoring the "salty mouth" is also very understandable.