Where is Xiaolongbao a specialty?

Xiaolongbao is a specialty of Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Jiaxing.

Xiaolongbao, originally known as Xiaolong Steamed Buns, is a famous traditional Han Chinese noodle snack that first appeared in the Changzhou Prefecture area of Jiangsu Province during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas used to be called small steamed buns, Sichuan, Wuhu called "small dumplings", Wuhan called "small dumplings", a steamer with 10 buns, 10 buns for a cage.

Soup dumplings originated in Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the modern form of xiaolongbao originated in the south of the Yangtze River, and then developed and evolved in various places to form different flavors.

Small dumplings history and culture

According to folklore experts can be verified historical records show that modern small dumplings really took shape in modern times in Changzhou, Jiangnan Province, and small dumplings of this type itself is the clothes in the south of the South China inherited in the South of one of the Central Plains cuisine of the soup dumplings (and dunking buns) in the south of the Yangtze River after the improvement of the local production and come.

It is generally believed that the modern xiaolongbao and the Northern Song Dynasty's "cave buns" and "soup buns" have a relationship of inheritance, and the popular soup buns in the northern region of China are from the same family, and the inheritance has been unbroken for thousands of years, and has been innovated and carried forward in various places. The tradition has not been broken for thousands of years, and has been innovated and developed in various places.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiaolongbao