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Where are the specialties of Gaopan?

It is a traditional snack in Xi, Guanzhong and Jinnan.

Ciba, commonly known as Jing Ciba by Shaanxi people, is a traditional snack in xi, Guanzhong and Jinnan areas. Steamed with glutinous rice, red dates or candied dates; Some will add red beans, raisins and so on. Steam on an iron steamer.

Bitter cake snacks have a long history. Retort is a very old steamer in ancient China, made of pottery, copper, wood and iron. After folk inheritance, the iron retort has been preserved, and the sticky cake steamed with it also has a special flavor.

The origin of refutation

Retort is a container with a small hole at the bottom. It is said that retort was produced in the late primitive society, while pottery retort was produced in the Neolithic Age and developed into bronze casting in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. After the ironware was made, it became an iron retort, and now it is also welded with white iron leaves. The quality of retort cakes steamed by pottery retort is the best.

Retort was produced in the late primitive society, and pottery retort appeared in Neolithic Age, which developed into bronze retort in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and later became iron retort. Since then, the iron praise of cooking stoves has been passed down from generation to generation. The iron retort is shaped like a cylinder, with many air holes at the bottom.