Chegao What does it mean?

Chegao is the common name for maren sugar, a national specialty food made by the Uygur people in the south of Xinjiang by using the traditional craft of walnut kernel, corn syrup, raisins, grape juice, sesame, rose, Batan apricot, jujube and other raw materials. It is also known as "Che Gao" because it is usually sold with a knife to cut off small pieces from a large piece of Ma Ren Candy.

Exterior features:

Chekki is hard and heavy, mixed with a lot of sugar, peanuts and flour, and after layers of pressing, the density is very high, somewhat like "compressed cookies". Because of the compression process, the density of the cake becomes very high, and a very small piece of cake can weigh 1-2 kilograms, making it very expensive.

Extended information:

"Chekki " is actually called mareen candy and has a beautiful legend behind it.

It is said that a long time ago there were two couples, the husband old and sickly, the woman looks ugly, can not bear children. Suddenly a night dream, dreaming of an old fairy told: "to the south there is a sacred tree, take the fruit and eat with the golden valley." The couple searched for three years to find the walnuts in Hotan, and ate with the corn. The woman had a beautiful face and her husband was healthy and strong. A son was born soon after, and the son passed the examination. Walnut Maren sugar with its miraculous effect has been handed down to this day, favored by the local people.

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