Morning reading | Gossip wins the cake

Or the "victory cake" that seeks too much peace and tranquility from war, war, and chaos, and interprets it into the image of smooth daily life and promotion, which may be the vitality of this dim sum.

　　Dingsheng Cake, this pink sticky, light red color, delicious and soft dim sum with a long artistic conception, is widely popular in Jiangnan, has a long heritage and a good reputation. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is loud, fragrant, and like a name, such as the popularity in southern Jiangsu, called "Dingsheng Cake" or "Dingsheng Cake"; in the north and south of Zhejiang, it is also called "Dingxin Cake", and in Ningbo it is also called "Dingxin Cake", and more regions even identify as "Yuanbao Cake".

　　The charm of Jiangnan dim sum lies in its taste, the energy of charm lies in its function, and the energy level of charm lies in the cultural attributes in the combination of taste and function. A dingsheng cake has a series of past events that are emotional, sighing and enlightening, and these legendary stories make future generations find roots, traces, and tastes for a long time.

　　First, "Dingsheng" is a word stamped on the cake (now called propaganda), when the people of Suzhou specially made for General Han Shizhong to go out to encourage the soldiers, because the war was won, so it evolved and was called "Dingsheng Cake". Another said that after the Southern Song Dynasty set the capital of Hangzhou, Yue Fei led the expedition many times, and the people along the way would send Dingsheng cakes, hoping for victory and triumph. It is said that the Southern Song Dynasty document "MengliangLu" also has relevant records.

　　Or the "victory cake" that seeks too much peace and tranquility from war, war, and chaos, and interprets it into the image of smooth daily life and promotion, which may be the vitality of this dim sum. For example, welcoming relatives and housewarming, reading hard to seek lists, prosperous business, accommodating all over the world, using the cake of "definite victory", appropriate and practical, affordable and true. The ancients transformed the yin and yang energies, and with the help of a dim sum sacrifice and prayer, the Dingsheng cake can be an outstanding representative. This auspicious and festive cultural imprint is still circulating today. In the memory of relatives, friends, classmates and colleagues, and even the big family of the people, all the old people's birthdays to do birthdays, children born in the full moon, moving housewarming, reading college entrance examinations, and even being a director, factory director, usually if there are people who come and go, six pairs or eight pairs of Dingsheng cakes as gifts have won the hearts of the people. And giving ten pairs or more is definitely a big gift. That year, my mother's uncle's seventieth birthday was sixteen pairs of Dingsheng cakes, of course, after the birthday feast, the uncle forced us to bring back six pairs, saying that we would let the little grandson eat it.

　　Dingsheng cake is made of non-pulp powder, coarse grained glutinous powder and bean paste filling, which is definitely a coveted pursuit when you are young. That year, there were only 3 cents in the pocket (this is still saved by buying a large cake for breakfast) to buy Dingsheng cake to relieve hunger, looking at the price of Dingsheng cake for 7 cents a pair, I tried to ask if I could spend 3 cents to buy half? The uncle actually agreed, and the ecstasy of chewing this half of the cake is still unforgettable.

　　Dingsheng cake is another name, figurative and credible. In ancient times, because of the measurement tools, legend has it that the Changshu government of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that the dim sum cake must talk about the weight, and made 10 cakes with one liter of rice (perhaps the Dingsheng cake was just in line with it in that year), so it was called "Dingsheng Cake". As for the "Dingsheng Cake", it shows the wisdom of the ancient people and the inherent cunning of the small traders. Legend has it that when Changshu vendors make one or two pairs of pastries, they may feel that the ingredients are a bit lost, so they use water to fill the pads, mix the juice of flowers or vegetables in the water mixed with rice flour to support the amount, put into the molding container just to show that one or two wet powders are loaded, and at the same time use a variety of metaphorical patterns, the steamer is covered with a red seal, named "Dingsheng Cake". As a result, it not only saved costs, but also had the meaning of taiping auspiciousness, so it won the favor of officials.

　　In May Shencheng, the sun has begun to threaten. That day, I was wandering around and thirsty and carrying my feet into a certain shop, there was coffee, and there was even Dingsheng cake, so I shared it. Tasting the taste, it seems that something is missing, where is the difference? Can't understand it, maybe the coarse grain is insufficient, the fine glutinous is more than enough, or the sweet purpose is less thick and the tenacity is half worse? However, the difficulty of adjusting the mouth is never the key to the problem, and Western-style tea, meets Chinese dim sum, this mix-and-match model, may as well try it. Of course, the vitality of innovation not only needs the "model", but also seeks the kung fu of material, texture and quality energy, and highlights the core competitiveness in the inheritance. (Chen Yonghu)