Shenchi moon cake

Autumn is cool, and moon cakes are fragrant. On the morning of August 25th, villagers from Shili Baxiang gathered in the People's Square in Shenchi County. While tasting sweet moon cakes, they watched some cultural programs with strong local colors, such as Errentai and Shenchi Daoqing, and their faces were filled with happy smiles. From August 25th to September 25th, the third Moon Cake Culture Festival in Shenchi County lasted for one month. Shenchi county is an oil production base county in Shanxi province and a famous hometown of moon cakes. Shenchi moon cakes with local characteristics have a history of more than 500 years so far. The annual sales volume of Shenchi moon cakes refined by traditional formula and modern technology is more than 7 million kilograms, and the sales output value is more than 65 million yuan. The number of processing households has grown to more than 600, and the number of employees has reached more than 9,000. There are more than 40 kinds of oil skin, egg skin, crispy skin and river skin, and the products are sold to more than 20 provinces and cities across the country. Shenchi moon cake is a specialty of Shenchi County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, which is famous for its fragrance, freshness, crispness and sweetness in Xinzhou and even in Shanxi. Shenchi moon cake is recognized as "Shanxi famous snack" and "Shanxi famous spot", and it has won the love of people in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia with its characteristics of "crispy skin, fragrant stuffing, rich taste, soft and not greasy, and enduring for a long time". Speaking of Shenchi moon cakes, there is also a magical story. On February 24th (March 15th, 1697), in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi of Shi Zaiqing made a personal expedition for the third time, and galdan, who refused to obey Wanghua, passed through Yijingtun in Shenchi from Datong and Shuozhou. The people were exhausted, and there were many people but few rivers. When the local people were worried, the rivers suddenly overflowed, and the Zhan Ran was clear, and their spirits were refreshed after drinking. This day coincides with the market day, and merchants from all directions in the market are noisy. Kangxi toured the market on a whim and found that the merchants in the market used moon cakes with attractive fragrance as their dry food. He was very surprised and asked around him why there were moon cakes in February. Pick-up place-Play: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, local people make moon cakes with wheat flour, authentic Shenchi Hu oil and water as raw materials, and sugar, roses, sesame seeds, etc. Then it is stored in a porcelain urn for seasonal needs, and it can be stored for several years without changing its taste.
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