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Ya Shan's lotus root sugar Ya Shan is not only rich in history and culture, but also intriguing in food culture. The lotus root sugar processed in this place is well-known, and it has a big market in neighboring Tongling City and Qingyang County. After the winter solstice every year, it is the busy season for processing lotus root sugar. Lotus root sugar is an elegant and fine traditional food. The outside is cylindrical, the length is the same as that of cigarettes and the thickness is the same as that of fingers. It is named because it has pores and looks like lotus root nodes. With the continuous expansion of the sales market, there are more and more individual manual workshops for processing lotus root sugar in Yashan. Among them, perhaps because of the water quality, the lotus root sugar processed by Mushanchong Natural Village in Huangshan Village is the most famous. Lotus root sugar is made of superior rice, especially glutinous rice, with malt and osmanthus as ingredients. In the processing process, 72 holes of branches need to be formed after nine pulls and eighteen pulls, and then they are fumigated and softened in a steamer after being slightly cooled, and finally they are mixed with pure white shelled cooked sesame seeds. The whole processing process is hand-operated, which is difficult, high-tech, and requires special skill. The processing personnel have been trained for a long time. Yam lotus root sugar has a long history. It was boiled as early as the Song Dynasty in China, and it has a history of more than 1000 years. At that time, the processed lotus root sugar was not as delicate as it is now, and there were many fine holes, so it was called "Tiger Fast" at that time. At the beginning of the 20th century, the local master Sun Chengzhang innovated on the basis of inheriting the traditional boiling method, and added the process of pulling and pulling. At that time, the lotus root sugar he processed began to take its present shape. Yam lotus root sugar, crisp, sweet and delicious, has the functions of invigorating the stomach and increasing appetite. In the way of eating, Ya Shan lotus root sugar is also very particular. When eating, you need to put lotus root sugar in your mouth, slowly blow out three hot gases, and then chew it gently. Otherwise, if you are greedy, your mouth will be full of sugar crumbs, which is very embarrassing. The word "lotus root" of lotus root sugar is homophonic with the word "even", so people give it many novel meanings. Giving it to the elderly means wishing you good health and never being lonely; If you give it to young people, you will have a wish of jubilation and complex connection; If you give it to your best friends, you will have the hope to communicate with each other, enhance friendship and so on.
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