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"Huwan oil noodles enter Bianliang, Fanghe rice noodles go to Huguang, Huangtong winter bamboo shoots are full of provinces, and the four seas are famous for lotus candies in Jinxi, Jiangxi." There is such a folk song that the four specialties Huwan Oil Noodles, Fanghe Rice Noodles, Huangtong Winter Bamboo Shoots, and Lotus Root Sugar are , among which the lotus root sugar is among the best.
lotus root candies are gradually developed and formed on the basis of sugar cakes, sub candies, hollow candies, and snow candies. It is a marshmallow made from glutinous rice.
"Jinxi County Chronicles" records that Jinxi lotus root candies were first produced during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 400 years.
The legend about lotus root candies is also divided. It is said that before Jinxi was founded, there was an old beggar who begged for thin sugar to eat. The sugar master gave him a spoonful of thin sugar in a bowl, but he stretched it out. I kept grabbing, pulling out the white and thin sugar thread, and throwing the sugar thread to the masters, but the people disappeared.
The sugar master took a sip of the sugar shreds, and the sugar shreds disappeared. After the master was overjoyed, he suddenly realized that it was the god Li Xiafan. Master
, according to Daxian’s instructions, pulled the caramel candy into filaments, and covered it with soy flour, sesame seeds, osmanthus, orange cake, etc. with fillings. The appearance of looks like a ball of white and tender lotus root silk, which is called "lotus root candy". "Z16z, known for its sweet, crisp, fragrant and crispy. Z2z caramel sugar is the main ingredient of lotus root sugar, so it has the functions of the ancient prescription "Xia Xiao Jianzhong Decoction" to nourish the middle and nourish qi, promote body fluid, moisturize dryness, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. is sweet but not greasy, tonic but not congested. It is a good nutritious product in winter pastries. Click on the video to see the complete production skills The traditional Jinxi lotus root candies are made from gold-coated silver glutinous rice from Jinguyan and spring water from Cuiyun Temple Mawei Spring. It is said that it tastes better. Selected gold-coated silver glutinous rice and malt are soaked, steamed, fermented, filtered, and boiled into caramel. uses ancestral handicrafts and cooked soybean flour and peanut flour to be shredded into filaments, and then packed with sesame, osmanthus, sesame oil, sugar, and orange cake. The production standards of lotus root candies are relatively high, and the seasoning, pitting, fermentation temperature, sugar boiling time, heat, climate, etc. need to be accurately mastered. and can only be produced in winter throughout the year. fermented too long, the fire color is old, not only is silkless, the taste is also bitter, which greatly affects the taste of lotus root candies. Because of its complex production techniques, the traditional handicrafts of Jinxi lotus root candies were included in the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage list of Jiangxi Province. is sweet but not greasy, crisp but not broken, the mouth melts away, and the long aftertaste lotus root candy is deeply loved by the people of Jinxi. During the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, every time the Gods were greeted and around the Spring Festival, vendors would walk around the streets, carrying sugar shoulders and knocking on small gongs to sell. In the old days, Xiugu, Shancheng, Huwan, Langju and other places were the main production areas of lotus root candies. Because lotus root candies can only be produced in winter and stored at 15°C, production and sales are severely restricted. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, began mass production, improving packaging and technology to enable it to be transported and stored. Nowadays, Jinxi lotus root candy has not only been rated as a provincial and local high-quality product many times, it has also become the "golden key" for the people of Jinxi to get rich. When the winter in Liyimen Village of Jinxi came, hundreds of households used lotus root candy as their main business. The villagers rushed to make lotus root candy at home. The was shipped to Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places for sale, and the output value could reach 1,000. Ten thousand yuan. Jinxi lotus root candy is closely related to sweetness no matter when and where it is. This is another realm for people to experience sweetness, and it is also the inheritance happiness of Jinxi people about sugar. please share please like
