Wheaten Food

In the Tang Dynasty, the agricultural economy was developed, and wheat replaced corn and became a staple food crop in the north. After wheat is processed into flour, a variety of foods can be prepared. These wheat-based foods include the main foods of people's daily life and have a variety of different tastes to meet the needs of the market.

The staple food of the people in the Tang Dynasty were mainly cakes and rice. The concept of "cake" in the Tang Dynasty is more extensive than modern ones. It includes modern cakes and foods such as noodles and steamed buns. The rice is mainly rice, corn and Diao Hu rice. Besides, the popular staple food at the time were gongs, wontons, dumplings and other wheaten food, steamed cakes, sesame cakes, soup cakes.

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In the Tang tomb excavated in Astana, Xinjiang, in 1972, there were plum-shaped stuffed wheaten snacks, dumplings, wontons, which seemed very delicate and attractive. After textual research, it was discovered that these foods were passed down from the Tang. In the past, this proves that the wheaten food culture of Central Asia has been exchanged with each other in the Tang Dynasty. Making wheaten food has changed even more, and it has almost become the staple food on the table of the Tang Dynasty.

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