Section: Duanmu Steamed Bun Pie

Section: Duanmu Steamed Bun Pie

　　Duanmu Steamed Bun Pie refers to a dish where ingredients such as winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, lean pork, Chinese flowering cabbage, and bean sprouts are wrapped in a thin pancake skin, then deep-fried until crispy and golden brown, resulting in a flaky crust and fragrant filling.

　　Story: It is said that during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty, there was a child prodigy named Duan Linxue from Changting. He could compose poetry at the age of 10 and passed the imperial examination to become a scholar at 13. His family was very poor. One year during the Lantern Festival, the aroma of steamed bun pies wafting through the streets made him long to have one. His mother, Madam Hu, bought a few pieces of pancake skin and wrapped some scallions and garlic to satisfy his craving. He asked, "What dish is this?" Madam Hu replied, "A handkerchief wrapped 'miscellany.'" In his adulthood, recalling this memory, Duan Linxue wrote a poem: "Every household reunites for the Lantern Festival, each wraps spring rolls with glee; Remembering my childhood days in poverty, I smile and ask what’s wrapped in the cloth."