Xingwen Piglet Rice Cake

Xingwen Piglet Rice Cake

　　Piglet rice cake is a distinctive snack of the Han ethnic group in Sichuan Province, renowned across Sichuan and Chongqing. It is crystal-clear and soft as jade. Legend has it that during the mass migration from Huguang to Sichuan, amidst chaos and turmoil, immigrants prayed to the Bodhisattva for protection. In a moment of quick thinking, they made small pig-shaped rice cakes using the only glutinous rice they had at home and placed them before the deities. Their sincerity moved heaven, bringing about favorable weather and peace for the people, and since then, the piglet rice cake has become a beloved dish on the dining table.