Originally beginning of spring's food, it was called Spring Festival in the Tang and Song Dynasties. After the Qing dynasty, the production was improved, and its stuffing was composed of celery, leek and bamboo shoots, which meant hard work, long time and prosperity. It will become a snack of the four seasons in the future, called spring cake.

2 Yamama dough twists

A dumpling with stuffing. It is named after the shape of a mother duck wandering on the water. This is a snack of the Lantern Festival, so it is commonly known as Yuanxiao.

The duck mother twist in Chaoshan is made by grinding glutinous rice into pulp, pressing off water, and making glutinous rice pulp skin to wrap stuffing such as bean paste, melon book and taro paste. Knead into the shape of duck eggs and add sugar soup to cook.

3 taro pills

After the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, Chaozhou is rich in taro. At this time, there will be a timely snack taro pill on the food stall next to Chaozhou street, which looks like a child's fist and smells very attractive.

4 balls

Different from zongzi in other places, the most famous zongzi in Chaoshan is the brown ball of Malao Palace. In the early stage of zongzi production, sweet stuffing and salty stuffing were used. Sweet stuffing is mainly composed of fake bean paste (brown sugar added after coffee grounds are boiled) and wax gourd slices. The salty part has a big pig's head and gills (about the size of a palm). Because the materials were large enough to meet the requirements of the people at that time, they were very popular. The Chaoshan proverb "Mother Gong Zongqiu-You'll know when you eat" (meaning you won't know the taste until you taste something) comes from this.

5 caitouguo

Also known as radish cake. Simple preparation, low cost and delicious taste. Vegetable head is the common name of radish, and vegetable head pot is a kind of local rice cake in Chaoshan, which is steamed by every household during the New Year.

6 beef balls (highly recommended)

As a famous Chaoshan snack, beef balls have a history of nearly a hundred years in Shantou. Beef balls can be divided into beef balls and beef tendon balls. Beef balls taste tender and smooth. Beef tendon pills add some tender tendons to beef tendon pills to make them a little chewy. If it is authentic hand-hammered beef balls, it will be even more delicious.

Seven hearts

Also known as Monascus Peach. Named after the shape of peach fruit. Peaches symbolize longevity, so making peaches reflects the desire to pray for longevity. Some places are called peaches. Chaoshan housewives can generally master this food technology. Because the whole process starts with pounding rice noodles, making dumplings is also called making dumplings.

8 Roasted oysters (highly recommended)

Oyster roasting is a unique snack in Chaoshan, and foreigners always want to taste this delicious food when they come to Chaoshan. There are many such snacks in hotels and snack bars in the town, and "Xitianxiang Oyster Roast" is one of the famous snacks in Shantou. Oysters are good for eyesight, smooth and delicious, and can warm the stomach. People like to eat them in cold weather.