If you are a food lover, then coming to China is a good choice for you. There are varieties of food and snacks here with a quite long history. Dating back to the Spring and Autumn periods, there had been oil-fried pastry and steamed pastries including honey cake, Yishi, Shenshi (made of grounded grains of cereal crops) , and junu (a ring-shaped oil-fried meals). Later on, with the advancement of cooking skill, Chinese pastry steadily enriched its raw materials, strategies and types, and lots of local snacks appeared. In North China, there are dumplings, noodles, pancakes and steamed stuffed buns; in South China, you'll find shaomai, wanton, spring roll zhongzi( pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves), yuanxiao (glutinous rice dumpling with specific fillings)and youtiao (deep fried dough stick). In this article, I will introduce you some famous and tasty light refreshments and pastry:

◆Anhui Province
Gan si (tofu shreds, Chinese character:干丝 pinyin：gan1 si1 )
Features: They are good tea snacks with the bright color, fragrant smell and spicy taste.
Material: 2 pieces of spiced dried tofu and stinky tofu each, 50 grams of spinach and cucumber, pork, 15 grams of red pepper and sesame oil, 5 grams of dried shrimp, 10 grams of ginger, 10 grams of soy sauce, 5 grams of vinegar.

◆ Guizhou province
Guizhou beancurd jelly (Chinese character:豆腐花 pinyin: dou4 fu hua1)
Features: A little bit spicy and very tasty.
Material: 1500 grams of fresh rice noodles, 500 grams of beancurd jelly, 50 grams of fried soy beans, fried peanuts, pickle, fried dried tofu, black mustard, 25 grams of coriander, 200 grams of soy sauce, 5 grams of MSG and some chopped green onion.

◆Beijing
You Cha (a kind of tea, Chinese character:油茶 pinyin: you2 cha2)
Features: sticky and sweet.
Materials: 500 grams of flour, 150 grams of sugar, 10 grams of sweet-scented osmanthus, 25 grams of sesame seeds, 10 grams of walnuts, 50 grams of sesame oil.

◆Jiangsu province
Osmanthus chestnut cake(Chinese character: 桂花栗饼 pinyin: gui4 hua1 li4 bing3)
Features: soft, glutinous and tasty
Materials: 500 grams of chestnut, 150 grams of glutinous rice flour and jujube each, 5 grams of osmanthus and farina each, 100 grams of sugar.

◆ Chongqing province
Mao Wang Xue(a kind of soup made of duck blood, Chinese character: 毛旺血 pinyin: mao2 wang4 xue3)
Features: The nutritional ingredient of duck blood is quite high, it contains rich protein and a variety of microelement like ferrum, calcium and copper. The soup can prevent and remit anemia.
Materials: duck blood, eel, agaric, skin of tofu, enoki mushrooms and pepper

◆ Shanghai
Nanxiang small steamed bun(Chinese character: 南翔小笼包 pinyin: nan2 xiang2 xiao3 long2 bao1)
Features: thin-skined and succulent
Materials: 500 grams of flour and pork each, 150 grams of hardened broth, 15 grams of salt, white soy sauce, sugar and MSG each, 10 grams of sesame oil