History of Shao Bing

Ancient Chinese Foodie?
General Ban Chao and the Legend of Shao Bing (燒餅)
Taiwan is a delicious playlist, including some of China’s greatest hits.
People immigrated to Taiwan throughout the years, but because of the Communist Revolution people evacuated the mainland en masse...
Thus, the island of Taiwan became not only a political safe haven but also a unique blend of many different styles of cuisines never brought together so suddenly.
When I visited the capital city ,Taipei, I became quite excited about the culture.
I wasn’t staying far from a popular breakfast spot that never failed to have an incredible line up just to get inside.
Waking up one morning and noticing a relatively small queue, I finally ventured upstairs to discover some interesting fare at Fù háng dòujiāng (阜杭豆漿).
What I thought most interesting, besides the donut wrapped in sandwich, was how they cooked this bread, shāobǐng!
A style of cooking reminiscent of a Tandoori oven.
This seemed so out of place until I dug a bit deeper…
How can one speak of Chinese History without mention of the Silk Road?
Shāobǐng 燒餅 - literally means, BURN, cake;
Shāobǐng is something that has been a part of Chinese culture ever since the Han Dynasty, over 2000 years ago.
Legend has it that a famous General, Bān Chāo, brought shāobǐng,, back to China with him from his military campaigns securing the Western Front.
Originally referred to as: Hú bǐng (胡餅), literally barbarian pastry,
Breaking apart the word, the character: Hú, 胡, means a beard or mustache…
All of this impling not belonging to the Han people.
So, who were these “Barbarians” you might ask?
Bān Chāo was born into a distinguished family of scholars. His father, Bān Biāo, a prominent historian, began the, Hàn shū (汉书), or Book of Han, which is, no big deal, a just History of China.. The Book of Han was completed by Bān Chāo’s twin brother, Ban Gu and his sister Ban Zhao (班昭).
The historical text is heavily influenced by Ban Gu’s unique style, in terms of the book’s “Dynastic framework”. His sister, Ban Zhao, completed the volumes upon her brother’s death, becoming China’s most famous female scholar. She is celebrated as one of the first female historians in the world.
Yet, Bān Chāo didn’t care for the life of scholarly work and instead worked his way up the Military ladder with various exploits, all involving the Western Regions, Exploration, and the Xiōngnú. Otherwise known as the Huns.
Bān Chāo, the protector General, marched with 70,000 strong and raided against the Xiongnu to maintain the trade routes, known to us as the Silk Road.
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Bān Chāo battled extensively around the Tarim Basin, which is surrounded by modern day Kazakhstan, India and Tibet.
Bān Chāo made it all the way to the Caspian Sea in 102 AD and approached the Roman Empire.
The Hàn Dynasty is considered a Golden Age of Chinese history.
Because of the Silk Road, Indian Mathematics and astrology enriched China’s own. It was through the Silk road that Buddhism was introduced, but wouldn’t susperced the Confusician ideology of the day, but it was during this time that Shāobǐng would eventually make it back within the borders of the kingdom.
After Bān Chāo’s death, the Empire wasn’t able to maintain the Western Regions and the constant harassment from the Xiongnu, not until the Táng
(唐) Dynasty, some 600 years later would the Silk Road be a safe passage as it was with the Protector General Ban Chao!

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Delicious!!

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Awesome video! Now I'm hungry... 🤔

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Awesome video, I must try this Shao
Bing you speak of!

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Wow 🤩 amazing!!!!

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Amazing !

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