Mantou
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Mantou, often referred to as a Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in northern China. Folk etymology connects the name mantou to a tale about Zhuge Liang.
Classic white mantou
Deep-fried mantou, or "gold and silver mantou", is a popular Chinese dessert served with sweetened condensed milk.
Ming dynasty book illustration of Zhuge Liang offering mantou shaped into resembling human heads to the river
These peach mantous found at a Chinese restaurant in Japan contain red bean paste as fillings.
Zhuge Liang
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Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and strategist who lived through the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty and became the principal architect of the Shu Han state. He served
Mantou
…Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in northern China. Folk etymology connects the name mantou to a tale about Zhuge Liang. Mantou are typically eaten as a staple food in northern parts of China where wheat, rather than rice, is grown. They are made with milled wheat flour…
Ming Dynasty illustration of Zhuge Liang
Zhang Feng's painting (1654) depicting Zhuge Liang reclining on a daybed
The painting Kongming Leaving the Mountains (detail, Ming dynasty) depicts Zhuge Liang (left, on a horse) leaving his rustic retreat to enter into the service of Liu Bei (right, on a horse).
Liu Bei declares himself king, portrait at the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace, Beijing.