From North China. Popular in nationwide.
- OriginNorth China · Han
- First record
- 266 CE · Silk Road & Tang
- Fold
- Bun
- Cooked
- Steamed
- Wrapper
- Yeasted wheat doughLeavened dough
- Filling
- Pork, vegetables, red bean, lotus
- Cooked
- Steamed
- Served
- Breakfast
- Size
- About 9 cm across
Not known yet We don’t yet have a written story, a recipe or a precise place of origin for Baozi. What we do have is below, with its sources.
Where
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Evidence
Fairly sure. A dated text records it by 266 CE.
The grade comes from the project's source report and has not yet been checked source by source. How grading works.
First record Shu Xi's Bing fu, Western Jin (266–316), meat-filled mantou (D); the name baozi appears in the Song
Notes from the research
Inherited old filled-mantou meaning.
This entry is drawn from the World Dumpling Atlas, §6.1, the project's source report. Its grade, D dated text, says how far that has been checked against a primary source.
Family A
