This is a small gift that people usually give to their relatives and friends after a long trip. It is called a "personal letter" because it is not a big or expensive commodity purchased as planned, but a letter delivered by a special person. Throughout the ages, hipsters have lived side by side for generations. During the Spring Festival, they will go home to pay New Year greetings, visit relatives and friends and say goodbye. They often bring gifts to express their deep feelings. These complimentary gifts are often called "personal letters". For a long time, "personal letter" has become a common phrase for hipsters. The word calligraphy has a historical reason. It turns out that in ancient times, emissaries were called "faithfulness" or "emissaries", collectively referred to as "emissaries". Interpretation of Modern Chinese Dictionary: Messenger, a person sent to deliver a message or undertake a mission. There is a saying in Sima Xiangru's Bashuba: "So send messengers to tell the people." Du Fu said in a poem: "There should be fewer messengers from thousands of Yang, so it's not my fault for persuading the wine glasses." By the Tang Dynasty, letters had extended to gifts and human feelings. "On the East View" wrote: "Today's custom is to give books and things as a letter." Pi Rixiu, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "If you have something to ask for, three bottles of wine will be sent to sail." There is also a folk saying called "Laba porridge for delivering letters". Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the world has always called them "keepsakes", "gifts", "wishing to believe" (wishing for happiness) and so on. As a result, the influx of people reciprocated, and the gifts that followed were called "calligraphy". Handicrafts, local products, Chinese clothing, tea, Chinese tableware, gold ornaments and Chinese cakes have also become "handwritten letters" purchased by tourists. Guangzhou is the ancient capital of Lingnan for three generations and the first batch of national historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. It is also a picturesque landscape city. She is the birthplace of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, the cradle of modern revolution and the frontier of reform and opening up. Guangzhou's long history and ancient customs have gradually formed a simple and diverse Lingnan culture. Guangzhou is a famous food capital in China and even the world. Cantonese pastry is famous at home and abroad for its exquisite materials and excellent workmanship. Because of its strong southern Guangdong characteristics and nostalgic sentiment, it has become the first choice for compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese to return home and give gifts to relatives and friends and staff welfare. At the same time, many foreigners who come to Guangzhou to start a business prefer to bring a box of old Guangzhou specialties when they go home for the New Year, so that their relatives can enjoy the Guangdong charm and elegance of Lingnan culture while enjoying the food. Around the service brand of "True Feelings Express", Guangzhou Post EMS and the well-known old Guangzhou enterprise "Art Hall" creatively launched etiquette services such as "Old Guangzhou Handle" and "Lingnan Handle", as well as various special products and gift boxes for new year's goods. China cakes locally produced in Guangzhou, such as old woman cakes, egg cakes, married women cakes and lard cakes, have been carefully selected and packaged in gift boxes with rich cultural taste and exquisite design, which truly embodies the artistic conception of "portable gifts and souvenirs". The old Guangzhou cultural book tells the history, customs and culture of old Guangzhou, and warmly tells the story behind every handwritten letter. At the same time, with personalized stamps of handwritten letters, you can appreciate and taste the essence of Guangzhou culture and enjoy physical and mental pleasure while tasting the handwritten letters of old Guangzhou. "Old Guangzhou Hand Beating" has the following entries and stories: The story of Xiguan Chicken Pie: It is said that this kind of cake has a history of more than 100 years. Chicken Pie, formerly known as "Xiaofeng Pie", is named after it looks like a chicken. According to legend, it was created by Xiaofeng, a rich woman surnamed Wu in Xiguan, Guangzhou, during the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, and later became the signature snack of the teahouse. Chicken pie contains pork, milk, minced garlic, pepper, spiced powder and salt. It tastes sweet, salty, sweet and crisp. This is probably the most famous traditional "old cake" in Guangzhou. Cake shops in Beijing and Shanghai have seen that supermarkets in Guangzhou also have many packaged egg cakes for sale. However, most mass-produced egg cakes are made of molds, which are neat and consistent in appearance and particularly crisp to eat. It is a famous specialty in Guangzhou. Ingredients: refined flour, peanuts, pork, etc. Tip: White light and Wangfujing in Guangzhou are available for sale. Old woman cake story: Old woman cake, also known as winter velvet crisp, was originally initiated by Lianxianglou in Guangzhou. Legend has it that there was once a loving couple whose daughter-in-law was willing to sell herself to treat the elderly. Undaunted, the widowed husband worked hard to develop a delicious cake, and finally redeemed his wife by selling the cake and lived a happy life again. This gourmet recipe has been called "old woman cake" since it came out. I didn't expect this little cake to contain such a touching love story. Another legend about the old lady's cake comes from the Lotus Teahouse in Guangzhou. Anyone who has been to Guangzhou knows that Lotus Tea House is a famous shop in Guangzhou, and Chaozhou granny cake is its housekeeping snack. In the late Qing Dynasty, Lianxianglou hired a Chaozhou master. One year, he went home to visit relatives and brought many snacks from Lianxianglou. Who knows that his wife was greatly dissatisfied after eating snacks: "The snacks in Lianxianglou are not as good as the winter melon horns fried by my family." After listening to his wife's words, the pastry chef was unconvinced: "Then be the melon corner of your mother's house and compare it with the snacks in Lianxianglou!" The next day, my wife prepared a pot of wax gourd, filled with white sugar and flour, then wrapped it into small corners with flour and fried it in an oil pan until golden brown. The pastry chef took a sip and praised it again and again. After returning to Guangzhou, he took the melon horn made by his wife to the masters of the teahouse to taste. What kind of snacks has the master of Lianxianglou never seen? However, after they ate melon seeds, they were full of praise. The owner of Lianxianglou knew about it and came to taste one. The boss said, "Well, it's delicious! Where is this famous spot? What's its name? " Master Chaozhou couldn't answer for a moment, and one of the masters said, "This is made by master Chaozhou's wife, so we call it Chaozhou old woman cake." Interestingly, there is also a kind of cake called "husband cake" corresponding to "old woman cake", which has a slightly different shape and unique taste. The "old woman cake" is small in appearance and delicate in taste. I still feel fragrant after eating sesame seeds, and I am really as meticulous and thoughtful as a little woman. The "husband cake" is slightly larger in shape and tastes a bit like bread, but it is a bit like a careless big man. Ingredients: flour, sesame, coconut and wax gourd. Tip: Lianxianglou is available for sale. Almond cake durian cake durian cake is crispy and delicious, durian is delicious. This is a very delicious snack. Methods vary from place to place. Some are baked by directly wrapping fresh durian meat with shredded dough, and some are fried in durian meat with a little oil and sugar to make stuffing. The story of lard cake: lard cake, also known as fat cake, was famous as early as the Qing Dynasty, and Yuan and Wei Tingzhi called it "Wuzhong Jiazhi". Salted cake with scallion oil and lard is salty and fresh. The main auxiliary materials are glutinous rice flour, fine japonica rice flour, pork plate oil, refined salt, leek and soybean oil. The color is like jade, white and green, and the entrance is fragrant and salty. When the lard cake was first named, it was meant to be soft, smooth and moist, and it did not contain any lard in essence. Main ingredients: glucose, starch and peanuts. Tip: Wangfujing and Baiguang in Guangzhou are available for sale. Allusions to fragrant rice cakes: This kind of rice cakes was very famous in South Guangdong in the early Qing Dynasty. Ingredients: fragrant rice flour, fresh eggs, peanuts, etc. The story of ginger hitting milk: There is a legend about ginger hitting milk. Once upon a time, in Shawan Town, Panyu, Guangdong Province, an elderly lady suffered from cough, and later she learned that ginger juice could cure cough. But the ginger juice was too spicy for the old woman to drink, so the daughter-in-law boiled the buffalo milk with sugar and poured it into a bowl full of ginger juice. Strangely, after a while, the milk solidified and my mother-in-law felt full of fragrance after drinking it. It will be fine the next day. Therefore, the collision of ginger and milk spread in Shawan town, which was called "coagulation" by Shawan people, and "ginger and milk collision" was also called "ginger and milk burial" in Shawan. Traditional folk food originated in the Pearl River Delta. The taste is mellow and smooth, sweet and slightly spicy, with unique flavor, which has the function of warming stomach and relieving exterior syndrome. Ginger is famous for its excellent medicinal and edible value. It is found that ginger contains a special substance similar to salicylic acid. After being diluted as a blood diluent, it has a special effect on lowering blood lipid and blood pressure and preventing thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Regular consumption can improve health, strengthen physical fitness, preserve health and prolong life, and is deeply loved by people from all walks of life. Old ginger cake story: Chinese old ginger cake is baked with special ingredients such as plum, ginger and egg white. It is golden and delicious, and its texture is loose. Adding ginger tastes slightly spicy, which is different from ordinary western-style gingerbread. Wedding cake story: The most common wedding cake in Guangdong, also called Su Ling. The "silk crisp" in traditional gift cakes is related to clothing allusions. In the past, the weddings of rich and powerful people used the richness of gift cakes to show their dignity and style. Silk and satin are four luxury fabrics of nobles, of which "silk" is the most expensive. Therefore, "Su Ling" is the first choice for gift cakes, which means wealth. There are four kinds of silk cakes: yellow, white, red and orange: yellow silk is filled with bean paste, which means nobility and arrogance; White silk stuffed with cold sugar or five kernels represents the woman's chastity; HongLing is the most exquisite and expensive, with lotus seed paste as stuffing, which is also useful in winter, implying a festive atmosphere; Shredded oranges are stuffed with bean paste or shredded coconut, which means that the young couple will get married later. Some silk cakes can also be added with egg yolk to show nobility. It is understood that the appearance of four-color silk crisp represents people's sustenance for the new life of the couple, and also expresses their respect for the elderly from another angle. Therefore, authentic Guangzhou people, especially those with old people at home, will certainly do things according to tradition and strive for good luck.