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Why don't Chinese hamburger be called meat buns?
The name "meat in steamed bread" is an ellipsis in ancient Chinese, which means "meat in steamed bread". According to the custom of China people, the key subject is usually put in the back and the modifier is put in the front.

"Meat steamed stuffed bun" is a kind of steamed stuffed bun after all, so "steamed stuffed bun" is the following subject; Meat is the characteristic of this kind of cake, so it is put in front as decoration, which is "meat steamed stuffed bun"; Finally, in order to emphasize "meat", we mentioned "meat buns" at the beginning.

In addition, the subject of the name "meat steamed bun" may not be "steamed bun", but "steamed bun", which refers to a kind of steamed bun with materials. There are many other sayings, such as "pie" refers to cakes with stuffing, and "filled cakes" refers to cakes with stuffing. Then take meat as the object to show what the stuffing of steamed stuffed bun is.

In Shaanxi, there are not only meat buns, but also eggs, dried flowers and vegetable buns. If you use the explanation of "meat buns", it doesn't make sense. According to the same principle of word formation, omelets and patties can also be explained in this way.

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On June 20 16, 1, Chinese hamburger was selected as the fifth batch of intangible cultural heritage list in Shaanxi Province.

In Shaanxi province, there are meat buns made of Baiji steamed buns, Xifu minced meat buns in Baoji and Tongguan steamed buns in Tongguan. Among them, bacon is said to have been made during the Warring States period, and it has become a habit all the way and has been passed down to this day.

This is the "stain" in the "Eight Treasures of the Zhou Dynasty" mentioned in Zhou Li. The method of making bacon recorded by Jia Sixie in the Book of Qi Yaomin in the Northern Wei Dynasty is basically the same as that of making bacon today.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Chinese hamburger (name origin)