Dinh Bang Phu The Cake

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Dinh Bang village is Dinh Bnag ward Tw Son town, Bac Ninh province now, from long time has been famous for traditional Phu The cake baking. There are many legends about the birth of Phu The cake that people here do not remember since when? But surely that the Phu The cake has existed for thousands of years, it is not only a witness of time but also the essence of heaven and earth, of Kinh Bac land, of Dinh Bang’s people.

Phu The cake are often packaged in pairs, which in one of the indispensable gifts of the wedding ceremonies of Kinh Bac, as a symbol of loyalty of the couple. Cake is not only a kind of simple folk gift to tourist, but also the famous specialties of the countryside Kinh Bac.

The raw materials for making the Phu The cake are very simple and close ingredient such as Nep Cai Hoa Vang glutinous rice, gardenia, green beans, dried papaya threads, coconut threads lotus seeds. The people of Dinh Bang do use gardenia water instead of food coloring to create color of the cakes. The Phu The cakes are made entirely in traditional way, except the grinding process is by machine, then the cakes are manually wrapped. Round filler, square-shaped cake like the round & square symbol of yin & yang philosophy. Oriental philosophy is also exquisitely expressed through the color of the cake. The green pack symbolizes fidelity, the pink stripe emulates the pink strands connected, the yellow of the cake represents the love of wife to her husband.

The Phu The cake production of Dinh Bang has been developed and developing, bringing high economic value to people, but aslo encountered many obstacles. In order to preserve and develop the Phu The cakes production, local authorities often mobilize people to focus on improving product quality, ensuring food safety and hygiene, establishing production enterprise, large scale cake business to bring specialties of the countryside of Quan Ho folk songs to all over the country.