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Several sticky purple-brown glutinous rice buns filled with red bean paste
Jilin

Sticky Bean Buns 粘豆包

Sticky Bean Buns (粘豆包) are part of the Manchu food traditions of Jilin City (吉林市). In Wulajie (乌拉街), they feature at the market before Chinese New Year, where families buy them for home and as gifts.

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AI illustration: A simple platter of chopped cooked small-poultry or rabbit-sized meat pieces.
Jilin

Yitong Roast Pigeon 伊通烧鸽子

Yitong Roast Pigeon (伊通烧鸽子) is a whole pigeon cooked in and then over charcoal, a Manchu speciality of Yitong Manchu Autonomous County (伊通满族自治县) in Siping (四平), Jilin.

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Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet (满族八大碗) — dish photograph
Jilin

Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet 满族八大碗

Manchu Eight-Bowl Banquet (满族八大碗) is represented in Siping (四平) by the version at Manyanlou (满宴楼). A 2024 China Tourism News (中国旅游报) feature describes this restaurant’s ingredients and traditional cooking methods.

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AI illustration: A stylized welcoming Chinese dining table seen slightly from above.
Jilin

Venison Banquet 鹿肉宴

Venison Banquet (鹿肉宴) is a banquet of sika deer (梅花鹿) dishes served in Liaoyuan (辽源), Jilin, whose Dongfeng County (东丰县) calls itself the ‘hometown of the sika deer’.

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