Traditional food of Spring Festival: Yexie Rice Cake

STORY: Traditional food of Spring Festival: Yexie Rice Cake DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:33 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of making Yexie Rice Cake (courtesy of Songjiang Convergence Media Center) STORYLINE: During the Chinese New Year, Chinese people love auspicious symbols. In Shanghai, people like rice cakes during the Spring Festival, because "rice cake" (Nian Gao) sounds like "rising higher in the new year" in Chinese. Zhu Yan is the inheritor of Yexie Rice Cake, which is a traditional Chinese pastry and a Shanghai intangible cultural heritage. She runs a pastry shop in the Songjiang District of Shanghai. In her mind, making cakes is also making and sharing joy. She combines type printing and the craft of making rice cakes. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)