5. Snacks with local flavor in Zunyi

The mutton rice noodles of Zunyi have been famous since as early as the middle Qing Dynasty. Whoever has tasted them in Zunyi will always praise and tell others about it. And people in Zunyi have a special preference for it, especially in winter when people will get thorough warmth after eating a bowl of hot mutton rice noodles. So it has become a local habit that every year on the winter solstice, people in the city, old or young, will eat a bowl of mutton rice noodles. According to their saying, a bowl of mutton rice noodles on this day will promise warmth for the whole winter.

The mutton rice noodles of Zunyi. [Photo by sunnylin01]