Ningbo Pastry is a famous traditional pastry in the area of Ningbo city. With a long history, it is one of the twelve branches of pastry in the whole nation. When you attend to Mandarin leaning courses for Chinese learning, you would be told that three counties were originally built in Ningbo area as early as in Qin Shi Huang period 2000 years ago, namely, Yin, Mao and Ju. When it came to Tang Dynasty, the city was formed officially, being called Ming Zhou.

According to the record of the history book History of Yin County, people in Yin County area could make a variety or pastries with the application of the cooking techniques such as steaming, decocting, frying, drying and boiling on the basis of the raw materials like rice, wheat, bean flour, sugar and sesame. Xiao Wang Pastry was said originated in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States period. Originally, it was the pastry that the King of Yue State Goujian gave to his son. It was made of rice flour and sugar and then became popular in the folk. Therefore, it was also called the Pastry of Prince.

After Tang and Song Dynasties, pastry has become very common food in the folk of Ningbo area. People in Ningbo ate pastry in the festival period and also presented as a gift to friends. As a matter of fact, it is essential for students who study in intensive Mandarin course in China to know the name Ningbo was officially named in 1381, the Ming Dynasty. In Ming and Qing periods, the trade was well-developed and the cities became more prosperous, making Ningbo one of the five ports in China, greatly promoting the development of pastry industry.

Since then, when it comes to the festival, all kinds of pastries with different tastes are sold in markets. Some are sweet and some are salty and only the species with green gross food fragrance are as more as 20 species, indicating the features of the pastries with delicate materials and processing and the combination of color, fragrance and taste. For so many years, Ningbo Pastry has been famous for the high quality materials, and delicate processing as well as the unique appearance. The most important thing is that the pastry is nutritious. There are many species to choose according to the different tastes, thus being welcomed by many people at home and abroad.