Pastries · FFET10064
Tatar Traditional Pastry Craft
Tatar traditional pastry craft is transmitted and practiced in Tacheng, Xinjiang.
Mural guide
A wooden tray holds flower-stamped cakes, flaky swirled pastries and squares of steamed cake set with red dates, a hand presses cake flour into a wooden mould, and a few stamped cakes sit beside it.
Cakes and pastries of every kind, baked, steamed or fried.
The national intangible-heritage entry lists Tatar traditional pastry craft under traditional wheat-food crafts, announced in 2021 for Tacheng, Xinjiang. It describes the craft as transmitted across generations and practiced mainly in Tacheng and nearby areas.