Steamed bread, also known as steamed,
steamed bun, one of Chinese Han nationality traditional pasta, a fermented flour steamed food, round shaped and uplift. The present there is a filling, after that no filling of the steamed bread, there are stuffing for the steamed stuffed bun. Usually people in the North choose steamed bread as a staple food.
That is Zhu Geliang's invention of the Three Kingdoms period. The "Three Kingdoms" in Zhu Geliang on the seven release Menghuo, put down after crossing the river by the Nanman, died of attack resistance. Zhu Geliang faced Cijing anxious, want to be forced to pay homage to the Alpheus. Pray that God blessing punish evil, bless the creatures, can not bear to Zhuge Liang worship with the head, and the invention of steamed bread for alternatives. So kill sheep slaughter pigs, wrapped into dough, cast in the water to show worship. Later folk custom. This is probably the origin of the "steamed bun". "Man" and "man", "Steamed Buns" means "pretty head". Bread to flour, add water, sugar and mix thoroughly, steaming after fermentation and food, product appearance is hemispherical or bar, the taste is soft and delicious, nutrient rich, is essential to table the staple food of the.
China is a multi-ethnic, different tastes, different approach, which developed the all kinds of steamed bread, such as wheat, corn bread, steamed bread, steamed meat, fried bread, fried bread, the names are not the same.
馒头，又称之为馍、馍馍，中国特色汉族传统面食之一，一种用面粉发酵蒸成的食品，形圆而隆起。本有馅，后称无馅的为馒头，有馅的为包子。通常北方人们选择馒头来作为主食。
据传是三国时期
诸葛亮发明。
《三国演义》中讲述诸葛亮七擒孟获，平定
南蛮之后，过江受战死冤魂之阻。诸葛亮面对此景心急如焚，想来想去只好祭奠
河神，求神降福惩魔，保佑生灵，诸葛亮不忍用人头祭祀，而发明馒头为替代品。于是命杀羊宰猪，包成面团，投于水中以示供奉。后来民间习此风俗。这大概是“馒头”的起源。“馒”通“蛮”，“馒头”即意为“蛮头”。馒头把面粉加水、糖等调匀，发酵后蒸熟而成的食品，成品外形为半球形或长条，味道可口松软，营养丰富，是餐桌上必不可少的主食之一。
中国民族众多，口味不同，作法各异，由此发展出了各式各样的馒头，如白面馒头，玉米面馒头、菜馒头、肉馒头、生煎馒头、油炸馒头，叫法也不尽相同。