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|title=Lüdagun / Rolling Donkey (驴打滚) - Chinese Food Wiki
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|description=Lüdagun (驴打滚, 'rolling donkey') is an old-Beijing snack of steamed glutinous dough rolled with red bean paste and dusted in roasted soybean flour.
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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Lüdagun.jpg
| caption = Lüdagun
| alternate_name = Ludagun; Lvdagun; Lu Da Gun; Rolling Donkey; Donkey Rolling; 驴打滚; 驢打滾; 豆面糕
| pinyin = Lǘ dǎ gǔn
| type = Rolled glutinous dough with red bean paste, coated in roasted soybean flour
| course = Snack / dessert (old-Beijing snack)
| country = China
| region = Beijing; Manchu and northeastern origins; Tianjin and wider northern China
| other = Beijing soybean-dusted rice roll — not Ai Wo Wo, not Wandou Huang
}}

'''Lüdagun''' (Simplified Chinese: 驴打滚; Traditional Chinese: 驢打滾; Pinyin: ''Lǘ dǎ gǔn''; Beijing dialect ''lüdagunr''; literally '''"rolling donkey"'''; also 豆面糕) is a traditional snack of [[Beijing Food|Beijing]] with Manchu roots. Steamed glutinous dough is spread with sweet red bean paste, rolled into a spiral log, sliced, and coated generously in golden roasted soybean flour. The playful name compares the dusty yellow coating to the loess a donkey kicks up when rolling on the ground. Older descriptions mention yellow (proso) millet dough and brown-sugar fillings; modern versions usually use glutinous rice and red bean. A story that a eunuch surnamed Lü (a homophone of "donkey") dropped a sweet into soybean flour in front of Empress Dowager Cixi is a '''folk tale'''. Lüdagun is a sibling to other old-Beijing sweets such as [[Ai Wo Wo]] and [[Wandou Huang]], but distinct from both.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCdagun English Wikipedia: Lüdagun]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Pinwheel cross-section of pale dough and dark bean paste; powdery, nutty soybean coating; soft, sticky chew; moderately sweet.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Glutinous rice flour (or traditional millet flour); sweet red bean paste; roasted soybean flour; sugar. Overview only.

== History and culture ==

Recorded in Republican-era collections of Beijing folk food and snack verse; sold today by time-honored Beijing snack houses, temple fairs and tourist streets, often in the same boxes as Ai Wo Wo and Wandou Huang. English guides translate it as "rolling donkey" or "donkey rolling in the dust." Compare [[Ciba]] and [[Nian Gao]] for other glutinous-rice sweets.<ref name="wp" />

== Serving and variations ==

Sliced rounds on a plate or in snack boxes, eaten at room temperature with tea. See [[Ai Wo Wo]], [[Wandou Huang]], [[Tanghulu]] and [[Ciba]].

== See also ==

* [[Ai Wo Wo]]
* [[Wandou Huang]]
* [[Tanghulu]]
* [[Ciba]]
* [[Beijing Food]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==
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