Jar meat is the crystallization of the wisdom of the broad masses of working people in Anyue County, Sichuan Province. It is a delicious and nutritious traditional food that is convenient for yourself and others to eat. People commonly call it Anyue jar meat.

As early as the Western Han Dynasty, due to the shortage of food and the limitation of storage conditions, in order to achieve the purpose of quality preservation, antisepsis and convenience for eating, the wise Anyue ancestors skillfully mixed dried vegetables and pork such as dried cowpea and dried green vegetables with plant spices such as spiced and star anise, and put a layer of dried vegetables and a layer of roasted pork breast into the earthen altar to form today's jar meat.