The real Lanzhou clear soup beef ramen is Henan Province, Huaiqingfu (now Henan Boai County) Qinghua cart beef old soup noodles evolved, cooking beef when cooled has become a jelly gelatinous substance, that is, the old soup, is the cart beef in the most flavorful, delicious, this soup is to do the top of the beef noodles. Lanzhou's beef noodles began in the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period (1799), the Department of Dongxiang Ma Liuqi from Henan Province, Huaiqing Province, Qinghua Chen Weijin place to learn to bring to Lanzhou, and then by the descendants of Chen and the sound, Ma Baozai and others to "a clear (soup) two white (Bak Kutsu) three green (cilantro and garlic mustard) four red (chili) five yellow (noodles yellow bright)" unified the standard of Lanzhou! The standard of Lanzhou beef noodles was unified. In the following two hundred years of long years, a bowl of noodles and renowned in the world, with meat and soup fresh, fine noodles and famous at home and abroad, into all parts of the country, won the domestic and even the world within the scope of the praise and honor of the diners, in 1999 was identified as one of the three major Chinese fast-food pilot to promote varieties of the country, known as the "China's first noodle", become a bunch of food and beverage industry, an oddball. In the meantime, the wisdom and hard work of Chen Ma and countless other chefs specializing in beef noodles in clear soup have been condensed. Today, because of its delicious flavor and affordability, beef noodles in clear soup not only abound in Lanzhou, but also in all provinces of the country and even in many countries and regions of the world have Lanzhou beef noodle halls.

All the other Old Ma's are directly using the Old Ma's name because of the branding benefits, and of course, there is no shortage of restaurants run by people who do have the surname Ma. The main thing is still borrowed from the branding spread.