Ningyuan bean curd has a long history of hundreds of years, which is recorded in Lingling District annals and Ningyuan County annals. There is also a local story: 1857, Wing King Shi Dakai was forced to leave and passed through ningyuan county, Yongzhou City. When the troops marched to the mountain pass, they were ambushed by local armed forces in ningyuan county. In the battle of blocking the mountain pass, although Shi Jun beat back the ambush through fierce fighting, it was still weakened. To this end, Shi Dakai troops bypassed Jiuyi Mountain. A local old man admired Shi Dakai's military ability and told Shi Dakai the secret. It turned out that the local government corps often ate stuffed tofu (poppy shells were put in it before the war), so everyone was extremely strong and tired from fighting. Since then, Shi Dakai comforted the soldiers with tofu, which really boosted their morale and broke through all the way. Ningyuan's tofu is also famous.

Legend has it that a long time ago, a family at the foot of Jiuyi Mountain went out to make a living because of discord between their brothers. One went to the north and the other went to the south, but they were all very filial to their mothers. They go out at the beginning of each year and come back in spring to celebrate the New Year with their mother. One year, my brother bought pork and brought it back to fry tofu. The ingenious mother made the meat and tofu into a delicious meat-filled tofu reunion dinner. After eating this dish, the two brothers both found it delicious, crispy and delicious, fat but not greasy, and never tired of eating more. At this time, the mother said to them earnestly, "You two brothers can do great things if you are United and friendly like this tofu ball." The two brothers learned the truth from it, and later United to make their family prosperous and famous throughout ningyuan county. Since then, every year during the Spring Festival, every household at the foot of Jiuyi Mountain will use minced meat to make tofu, symbolizing that the family can live in harmony.

Hakka tofu is said to have originated in northern jiaozi. Due to the lack of wheat in the south, Hakkas use tofu to pin their feelings for Jiaozi culture in the north and Central Plains culture. It is the favorite of rural Hakkas whether they are happy or busy.

Legend has it that a long time ago, a Wuhua man and a Xingning man were sworn brothers. Later, because there were contradictions when ordering, one wanted to eat pork and the other wanted to eat tofu. Later, the clever restaurant owner came up with a way to kill two birds with one stone and made fermented bean curd. Animation shows the wisdom and profound Hakka food culture of Hakka people.

This product is a traditional dish in Meizhou City (of which tofu in Wuhua County is the most famous) and other Hakka areas. It is usually used on holidays or when entertaining guests.