Xiaolongbao was a steamed bun shop in nanxiang town during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the increasingly fierce competition, the owner of the shop has been thinking about how to make the skin thinner, make the stuffing more, and improve the technology day by day, so Xiaolongbao was born. Authentic steamed buns originated in nanxiang town, Jiading County, so now many steamed buns are also named "Nanxiang", but most of them are authentic in Shanghai Nanxiang Steamed Bread Shop, which has a history of more than 100 years.

In Tianjin, people call steamed buns "dogs ignore them", which means that after eating steamed buns, dogs are reluctant to put them down and mind other things around them.

Kaifeng steamed buns have a long history, which was gradually reformed from the "Plum Blossom Steamed Bun in Wanglou Mountain Cave" which was the first in Beijing in the Northern Song Dynasty. Also known as "soup-filling bag"