In the Song Dynasty, the ancient practice began. The Chronicle of Yanjing Years Old records that candied haws are made of bamboo sticks, filled with hawthorn, begonia fruit, grapes, yam, walnut kernel and bean paste, and dipped in rock sugar, which is sweet, crisp and cold.
Teahouses, theaters, streets and alleys can be seen everywhere, and now they have become traditional snacks in China. Sugar-coated haws have the functions of appetizing, caring skin, increasing intelligence, eliminating fatigue and clearing away heat.
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In the old days, there was also a kind of sugar-coated haws, which were sold in the street with burdens or wooden suitcases and bamboo baskets: "Alas, sugar-coated haws are new." Small selling is a bamboo semi-circular shelf with many holes, and at the other end there are stoves, iron pots, chopping boards, spatulas and tools such as sugar, red fruits and yam that can be made on the spot.
Because there is no smoke without fire on the loess street in old Beijing, in order to prevent sandstorms, vendors carrying baskets and boxes are often covered with white clean cloth to prevent dust. This kind of sugar-coated haws has few varieties, moderate price and is also very popular.