Fried Kuey Teow is the most characteristic traditional Han Chinese snack in Chaoshan, Guangdong. This kind of kuey teow is made of glutinous rice and sugar, then coated with sesame seeds and fried. It tastes crispy and sweet, with the aroma of glutinous rice and sesame, and has the symbolism of sweetness and prosperity.

On the origin of kuey teow, there is a love story circulating in Fuchuan, Guangxi. According to legend, a young man surnamed Zhang of the Han Chinese tribe fell in love with a Yao girl surnamed Bong. But at that time, there was no precedent for Yao and Han to marry together. The mother of the Feng girl made a difficult task to make the young man of Han nationality know what to do. She asked the Han Chinese man, Mr. Zhang, to prepare a gift that was neither expensive nor expensive, but could express his sincerity, and it had to be a specialty of Mr. Zhang's hometown, and something that no one else had ever seen before. When Mr. Zhang's mother heard this, she gave him an idea, saying that she would use rice sticks from her hometown to form a circle, sprinkle sugar and sesame seeds on it, and deep fry it in a pot, naming it "kuey teow". The Han Chinese young man's mother explained that "kuey teow" means that all marriages are fruitful. The circles in the kuey teow symbolize that Mr. Zhang's family traveled a long way to get here, and the sugar in the kuey teow symbolizes the future. The sugar in the kuey teow symbolizes the sweetness of the future life. What was produced in this way really met the requirements of the Yao girls' mothers and touched their hearts, and the young Han Chinese passed on. From then on, intermarriage between Buchuan Yao and Han began.