The origin and story of the Bridge Rice Noodle is as follows:

Origin:

In ancient times, there was a small island in the middle of the South Lake in Mengzi County, South Yunnan Province, which was covered with green trees and a quiet environment. There was a scholar who concentrated on his studies here in order to catch up with his exams. Every day, his wife brought him food from home. The scholar loved rice noodles, but because his home was far away from the island and he had to walk across a long bridge to get there, the rice noodles sent by his wife every time were cold because of the long distance and long time.

One day at noon, the wife, mindful of the pain of her husband's studies, stewed a fat and strong hen. When the chicken was finished, a thick layer of butter covered the soup, making it fresh and flavorful. She put the chicken meat and soup into a jar and was about to give it to her husband when someone came to call her. By the time she returned from her hurried errand, the sun was already in the west. Lest the food should be cold, she tasted it and found that the chicken soup was still hot to the touch. She quickly picked up the pot, with rice noodles, through the path, across the long bridge, to her husband's side, the rice noodles to the chicken soup a hot, and then fished out into a bowl. The man ate it and was very happy with it.

After that, although Xiu Cai's wife still had to walk through the path and cross the bridge every day, the thick layer of oil covered the soup tightly, and Xiu Cai was able to eat hot and fresh rice noodles all the time. "Bridge rice noodles" is thus named. After the method spread, people have copied. Some also cut thin slices of raw fish, slices of raw meat into the soup Yu cooked, and then clip the rice noodles and vegetables on the soup to eat, more increase the flavor of the bridge rice noodles.

Story

"Bridge rice noodles" began in the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a small island in the South Lake of Mengzi County in the south of Yunnan Province, which was shaded by green trees and had a quiet environment, and a scholar named Zhang Hao lived here to study for his exams. His wife brought him food from home every day.

The scholar loved rice noodles, and his wife used to make them for him, but because it was far from home and there was a long bridge to cross to get to the island, the rice was already cold when she delivered it. One day at noon, she cooked a chicken and rice noodles together into the pot and then stewed, the soup floated a thick layer of oil, ready to give her husband to eat. She was just about to go out, suddenly fainted on the ground, to wake up, the sun has been in the west, she touched the soup cans are still hot, and quickly sent to her husband to eat, chicken soup and rice noodles are still hot, her husband ate very satisfied.

The reason for this was that the chicken soup was covered by a thick layer of chicken fat, which kept it hot. His wife was inspired by this, and later put sliced pork and sashimi into the soup and boiled them, and then put them into the jar with the rice noodles to keep them warm. So that Xiu Cai can often eat hot rice noodles. The name "Bridge Rice Noodle" is derived from this.

Later, there was a rice noodle shop outside the Li Ma Tian lock dragon bridge in Jianshui County, collecting and summarizing the various cooking methods of the local people to eat rice noodle, using the boil rice noodle method, which is very popular with the masses. People often meet over the lock dragon bridge to eat rice noodles, so "bridge rice noodles" is more widely spread to become famous dishes.