sa word KangXi Dictionary did not include, the dictionary can not be found, the computer character database also does not have income, just Mengcheng people will write will read.

Sa soup is a snack that has been handed down to the public and originated in Mengcheng, Anhui Province. According to legend, when Qianlong was on a private visit, he traveled to a village at night and begged a woman for food.

Village women only have a hen at home to kill a stew, very good, Qianlong asked what this is, the old lady said sha soup. Qianlong asked: what soup, the village woman repeated what soup, Qianlong does not understand, next to the guards look at the sky with the moon, the son of heaven in front, the bright idea, said: the word beside the month, plus a day head, the following a leek, meaning the son of heaven under the moon to save his life soup.

Origin of grits

Grits soup, also known as "meat porridge", a traditional food, said to have originated in Linyi, and is now the local people's usual breakfast. It has a long history, "Saying Yuan - Miscellaneous Words" in the "seven days without food, quinoa soup without grits" record, the Spring and Autumn period of the famous book "Mozi non-ru" in: "Confucius poor in Chen Cai, quinoa soup without grits".

"Rituals - Nei Zi" said: "grits, take cattle, sheep meat, three as one, small cut. And rice two, meat one, combined as a bait, fried." Here said "grits", quite similar to today's grits. The Qing dynasty during the Kangxi period "Yizhou Zhi - rank" listed in the 16 kinds of products in the "grits food".

Qing KangXi years "Yizhou Zhi - rank" listed in the 16 kinds of products in the "grits food". "Grits" is literally a soup made of meat. Before the liberation, there were 8 grits stores in Linyi city, and the chicken grits and Chen Yushan beef grits of Huangjia, Liujia and Wujia were the most famous ones. 1946, when Comrade Chen Yi was stationed in Linyi, he was a regular customer of Huangjia's grits store.

Currently, there are dozens of famous grits stores in Linyi city, and small and medium-sized grits stores have blossomed all over the city, and Linyi grits halls have been opened in Shanghai, Qingdao and other places. Shanghai International Hotel and Jinan Nanjiao Hotel respectively hired Linyi grits technicians, making grits on the hall of elegance. Since then, grits have been known to all people and have been passed down to this day.