It is said that in ancient times, due to the war and tyranny of the feudal dynasty, many people were ruined and became beggars. One day, a beggar who was living in the south of the Yangtze River collapsed from hunger and cold. His fellow prisoners got him a little hen. However, due to the lack of cooking utensils, he imitated the method of roasting sweet potatoes, wrapped the chicken in mud, put it in a campfire and simmered the mud balls with firewood to mature them. Unexpectedly, he found that the chicken was fragrant and very delicious. Since then, this unique simmering method has spread. Hangzhou chefs constantly improved it by learning from it, using tender chicken, Shaoxing wine, West Lake lotus leaves, and belly stuffing for fine processing, making the roast chicken fragrant and mellow, and finally became a popular traditional dish that people like.