In the early years, in the temple fair of the Spring Festival in Beijing, in the factory, I often saw a long string of candied haws, with a Caiqi Yang on the top, and a string of bamboo sticks bent by red fruits, which trembled in my hand, adding to the lively atmosphere of the festival. When it comes to the origin of Sugar-Coated Berry, we have to talk about Emperor Song Guangzong in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Song Guangzong, Zhao Ting (A.D.1147-1200), was the third son of Zhao Shen in Song Xiaozong. 1 1 In the same year, Xiaozong made him the Crown Prince and served as the prefect of Lin 'an. In 1 187 10, he succeeded to the throne by Xiao zong's inner Zen, and the year was changed to Shaoxi in the second year. Zhao Shen lived in the deep palace for a long time and failed to reach the world affairs. When he ascended the throne, he was 43 years old, but he was already full of white hair. I offered Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, which could make my hair turn black after persuasion, but he refused to take it, saying, My hair is white, so that the whole world can know that I am old. After he acceded to the throne, he was influenced by Queen Li, and dismissed Zhou Bida, Xin Qiji and other ministers of the main war school, and took up the post of prime minister, ruling the country mainly and being manipulated by the faction. The relationship between Zhao Bei and Xiao Zong, the Grand Emperor, has been feuding for a long time. After Xiao Zong's death, he didn't go to mourning, which made it impossible for the funeral to be held, and the Manchu Dynasty was greatly disturbed. Zhao Ruyu, who knows the Privy Council, and Han Huayou, who knows the cabinet door, played on it, suggesting that the Empress Dowager should order Zhao to stop abdicating and pass it on to his son Zhao Kuang, who will preside over Xiaozong's funeral. Empress Dowager Tai agreed with Zhao to stop meditation, saying that he was a great emperor and lived in Shoukang Palace. Every time he recalls his reign, he always curses to himself and sometimes cries bitterly.
In the spring of A.D. 1200, Emperor Zhao Kuo came back from a sacrifice ceremony in the suburbs, and the sound of drum music was introduced into the deep palace. Zhao stopped to ask what it was, and left and right replied that the people in the street were playing music games. Zhao mourned and said angrily, you slaves have deceived me like this! When I went to boxing, I fell to the ground because I couldn't stop it. I couldn't get up from it. I died of illness on Xinmao Day in August. Yang 'an Shoukang Palace. Buried in Yong chongling (now Baoshan, 35 miles southeast of Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province)
It was during the reign of Shaoxi that Huang Guifei, Zhao Ting's favorite, was ill. She is sallow and emaciated, and she doesn't think about eating or drinking. The physician used a lot of expensive drugs, but nothing worked. When the emperor saw his beloved princess, he was sad all day. Finally, I had no choice but to post a list for medical treatment. A quack doctor came into the palace and felt the pulse of Huang Guifei. He said: As long as you use rock sugar and red fruits (that is, mountain plants), you should eat five to ten tablets before each meal, and you will be well within half a month. At first, everyone was skeptical, but fortunately, this way of eating was also to the taste of the imperial concubine. After taking it in this way, the imperial concubine recovered as scheduled. The emperor was naturally overjoyed and began to frown.
Later, this practice spread to the people, and the people strung it together and sold it, which became Sugar-Coated Berry. It turns out that Shanzhi has many medicinal effects. It can help digestion, disperse blood stasis, expel tapeworms, stop dysentery, and especially help digestion. It has been an important medicine for digestion since ancient times, especially for digestion. Perhaps it was the delicacies that Huang Guifei had eaten that made her sick, and the little hawthorn relieved her pain. Li Shizhen, an outstanding medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, once said: If you cook hard chicken meat and plant several pieces in the mountains, it will rot easily, and the product will be eliminated, and the cover can be pushed. Modern studies have proved that Shanzhi also has the functions of lowering blood fat and serum cholesterol. Therefore, it is more favored by people, and the mountain food is also refurbished and has a wide variety. But the sweet, sour and crispy Sugar-Coated Berry is still a favorite food for people today.