Braised noodles are one of the most common noodles in the north, and are widely spread in the Beijing-Tianjin area, Shandong, and the three northeastern provinces. The book "Northeast Flavored Snacks" introduces the braised noodles in Northeast China, and the book "Fun Popular Noodles and Dumplings" mentions the braised noodles in Shandong. In the book "Hebei Dialect Vocabulary", there is a special entry for "Braised Noodles", which details the names of Braised Noodles in various places in Hebei, such as Plain Braised Noodles, Gou Braised Noodles, Poured Braised Noodles, and Braised Noodles. Noodles, etc., which proves the popularity of "braised noodles" in these areas.

Braised noodles are most well-known as the representative snacks in Beijing. When introducing noodles, the "Dictionary of Chinese Quintessence" lists braised noodles and fried noodles as representative noodles in Beijing. Braised noodles are a higher-end noodle dish for ordinary people in old Beijing, and they are a special noodle dish. At that time, among the neighbors in the same courtyard, no matter which house was eating braised noodles, there was definitely something going on. The old man’s birthday, the child’s full moon, the third birthday, the 100th birthday, the first week, and the craftsmen’s recruitment of apprentices were all served with braised noodles. Come to celebrate. The popular song "Yuanyangkou" of Beijing's "Hundred Books" records this custom, "Not long after the wife sent a message to prepare the meal, the servants and servants rushed around, first serving eight bowls of hot dishes for the wedding wine, and then eating side dishes of noodles There are dozens of dishes, crab braised and shredded chicken braised as you like. There is no difference between the braised pork and the following. After everyone has finished eating them, I ask people to prepare the carriage and dress up my uncle."

Mr. Tang Lusun, a famous gourmet who was born in Beijing, once wrote a special article "Making Braised Noodles" to show this kind of delicacy to the world. The love for braised noodles is revealed everywhere in the article. In the "Braised and Fried Sauce" article of "The Art of Eating", Liu Fang from Taiwan expresses his feelings directly at the beginning of the article: "Real Pekingese only recognize two things when eating noodles, which are braised and fried. ... Generally Most northern families eat noodles with either fried sauce or braised pork. To save time, they eat shredded pork and feed it with rice noodles. This is no longer a casual meal for entertaining guests... As a true Yankee, I have to go to a small restaurant if I have to. If you can’t go to the Five Zang Temple, firstly, you will never eat dumplings, and secondly, you will never eat braised noodles or noodles with soybean paste, because what they do is selling dog meat on sheep’s heads, and that’s not the case at all!” The stubbornness and preference of old Peiping people for braised noodles can be seen.