The pie originated in ancient Egypt in 2000 BC, 1400 BC to 600 BC, the pie spread to ancient Greece.
100 BC pies spread to ancient Rome, when there were cheese pies and honey pies
12th century, pies spread to the United Kingdom, where meat pies became the mainstream
The spread to the United States is the British colonial era
Nowadays, there are different forms of pies in various countries
About the origins of the Niuzhuang Pie, there are two broad statements. One says that the pie originated from Liu Haichun, a Muslim from Niizhuang, in the early 1920s, and the other says that it was first created by Gao Fuchen, the father of Gao Xiaoshan, a native of Niizhuang, and that there is not much discrepancy in the time of origin between the two, which are both in the early 1900s. Liu Haichun's Hui pies are said to predate Gao Fuchen's Han pies by a few years.
Niuzhuang at the beginning of the last century was already a bustling port. According to the records of Niuzhuang town: in the eighth year of Xianfeng, the British government forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Tianjin, and Niuzhuang became an international commercial port. Because of its developed business, Niuzhuang had already become a famous ancient town. In the commercial street along the harbor, there were all kinds of merchants, and in its heyday, there were hundreds of stores dealing with all kinds of commodities. According to 84-year-old Gao Yuchen's recollection, there were all kinds of snacks in the bazaar of Niuzhuang at that time, and his father, Gao Fuchen, sold all kinds of pasta in the bazaar and did a booming business, and later invented pies.
Besides the well-developed business and large number of customers that provided the objective conditions for the creation of Niujuang's pies, in 1920, Ma Dechang, a member of the Hui ethnic group, succeeded in making a new kind of pasta - pies - in Haicheng, where he opened the famous "Ma Jiajiakuan Pie". Liu Haichun, who is considered to be one of the originators of Niujuang's pie, returned to Niujuang after completing his apprenticeship at Majiaguan.
According to Liu Qingfeng, who is 72 years old this year, he recalled: "After my father left the famous Ma family pie store in Haicheng, he went back to Niuzhuang and started to sell pies on the busiest street. At that time, we were the only family selling pies on the street, and the people who bought our pies had to get up in the morning and line up."