Su Shi's poems about longan cakes include "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and glutinous rice in them" and "Slim hands rub the jade for several times, and the green oil is fried to a tender yellow color".

Su Dongpo, a great writer who was born in Meishan, was not only a famous scholar but also a famous gourmet. He especially studied pastries. He once wrote a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet fillings in them." The characteristics of the pastry are described by rubbing the jade for several times and frying it in green oil until it becomes a tender yellow color.

As descendants of Dongpo’s hometown, Meishan people admire Mr. Dongpo very much. They also made many fried cakes with “bright yellow” color and “crispy” taste by guessing Su Dongpo’s description of pastries. Food, among which one kind of "thousand-layer cake" became widely spread later. Later, because the "thousand-layer cake" resembled the eyes of a dragon, Meishan people named it "longan cake".

Introduction to Su Shi:

Su Shi was a leader in the literary world in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. He made high achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His writing is bold and unbridled; his poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and unique in style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is called "Su Huang"; his poetry belongs to the bold and unrestrained school, and he and Xin Qiji are both representatives of the bold school, and they are also called "Su Xin"? ; His prose writings are grand and bold, and he is called "Ou Su" together with Ouyang Xiu, and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".

Su Shi was good at calligraphy and one of the "Four Masters of Song Dynasty"; he was good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. Li Zhimin commented: “Su Shi is an all-round artistic master.

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Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi