According to the literature, noodles were called "soup cake", "no support" and "puzhu" in ancient times. Before the Han Dynasty, flour and rice were very precious because of backward mill technology, so steamed bread and noodles were very luxurious foods. According to historical records, there is another interesting thing: During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei, hated the minister's words and made peace. At that time, it was very popular to touch powder on his face. So Cao Rui invited Yanhe to eat hot noodle soup in summer, hoping to see the embarrassing appearance that the cosmetics on his face were washed away by sweat. Therefore, Yanhe likes to take Dan medicine orally, and he doesn't touch powder on his face at all, so he didn't see it.

During the Three Kingdoms period, agricultural technology was developed, and in the late Wei and Jin Dynasties, the types of noodles began to increase, gradually forming the present appearance.