Sugar-fried chestnuts originated in the night market in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Morphological characteristics of chestnuts

Chestnut, chestnut cotyledon, raw chestnut, chestnut bud.

Chestnut, also known as chestnut, has the reputation of "king of dried fruits" and is known as "ginseng fruit" abroad.

Chestnut, deciduous tree, involucre-shaped, with sharp burrs outside. Spikes are long and short, sparse and dense. When dense, they completely cover the outer wall of the shell bucket, while when sparse, the outer wall is visible and there are 2-3 nuts inside.

The origin of sugar-fried chestnuts

After the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court gradually released the curfew, and the night market began to appear in the capital of song dynasty. Among many snacks in the capital of song dynasty, one snack is particularly popular after late autumn, that is, "fried chestnuts". Li He is the best candidate for frying chestnuts in Bianliang City. Since then, the technology of sugar-fried chestnuts has become popular in Bianjing City and has become one of Bianjing people's favorite foods.

Tang Chao lizitan

Prosperity is fleeting and the wind will always blow it away. The shame of Jingkang, the world is in chaos. Chestnut spinning craftsmen, including Li He, are scattered all over the country. Some of them were captured by the state of Jin, and some fled to the south. Li He was taken to Yanjing (now Beijing) by the Jin people because he was good at frying chestnuts. Since then, fried chestnuts have been introduced to Beijing. Some craftsmen who fried chestnuts fled to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou), and Hangzhou also had fried chestnuts from then on.

Tang Chao chestnuts jingwei snacks

In ancient times, Beijing was called Yanjing, which was the capital of Liao in the Northern Song Dynasty. According to historical records, chestnuts were planted in Fangshan area of Beijing during the Liao Dynasty. During the Jin Dynasty, the technology of sugar frying chestnuts was introduced from Bianjing to Yanjing. Since then, sugar-fried chestnuts have become a famous snack in Yanjing, which is deeply loved by people from all walks of life.

Chestnuts in ancient poems

Yu Xin, a writer in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, wrote a poem: "Pears in cold valleys are heavy, chestnuts in Lin Qiu are fat."

Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once said, "The mountain family steamed chestnuts to warm the body, and the rice made the elk new."

Fan Chengda, one of the "Four Poets of Zhongxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty, praised: "Purple rotten hawthorn and red wrinkled jujube are always willing to lose chestnut."