Long history of written records alone can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, in the process of development gradually and popping fish fusion, and gradually omit the smoked steps, and then formed the current form of cooking seen on the market. Smoked fish as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas of the New Year's essential food, has a wet, warm stomach and liver, wind and other effects.

Smoked fish taste sweet, young and old, Nanjing people also called smoked fish for "popping fish", not only to take the "year after year" good meaning, and also has the meaning of "outbreak", in Nanjing New Year, smoked fish is natural. The smoked fish is a natural part of Nanjing's New Year's celebration.

First of all, smoked fish is rich in nutritional value, smoked fish is mainly made of mackerel, mackerel contains protein, fat, but also iodine, selenium and other trace elements, so there is a clear anti-aging and anti-cancer effect.