Hu Spicy Soup is said to have appeared during the Song Dynasty, and pepper was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. Hu Spicy Soup is a combination of hot and sour soup and broth, which slowly turned into a classic folk snack. Hu spicy soup was born unintentionally.
Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, all kinds of specialty snacks were spread all over the country. There was a little eunuch beside Emperor Huizong, who was very good at guessing what the Emperor wanted, so he was y loved by the Emperor. Once, licensed little eunuch home to save relatives, the little eunuch is today Nanyang area people, the road through the Songshan Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple in the abbot to see the emperor around the red man, hospitality, see the little eunuch red face, mouth and lips dry and thirsty, so served a bowl of wine soup. The little eunuch drank it and felt refreshed, all the disease, very much like.
Small eunuch in the province on the way back to the palace, through the Wudang Mountain, the abbot of Wudang Mountain to see the small eunuch body thin, eat a lot of food, stools dry and smelly, and then gave the small eunuch a bowl of tea to eliminate food, the small eunuch even drink a few days later, the body feels better. Small eunuch returned to the palace, to two bowls of soup based on the secret recipe, to the emperor made a bowl of "longevity soup", both sober and refreshing can also open the stomach and spleen, the emperor is very happy.
After the Jingkang Rebellion, the city of Kaifeng was attacked and Emperor Huizong was taken captive, and the eunuch was displaced. In order to fill his stomach, the little eunuch opened a breakfast store on the pier, selling "longevity soup" for a living. Little eunuch in the original soup on the basis of adding a lot of minced meat, the reason is that the Palace Palace of people like soup for nourishment, the people need porridge to fill. Once, a northerner will bring the pepper inadvertently knocked over, the little eunuch and pepper stirred into the pot, the guests drank, feel the taste is very good, and the body and mind are smooth. Hu spicy soup was born.