Known as the "Jiangnan Zongzi King", it is famous for its glutinous but not rotten, fat but not greasy, tender and fragrant meat, and moderate salty and sweet. Wufangzhai Zongzi is refined according to the traditional formula, and the selection of materials is very particular. The meat Zongzi is made of fine white glutinous rice, lean hind legs and Huizhou Fu Ruo, while the sweet Zongzi is made of fine red beans "Dahongpao", which is refined through many processes such as batching, seasoning, dressing and cooking.
Wufangzhai Zongzi Shop in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province has a history of nearly 100 years, with high quality, unique flavor and diverse varieties. It is also known as the "King of Zongzi in the South of the Yangtze River" and has become a unique landscape of Jiaxing, an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River.
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"Wufangzhai" was named after Qing Daoguang-nian, and its founder was Shen, a native of Cailian (now Yuanhe Town Development Zone, Xiangcheng District) in Wuxian County.
At first, a dessert shop was opened outside Qimen, and five kinds of Suzhou people's favorite foods, such as rose, osmanthus fragrans, lotus plums, mint and sesame seeds, were used as raw materials to make sweet snacks such as sweet-scented osmanthus balls, red bean porridge and crispy beans, lotus plums soup, ice cream and rose cakes. ?
Shen Shi had five daughters, named Mei Fang, Gui Fang, Lian Fang, He Fang and Zhi Fang respectively, which happened to have something in common with the raw materials commonly used in the store, so the neighbors jokingly called his store "Wufangzhai". The boss of Shen Shi simply made mistakes and officially named the store "Wufangzhai". This is the origin of the name of Wufangzhai.
In the early years of the Republic of China, a group of people from Lanxi, Zhejiang Province came to Jiaxing. They played cotton in winter and sold zongzi in spring and summer. 192 1 year, Zhang Jinquan opened the first "Wufangzhai Zongzi Shop" at No.6 Zhangjialong. His zongzi has a unique shape, which follows the three-dimensional rectangular pillow shape with four corners crossed in Lanxi area, and attracts many customers with its exquisite materials selection and production and unique flavor.
More than ten years later, Mr. Zhang gathered several fellow villagers from Lanxi. At that time, it was the most lively place in Jiaxing. He rented a room and opened the first "Rongji Wufangzhai" Zongzi shop, which operated ham and chicken dumplings and heavy oil dumplings with sand.
After several years, Jiaxing people Feng Changnian and Zhu Qingtang also opened two Wufangzhai restaurants, "Heji" and "Qingji", opposite and next door to this store.
Three "Wufangzhai" zongzi shops with zigzag distribution have become the unique scenery of Jiaxing, an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River. Let's talk about the three bosses of Wufangzhai boasting that they are old-fashioned and authentic, and each of them used their brains in materials, recipes, packages, cooking, etc., and started the "Zongzi Classic".
Such fierce competition has prompted the selection of materials for zongzi to be more sophisticated, the preparation scheme to be more perfect and the taste to be more exquisite. Jiaxing Zhangjialong's "Wufangzhai" has gained a reputation and is well-known in the south of the Yangtze River.