Douhua belongs to a kind of northern soybean products, similar to soybean skin, softer, thinner and more tender than soybean skin, darker in color than tofu skin.

Douhua belongs to a kind of northern soybean products, mostly found in the Hebei area. It is not the same food as what is commonly known as bean curd flower in the south. Its appearance is similar to bean curd skin, which is softer, thinner and more tender than bean curd skin, and its color is darker than that of bean curd skin. Unlike the tofu skin's one by one shape, the appearance of the bean curd is similar to the strip, and often be tied in a knot, similar to the twist, so it is called bean curd.

Nutritional value is similar to soybean skin, the production method is simple, suitable for small-scale production. Hebei region is more common.

Development history

Ancient historical sites are the archaeological basis of tofu culture. China's second tofu culture festival, held in the ancient city of Shouxian "tofu culture international symposium", experts and scholars were invited to visit the Shouxian Museum. Saw the water mill unearthed in April 1965 in Shouxian Cha'an Township, Wafang Village, Zhuang team in the Han Tomb. From the unearthed artifacts, tofu invented in the Han Dynasty time and place can be sure of doubt.

Liu An, King of Huainan, invented tofu. Over the next two thousand years, tofu production gradually spread throughout China. Working people in different parts of the country continued to improve it according to the regional characteristics, and finally formed the tofu culture in China.

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait, in order to promote the food of tofu and national culture, held the first China Tofu Culture Festival on September 15, 1990 in Beijing and Taipei, and determined that September 5 - the birthday of the inventor of tofu, King Liu An of Huainan, for the China Tofu Culture Festival, and held a grand commemorative activities every year.