Five-spice beans, also known as cream spiced beans, are a well-known Han snack in Shanghai. This food was pioneered by Guo Ji Xinglong Spiced Bean Store in the Old City God's Temple in Shanghai, so it is also called City God's Temple Cream Spiced Beans. Before 1930, there were foods made from green beans cooked with cinnamon, fennel and other spices in Shanghai, which were very popular among citizens from all over the world.