Sugar-Coated Berry is also called sugar-coated haws, in Tianjin it is also called sugar duner, and in Fengyang, Anhui it is called sugar balls. Sugar-Coated Berry is a traditional snack in China. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in maltose syrup, which quickly hardens when exposed to wind. The common snacks in northern winter are generally made of hawthorn, which is thin and hard, sour and sweet, and very cold.
During the Song Dynasty, the ancient practice was started. The Chronicle of Yanjing Years Old records that Sugar-Coated Berry used bamboo sticks, which were permeated with hawthorn, begonia fruit, grapes, yam, walnut kernel and bean paste, and dipped in rock sugar, which was sweet, crisp and cold. Teahouses, theaters, streets and alleys can be seen everywhere, and now it has become a traditional snack in China.
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Sugar-Coated Berry, sweet and sour, is suitable for all ages. It is not only delicious, but also very beautiful. The red mountain plants are arranged on bamboo sticks according to their size, and the outside is covered with crystal clear syrup. People who sell it often put candied haws on special wooden sticks, like a small tree full of fruits, which is really attractive. Sugar-Coated Berry has a long history. Legend has it that it originated about 800 years ago during the Shaoxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty.
In the early years, in the temple fair of the Spring Festival in Beijing, in the factory, I often saw a long string of candied haws, with a Caiqi Yang on the top, and a string of bamboo sticks bent by red fruits, which trembled in my hand, adding to the lively atmosphere of the festival. Mention the origin of Sugar-Coated Berry, but also talk about the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor Song Guangzong.