In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a girl named Wen Qiaoqiao in Shunhe Street, Beimen, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, who was a beautiful girl, although she had some white hemp on her face, but it didn't diminish her beauty. Qiaoqiao got married when she was seventeen. Her husband worked in an oil mill, and Qiaoqiao mended clothes to help support the family. Soon after, her sister-in-law, Shuhua, came to join them, and although their lives became heavier, they did not complain.
Ten years have passed since then. One day, Qiaoqiao's husband capsized and drowned while delivering oil, leaving the two of them to fend for themselves. Some kind oil workers knew that they were in dire straits, so they tried to help them out. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and the second time I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and the third time I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley.
Qiaoqiao's next door neighbor sells lamb and tofu, so she occasionally buys some lamb and tofu, and adds chili peppers and edamame beans to make spicy lamb and tofu to accompany the workers' meals. Those who ate it praised the flavor of the dish, so, ? The name of the dish spread throughout the country. The name of the dish spread throughout Chengdu. The two of them turned their house into a small restaurant and used the dish to attract customers, and their business became more and more prosperous.
After Qiaoqiao's death, people called the dish "Mapo Tofu" in her honor. According to people in Chengdu, the name "Ma Po Tofu" was created in her honor. The name "Ma Po Tofu" is a reference to the white hemp on Qiao Qiao's face. is the white pimples on Qiaoqiao's face, and "ma po" is the white pimples on Qiaoqiao's face. Ma Po? is an honorific title for her.