Hu spicy soup is said to have appeared during the Song Dynasty, and pepper was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. Hu spicy soup is a combination of hot and sour soup and broth, and has gradually become a classic folk snack. Hu spicy soup was born accidentally.

According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, various specialty snacks were spread all over the country. There was a young eunuch beside Huizong of the Song Dynasty who was very good at figuring out the holy will, so he was deeply loved by the emperor. Once, a young eunuch was allowed to go home to visit his relatives. The young eunuch was from Nanyang today, and he passed by the Songshan Shaolin Temple on the way. The abbot of the Shaolin Temple saw the celebrity next to the emperor and treated him warmly. Seeing that the young eunuch's face was red and her ears were red and her lips were thirsty, he offered him a bowl of sobering soup. After drinking it, the little eunuch felt refreshed and all his symptoms were cured. He liked it very much.

The little eunuch passed by Wudang Mountain on his way back to the palace from his relatives. The abbot of Wudang Mountain saw that the little eunuch was thin, ate a lot, and had dry and smelly stools, so he gave the little eunuch a bowl of digestion tea. After drinking for several days, the eunuch felt better. After the young eunuch returned to the palace, he made the emperor a bowl of "longevity and longevity soup" based on the secret recipe of two bowls of soup.

Later, after the "Jingkang Incident", Kaifeng City was breached, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was taken prisoner, and the young eunuch also lived a homeless life. In order to fill his stomach, the young eunuch opened a breakfast shop on the dock and sold "life-prolonging soup" to make a living. The young eunuch added a lot of minced meat to the original soup. The reason was that the people in the palace liked soup to nourish themselves, and the common people needed porridge to supplement their food. Once, a northerner accidentally knocked over the pepper he brought, and the little eunuch stirred the pepper into the pot. After the guests drank it, they felt it tasted good and felt good physically and mentally. This is how Hu spicy soup was born.