In Sichuan, the invention of bean jelly is legendary. Dried bean jelly in northern Sichuan came out in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, Xie Tianlu, a former farmer in Jiangcunba, Nanchong County, Sichuan Province, set up a shed in Zhongdukou to sell bear bean jelly. His bean jelly was exquisitely made, from grinding and stirring to seasoning and flavor matching, which was praised by pedestrians after tasting, and Xie bean jelly became famous.

Later, farmer Chen Hongshun carefully studied the production technology of Xie bean jelly, took its strong points and improved it, and the production technology of Xie bean jelly was further improved. He chooses fresh white peas and grinds them with a small mill. He pays great attention to stirring the fire. The bean jelly he makes is fine and tender, soft in strength, clear and opaque, fine and continuous, and the seasoning is more ingenious.

Soon, Chen's bean jelly became famous in northern Sichuan, and "North Sichuan bean jelly" spread like wildfire. Up to now, some bean jelly shops in Nanchong, Chengdu and Chongqing still take "North Sichuan bean jelly" as their signboard, and their business is booming. When Zhu De and Luo Ruiqing, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, returned to Nanchong to inspect their work before their death, they deliberately tasted the bean jelly in northern Sichuan.

In Chengde area, the legend of bean jelly is different. According to records, residents in Chengde have been eating bean jelly for more than 3 years. There is a story like this. In the 1th year of Xianfeng, the British and French allied forces shelled Dagukou, and Emperor Xianfeng fled in panic. After he came to chengde mountain resort, he often ate bean jelly outside the palace.

Up to now, there is a story circulating in Chengde: One day, Emperor Xianfeng enjoyed the cool by the lake and heard someone selling outside the palace: "Sour, salty, hemp, spicy and fragrant, and the summer heat is cold. If you want to eat a bowl, it is like going to heaven." Xianfeng learned from the eunuch that he sold bean jelly and wanted to try it. So I changed my casual clothes and went out of the palace. I saw a group of people around selling bean jelly eating soundly, so I also asked for a bowl.

after eating, I just felt cool and delicious, so I added another bowl. When he left after eating, the seller of bean jelly said, "Sir, you haven't given me any money yet!" " But the emperor never took silver with him, so Emperor Xianfeng had to take off his jacket and ask him to exchange silver at the gate of the summer resort the next day.

After the bean jelly seller left the next day, Emperor Xianfeng gave him more than 3 taels of silver and left him in the palace to teach him the skills of making bean jelly. Later, after leaving the palace, I was afraid of getting into trouble again, so I took a family back to my hometown in Shandong. Later, his apprentice inherited his skill, which has been passed down to this day.

In Guangzhou, there are also many legends about bean jelly. According to legend, bean jelly was invented by a man named "Da Zhiwei" in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. "Da Zhiwei" opened a herbal tea shop in Xiguan, and often sold a medicine called bean jelly grass, and taught people to cook pueraria lobata with bean jelly grass to cure dry throat, sore throat and polydipsia in summer.

Later, because children didn't like medicine very much, he cooked it with Mesona blume and Ge Fen, then frozen it into a cake, and mixed it with sugar gum when eating, so he named it "Mesona blume cake". Sure enough, children like this bean jelly cake very much, which can not only cure diseases and protect health, but also be eaten as dessert. It is really the best of both worlds. Later, this method soon spread in Guangzhou, and both herbal tea shops and dessert shops made and sold this kind of bean jelly cake.

In short, there are too many stories about bean jelly. This also shows that people all over the country like bean jelly very much, and they have all melted into their own food culture. It seems that Xiaoxiao bean jelly is still very popular.