"Aiwowo" is a famous snack in Beijing. It is a white dumpling like snow, soft, waxy and sweet. In the Qing Dynasty Li Guangting's book "Xie Yi's Proverb", it was introduced that because an emperor of the Ming Dynasty loved to eat this kind of wowo, when he wanted to eat it, he ordered: "Yuai wowo." After it was introduced to the people, ordinary people only said "after". Three words "Aiwowo". There is a record of Aiwowo in the "Jin Ping Mei" of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Ruoyu, who lived in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, said in "Zhuizhongzhi": "Take glutinous rice and sesame seeds to make a cold cake, and make balls and stuffing to make a wowo, which is the ancient name of 'Buluo Jia'." It can be seen that "Aiwowo" was also called "Aiwowo" at that time. "No trapping".

There is another legend about this beauty.

It is said that after Emperor Qianlong’s Xiang Concubine entered the palace, she was homesick for home and food all day long. Qianlong issued an order to the imperial kitchen saying: Whoever can make the food Xiang Concubine likes will be promoted and rewarded with silver. Next words. As the saying goes, "a big reward will surely lead to a brave man." The imperial chefs from all walks of life showed their special skills and cooked delicious dishes, but it was a pity that Xiang Fei still had no appetite. This made Emperor Qianlong so anxious that he ordered the people from the White Hat Camp to come into the palace to prepare food from their hometown for Concubine Xiang.

Before Xiang Fei entered the palace, she had a husband in Xinjiang. After Xiang Fei entered the palace, she hid in the White Hat Camp. Emperor Qianlong ordered White Hat Camp to prepare hometown delicacies for Xiang Fei, and the opportunity came. So I made the ancestral glutinous rice dumplings. As soon as this glutinous rice dumpling entered the palace, Concubine Xiang would naturally know that her husband was here too.

After Jiangmi dumplings were brought into the palace, the eunuch asked what the name of the food was. Xiang Fei's husband thought to himself that his surname was Aimaiti, and he had an idea and casually said that the name of the food was "Aiwowo". Isn't that right? Ai made the nest. As soon as Xiang Fei saw "Ai Wowo", she knew her husband was coming and took a bite. At this time, Emperor Qianlong also learned from the eunuch that his beloved concubine had eaten, and he was very happy. He ordered Aimaiti to send Ai Wowo to the palace every day. How could he know who this Aimaiti was before? In today's terms, Emperor Qianlong was also a "cuckold" in a sense.

If you want to ask why "Aiwowo" is surnamed "Ai", it will be said that Guiqi is the "Jiangmi dumpling" made by people with the surname "Ai". If it was not "Aimaiti" but "Maimaiti" back then, it should be called "Maiwowo".