The "porridge husband and porridge wife" began to spread in the Qing Dynasty, which had a great relationship with Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty at that time, because the emperor went out to visit the palace incognito, and when he arrived in Guangzhou, he caught a cold and was ill for a long time. Later, I ate my husband and wife, and soon I got well. My husband and wife became famous.

/kloc-in 0/6, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty left Beijing for a private visit for the fifth time in order to observe the people's feelings. In autumn, the emperor came to Guangzhou with his entourage and caught a cold on the way, which was not cured for a long time. At that time, Chahar, the ambassador of Fengjiang, Guangdong Province, informed all famous doctors in Lingnan to treat the emperor, but there was no result. Later, I heard that there are a pair of grandparents in their 80s who are good at cooking porridge in rural Meizhou. The porridge they cooked is prepared according to the secret recipe of the family, which not only moistens and tastes delicious, but also strengthens the body and eliminates diseases.

So Chahar sent someone to take the grandparents to the inspector's office, and set up a wooden pot and earthen stove according to their requirements. A pot of health porridge with medicinal flavor was prepared by using selected mume plums unique to Lingnan as the main material, together with other auxiliary materials and several traditional Chinese medicines, after several hours of slow cooking. Emperor Kangxi took a sip and immediately felt smooth. He swallowed three bowls in a row, his blood boiled and Tang Yin sparkled. Within the next three days, Emperor Kangxi was refreshed and fully recovered. And this is also a famous time for the elderly grandparents, known far and near.

Later, this kind of health porridge in Meizhou was widely circulated among the people and was crowned as "porridge husband and porridge woman". In the early years of the Republic of China, with the rise of the Hakka gold rush to Nanyang in Guangzhou, Chaoshan and Meizhou, it is said that grandpa and grandma's sons went together to make a living in the health porridge shop of "porridge husband and wife" in Malaysia. Through years of practice and accumulated experience handed down from generation to generation, "porridge husband and porridge wife" has been continuously improved in nutrition, color and taste, and is loved by people with different skin colors.