Ice Candy Gourd started to Song Guangzong, named Zhao Stop (1147 - 1200 AD), was the third son of Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen. In 11 A.D., Xiaozong made him crown prince and served as Lin'an prefect. He was succeeded by Emperor Xiaozong in October 1187, and in the following year he was renamed "Shaoxi". It was during the year of ShaoXi, ZhaoZhong's favorite concubine Huang Guifei was sick. Her face was yellow and thin, and she did not want to eat. Imperial doctors used many expensive medicines, but did not see any effect. The emperor saw his favorite concubine who see quenching, but also all day long worried. Finally had no choice but to open the list to seek medical treatment. A jianghu Langzhong open list into the palace, for Huang Guifei pulse diagnosis, said: "as long as the use of rock sugar and red fruit (i.e., mountain plant) decoction, eat five to ten before each meal, not half a month before the disease will see good." The beginning of everyone will be skeptical, well in this way of eating is also the taste of the Princess, the Princess according to this way to serve, as expected, the disease is cured. The emperor was naturally delighted, unfolding the sadness. (
Later, this practice spread to the people, the people and string it up to sell, it became the ice candy gourd. Originally, the mountain plant has many medicinal properties, it can eliminate food accumulation, blood stasis, drive tapeworms, dysentery, especially to help digestion, since ancient times for the elimination of food accumulation of important drugs, especially long for the elimination of meat accumulation. Maybe it is Huang Guifei eat mountain delicacies and seafood accumulated food, do under the disease, a small hawthorn lifted the pain of the disease. The Ming Dynasty outstanding medical scientist Li Shizhen also once said: "Cooking old chicken hard meat, into the mountain plant a few that is easy to rot, then its elimination to the accumulation of work, cover can be pushed forward." Today's research has proved that the mountain plant also lower blood fat, lower serum cholesterol and other effects. Therefore, it is more favored by people, mountain plant food is also renovated, a variety of varieties. But the sweet and sour crispy ice candy gourd until today is still a favorite food . And originated in the Southern Song Dynasty.