Stinky tofu is popular in Changsha. The origin of stinky tofu probably dates back to the reign of Emperor Kangxi. During the eight years of Emperor Kangxi’s reign, people in ancient times went to Beijing to take exams. At that time, there was a scholar named Wang Zhihe. .

Stinky Tofu

Wang Zhihe is a student who works very hard to take the exam. This incident started to spread from him. During the eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Wang Zhihe went to Beijing to take the exam. On his way to Beijing to take the exam, he had no food to eat because he had known how to make tofu since he was a child due to family reasons. So on the way to Beijing to take the exam, he lived on tofu and ate tofu every day. Later, he became impatient with the tofu and stopped eating it. However, after a while, all the tofu went bad.

Wang Zhihe Stinky Tofu

Wang Zhihe was very anxious when he saw this scene, so he put the tofu in the jar. After about two days, all the tofu became hairy. Green hair appeared, but what he didn't expect was that this kind of tofu smelled extremely bad, but it tasted particularly delicious, and it always made people linger after eating it. It was probably at this time that stinky tofu got its name, and it became widely spread from this time on.

Origin of stinky tofu