Which dynasty did spring rolls originate from?
Spring rolls, also known as spring cakes and pancakes, are popular traditional snacks in Fuzhou with a long history. Spring rolls evolved from ancient spring cakes. According to the ancient book Chen's "Guang Ji at the Age of Years", "Spring cakes, lettuce and spring vegetables are eaten in spring." There is also a saying in "Yanjing Years" in the Qing Dynasty: "Playing spring means that rich people eat more spring cakes." It can be seen that the folk custom of making and eating spring cakes in spring has a long history. Now there are many proverbs about spring rolls, such as "one roll does not make spring", "Longshengtang spring rolls are not people inside and outside" and so on. Spring means spring here, which is a good sign to welcome the New Year and celebrate. It is said that there was a scholar in Fuzhou during the Song Dynasty. In order to prepare for the exam, he buried himself in his studies all day and often forgot to eat and sleep. It is useless for his wife to persuade him again and again; I thought of a way: grind the rice into pancakes, put the radish meat in them and wrap them into rolls, which can be eaten as both rice and radish. This snack was later named spring rolls and gradually became popular in urban and rural areas. Fuzhou people often eat it during the Spring Festival. It is as common as jiaozi in the north. Cai Xiang once wrote a poem praising: "Thinking about 39 things in spring". Now the skin of spring rolls has been replaced by flour, and the fillings are generally bean sprouts, leeks, dried tofu, and some have shredded pork, shredded bamboo shoots and chopped green onion. The more advanced spring rolls are made of shredded chicken or oysters, shrimps, mushrooms and leeks. Spring rolls are fried to golden brown with low fire, crisp outside and tender inside, also called "fried spring rolls".