According to the People's Republic of China's list of quarantine articles prohibited from being carried or sent into the country, fish, alcohol and pineapple pastry cannot be sold to the mainland in Taiwan Province.

Pineapple pastry is rumored to have first originated in China during the Three Kingdoms period, and its pineapple Minnan language pronunciation is also known as wanglai, symbolizing the meaning of children and grandchildren wangwanglai.

Pineapple pastry is said to have originated from the Three Kingdoms period in China.