Bing Tang Hu Lu,so small,yet so important.
Bing Tang hulu(means a hand of sugar-coated haws on a stick, and the sugar used to make it is come from dissolved crystal sugar).It was evolved from a snack in Nansong Dynasty called Mi Dan Dan (means haw balls),or tangdui(sugar pile)in Chinese. For people at that time dip haws in sugar when eating them, at first it can only be seen in the imperial palace, but later common people made this snack popular in their daily life. People who selling a string of sugar coated haws were often can be seen from then on.
What's more, the snack even had cure illness of Songguangzong’s most favored wife’s illness. That was because his favored wife was thin and was very sick, she did not have any appetite, though she was given lots of precious medicine by guangzong,but things never get any better. Then one day, a doctor from the outside said that he can cure the illness, the only thing needed was slimmer haws with sugar, every day before each meal. she needed to eat five to ten haws.
And now, for the healthy food have become a trend of selecting the foods, among them, the sugar coated haws have also play an important role in leading people to a better lifestyle.
But what on earth
make the sugar-coated haws on a stick so famous?
In addition to its great effect of accelerating the digest,as some articles suggest,it may also have a profound influence on people's diet.As for today 's Chinese people,mostly,the meat are necessary for their meals,and the meat have lots of oil,that would probably make people feel uncomfortable,even some people have caught by some stomach diseases,and when people are feeling bad in their stomach,some of them would prefer a string of Bing Tang Hu Lu,ight after they have had the snack,they may tend to eat something else,like some kinds of vegetables,or other snacks.
Besides,the Bing Tang Hu Lu,as it has combine the sugar with the haws,it turns out to be very tasty,not too sour,yet not so sweet,besides,it is very easy for people to reach them,these may be the common,but most possible answers,to the question why so many people like to eat the snack,it its does not only bring people many wonderful experience for having such kind of food,but also potentially change modern people's everyday life,in other words,have contributed more to their diet.
