Lai Tangyuan, a traditional snack in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,.。 Founded in 1894, Lai Tangyuan has a history of 100 years, and has maintained the quality of time-honored famous snacks, with smooth and white color, glutinous skin, heavy sweet and sesame oil, and rich nutrition.

Lai tangyuan is tangyuan, that is, Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is also called "tangyuan" and "yuanzi". Lai Tangyuan has a history of 100 years. Boss Lai Yuanxin has been cooking and selling rice balls along the streets of Chengdu since 1894, and the rice balls he made are not rotten skin, not revealing the filling, not muddy soup, not sticking to chopsticks, not sticking to teeth, not greasy when eating, moist and sweet, smooth and soft, and become the most prestigious snack in Chengdu.

Lai Tangyuan has a history of 100 years. Boss Lai Yuanxin has been cooking and selling rice balls along the streets of Chengdu since 1894, and the rice balls he made are not rotten skin, not revealing the filling, not muddy soup, not sticking to chopsticks, not sticking to teeth, not greasy when eating, moist and sweet, smooth and soft, and become the most prestigious snack in Chengdu. Lai Tangyuan was founded in 1894, and the founder was originally a native of Dongfeng Town, Ziyang, Sichuan, named Lai Yuanxin. Due to the death of his father's illness and mother, Lai Yuanxin followed his cousin to an apprenticeship in a restaurant in Chengdu, and later offended the boss and was dismissed.

Due to the lack of life, Lai Yuanxin borrowed a few oceans from his cousin and took up the burden to sell the rice balls. Chengdu is huge, and there are so many people selling glutinous rice balls, if you want to stand on your feet, you have to have something extraordinary. Therefore, he secretly set three rules: first, it is advantageous to look at the thin point; the second is to provide good service; The third is the high point of quality. He gets up early and is greedy for darkness, his powder is numb, his heart is heavy in sugar and oil, he sells out the morning hall, catches up with supper, and works hard.

It wasn't until the 30s that I bought a shop at the entrance of Zongfu Street, operated it in a store, and named it Lai Tangyuan. His glutinous rice balls are finely selected, finely workmanlike, high-quality and inexpensive, delicate and soft, thin-skinned and filling-rich, soft and glutinous and sweet. It has the characteristics of not muddy soup when boiling, non-sticky when eating, non-sticky chopsticks, non-sticky bowls, and non-sticky teeth. And over time, the variety expanded.

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From the beginning of black sesame and washed sand heart, more than 10 varieties such as roses, ice oranges, jujube paste, osmanthus, and cherries have gradually increased. The rice balls with various fillings are of different shapes, including round, oval, cone-shaped, and pillow-shaped. When served, a bowl of four, four fillings, four shapes, small and exquisite, called chicken fat four-flavor rice balls. When eating, it is dipped with sugar and sesame paste, which is even more flavorful.

For a while, customers came to visit, so Lai Tangyuan gathered armpits into fur and made a lot of money. There is more money, and fame is also greater. Especially in the Ziyang Association in Chengdu, this illiterate person who can't read a word has become a pivotal figure. In 1939, his hometown wanted to build a middle school, and invited Lai Yuanxin to return to his hometown for sightseeing. Until 1950, Lai Yuanxin made donations to this school. Today's Sanyuansi Middle School was formerly known as Chuyan Middle School. Lai Tangyuan's donation to run a school has been a good story in Ziyang, Sichuan.

In the fifties of the last century, Lai Tangyuan was transformed into a state-owned restaurant, inheriting the traditional production technology, and the business was more prosperous and well-known at home and abroad. In order to meet the desire of more consumers to taste Lai Tangyuan, the well-known Lai Tangyuan has set up a Tangyuan Heart Processing Workshop, specializing in the production of Lai Tangyuan Heartpiece for the domestic market. Its rice balls are also in short supply, with an annual sales volume of 3 million kilograms. It is even sold overseas, and is favored by foreigners who travel abroad for their living expenses.

In December 1990, Lai Tangyuan was named "Chengdu Famous Snack" by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government again. In 1998, Lai Tangyuan Xinzi participated in the selection of high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce, won the "Golden Tripod Award" issued by the Ministry of Commerce, and won the gold medal of Tianfu Food Expo. The "Lai" brand trademark was rated as "Famous Trademark" by the Sichuan Provincial Government, and the company was awarded the title of "Municipal Advanced Enterprise" by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government.

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Sichuan heart and lung glutinous rice balls, Sichuan Pengshui County's flavor snacks, with glutinous rice flour skin, dried tofu, winter vegetables chopped, fried with lard and then filled, cooked with boiled pig heart, pig lungs and a variety of seasonings. When eating, mix chopped green onions, minced garlic, Sichuan pepper powder, chili pepper, etc., which is fragrant and delicious.

This legend is related to the custom of eating Lantern Festival: according to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite minister named Dongfang Shuo, who was kind and funny. One winter, after a few days of heavy snowfall, Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found that a palace maid was about to throw herself into the well with tears streaming down her face. Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turned out that this palace maid's name was Lantern Xiao, and she also had two parents and a younger sister at home.

Since she entered the palace, she has never had the opportunity to meet her family. Every year when the spring comes, I miss my family more than usual. I feel that if I can't be filial in front of my parents, it's better to die. Dongfang Shuo listened to her plight and felt deep sympathy, so he promised her that he would try to reunite her with her family. One day, Dongfang Shuo went out of the palace and set up a divination stall on Chang'an Street.

Many people were vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the sign of "burning on the sixteenth day of the first month". For a while, there was a great panic in Chang'an. People are asking for a solution to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "On the evening of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the Fire God King will send a red-clothed goddess to visit the earth, she is the messenger who was ordered to burn Chang'an, I will give you the transcribed verses, so that you can think of a way today." After saying that, he threw down a red post and walked away.

The common people picked up the red post and hurried to the palace to report to the emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and took a look, only to see that it read: "Chang'an is robbing, burning the emperor, fifteen days of fire, burning red supper", he was shocked, and hurriedly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo thought about it for a while, and said: "I heard that Huoshenjun likes to eat rice balls the most, doesn't the Lantern Festival in the palace often make rice balls for you?" Fifteen nights, you can make rice balls for the Lantern Festival. Long live the incense offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to make rice balls, and worship the god of fire together. Then he instructed his subjects to hang lamps on the fifteenth night, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, as if the city was on fire, so that the Jade Emperor could be concealed.

In addition, the people outside the city were informed to go into the city on the night of the 15th to watch the lanterns, and mingle with the crowd to eliminate disasters and solve problems." After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy, and he sent a decree to do what Dongfang Shuo did. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang'an City is lit up with lights, and visitors are bustling with people, and it is very lively. The parents of the palace maid Lantern Festival also took their sister into the city to watch the lanterns.

When they saw the big palace lantern with the word "Lantern Festival" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Lantern Festival!" Lantern Festival! Lantern Xiao heard the shouts and finally reunited with her relatives at home. After such a lively night, Chang'an City was really safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, so he ordered that every fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the future make dumplings for the god of fire, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole city will still hang lamps and set off fireworks. Because the rice balls made during the Lantern Festival are the best, people call the rice balls the Lantern Festival, and this day is called the Lantern Festival.