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Nanxun Ding Sheng Gao gives people a feeling like how? What is the special place origin legend?

Hello ~ owner, Ding Sheng cake in the shape of polygonal, red, bite into the mouth of the soft, but not sticky teeth, taste sweet but not greasy Oh, there is a little cool feeling, we Huzhou this area of the people are quite like to eat, festivals when the gift is also very good.

Here's where it comes from: Whenever there's a celebration, people in Changshu have to steam the Ding Sheng cake for good luck. It is said that this custom was started by Wangzhuang.

Legend has it that the Taiping Army burst into Changshu, came to Wangzhuang town, immediately opened the warehouse to disperse grain, relief of the poor. The townspeople backed up the grain, one side of the self-made song singing: "Taiping Army good, Taiping Army good, special for the poor back, Taiping Army, the poor people to take the treasure," one of the old man sang especially loud. This old man named Wang Lao Er, in the town to open a valve dim sum store, due to the local officials and soldiers robbed secretly, Wang Lao Er dim sum store can not open. Just when desperate, the Taiping army came, Wang Laoren used the Taiping army to distribute their own food, and make do with the dim sum store opened down, the Taiping army in the town only a few days, ready to attack Changshu City. Wang Laoren then worked with his wife to make square cakes. His nine-year-old son also helped. When Wang Lao Er saw his son's cake, which was big at both ends and small in the middle, resembling a Yuanbao, he immediately remembered what was sung in a mountain song and said, "Good, good, when the Taiping Army arrives, the poor people will take the Yuanbao." Then he said to his old companion, "Well, well, this square cake is not made, but this Yuanbao-shaped cake instead." Wang Lao Er's whole family did until the third day of the night, and made thousands of Yuanbao cakes. The next day dawn, Wang Lao Er family carried the cake to the big intersection, the cake in pairs to the hands of the soldiers of the Taiping army, the soldiers have not seen this cake, asked what the name, Wang Lao Er said with a smile: "You eat this cake, you will be able to win the war, this cake is called the victory cake it! The Taiping army laughed and nodded their heads.

Sure enough, the Taiping army ate this cake, and their courage increased, and on the same day, they conquered Changshu City in one fell swoop, so Wang Laoren's Ding Sheng cake became famous with the recovery of Changshu City.

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