China Traditional Culture Tanghulu Composition 800 Words

Sugar-coated haws are a popular snack in China, especially in the north. In Beijing, candied haws, a street vendor, have become an urban landscape, which can be seen almost all year round.

Small sticks with glittering and translucent red fruits are all inserted on the grass target tied with straw stalks like arrows, sticking out of the street slightly, tempting pedestrians. Sweet but not greasy, sour without hurting teeth. If you bite it, it will crack and make a happy sound in your mouth.

The symbol of the Spring Festival in Beijing.

That winter, "candied haws, candied haws ..." came from the streets of old Beijing. Spring Festival is the peak season for the sales of candied haws. The book "Dream of Spring in Beijing" records: "A trip to the old dynasty, to the factory." "If you are tired of shopping, you must buy paper flowers. It is a bunch of candied haws. The car is inserted and flies across the city. When passers-by see it, they will know that it is back to the factory." Sugar-coated haws became the symbol of visiting factories and shops when Beijing entered the New Year, and also became the symbol of Beijingers celebrating the Spring Festival.

Today, sugar-coated haws are still a famous snack in Beijing. Now, not only the Spring Festival sells well, but also holidays such as May Day and Eleventh Day, and the more they sell, the more prosperous they are. There are many kinds of decoration. In addition to red fruits (hawthorn), there are yam, green beans, oranges, water chestnuts, bananas and kiwis, as well as red fruits with stuffing: peach stuffing, red bean paste stuffing, jujube paste stuffing and so on. Sometimes fruits are mixed together and the color is attractive.

Sugar-coated haws cured intractable diseases.

Sugar-coated haws have a long history, which is said to have originated in Shao Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty. That year, Huang Guifei, the emperor's favorite, fell ill, and the physician used a lot of expensive medicine, which had no effect. The emperor saw his beloved princess gaunt and sad day by day, and finally had to post a list for medical treatment.

A charlatan uncovered the list and entered the palace. After feeling her pulse, Huang Guifei said, "As long as you use rock sugar and red fruits (that is, hawthorn), take five to ten tablets before meals every time, and it will be fine within half a month." At first, everyone was dubious, but fortunately, this way of eating was also to the taste of the imperial concubine. After Huang Guifei took this medicine, she recovered as scheduled, and the emperor was naturally overjoyed and began to frown. Later, this practice spread to the people, and the people put it on and sold it, which became today's sugar-coated haws.

Modern medical experiment has proved that hawthorn is rich in nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene and dietary fiber, and it is the "intestinal scavenger" of human body, which is beneficial to food digestion and waste excretion. In addition, hawthorn also contains a variety of active substances, which can dilate blood vessels, improve heart vitality, soften blood vessels and lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Perhaps the delicacies eaten by Huang Guifei accumulated in the digestive tract and caused the disease. This is the symptom of small hawthorn.