What are the customs and implications of sugar-coated haws?

Sugar-coated haws symbolize happiness and reunion, which means that good things come one after another.

Sugar-coated haws, also known as Sugar-Coated Berry, are also called sugar duner in Tianjin and sugar balls in Fengyang, Anhui. Sugar-coated haws are traditional snacks in China, which originated in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in dilute maltose, which quickly hardens in the wind. The common snacks in northern winter are generally made of hawthorn, which is frozen hard, sour and sweet to eat, and still very cold.

The origin of Tomatoes on sticks

Emperor Song Guangzong's name was Zhao Dun, and the title was Shao Xi. During the reign of Shao Xi, Song Guangzong's favorite imperial concubine fell ill. She is sallow and emaciated, and she doesn't think about diet. The doctor used many precious drugs, but none of them worked. When the emperor saw his beloved princess languishing day by day, she was also sad all day. In the end, she had no choice but to see a doctor.

A charlatan entered the palace and took the pulse of the imperial concubine. He said that as long as you use rock sugar and red fruits, that is, hawthorn, eat five or ten pieces before each meal, you can be cured within half a month. At first, everyone was skeptical. Fortunately, this way of eating is still to the taste of the imperial concubine. After taking it, the imperial concubine recovered as scheduled, and the emperor naturally rejoiced and began to frown. Later, this practice spread to the people, and the people strung together and sold it.