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Shanxi twist, the origin of hemp leaf

It is reported that earlier in the western Henan countryside fried hemp leaves, is dedicated to the "flower grandmother", that is, the God of flowers. In the past, small children out of smallpox, the condition came quickly, covered with sores and pox, broken easily fall hemp pit. People believe that this is an offense to the God of flowers, specifically to deep-frying hemp leaves dedicated to the God of flowers, said the "God of flowers like leaves", which is the origin of hemp leaves.