In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhi was very filial to his mother. Old mother often coughs, but the decoction tastes bitter. Wei Zhi thought that the old lady Tai Su loved pears, so he thought, why not add sugar and medicine to the pear juice for the old lady? So take almonds, fritillary bulb, poria cocos, platycodon grandiflorum and so on. Boil them into mushy juice. The old lady really ate with relish, and after eating for ten days in a row, her condition recovered.
The news spread like wildfire, and everyone with cough and asthma inside and outside the imperial court came to Premier Wei for advice. Adult Wei also gave it away for free, passed down from generation to generation, and kept improving, which became the formula of pear toffee.
Old Town God Temple Pear Sugar
Selling pear toffee is not unique to Shanghai, and its formula is not mysterious. The key is to choose materials and cook authentic products. Therefore, this industry has been circulated among the people for hundreds of years, especially in urban and rural areas in the south of the Yangtze River. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, after Shanghai developed into a big pier, vendors selling pear paste and sugar all over the country came to the old city to share a piece of it. Since then, pear milk candy in Shanghai is not only a kind of flavor medicine and food, but also a carrier of amorous feelings.
Shanghai gaolitang shop
Old Town God Temple Pear Sugar
Shanghai Pear Paste Sugar Shop in Chenghuangmiao was founded in the fifth year of Xianfeng, namely 1855, and it has been 150 years. In this old pear candy shop, there are all kinds of cough candy, boat-fruited Sterculia candy, appetizing pear candy ... fruits, roses, red bean paste and pine nuts.