Historically, Lingnan people drank soup for geographical and climatic reasons. Lingnan was a wild place in ancient times, and it was invaded by damp heat. Most people are sick and have a short life span. Ordinary people like to collect herbs, cook them into soup and drink them together. Today, many elderly people can be seen setting up stalls to buy some unknown herbs in the alleys of Guangzhou, and locals are the biggest buyers.

With the progress of the times and improvement of sanitary conditions, the habit of eating herbal soup has not changed.

Northerners call it "stew" soup and "simmer" soup, while Cantonese call it "pot" soup.

Literally, both stewing and stewing regard soup as a tonic, but the word "pot" is different, and soup is regarded as a medicine.

Therefore, all soups in Lingnan have medicinal materials, and soup can't be made without medicinal materials.