Nanjing spiced bean

Nanjing spiced bean is also called "Zhuangyuan bean". It is said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Qin Dashi, a poor scholar who lived in an alley next to Jinsha well in the south of the city, studied until late at night every day because of his poor family. His mother cooked the beans with red rice and red dates, packed the beans in a small bowl, and gave him a red date to eat, and encouraged him to study hard, so that he would win the first prize in the future. Later, Qin Dashi won the top prize, and the story spread, and Zhuangyuandou became famous. . Some vendors took advantage of the students' psychology to sell Zhuangyuan beans near the Gongyuan of the Father-Son Temple, saying with a lining that "eating Zhuangyuan beans makes you a champion". Zhuangyuan bean is actually spiced bean. Like spiced egg, spiced bean tastes fragrant, salty, sweet and tender, and tastes interesting. Because it is cooked to taste, it is generally rosewood-colored, elastic and fragrant, so people can't stop eating it. So far, there is still a children's song in Nanjing: "Spiced beans are really fragrant, and the head in the city eats the head outside the city ..." At present, it is Kuiguangge in Confucius Temple that keeps the authentic taste of spiced beans in Nanjing. When it comes to the spiced beans in Kuiguangge, it is inseparable from another signature snack of the store, spiced eggs, which are found all over the country, but the real features and tastes are still Kuiguangge. The spiced beans and eggs in Kuiguangge have the reputation of "peerless double jiao" in snacks.
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