Rice candy is a kind of candy which is made by heating and puffing rice, mixing it with sucrose juice, cooling it, then cutting it into cubes and selling it on white paper. In Guilin, Xing 'an rice candy is the most famous, sweet but not greasy, suitable for all ages. Very popular with rural consumers. It's really interesting to talk about its origin.

One legend is that ...

In order to keep the kitchen god's mouth shut, Chang 'e invented Xing 'an Baba to stop the lazy and greedy kitchen god's mouth and let Wu Dadan of Xing 'an live. The kitchen god was cheated by Chang 'e, and the dumb man ate coptis, but his mouth could not say anything bitter. Therefore, I always look for opportunities to retaliate against Wu Dadan and vent my grievances to Xing 'an people. This year, there was a bumper harvest of grain in Xing 'an, and rice was everywhere in Man Cang. Because Chang 'e invented Baba, every household in Xing 'an followed suit and made it specially to celebrate the bumper harvest. Kitchen God was scared when he heard the sound of rice making Baba, and angry when he saw the shadow of Baba. He thought about it and came up with a bad idea. He immediately called cockroaches and crickets, ordered them to go out, shit and pee in the granaries and rice tanks of every household, and destroyed all the rice in Xing 'an, starving and poor. Ducks and chickens were ordered to go into the granary and rice vat to pee together. As we all know, the excrement and urine of refined nails and stoves are the worst, and rice can't be eaten if it insists on that taste. Besides, cockroaches spread bacteria, and eating what burnt nails have climbed over will undoubtedly cause diarrhea.

Overnight, all the rice stored by Xing 'an people was damaged by Kitchen God. But everyone doesn't know that it was the chef who broke it. Instead, burn high incense, offer fruit and ask the kitchen god to bless and eliminate disasters. Kitchen God sat high on the altar, gloating coldly: "See if you still admire Wu Dadan, and see if you still admire Chang 'e, hum, haha!" When this was heard by Chang 'e, Chang 'e scolded, "You are the Kitchen God. The Jade Emperor sent you to the earth to protect the people. Now, instead of protecting the people, you have brought disaster to them. See how I punish you! "

However, the people want to eat, and Chang 'e is more anxious than her hungry stomach. She flew from the Moon Palace to Guilin and wandered the streets to see what she could do to save the people in Xing 'an. Suddenly, with a bang, Chang 'e got a fright. Looking intently, I saw a blind man with a dilator popping popcorn on the roadside. Chang 'e thought that popcorn exploded because the dried corn was too hard to chew, so it swelled loose. So can rice expand it? She went to ask the blind man, and the blind man said yes, but the rice was too small to chew, and rice was more expensive than corn, and no one thought of expanding it with rice. Chang 'e asked again, is there any way to get rid of the fishy smell of rice? The blind man said it was not difficult. Folk soil methods, when washing rice, add some salt to wash the rice, and the smell will naturally be removed. Chang 'e said excitedly, "Xing 'an has been saved, and the people have been saved! "

Chang 'e came to Xing 'an and asked Wu Dadan to teach the people to wash the rice with salt and eat it after swelling. Wu boldly tried it once, and the taste was gone, but after eating it, he got angry, had a toothache, blistered or constipation. In addition, he can't eat much at a time, and he is hungry quickly, which is not suitable for rural farmers. Wu boldly used his own brains, simply boiled the sugar cane water into juice, then poured the popcorn into the pot, stirred it, spread it out to cool, cut it into four squares, and wrapped it in Hunan paper for ten pieces, which became a very distinctive candy. Take it to the city to sell, because it is a new pattern, the citizens scramble to buy it, get the money, buy rice, oil and salt, but make money. The news spread, every family imitated it, and every family followed suit. The whole Xing 'an is full of the "bang" sound of the expander. Kitchen God thought that the people were going to create his rebellion, so he was scared out of his wits and fled Xing 'an with his tail between his legs, and never came again. From then on, Xing 'an was the first to produce popcorn candy, which became one of the two specialties of Xing 'an.