The rock candy came from an accidental mistake by a citizen's daughter? Is the legend credible or not?

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Release time: 2021-08-18

Summary: Crystal sugar is one of the most common condiments in daily life. Its refining degree is not high, so its sweetness is not enough to compare with white granulated sugar. White granulated sugar is more popular in sugar-loving regions and countries in Europe and the United States. Crystal sugar has not become popular. However, in China, crystal sugar is highly evaluated. "Ice plate recommends amber, how can it look like sugar? Under the premise of mature purification technology, crystal sugar can be crystal sugar be clear, like naturally produced ore, it is better than white granulated sugar in appearance, and crystal sugar retains the fragrance of sugar cane because it is the rough processing of sugar cane. Combined with the characteristics of low sweetness, the overall taste is sweet but not greasy. In addition to being suitable for cooking and seasoning, it can also be used for daily snacks. Although it is difficult to replace white granulated sugar, crystal sugar is also unique in sugar.

Candy is one of the most common condiments in daily life. Its refining degree is not high, so its sweetness is not enough to compare with white granulated sugar. White granulated sugar is preferred in sugar-addicted regions and countries in Europe and the United States. Candy is not popular, but in China, it is highly evaluated,"The ice plate recommends amber, how is it like icing beauty"On the premise of mature purification technology, crystal sugar can be crystal clear, just like naturally generated ore, and it is better than white granulated sugar in appearance. However, crystal sugar retains the fragrance of sugar cane because of the rough processing of sucrose. Combined with the characteristics of low sweetness, the taste is sweet and not greasy as a whole. In addition to being suitable for cooking and seasoning, it can also be used for daily snacks, although it is difficult to replace white granulated sugar, but the existence of rock sugar in the sugar is unique. There are many legends about the origin of rock candy. These legends seem to be based and legendary. The story itself is also very interesting. One of the stories is widely spread and can be seen everywhere on the Internet.

 

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"During the Kangxi years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a girl named Fusang who advocated Yaxian to be a maid in a big sugar workshop in Neijiang, Sichuan. Once she scooped up a bowl of syrup and was preparing to drink it, the owner came. Fusang poured the syrup into the can, hid it in the woodpile, and put some chaff on it to cover it. A few days later, when Fusang took out the jar, the jar was full of many crystal-like things, breaking the entrance, crisp and pure sweet, and its taste was better than white sugar. Fusang talked about this strange phenomenon, and many people did the same, because the sugar produced was like ice and tasted like honey, so people called it rock sugar. Fusang was promoted as the ancestor of making rock candy. Before liberation, people who made rock candy in Neijiang offered statues of Fusang to show their respect for the founder."

 

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Although this legend is interesting, the origin of rock candy is wrong in the first place. Candy is said to be icing, the meaning of the word icing and about icingThe Southern Song Dynasty works "frosting spectrum"The description and records of the early icing method and characteristics in China are not much different from what we call the actual appearance of crystal sugar and the most traditional crystal sugar production process-exposure. historian Gu Yanwu and scholar Li Diaoyuan in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties both believe that crystal sugar is icing, and there are very few mistakes in the school books of Ding Guojun in the late Qing dynasty. They also believe that "icing sugar should be icing", and the origin of icing is nearly a thousand years earlier than the legendary Qing dynasty, it is recorded in the Frosting Spectrum,During the Tang Dynasty, there was already a folk method of making crystal sugar-the crystallization method., also take a legend as an introduction, saying that a monk surnamed Zou knew how to make crystal sugar, because riding a donkey trampled on the sugarcane field and taught the method of making crystal sugar to the sugarcane field owner, thus the method of making crystal sugar was spread. the said method of making sugar and the said method of making sugar are actually relatively primitive crystallization methods. even if the records are wrong, there was a considerable scale of making crystal sugar at least before the Southern song dynasty.

 

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Cane juice is made into crystal sugar by natural exposure and crystallization. The yield of sugar is not high, which also depends on the local climate. Sichuan is mild and rainy all the year round, with high humidity and long frost-free period. The quality of sugar cane produced is good, and the temperature in summer is high and the temperature in autumn is warm, which is suitable for crystallization of cane juice. Therefore, the author Wang Zhuo in Suining, his hometown, is the best in Suining, and the above legend, it can be seen that the conditions of sugarcane planting and sugar industry in Sichuan are excellent, and actually conform to the distribution of crystal sugar industry. The appearance of crystal candy is pleasing, the taste is fresh, and the production is difficult, so it is rare and expensive. In ancient times, there were people who became rich because of this. Therefore, sugar households were bound to the rise and fall of their families with crystal candy crystals. During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Northern Song Dynasty, the department of worship was established and crystal candy was levied every year. The enthusiasm of sugar households to produce crystal candy was greatly hit. After that, even if the department was abolished, this may be a side proof of why the legendary rock candy originated hundreds of years later, as recorded in the "Frost Spectrum", the scale production of rock candy after Xuanhe almost did not exist, and the theory of the origin of rock candy became varied among the people.

 

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One of them is also worth noting, that is, it is said that Fusang uses cans as containers to dry syrup and inadvertently makes crystal sugar. The "Frosting Spectrum" also records in detail the kiln preparation method, which is to repeatedly expose and filter the syrup into the urn to obtain crystal sugar. In fact, the two are essentially similar. It can also be said that the legendary preparation method was at least very mature in the Southern Song Dynasty, rather than an unintentional product. Some documents and works confuse icing sugar with white granulated sugar, perhaps because the crystal sugar products seen by the author are more finely divided, and a large number of later studies and more historical documents believe that icing is crystal sugar, and only traditional crystal sugar is worthy of "ice tray recommended amber. Folklore can add interesting and mysterious color to the origin and development of something, but it can not be used as a historical reference in many cases. We should also carefully trace the source to ensure that there is a fundamental inheritance of quality.

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