Gourd candy in the lives of Beijing

Every year, when the weather dawned cold, the candy skewer gourd are sold throughout the streets as attractive invitation for a sweet winter.
These peddlers carry the pillars of straw with a lot of oblique plug gourd, traveling on the bike, the four-wheel vehicle, bringing vivid colors everywhere in the city. Ad's voice sounds create the biggest difference between those who peddle candy gourd with the other vendors.

The oblique gourd from the Song Dynasty (960-1279). One of the favored concubine of Emperor Quang Tong Tong (1147 - 1200) at the time suffering from an incurable disease. While the health status still managed to find a cure is a god in folk medicine is an area please the king to allow her treatment. The remedy he offers is simple: hawthorn fruit wrapped in sugar water heating, dining from 5 to 10 tablets before each meal, United fees will recover after 2 weeks. This remedy was effective in amazement of the medical state and court officials.

The first batch of oblique candy lake appeared only 2 hawthorn fruit skewers, a small fruit above and below a large fruit. This makes the fruit candy in the same gourd and gourd candy name is derived from here. Apart from hawthorn fruit, we also add other ingredients such as gold cranberry fruit, nuts or seeds water for human palm candy. Part cover is used many fruits such as kiwi, strawberries, pineapple, raisins and chocolate. The red color symbolizes good luck and is still used as main colors, but interjected that the other colors of fruit skewers makes candy attractive to both adults and children.


With the Chinese people in general and people in particular Beijing, their childhood attached to the sweetness of the candy skewer gourd. Bicycle Ad with English language clatter on the deep alleys of Beijing in the early mist still hanging around the kingdom throw, the red candy skewer followed wonky beats car wheels became impossible beauty of unmistakable this city.

Candy gourd also well represented in the arts. The Chinese have composed songs about candy and runs a long-running drama by famous actress siqin gaowa starred named Candy Ho Lo. Most candies appear in the historical drama grew to its special position in the Chinese tradition. The visitors to this historic city also wants tasted this exotic candy with a special liking.

Today, candy gourd are sold throughout the year. Beijing people remember not only a beautiful city and history but also by the sweet candy and gourd in her simple but great message: May the luck and happiness will to all of you.