Legend, make crab soup is in the three kingdoms. Three Kingdoms period, Zhu Geliang got sick, think of First Lord Liu Bei at Soochow Shaoqin soon, Tuogu left Dongwu, Sun Shangxiang was forced to stay in the home of Sun Quan. Later, sun, Liu their emperor, the warring parties, the defeat of Liu Bei died Baidicheng. Lady sun news, Miss true feelings between husband and wife, pain, boarded the mount Beigu Lingyun Ting, Wang Xi held a memorial ceremony, drowned himself in a river. Due to the busy Zhu Geliang battle, not care on the festival, while still alive, he sent to Soochow Memorial, aspiration.
Zhu Geliang called Liu Bei to follow the old man Wu Wei Wu battle, to go Dongwu Memorial Mrs sun, Wu old man asked with what objects to Memorial, Zhu Geliang said Steamed buns with meat memorial. Wu old listens, know that this is the former prime minister in crossing Lushui, not to kill the creature, but with dough packages of meat instead of the head sacrifice.
Wu old listen to orders, bid farewell to the prime minister, came by boat to Soochow Jingkou, wrapped to local officials say is to hold a memorial ceremony for Madame Sun Yat Sen. Magistrate listens, dare not neglect, the Wu old arrangements in the Posthouse stay.
Live after, Wu old will find flour and, with a knife to chop chopped pork and condiments tune good. And then thought of that the lady was alive, the most like to eat crabs, and got some crab cooked, stripping out the crab, crab meat on pork stir do stuffing.
Second days, some local officials and his entourage together with Wu old memorial. To the Beigu mountain river, Wu old call someone set the incense table, lit incense, candle, rod forty-nine meat Steamed buns, took out the prime minister written Oration read. Meat Steamed buns everyone see drum lines pattern, I do not know what the hell. See Wu old in read elegiac, will these things thrown into the river.
After ending, we asked the old man wu. What is just to throw the Xiajiang? Wu old smiled mysteriously said, this is Mrs sun alive favourite food, is the "crab hot pack." Wu old lost a few teeth, speak a bit is not about the wind, all the "hot" words to hear a "soup" of the word also echoed said it was "the crab soup".
Crab soup is Liuhe dragon Food must, robes crab soup has been 140 years of history, it was a tribute to the imperial court. The Siwon in the Qing Dynasty emperor qianlong. Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong six under the Yangtze River every by imperial robe, the taste of the villagers to specifically for the production of the crab crab meat with such as filling dumplings, Longyan big Yue, repeatedly praise "delicious, delicious", the villagers also flattered, he called the "Qianlong soup steamed stuffed bun". At the end of the Qing Dynasty pottery halberd master Street boat port founded the "Taiping Spring Restaurant", inherited the traditional process and the Qianlong dumplings stuffing for the re processing, accompanied by a variety of ingredients, so that the soup taste better and changed its name to "crab soup" to carry out business, in twentieth Century 30 time, Tao will this art to Qin a halberd hair, Yi Chunbing, Shen Dick continue to operate, is deep the diners praise, the famous village. In twentieth Century 60, Qin has hair successor Zhou Yuchun took over the "old Hong garden" will be developed process of inheritance and crab soup. Since entering 80 age, provides an excellent opportunity and environment for the development of the excellent situation of reform and opening up for my soup industry town, "six eight restaurant", "Chang Jiang Grand Hotel" restaurant came into being, and achieved good social effect and economic benefit. In 2004, the concern and support of the city catering, set up 24 dumpling shop "Nanjing catering robes crab soup branch", thus making robes crab Tang Bao industry bigger and stronger, unprecedented, renowned at home and abroad.
