The origin of Fu Qingguang cake

According to the records of Fuzhou Prefecture: In the 42nd year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1563 AD), Qi Jiguang led his army into Fujian to pursue and annihilate the Japanese pirates. Unwilling to keep rainy days, the army could not lift the stove, so Qi Jiguang ordered him to bake a Grow the simplest cakes, string them with hemp ropes and hang them on the soldiers as dry food, which greatly facilitates combat and annihilation of the enemy. Later, this small cake spread among the people and was not only widely eaten, but also became a necessary offering for worshiping gods and ancestors. Later generations, in memory of Qi Gong, called this kind of cake "Guang Cake". Fuqingguang cake made with this special method has a history of four hundred years. According to legend, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang led his army to Fuqing to quell the Japanese invasion. In order to attack the enemy and annihilate the Japanese pirates in time, the army often did not use fire to cook meals, but the soldiers of the Qi Army made homemade northern sesame biscuits as dry food. This kind of sesame cake is the prototype of Fuqing Guangbing. Later, the soldiers discovered that although sesame cakes could satisfy their hunger, eating too much would easily lead to internal heat, were difficult to digest, and often caused constipation. The clever people of Fuqing added salt to the dough to increase the taste, alkali to aid digestion, and sesame seeds to moisturize the gastrointestinal tract and relieve internal heat. This improved pancake became the favorite dry food of Qi Jiajun soldiers, and made a great contribution to Qi Jiajun's annihilation of Japanese pirates in Niutian stronghold. In order to commemorate Qi Jiguang's achievements in pacifying Japan, people called this kind of pancake Guangpan.