Pearl Legend
Regarding pearl soup, there is a legend in the folk of Longnan County, Jiangxi. Legend has it that during the Light Years of the Qing Dynasty, Longnan's dragon head fish were harvested, and a man named Xu Sizhuang paid a large tribute to the dragon head fish, and the emperor sent a minister of Chincha to Longnan to reward him. In the summer, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and the minister of Chincha suffers from heat stroke on the way. It was nearly dusk when I came to Xu Sizhuang's house, and the big fish and meat in Xu Town had been sold out, so Xu Sizhuang stewed the famous Hakka dish "Pearl Soup" in Longnan for Qin Cha to eat, and Qin Cha took a spoon to eat, and suddenly exhausted his fatigue, and even felt that it was a rare delicacy. Asked the name of the dish, Xu Sizhuang saw that the pearl rice was crystal clear, like the dragon's eye, in order to please Chincha, he said that it was "longan soup", and elaborated: "This soup is cooked from the dragon head fish of Baizhang Longtan, so it is called longan soup, which is used to honor the adult." After Qin Cha listened, he felt that the name of this dish was on the prisoner, Xu Sizhuang was uneasy, and was busy explaining that this was not cooked by the purpose of the tribute "dragon head fish", but a local dish of Longnan folk. Immediately, Xu Sizhuang asked Chincha to give him the name of the dish. Chincha was flattered and warmly entertained, and it was difficult to push back, and after several deliberations, he said: "Let's call it 'pearl soup'." Therefore, "pearl soup" or "pearl powder" is still used today.
