Scholars believe the original recipe came from Yangzhou, China during the Sui Dynasty (581 to 618 CE). At this time, it was loved by Emperor Yang and peasants alike, who would make it as a way to ...

Built in 611 during the Sui Dynasty, it is the oldest extant pavilion- style pagoda in China. The pagoda is built of a kind of hard stone produced in the area. After more than a thousand years the ...