What history does the origin of steamed stuffed bun have to do with?

Zhuge Liang of Shu led his troops to attack Nan Man and captured Meng Huo seven times, so that Meng Huo finally surrendered. Zhuge Liang moved his troops back to Chaoxian, passing through Lushui on the way. When the army was preparing to cross the river, the wind suddenly blew and the waves hit thousands of feet. Ghosts cry and wolves howl, and the army cannot cross the river.

At this time, Zhuge Liang summoned Meng Huo and asked why. It turned out that the two armies were at war and the fallen soldiers could not return home to reunite with their families. Therefore, they made waves on this river and prevented the soldiers from returning. When the army wants to cross the river, it is necessary to sacrifice the heads of 49 barbarians to the river, so as to be calm.

Zhuge Liang ordered the cook to take rice flour as the skin, wrap the meat of black cattle and white sheep, and shape 49 heads. Then, set up the incense table, sprinkle wine and offer sacrifices to the river. Because the steamed bread initiated by Zhuge Liang has complex sequence and high cost. As a result, the process of stuffing was omitted and white steamed bread appeared.

Extended data:

Steamed bread appeared in Wei and Jin Dynasties. But the original name of steamed stuffed bun is steamed bread. Shu Xi of the Jin Dynasty said in "Cake Fu" that people should be set at the banquet in early spring. The steamed bread mentioned here is actually steamed buns. As for the use of the name steamed stuffed bun, it began in the Song Dynasty.

In the book Love Bamboo, it is recorded that there was a doctor named Sun Lin in Song Ningzong in the Song Dynasty who treated gonorrhea three times a day, taking garlic wrapped in steamed bread and light lobster sauce, and after three days, he was treated as an imperial doctor.

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