What does candied haws symbolize?

Sugar-coated haws symbolize happiness and reunion, which means that good things come one after another.

Sugar-coated haws are also called sugar-coated haws, sugar piers in Tianjin and sugar balls in Fengyang, Anhui. Sugar-coated haws are traditional snacks in China, which originated in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in malt syrup, which quickly hardens in the wind. The common snacks in northern winter are generally made of hawthorn, which is thin and hard, sour and sweet, and very cold.

Origin:

Emperor Song Guangzong's name was Zhao Dun, and the year number was "Shao Xi". During the reign of Shao Xi, Huang Guifei, the favorite of Song Guangzong, fell ill. She is sallow and emaciated, and she doesn't think about eating or drinking. The doctor used many expensive drugs, but none of them worked. When the emperor saw that his beloved princess was getting haggard, he was also sad all day.

In the end, I had no choice but to post a list of medical treatment. A quack revealed the list and entered the palace. Huang Guifei took her pulse and said, "As long as you use rock sugar and red fruits (that is, hawthorn), you should take five to ten tablets before meals every time, and you will be fine within half a month."

At first, everyone was dubious, but fortunately, this way of eating was also to the taste of the imperial concubine. After taking it in this way, the imperial concubine recovered as scheduled. The emperor was naturally overjoyed and began to frown. Later, this practice spread to the people, and the people strung it together and sold it, which became a sugar-coated gourd.