Wuxi Sanfengqiao Sauce Spare Ribs has been around for more than 140 years. There is a beautiful legend about the origin of Sauce Spare Ribs.
It is said that at that time, Jigong traveled all the way to Wuxi. Since people did not know that this sloppy monk wearing rags and acting crazy was Jigong, almost no one was willing to give him alms. Jigong begged all the way and came to a cooked meat shop and asked the boss for money. The boss said he had no money when he opened the door, so he gave Jigong a piece of meat. Jigong asked the boss again, and the boss gave him another piece. After eating, Jigong asked for another piece of meat. , the boss said with an unhappy look on his face: "What shall I sell tomorrow after I've eaten all the meat for you?" "Then let's sell meat and bones!" Jigong took over the topic and spoke slowly. He pulled down a few cattail stems from the broken cattail fan and handed them to the boss: "Put these cattail stems in a meat and bone pot and stew them together. The meat I eat will be doubled and returned to you in the future." The boss was dubious after hearing this, but still After trying it, after putting a few cattail stalks in the pot, the meat bones became fragrant, and the aroma could be smelled throughout the ancient city of Wuxi. From then on, this cooked meat shop began to operate the meat bones business. As time went by, this method gradually became popular among the people, and eventually formed Wuxi's famous specialty-meat bones, which is what we call Wuxi Sauce Spare Ribs today.