Zhuang yuan tang, or top scorer candy, is a snack made famous by a legendary scholar from China's Jiangxi Province.
After his business failed in Shanghai, Li Rongguang returned to his hometown of Lichuan, Jiangxi to start afresh as a candy maker, making zhuang yuan tang, or top scorer candy — a snack made famous by a legendary scholar from the city.
Li, as scrappy as a businessman can be, grows his own ingredients, hand-makes the candy, and even dresses up in costume and dances to sell his candy online.
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This is the new episode of our series about established mom-and-pop eateries in China, candy edition. In the next episode, we visit a candy maker in Shandong who makes melon-shaped candy.
