Tucked away in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, there’s a humble golden-brown pastry with a name fit for royalty: the Empress Dowager Cake – or Taihou Bing (太后饼) in Chinese. With a history stretching back over 2,000 years, this crispy, flaky treat is more than just a snack – it’s a taste of ancient China’s…
Luo Zifu was from Fenzhou in Shaanxi Province. His parents died early and he had to go to live with his uncle Luo Daye when he was only eight years old. The uncle was an official and was rich, but had no son. So he loved Zifu very much like a natural son.