Tongsanyi Tongsanyi Autumn Pear Paste was first produced by the original Tongsanyi Food Store in 1876 and has a long-standing reputation. The predecessor of Yihua Factory was the production plant of Tongsanyi Food Store. In 1958, Tongsanyi Food Store was jointly operated by the public and private sectors, and the factory and store were separated. The production plant moved from Qianmen Street in Chongwen District to the current address of Yihua Factory in Yongwai Ding'anli, Chongwen District. The factory name also changed several times and became the current Yihua Factory. In addition to Tongsanyi Autumn Pear Paste, the Tongsanyi Food Store also sold other dried and fresh fruits. In 1993, the store was cancelled by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Yihua Factory followed the production process of the original Tongsanyi Autumn Pear Paste and was famous for producing "Qingsong Brand" and "Changqing Brand" (formerly "Zuiweng Brand") Tongsanyi Autumn Pear Paste, enjoying a certain commercial reputation and product reputation. The historical origins of Yihua Factory and Tongsanyi Qiuli Paste are included in the books "China's Famous and High-quality Subsidiary Products", "Chongwen District Records" (Industrial Volume), "Chinese Native Products Dictionary", "Beijing Specialty Products Old Stores" and so on. In October 1993, Yihua Factory was rated as a "China Time-honored Brand" by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and obtained a certificate and a bronze plaque. Tongsanyi Company was established in November 1995. Due to its history of using Tongsanyi Time-honored Brand, it applied to the Ministry of Domestic Trade for a "China Time-honored Brand" certificate. The Ministry of Domestic Trade issued a "China Time-honored Brand" certificate and a bronze plaque to Tongsanyi Company in April 1996. After review, the Ministry of Domestic Trade issued a notice on June 27, 1997 to revoke the title of "China Time-honored Brand" of Tongsanyi Company and took back the certificate and bronze plaque. In addition, Tong Sanyi Company also claimed in the overseas edition of People's Daily and other newspapers and other advertisements that the company evolved from the time-honored Tong Sanyi brand, and accused Yihua Factory of counterfeiting Tong Sanyi products and operating illegally. The packaging of the autumn pear paste produced and sold by the company also has the words "1876", "authentic Tong Sanyi", "China's time-honored brand", "century-old store", etc. In 1996, the packaging of the autumn pear paste produced by Yihua Factory changed from the original "bird's nest autumn pear paste" to "China's time-honored brand", "Tong Sanyi" bird's nest autumn pear paste, etc. In the early years of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, three merchants from Shanxi settled in Tongzhou, the terminal of the grain transport. After wandering around Tongzhou for a few days, they finally chose to open a store on East Street, the most prosperous street in the city, named "Sanyizhen". Sanyizhen's merchandise was very diverse, including dried and fresh specialties from all over the country, homemade candied fruits, and daily utensils such as oil lamps, umbrellas, bowls and chopsticks. The three men inherited the business talent of the Shanxi people, and soon they managed this grocery store successfully. The geographical convenience gave Sanyizhen many conveniences, because the goods from the south had to be transported to Beijing via Tongzhou, and Sanyizhen took advantage of its position as a material transfer station. It enriched the supply of goods and maintained business relations with various grocery stores and dried fruit and seafood stores in Beijing. However, no matter how prosperous Tongzhou was, it could not compare with Beijing after all, so Sanyizhen came up with the idea of opening a branch in Beijing. The legendary origin of Qiuli Paste was introduced 60 years after the store was built. On the Dragon Boat Festival in the 20th year of Jiaqing (1815), another new store opened on Qianmen Street and was named "Tong Sanyi Dried Fruit and Seafood Store", which means the semicolon of Tongzhou Sanyizhen. According to folklorist Wang Yongbin, the name of the store was actually intended to be "Tong Sanyizhen", but most of the store names at that time had three characters, and four-character store names were extremely difficult to pronounce and not in line with habits, so they had to give up. The opening of the new store was very lively. That day Every day, there is an endless stream of guests. The three-storey shop is hung with red curtains sent by relatives and friends inside and out. Like Sanyizhen, the newly opened Tong Sanyi is just a grocery store. Apart from the simple processing of dried fruits and candied fruits, it does not engage in production activities. The autumn pear paste that later made it famous is a "new product" that appeared 60 years after the opening. Legend has it that the recipe of Tong Sanyi Autumn Pear Paste comes from the palace, and there is a story behind it. In the past, there were strong winds in Beijing in autumn, and many people caught colds and coughs. Most families liked to buy some autumn pears and boil pear water to drink, which could relieve coughs and eliminate phlegm. In addition to ordinary people, there is also a person who often comes to Tong Sanyi store to buy autumn pears. The shopkeeper had long heard the story of how the palace cured concubines’ stubborn coughs with boiled pear paste, so he was particularly attentive to the doctor. Every time he came to the shop, he would make tea and bring cigarettes, and often invite the doctor to eat, watch operas, and give him gifts. As time went by, the two gradually became good friends, and the shopkeeper dared to tentatively ask for the recipe of the pear paste. The doctor thought about it again and again, not to mention that he owed the shopkeeper a lot of favors. If this recipe was spread, it would indeed save many people from illness every autumn. So, under the guidance of the doctor, Tong Sanyi began to make autumn pear paste. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)