[Photo by Zhang Zhaozeng/cpanet.org.cn]

Sugar-coated haws on a stick

Date: 1988

Location: Qianmen Watchtower

Among well-known Beijing snacks, bingtanghulu (sugar-coated haws on a stick) is probably the most famous, a city trademark.

For children living in the 1980s in Beijing, when there were no McDonald's or KFCs, bingtanghulu was their favorite snack. Now, a bite of bingtanghulu brings reminiscence and nostalgia.