I was often told of the origin of its name by the old people during my childhood. The cinque savory bean was named by Qianlong, an emperor of Qing Dynasty during his visit in Jiangnan. He said the word of "savory" for successive five times after tasting the small bean. It was said that this bean had a history of over 100 years. After 1949, different stories of cinque savory bean written by literati were
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