Li Gao Tang (Pear Paste Candy) at the City God Temple

Li Gao Tang at the City God Temple

　　　　Li Gao Tang at the City God Temple is said to have a history of over 1,300 years. Over 100 years ago, a fruit paste candy shop was opened at Shanghai’s City God Temple. Thanks to the owner’s skilled management, Li Gao Tang became famous both in China and abroad. This candy comes in two types: therapeutic Li Gao Tang and flavored Li Gao Tang. Therapeutic Li Gao Tang has the effects of relieving coughs, calming wheezing, promoting saliva production, and stimulating appetite. It is made by boiling and refining ingredients such as apricot kernels, balloon flower root, poria, pinellia, winter flower, peucedanum, and tangerine peel along with white sugar. Flavored Li Gao Tang is made by boiling and refining ingredients such as cardamom, hawthorn, clove, Buddha’s hand, costus root, and other Chinese herbs together with white sugar. It is now exclusively sold at the Shanghai Li Gao Tang Store in Yu Garden Commercial City.