Kendal both poles of the Earth, its popularity is mainly due to the very astute decision of the original manufacturer's great-nephew to market it as an energy food, and to supply Ernest Shackleton's 1914–17 Trans-Antarctic Expedition. By the time the business was sold to competitor Romney's in 1987 there were several rival mint cake producers, many of which are still in business. Snuff production in Kendal dates from 1792, when Kendalian Thomas Harrison returned from Glasgow, Scotland, where he had learned the art of snuff manufacture. He also brought with him 50 tons of second-hand equipment, all carried on horse back.
Chongyang Cake success, since families who have children who are going to take school exams would give out cakes to them and the neighborhood as a symbol of good luck. Then the custom that people eat Chongyang cakes has spread. Chongyang Cake Chongyang Cake () is a kind of traditional cake eaten on the Chongyang Festival. It is baked and steamed, mainly made up of rice flour and sugar, then decorated with jujube, chestnuts and almonds. As the word for "cake" () sounds like the one for "height" () in Chinese, people regard it as a lucky food. "Chongyang cake" began to