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Steamed pork with rice flour was popular in Mianyang Prefecture (including Tianmen, Honghu, Qianjiang, and Mianyang) in the old days. It is known as the hometown of steamed vegetables and is one of the three famous steamed dishes in Mianyang. The story about Mianyang Sanzheng is even more well-known. According to legend, Mianyang Sanzheng began with the story of Chen Youliang, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty. At that time, on the eve of Chen Youliang's expedition to Caishiji from his hometown Mianyang, in order to reward the soldiers for their bravery and boost their morale, he ordered the army cook to cook some hometown dishes according to the word "Zheng", which symbolized the victory of the expedition. The clever chef made steamed fish, steamed meat and steamed dumplings according to the meaning of Zhengzheng, which has the same pronunciation but different words. Chen Youliang's wife, Luo Shi, took advantage of the opportunity to wash and cut the ready-made green vegetable - Artemisia annua, add rice flour for steamed fish meat and seasoning, mix well and steam it until it was cooked, and then served it to the dining table. All the soldiers were very happy to eat it and praised it profusely. From then on, the people in this area followed suit one after another. On festive days, they also used Sanzi as a big dish to entertain guests, which has been passed down to this day.
