After his business failed in Shanghai, Li Rongguang returned to his hometown of Lichuan, Jiangxi to start afresh as a candy maker, making zhuang yuan tang, or top scorer candy — a snack made famous by a legendary scholar from the city.

Li, as scrappy as a businessman can be, grows his own ingredients, hand-makes the candy, and even dresses up in costume and dances to sell his candy online.

*Store Address: 江西黎川日峰镇新丰桥边上人民路305号

This is the new episode of our series about established mom-and-pop eateries in China, candy edition. In the next episode, we visit a candy maker in Shandong who makes melon-shaped candy.

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00:00 Top scorer candy
01:26 Making malt candy from scratch
04:02 From dumpling to sticks
04:54 Doing all it takes

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Producer: Yoyo Chow
Videographer: Shirley Xu
Editor: Joshua Davy
Mastering: Victor Peña

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