Dongguan sausage

Dongguan sausage is crispy, salty and rich in flavor. It is one of the premier Guangdong preserved meats and is famous throughout China and abroad.

Legend tells of a very short man who sold sausages for a living. As he shouldered the sausages down the street, some of the longer sausages reached the ground and were dragged through the mud. People laughed at him, saying he was too short to carry the sausages. He found ways to make the sausages shorter and taste differently from others. The aroma of his short, fat sausages could be smelled from afar, attracting many customers. Today, people still call a short, clever person a "Dongguan Sausage".