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The Legend of bird's nest
According to the legendary, the first chinese who ate bird's nest is the Ming Dynasty Great Navigator, Zheng He.
In one of his long voyages,Zheng He's fleet encountered a thunderstorm. He and his fleet were forced to stop at one of the deserted Malay islands.
At that critical moment, there was a shortage of food.
Zheng he unintentionally found some bird's nest cups on the cliff. He instructed his crews to pluck, wash with clean water and cook the bird's nests.
A few days after taking the bird's nests, the crews appeared to have shining reddish face. Obviously, it was the effect of the bird's nests.
Zheng Ho immediately brought some bird's nests back back to China and conferred them to the King, Ming Cheng Zhu.
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