Candied fruit is a kind of product made from fruits and vegetables as the main raw materials, with (or without) food additives and other auxiliary materials, and by pickling (or without) with sugar or honey or salt. It includes candied fruits, cold fruits, preserved fruits, colloquial fruits, fruit cakes, fruit pills, etc.  
Candied fruit is also called preserved fruit, which was called honey frying in ancient times. Fruit food made from molasses in China. It has been spread all over the country with a long history. The food is made of peach, apricot, plum, jujube, wax gourd, ginger and other fruits and vegetables as raw materials, and pickled with sugar or honey. In addition to being eaten directly as snacks or snacks, preserves can also be put on cakes, cookies and other snacks as decorations.
In the Tang Dynasty, fruits paid tribute to the imperial court were soaked in honey for preservation. By the Song Dynasty, the production was fine and the varieties were diverse, from honey stains to two types of sugar drying. It is made by fruit selection, cleaning, soaking, boiling and other processes, with good color and taste.