How a 500-Year-Old Chinese ‘Bagel’ Helped Win a War

This round bread might look like a bagel. It’s even got the trademark hole in the middle. But this is not a bagel. It’s guang-bing, and it’s got a heroic past. This is the story of how a humble little doughy treat helped China win a war 500 years ago. And that hole? There’s a story there, too.
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[@hahgotem3886]

Imagine a Chinese soldier walking up to a wounded Japanese pirate while looking down on them and munching on bread.

[@doomsdayuponthetwentiethpu4317]

Badass.

[@mango_floating]

The ultimate power move.

[@DBT1007]

And the bread crumbs fall down to the Japanese pirate's wound

[@kevinscheeseballhair9720]

Oh my my

[@valencehockey1668]

You got me 😕

[@mdcmamahuhu]

I grew up in this town (Fuan) and packed 10 of these things for long school hike....

[@bamallama]

Lol! It must be tasty!!

[@muhammadroychan1140]

Aaa yes hiking with a bagel necklace. I can imagine that right now

[@SharminTareque]

Muhammad Roychan packing and creating a bread necklace are different you idiot, you squeaky grocery cart

[@yeyao8770]

哈哈，看着挺干，应该容易保存。

[@60000L]

@@SharminTareque rude

[@Coffee-Sorcerer]

I’m just imagining a soldier eating his bagel necklace while fighting a Japanese soldier 😅

[@dragonlord1225]

Pirate*

[@lzl4226]

Incidentally that's how the Americans won WWII

[@eatingadventures9614]

Eating while shooting the gun is a pro move

[@yuetani]

@Caroline Nguyen lol

[@bromomento5913]

Minecraft pvp belike

[@romarcaparaz6225]

Japanese pirate: *stealing* Chinese soldier: "hey, what're you trying to do?" *munches off bread necklace*

[@SaretGnasoh]

LOL

[@Coresixth]

Japanese pirate: hey that some nice bagel there

[@evanjuniorfluffy]

Chinese soldier: thanks *munches bread* *shoots Japanese pirate*

[@ilovememes3919]

IDK why this made me laugh

[@sacredeyeball2852]

Japanese Soldier: would be a shame if someone stole that cheerio necklace

[@littlemissfinch]

Ok but can we just take a solid minute to appreciate how *smooth* these things are?!

[@notoriousfly9260]

I bet you can’t last half a second.

[@Nexor1]

@@notoriousfly9260 what

[@spapeztheoctopus3249]

Takes some precision to make bread crazy smooth like that. Well made tasty little breads.

[@user-sn5jt5sr2c]

Guangbing literarily translates to "smooth bread"

[@scp-049thedoctor2]

​@@notoriousfly9260 ?

[@RockstarEater]

1:35 Who else wants a bread necklace? 😃

[@oldrabbit8290]

remind me of the pigeon meme..

[@kalimbaweirdo1103]

Me

[@illuwariaa]

Me i want one pls

[@marthaoctaviano211]

@@tomyny3676 yes

[@seorok]

chinese warrior drip

[@FarewelI]

That looks like the most perfect 'bagel' I have ever seen. Wish I could try one guang bing

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

Actually, don't really expect the taste would be "bagel-y" because it's vastly different. It's way chewier, crustier yet less rich than western bagel.

[@DBT1007]

I mean... It's just a normal sweet and slightly salty bread. And plus, it's hard bread because the way of how they bake it.

[@DBT1007]

@@fajarsetiawan8665 Uhhh chewy? Based on you name, you're Indonesian, right? As Indonesian, you should know that this kind of baking method produce a hard bread. Know about bakpia? Nopia? Etc. These stuffs are hard. Not soft bakery. It's weird if you never know about bakpia or nopia and this kind of baking technique if you're Indonesian. Edit: plus, just watch this video. It clearly not a soft bread. It's hard bread. Crispy outside and hard inside. Not spongy.

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

@@DBT1007 mmm, do you really know what chewy means?

[@hitsugayatoshiro9517]

@@DBT1007 yes, is a bit chewy We have those in flores island, if you go to Labuan bajo you should try it, but careful if you don't eat pork, some bagel(kompiang) have pork inside

[@ryotanada]

Fyi, the original version is a bit harder, so it will stay for longer

[@dddila]

Oh i thought they could also use it as weapon, like boomerang

[@mosengteroosss5485]

@@dddila no, it's not a baguette

[@timecrashv5wu709]

@@mosengteroosss5485 baguette are swords and Guangbing is a throwable weapon

[@savitapereira9367]

@@timecrashv5wu709 😀

[@terraria_pog2355]

@@mosengteroosss5485 its more of a chakram

[@hiyukelavie2396]

You say Chinese bagel, I say European Guangbing

[@hqtopia]

i remembered when the chinese bagel ended war, it was amazing.

[@hezhen909]

>:(

[@kennethh3790]

Hahaha kinda like how Chinese people describe ravioli as small dumplings and Europeans describe dumplings as big raviolis

[@questionablespeak6115]

bjorg rasmussen I say your a racist

[@Yatsu00x]

bjorg rasmussen i say youre racist (2)

[@沈啍]

It’s more like the first Chinese MRE. It’s time consuming to cook rice in the field and it’s hard to travel with them. The Japanese pirates were constantly on the move so in order to keep up with them the Chinese army made the guang-bing in advance and carried them with strings.

[@akindudeerada5840]

Yeah that's what I just thought!! I was about the comment the same thing mentioning how similar this concept is to a modern day MRE used by militia. But then I saw ur comment while scrolling down through the comments.😊

[@沈啍]

@@icodestuff6241 Qi JiGuang famously defended the coast of “south” China, it’s in the video. 0:44 Guangbin is also considered a southeastern Chinese cuisine, because of Qi JiGuang’s campaign down there. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Jiguang

[@FingeringThings]

No wonder why it won a war, that bagel looks so good

[@rydobuz7031]

I want one really badly

[@akzuuyas]

same

[@lucianagarcia9315]

But not as superar than a New York bagel!

[@halalnoob5766]

@@lucianagarcia9315 Taste is subjective really. So what you're saying is not valid

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

I see you a lot

[@JG_862]

I used to see these sold in my hometown when I was a kid, and my dad loved to tell the same story 😂. I’m surprised to see this featured here, since it’s very regional and old fashioned. I’m not sure if kids nowadays even had this. Thanks for sharing this. Brings me back to my childhood

[@AnnoyD]

What's your channel name?

[@samuelfeldman7995]

1:13 when my friends be acting up

[@republicofantarctica456]

LMFAO

[@tiggerisdumb]

@@someonewholikesmovies but is n word not English

[@tiggerisdumb]

@@someonewholikesmovies no

[@TheKezia1978]

@@someonewholikesmovies china not japan Finally someone noticed that he said the n word XD

[@TheKezia1978]

@@someonewholikesmovies lol he did not said the n word but a similar word to the n word and also that comment i make was meant to be a joke notice the "XD" there

[@laserdiscisawesome1263]

“General, how will we ever defeat these pirates?” *B R E A D N E C K L A C E*

[@challengercolt8379]

thanks to the person who still makes guang bing. hopes guang bing continues forever

[@Nahte5]

I thought the title meant “Letting a bagel sit for 500 years can save ur life” Thx for 100 likes

[@lexitnute1306]

LMAO

[@dinosaul]

😭

[@mpyb8176]

Me too bruh

[@aayushpatel2788]

Lead...??

[@Hiroto340]

Let the bagel sit

[@ca-ml1rs]

A little more clarity in the story would be great. The Wakou or Wokou, literally Japanese pirate, were a group of pirates comprised of multi-ethnicity from Japan, Korea, South East Asia but mostly, Chinese. Earlier Wokou were mainly poor Japanese islanders who took advantage of Mongol invasion to raid poorly defended coastline. These pirates were poor people turning to banditry to survive then thrived. Their end didn't come just from the Ming's success against them, but also from the Japanese lords subjugating their bases from their islands, eliminating their hideouts. Their encounter was also the opposite. Fearing the Ming main force, the Wokou were evading their pursuit by looking out for cooking fire at night and continue raiding. They were recorded to have the advantage of bringing salted rice balls with them for mobility. The Chinese responded by adopting military ration, these Guangbing, so their soldiers can avoid lighting fire for cooking and carry ration with them.

[@趙守法-j5e]

Fake history. The main enemy of Ming was Mongolians not Japanese.

[@mdcmamahuhu]

Btw on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year in 15xx, Japanese Pirates invaded Town of Fuan and slaughtered every single person within the city wall. To this day, every year, the second day of Chinese New Year, people of Fuan stayed at home and paid respects to the dead,

[@stahppls2293]

@ThatOneAsianBroChick China had one if the biggest pirate fleets

[@kirby2798]

ThatOneAsianBroChick I'm Japanese. I don't see myself disrespecting any other culture. Please, if *you're* going to disrespect *my* country, my culture, tell me a reason why you would think that all of us would suddenly stand up for any disgusting act.

[@marlenagee427]

Kirby I think he ment back in the days not nowadays

[@stahppls2293]

@@marlenagee427 still disrespectful

[@marlenagee427]

@@stahppls2293 yeag

[@kethyanal5397]

Pov: you keep watching it over and over because of how smooth the bagel looks.

[@Natadangsa]

We call them Kompia or Kompyang here in Indonesia. Why ? Because it originates from Hokkien-speaking Fuzhou and most of our ethnic Chinese originates from that particular region. So we are more familiar with their Hokkien name (Kong Pia) instead of their Mandarin name (Guang Bing)

[@frodgyofgingersnap9277]

Pretty sure kong pia is in foochow

[@Natadangsa]

@@frodgyofgingersnap9277 yes. I already said it before.

[@frodgyofgingersnap9277]

@@Natadangsa i mean the word kong pia originated on foochow not hokkien

[@Natadangsa]

@@frodgyofgingersnap9277 I meant the language. Foochow is the city

[@frodgyofgingersnap9277]

@@Natadangsa amd yheres also a dialect called foochow

[@Die-CastMetal]

I love bagels, never heard this history before. Thank you!

[@toast6494]

"Oh no...." "What is it Captain?" "They've unleashed their secret weapon.." *Chinese Bakery: Grand Opening*

[@cuongngo9889]

I went to that place and buy it on the way to the airport from China to Boston. And then my family drive a 1 hour way home to Maine. And I bring 70 Bagles to my school to my team. I even got graded for that because I talk about what are these for.

[@jianpingwang6916]

Is your family originally from Fuzhou? I see your name is spelled in Vietnamese.

[@aseplukman2]

I just love how the owner explain his bagels❤

[@TheCriminalChoice]

Imagine being a Japanese soilder and seeing a bunch of soldiers with bread necklaces run towards you 😭💀

[@tsiagian6610]

The mystery of the hole in the middle of a donut / bagel has been solved.

[@torpedo927]

The bagel effect

[@Squidqueer]

Omg

[@Jessica-eo5hg]

I just want to say congratulations on the documentary, its fantastic.

[@Kill_Heart]

"Wait, what the hell? Is that a literal.. uhm. 'Bagel' necklace?" "Yes."

[@q_p7824]

“it’s shiny it round it has a hole in the middle” best way to explain

[@beets_and_rice]

that bagel hit the spot

[@TheRealMrBaldyBoy]

“Bagel” -Sun Tzu art of war

[@nellosgirlfriend8687]

Huang has such an awesome personality

[@clydeabbott87]

people:bagel people now:guang bing me:D O N U T me now:bagel

[@emilycupcakegirl367]

I recommended this bread to my friend who really likes bread for some reason

[@henrythespicybee1538]

Me to

[@badgerp-chanqueen7707]

At my place Sarawak, they are known as kompyang. But with meat. I had eat some at Sarikei where my mother taking me to the a restaurant. But my own hometown, Sri Aman, wasn't have any of these. Only at Sibu and Sarikei have them but I recommend any of you to try both regional kompyang.

[@snr_gbe]

1:13 "he said it!"

[@kathysteph932]

Literally the most smoothest bread ever

[@GbaeIIIV]

“General, we’re out of ammo” “It’s time..., take out the bagels”

[@panthebear5716]

Atleast we know that the shop is never gonna close down since alot of people buy this bread and the legend can continue.

[@gavinthecrafter]

Imagine the ancient bagel sandwich: A century egg between two halves of a 500 year old guang-bing

[@billyhuang6648]

My dude looks so wholesome I love it

[@storiesbyemily4170]

“Wisdom is better than strength.” ~Ecclesiastes 9:16

[@hezhen909]

I know now ;)

[@NABSTERZ]

my dumbass clicked on it as a time stamp

[@newcatwhodis8555]

NABSTERZ same

[@fernandogunthorando1379]

@@newcatwhodis8555 yup me too

[@funnycat1333]

@@NABSTERZ same 😂

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

A peace offering can end a war - water, food and energy.

[@jaydensalim5498]

0:13 grandpa sound is like near to the micro phone

[@s4r4.w._37]

I actually never tried this before and I go back to Chia to see my grandparents every

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Bread necklace? The way to truly get this bread

[@challengercolt8379]

love this video

[@notyrou599]

I’m literally drooling after seeing this 100 times

[@jefferson5031]

Nobody: Seriously nobody: Me: *who thinks that they would throw the bread at the enemies in the war*

[@umaryusuf537]

They kinda look like doughnuts 🍩

[@blueberrychclate5109]

Flat ones with a tiny hole...

[@manperson5315]

@@blueberrychclate5109 the more you think about it the more it sounds really, REALLY wrong

[@bdot2.tacttt]

@@manperson5315 I also noticed!

[@istillsuckatmath]

Without frosting

[@1HeatWalk]

They look so smooth and shiny, I thought they were glazed in carmel.

[@heisernsu]

if you are wearing headphones the sound design is POG CHAMP

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Guang-bing: exists NYC and Montreal: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary

[@petster13]

This Video's Animation and sound effects are priceless. Makes the video so much more enjoyable seeing bread necklace soldiers lmao.

[@lofivic0609]

imagine seeing everyone at the war eating the bagels 👌🏻

[@m1ggysupreme]

Idk why but i watched almost all of this channel's videos..

[@Djungleskoglover]

Everyone: haha bred go brrrrrrrrrrr Me: ngl those bagels look a lot like the bagels at the supermarket

[@studiojiji1315]

No one: Me: iS ThAT a KrIsPY KRemE DoUgHnuT?

[@nota4260]

Me two

[@kylecollins1045]

My guy with the hickies at the end though 😂

[@zrszrs2405]

Who can resist the charms of a master baker?

[@jonahs92]

Considering this is China, that could very likely be some kind of skin rash or subdermal infection/inflammation....

[@MichaelChenAdventures]

Beautiful storytelling

[@Ethanl-uy5yj]

I love this cause i from the place where this was made the first time. There are 2 types of this Guang bing and seeweed guang bing so yum Btw when i went to fuzhou i ate this everyday breakfast

[@theantidjcookcommunity502]

Everyone: talking about how bagels help this war Me: how smooth is that bagel?

[@flight6934]

The outside of the bagel looked like a glazed donut.

[@eternity7649]

Wow thats knowlege center is lit keep growing

[@brioneselijahbryan1480]

Soldiers in 500 yrs ago: We Got BAGELS!!!! WUUUUUUUU

[@joaquinparedes899]

i cant stop watching the videos, really interesting and fun too!

[@julesf5792]

It looks so delicious! 😋

[@susposter8945]

I'm not seeing a single comment about the Bagle effect?

[@solomonwreath5576]

When I first saw the title I thought the Chinese made bagels too hard that you could throw them as weapons. Yes, I imagined a war scenario where Japanese pirates got bagels to their heads.

[@chyiae_2360]

omg- i just noticed this was posted in my birthday lol

[@dash_vet]

I need its skincare routine

[@leahozhantortune771]

1:38 Huang Yiling: ...Yao Yao Yao... hahahaha He's speaking the language of the gods

[@catsidhe181]

the graphics are so cute!

[@mahmud2.]

Imagine a Japanese person enjoying guang bing

[@cheeseaddict]

"this bread, single handedly stopped us from stealing"

[@reyner7627]

Americans"So we have to add more canon balls, ships, and more swords so we could win." China: bagel=victory

[@lambsauce3941]

dude it kinda looks like the love child of a macaron a donut and then it's step dad was a bagel who tried to be relatable the bagel went to work comes home to his macaron wife and his step son now the macaron donut never associated with bagel but bagel tried and tried but he was still shunned by his step son

[@dindabungalarasati9331]

Tfw this makes sense to me?

[@lambsauce3941]

@@dindabungalarasati9331 because it does

[@notdan9839]

Wait 500+1563=2063 *ARE WE IN THE FUTURE?*

[@okerhrh4139]

I love how great big story makes this kinda stuff so interesting. I've been in China for 2 years now and they have this kinda stuff & these kinda stories everywhere man. To me it sounds like a big heap of crap from some poor baker, but it's quite interesting in this video! ( we are talking about local lake ghosts because people drowned there etc.. )

[@Mtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmt]

What a fascinating vid!

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

Be honest, we all thought they were donuts at first.

[@jasonl3445]

Love it keep on making it!

[@shamustung8488]

that bagel makes me soooo hungry right now

[@RAMBO14001]

You're Chinese? How famous is this bread there?

[@nax9515]

The Phenom bruh

[@name4374]

@@nax9515 they were just asking

[@name4374]

@@RAMBO14001 he might not be Chinese, if he is, not every Chinese person lives in China.

[@guoxinn]

The Phenom Chinese here, first time hearing about this, and I want to try one too!

[@aidanhancock2117]

The subtitles in this are really helpful. (Speaks in foreign language)

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

TY 😃

[@choviez]

1:13 we can say the n word legally (edit) goddam its a joke do you not get it?

[@nutterbutterclan1717]

When did saying the n word become illegal?

[@choviez]

@@nutterbutterclan1717 do you not get the joke ? What I meant is people dont like it when an asian, hispanic, or a white person says it. But since the person wasn't black,(or at least they didnt seem) they shouldn't have said it .

[@plkachuzzz]

It doesn't mean the n word. I believe it's "那个" or "nàge", meaning "that", referring to the guan bing.

[@choviez]

@@plkachuzzz yeah it was a joke. if youre informing me, thanks, if not, shut up

[@plkachuzzz]

@@choviez I was informing you, and you're welcome :D

[@desmondyap5391]

I searched one video of bagel now my feed is full of bagels all over the world

[@sydrose13]

Interesting. Somewhat similar to traditional bagels minus the boiling. Is there any evidence which suggests the european bagel descended from this similar to pasta?

[@jonahs92]

Bagels aren't European. They're Jewish. Your name sounds very Jewish, so I'm surprised you don't know that...

[@sydrose13]

@@jonahs92 where do you think European Jewish names came from? Does my full last name Rosenzweig sound Israeli or middle eastern to you? They're german. Check yourself.

[@jonahs92]

@@sydrose13 I'm well aware. But Jews aren't European. Many Jews were forced to live in Europe for several millennia. They aren't, and have never been, European. They're Middle Easterners. Hence, bagels are a Middle Eastern food.

[@sydrose13]

@@jonahs92 go make Europe great again somewhere else

[@jonahs92]

@@sydrose13 Hey genius, I'm Jewish. Half Mizrachi and half Ashkenazi, in fact. And Israeli, too. I'm not some kind of European white supremacist.

[@shamsaalmazrouei5743]

Chinese soldier fighting a soldier: "hold on" *eats bagel* Chinese soldiers: "go on."

[@Kh01_f1sh]

Throw the damn guang-bing in the enemy

[@jalaya2259]

Anyone else still loves watching this

[@sayed1119]

Music starting at 1:43: Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 “Minute Waltz” by Frederic Chopin

[@Tom-pf9hg]

Legend

[@mokaboka9081]

Her: Its shiny its round it has a hole in it its a bagel Me: i thought you were trying to make us guess it was a glazed donut? XD

[@GuyDetected7233]

1:13

[@axlaethan5027]

1:13 no hate it was just funny was not expecting that lol 😂😂😂😂

[@root-beer]

nword

[@doomguy7258]

1:13💀

[@phelan8385]

Bruh

[@timecrashv5wu709]

So these type of bread can make you go *SICKO MODE*

[@illeatyou]

Captions: speaking in foreign language

[@yaboick6807]

kids born in quarantine: wait thats illegal

[@Forevernattt_]

is it me or does the bagel look like a glazed donut

[@sir_dark_humor8673]

Smooth bagel