The history of Guangbing begins with Qi Jiguang’s fight against the Japanese. According to the records of Fuzhou Prefecture: In the 42nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1563), the anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang led his army into Fujian to pursue and annihilate the Japanese pirates. It had been raining for days and the army could not open up, so Qi Jiguang ordered the simplest cake to be baked. They were strung up with hemp ropes and hung on the soldiers to serve as dry food. Later, this small cake spread among the people and was not only widely eaten, but also became a necessary offering for worshiping gods and ancestors. Later generations, in memory of Qi Gong, called this kind of cake "Jiguang cake". This name is still maintained in Fu'an and other places in the province.