Yiyang rice cake, commonly known as Yiyang "rice cake", has a long history. The long history of development is divided into three stages.

The first stage: a long stage of folk production.

According to the Records of Yiyang County, Yiyang rice cake was made in the Song Dynasty from 65438 to 0490. County annals record that "Dahe rice is white, and when it grows up, it is difficult to make many balls for processing Dahe rice and Dahe Gu Mi rice. It takes three times to steam 200 pounds. Yi Shi rice is soft and delicious. The wall of the province is called Yiyang dumplings, which is the most famous in other counties. How far is it for local businessmen to make gifts in other places? "

The second stage: small workshop production stage

After liberation, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the demand for Yiyang rice cakes increased day by day, which promoted farmers' rice cakes to enter the market and gradually formed small commodity workshops.

The third stage: development, utilization and industrialization engineering stage.

In order to meet people's rising living standards, there is an increasing demand for Yiyang rice cakes. Therefore, from 65438 to 0997, Yiyang county party committee and government put forward the decision to implement Yiyang rice cake industrialization project. Yiyang rice cake has also entered the stage of modern scientific and technological production.