Jizhou Caoji Donkey originated from Jingxian Fish Mouth in Xianfeng period, and it was in Guangxu period when Caoji Donkey spread to the third generation Cao, and its business field was transferred to Wharf Lizhen. Cao (1878- 1962), a native of Xiaowangzhuang, Jizhou, removed the coldness of donkey meat, making it crisp, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, mellow and salty, and nourishing after eating. He has successively settled in Yanjiawu Village and Qianhuying, and made a signboard of "Heshun Donkey Meat" in Lizhen, Jizhou Wharf. In the mid-1930s, the second son Cao and the third son Cao Lihai went to Tianjin to develop and opened a "Jizhou Rongxiang Caoji Hotel" (commonly known as Jizhou Pavilion), which mainly engaged in Caoji donkey meat, Jizhou braised cakes and stir-fried dishes. From 65438 to 0936, Cao Cao, the second son of Cao Cao, and Cao Lihai, the third son of Cao Cao, went to Tianjin for development, where they developed into one of the "eight family foods" in Tianjin (Tianfu, Tiansheng, Tianshun, Yueshengzhai, etc.). ) For more than half a century, Jizhou Caoji donkey meat was famous in Tianjin and spread all over the country.

From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, the "Cao Ji Donkey Meat" of Tianjin Yuan Zhongli Hotel was well-known in Tianjin, and was frequented by many literary and art circles and celebrities.

It is said that even Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangying have been to Neutral Garden to eat "Cao Ji Donkey Meat". After the reform and opening up, "Jizhou Caoji Donkey Meat" entered its heyday in the history of development. 1983 At the "Food Expo" held in Tianjin, "Cao Ji Donkey" was rated as the best food. In the same year, Yuan Zhongli Hotel registered the trademark of "Jizhou Caoji Donkey Meat" in the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. In the same year, Comrade Wan Li, then Vice Premier of the State Council, tasted "Cao Ji Donkey Meat" when he visited Tianjin Food Street, and he was full of praise. Huang Zhou, a famous painter, painted the finished donkey and humorously wrote a sentence on the painting, "Cao Ji donkey, show mercy under the sword."