Din Tai FungIt was confirmed today that the founder Yang Bingyi passed away peacefully a few days ago at the age of 96.
Din Tai Fung said today that the beloved founder Yang Bingyi passed away peacefully a few days ago, and the family hopes to handle the funeral in a low-key manner. Thank you for your concern.
According to Din Tai Fung’s official website, Yang Bingyi was born in Shanxi Province, China in 1927. In the summer of 1948, 21-year-old Yang Bingyi resolutely boarded the “Hualien” during the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and traveled across the ocean from Shanghai to Taiwan.
Yang Bingyi decided to start his own business in 1958 and opened Din Tai Fung Oil Shop. Around 1972, canned salad oil came out, and people’s habits of buying oil products changed completely. The impact of the impact, the business is getting worse and worse.
Yang Bingyi accepted the suggestion to change the store that originally sold oil into half selling oil and half selling steamed buns. With the authentic ingredients, customers who have eaten it are full of praise. Customers who have eaten have brought them to the door one by one, and the business is very good. In this way, “Din Tai Fung” ended the operation of the oil shop, and officially started the business of steamed buns and pastries.
