The word "halal" in Lanzhou Lamian Noodles has a simple meaning in ancient Chinese and has been widely used by the society. After Islam was introduced into China in the Tang Dynasty, it was not named in the Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan Dynasty, China scholars have gradually used the words "Qing", "Jing" and "Zhen" to represent Islam.

Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou has a long history, and the legend of Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou originated in the Tang Dynasty. Lamian Noodles, the real Lanzhou beef broth, evolved from Cheniu noodle soup in Huaiqing County, Henan Province. When the beef is cooked, it cools into jelly, that is, soup stock, which is the most delicious and fragrant of the beef. This soup is the best of beef noodles.

Beef noodles in Lanzhou began in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, and were brought to Lanzhou by Dongxiang Ma Liuqi from Huaiqing Tsinghua University, Henan Province. Later, Chen Hesheng, Ma Baozai and others unified the standard of Lanzhou beef noodles as "one soup, two white and three green (coriander and garlic seedlings), four red (pepper) and Huang Wu (Huang Liang noodles)". In the following 200 years, it became famous all over the world with a bowl of noodles, and was famous at home and abroad for its rotten meat, fresh soup and fine noodles. It has penetrated all over the country and won the praise and honor of diners at home and abroad. It has been identified as one of the three pilot varieties of 1999 Chinese fast food by the state and is known as "the first side of China".