Chang Chiu Tung-sung, a school teacher, had a special knack for describing everyday people and situations. After achieving fame with "Old Glass Bottles," late one night while correcting students 'papers he heard a street vendor roaming the neighborhood crying out "hot rice dumplings!" It inspired him to write "Hot Rice Dumplings."
而擅長描寫市井小民的張邱東松，暗夜裡，為學生改作業時，有感於由深巷傳來的燒肉粽叫賣聲，繼「收酒矸」之後，寫下「燒肉粽」。