The founder of Kuo Yuan Ye Foods, Kuo Liang-chen, came to Taiwan from mainland China's Fujian Province in 1867 and set up operations at the foot of Shihlin Bridge in northern Taiwan, baking pastries in a clay oven.
清同治六年，西元一八六七年，來自中國大陸福建的郭樑楨，落腳於北台灣的士林橋頭，以土窯烤製糕餅，用一根扁擔挑上兩簍糕餅，沿街叫賣。