In China, under various names, taste the pickles of different products in Fuling mustard to the table like jasper, red agate, such as the appearance of shape and special flavor famous, and the European pickled cucumber, sweet and sour cabbage and said the world's three most famous pickles . Fuling is a result of the birthplace of mustard and centralized place of origin, it is known as the hometown of China's mustard.

Tracing The Source Saying Is

Late Spring and Autumn Period, a Palestinian who came to the junction of the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River, built capital of Pakistan, Pakistan became the country's political and cultural center. Qin, Han, Jin said in trifoliate orange county, Tang Fu-based state. Wujiang River in ancient times known for "Fu River water", Pakistan named after kings tomb on the trifoliate orange "Fuling."

Department produced a well-developed stem, petiole protruding under the milky head of cabbage. In Fuling folk customs will be the first green vegetables cooked with white water, and the other mixed spices for cooking, its unique flavor. But also drink vegetable soup can be the first to say a cold sweat.

The popular belief is the first production of the vegetables and kimchi. Twenty-five years the Qing dynasty, "Zhi Fu River State Property," it reads: "A name bags vegetables, salt stains as Potamogeton, very crisp." Impregnated by Potamogeton that is made of pickled vegetables with salt water. Fuling people can see that the first system to use vegetable dish quite a long history of eating bubbles.

With regard to the invention of mustard, one that begins with the Son of Heaven Temple monk, said to be a river west of ink wash created by Khoo. The Son of Heaven Temple Monk processing method according to civil society, cut into small pieces and loaded into small altar as a gift donor use, there is no unique characteristics of its processing. However, the advocacy role played by very large, so those who flock donor monastery worship. The Son of Heaven Temple monks to collect alms, so rich, nor Wang Wei cooking achievements.

Khoo said that Kawabito Qiushou an early Yichang in Hubei Yichang, Click to view weather forecasts for cities and more open, "Rongsheng Chang," sauce works they also have a variety of pickles business, home, hire someone to try to shape the entire modeled pickled kohlrabi France will be made into pickles cabbage head. System is getting better, his family piggyback two altar to Yichang for Chiu Changxin. Qiu also use it to guests, relatives, friends and peers feel the same delicious taste, which is less than for other pickles.

Li & Fung To Seize The Opportunities Created

University of Nanking in 1939, Professor of Agronomy, horticulture, etc. Li-wen went to Fuling investigation, written as "mustard investigation reports", said: "The time-consuming and more than two months ... ... and visit met with mustard inventor." Autumn 1963, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural and Historical Data Editor Fuling has also sent people to conduct interviews, discussions verification before deciding on a mustard was founded in 1898 (the Qing dynasty, twenty-four years).

In 1898, the first harvest vegetables, due to become familiar with the home TANG Ping Qiu employees, "rutabaga" in processing technology, and Qiu women to discuss "will be the first made of pickled vegetables, which taste very's." Subsequent "to lots of business opportunities, housewives home at the banquet, the host and guests are praising. " "Then the next year and rule, a few up to the altar ... 80 ..."

Information on the achievements of Fuling mustard Tang Ping-founder, as he not only good at summing up experience in the production of civil pickles, but also good reference in the field technology, has created the first new vegetables processing of new technologies. To create the first step in the cause of Fuling mustard.

Qiu Shou-An was a rich business experience of the businessman, he thought the new product in the future there will be vast sales market, operating up and there must be Italian to be made. Then back home in Fuling, meticulous planning, invest and build factories to arrange for the family mass production. Tang Ping become a master of worship, study the reform process technology, with the wind drying dehydration. After the beginning of salted, and then press wooden tofu pressing desalted water, and pickled products made of this method is named as "mustard." The following year brought the 80 altar to Yichang test marketing, and to "Fuling mustard" It's strange name advertising in the city, less than half that is sold out. Each altar mustard weight 25 kg, price of the ocean 32 RMB. "Mustard" in the name of a result.

In 1899, mustard small batch test market in Yichang, the products, novelty, every altar mustard profitable for more than 25 yuan, increasing sales volume, and always in short supply. After years of operation, mustard sales of the formation of a market in Yichang, becoming the first Chinese city of Fuling mustard Sales Chang

Taste very delicious across the four seas

At that time the younger brother of an Qiushou QIU Han-Zhang in Shanghai, Click to view weather forecasts for cities of Shanghai and more open lines Zhuang, see mustard profitable and immediately transported to Shanghai to test market 80 altar mustard, mustard Shanghai people do not know what it is that such a bizarre taste how , no one to buy. QIU Han-Zhang those who seek publicity, advertisements posted everywhere, and adopt such information. At the same time turn mustard cut wire, loaded into a small packet of films, accompanied by instructions for use, send in cinemas, bathroom, terminal sales and other public places, there is the curious attempt to buy their delicious taste, expand publicity, until January will be sold.

1913 QIU Han-Zhang has shipped over 600 to Shanghai altar mustard sales, is still selling. To 1914, QIU Han-Zhang in Shanghai and set up a "Hang-sang," mustard village to operate a mustard-based, diversified into other groceries items well, China's first professional mustard Chong was born in Shanghai in China thus became the second city of Chang mustard sales Khoo's business operations, to the mustard tuber development of the production has created favorable conditions for the production of large-scale development of the mustard. After 1930, mustard has been exported to overseas, annual sales volume of 30000 altar.

By 2003, Fuling District, the first vegetables planted area of 32 mu output of 560,000 tons, 200,000 tons of cabbage production and marketing finished products to achieve total revenue of 1.2 billion industry, earned 10 million U.S. dollars, profit and tax 150 million yuan, becoming the nation's largest mustard production and marketing areas.