Jiaozhou Chinese Cabbage is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Chinese cabbage has been grown in Jiaozhou for more than 400 years. The characteristics of Jiaozhou Chinese cabbage are large and thin, tight core, low fiber, white juice and sweet taste, rich in nutrients, refreshing when eaten raw, and plump when eaten hot. Jiaozhou Chinese cabbage enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad and is known as "Jiaobai". This vegetable is storage-resistant and easy to preserve, and is the main vegetable consumed by urban and rural people in Qingdao in winter and spring. (Qingdao)

Jiaozhou Chinese cabbage is produced in Nansanlihe Village, Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province. It has a long history of cultivation and has the obvious characteristics of "light green outer leaves, tender fiber, delicious taste, and can be eaten raw or cooked" that Chinese cabbage in other areas does not have. It is a well-known local specialty at home and abroad.

In order to meet the needs of domestic and foreign tourists coming to Jiaozhou for economic and trade negotiation, travel, sightseeing and inspection, the Jiaozhou Municipal Tourism Bureau, with the guidance and strong support of relevant experts, has developed the famous Jiaozhou University at home and abroad. The Baicai travel commemorative art piece has extremely high art appreciation and collection value.

Regional Scope

Jiaozhou Chinese cabbage is a Shandong geographical indication brand product. It is widely cultivated, covering an area of ??about 60,000 acres.

Specific quality

"Jiaozhou Chinese cabbage" is famous for its excellent quality. It has the advantages of "tender and thin vegetables, milky white juice, delicious taste, fine fiber and good nutrition". Its quality and reputation are recorded in many historical books and praised by literati. Marshal Chen Yi once praised it in a poem: "How great is the green vegetables and the beautiful fields thousands of miles away." Especially Mr. Lu Xun's collection of essays "Blooms Gathered in the Morning and Evening?" The description in "Mr. Fujino" further demonstrates the nobility of "Jiaozhou Chinese Cabbage".

Cultural Allusions

It is said that after the notorious thief Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself Emperor Hongxian in the winter of 1915, he suddenly remembered that he had eaten it when he was following the Queen Mother of the West. One time, Jiaozhou cabbage was so delicious that he ordered Zhu Qiqian, the director-general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to quickly send people to Jiaozhou to bring Jiaozhou cabbage to Beijing for a feast.