Earlier, South Korea's MBC TV reported in a program that "Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of China in the Ming Dynasty, was probably Korean". Later, South Korea's Central Daily News and other South Korean media also reprinted the report. In recent years, South Korea has constantly declared its "Korean origin" to many great people in China's culture and China's history. From the Mid-Autumn Festival and the myth of China to the panda and the four beauties of ancient China, South Korea claims to have originated in South Korea. So, for the controversial kimchi, is its origin in China or South Korea? Let Ji Xiangju, the representative of Sichuan pickles in China, get to the bottom of it for everyone.

Tracing back to the source, speaking with history

From the origin, there are deep traces of China Confucian culture in Korean kimchi culture. In China's Book of Songs, the word "zu" appeared, which was interpreted as sauerkraut in China's dictionary. Therefore, the industry generally believes that kimchi was introduced from China. There is a saying that kimchi originated from Dawan Town, Jiangbei County, Chongqing (now Yubei District, Chongqing), and Xue Rengui, a general of the Tang Dynasty, was sent by the government to Korea (now South Korea) and settled there. Many of his entourage are from Jiangbei County, Chongqing, who can cook kimchi in their hometown, so kimchi gradually entered Korean civilian families. ?

However, kimchi really becomes the representative diet of South Korea due to its geographical environment with few mountains and lots of land, which makes the food supply in South Korea very tight. Especially in winter, because of the cold weather in South Korea with high latitude, there are almost no vegetables to eat, so pickled kimchi has become a must-have food for Korean families. During the Japanese invasion and the early days after the founding of the People's Republic of China, South Korea's economy was depressed. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing, the Korean government vigorously promoted kimchi throughout the country, compiled a manual to introduce the benefits of eating kimchi, the methods of pickling kimchi and the different practices of kimchi, and distributed it to every family. After that, kimchi gradually became a "national dish" in Korea, and Koreans also developed the eating habit of enjoying a dinner with just a bowl of rice and a plate of kimchi.

during the SARS period, Koreans thought that eating kimchi could resist the SARS virus? ; When the global H1N1 avian influenza hit, Korean researchers announced their new findings: kimchi can prevent infection with influenza A (H1N1).

Before the results were announced, the Korean media boldly played up the success of the application for Korean kimchi, which was undoubtedly sending a wrong message. Fortunately, the United Nations corrected it in time. On the one hand, the results have not yet been announced, and on the other hand, it is not kimchi that may succeed in applying for the World Heritage, but only the kimchi wintering culture. This is because intangible cultural heritage refers to all kinds of traditional cultural expressions that exist in intangible forms and are closely related to people's lives, such as oral traditions, traditional performing arts, folk activities, rituals and festivals, etc., while kimchi is a specific food. Up to now, no specific food has been included in the list of human intangible cultural heritage. ? On the one hand, the Korean media did not hesitate to broadcast wrong news, on the other hand, they confused the concept of kimchi with the culture of overwintering kimchi, which was suspected of excessive speculation. The kimchi enterprises in our country, instead of pursuing flashy reputation, bury their heads in research and do their part to inherit the kimchi in China with practical actions. For example, the representative Jixiangju Food Co., Ltd., as a kimchi enterprise with rapid development momentum in China, broke out its own world in the kimchi industry in China with its development in 2115. Inheriting the excellent technology of traditional kimchi production, we will add advanced modern scientific research technology to it, and "enhance the delicacy with technology"? .