Fuling squash and Wujiang squash is a family.

Fuling squash is a regional brand, all squash produced in Fuling is Fuling squash. And Wujiang squash is a representative brand inside Fuling squash, belonging to a kind of Fuling squash.

Fuling squash is a specialty of Fuling, Chongqing, and is known as one of the world's three most famous pickles, along with French pickled cucumbers and German sweet and sour olives. Fuling pickles are made from Fuling's unique green beetroot through a unique processing technology. Its traditional production techniques are listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Fuling pickled vegetables historical origin

Pickled vegetables originated in Fuling. According to the original Fuling state record "Fuling state record" records: the Qing dynasty Guangxu twenty-four years (1898), Fuling county suburb (now Fuling city wash ink road) businessman Qiu Shou'an will Fuling green beet "air-drying dewatering" plus salt pickling, by pressing to remove the brine (brine), mixing spices, loaded into the ceramic altar, sealing and storing, that year, to send an altar in Yichang, Hubei, to open up! "Rongshengchang" soy sauce garden store brother Qiu Hanzhang.

Qiu Hanzhang at a banquet will be brother Qiu Shouan sent with the squash for guests to taste, the guests doubly delicious, its flavor "tender, crisp, fresh, fragrant," for any other savory less than, and scrambled to order.

In 1899, Qiu Shou'an set up a workshop to process and expand production, and according to its processing process will be named "squash" (meaning "salted and pressed pickles"). The word "mustard" was born, which is the origin of the name "Fuling mustard".

Fuling mustard from the birth of the first year of the Xuantong Qing Dynasty (1909) for more than 10 years, has been the exclusive production and operation of the Qiu family until the second year of the Xuantong Dynasty (1910), the production process was leaked and quickly spread, and then gradually formed a large industry, which has never ceased to exist.