Groundwater, the authentic gum of the "soul"
The reason why the gum is "gum", first of all, in the Dong'a groundwater. Dong'a underground water is essential raw materials for the production of Colla Corii Asini, the Northern Wei Dynasty Li Daoyuan "Water Classic Note" said: "Dong'a well as big as a wheel, six or seven feet deep, often boiled in the year glue to tribute to the Heavenly Palace," Shen Kuo in the Northern Song Dynasty in the "Mengxi Brush Tales" said: "Dong'a is also the Jishui water through the water from the well to boil the glue, so-called Colla Corii Asini. ".
Dong'a underground water is Taihang Mountain, Taishan Mountain two mountain ranges convergence of the underground submarine, water quality, "nature tends to be down, clear and heavy", so the boiling process, impurities upward, the production of finished products Dong'a Gum pure texture. Modern science has proved that the relative density of Dong'a water is 1.0038, rich in a variety of minerals and trace elements, a large number of minerals can help the dispersion of medicinal properties, rapid therapeutic effect.
Water is the soul of Colla Corii Asini, and it is the unique water conditions that determine the quality of Colla Corii Asini. Throughout the ages, both in the folk and Chinese medicine industry authority hall, are unanimously recognized that only the Dong'a produced Colla Corii Asini is the authentic authentic Colla Corii Asini.
The boiling process, the "source" of authentic Colla Corii Asini
The traditional Colla Corii Asini boiling technique is very strict, and the production process has to go through more than 50 handmade procedures, such as "taking materials, rectifying the skin, boiling colla Corii Asini" etc., and any error will affect the overall quality of the Colla Corii Asini. Any error in any part of the process will affect the overall quality, and the history of the gum craft pay attention to the master-disciple inheritance, generally confidential not publicized.
Nowadays, in order to protect the traditional production process of Colla Corii Asini, Dong'a people not only restored the production line of Colla Corii Asini, but also organized the Winter Solstice Colla Corii Asini Festival once a year, which is aimed at promoting the culture of traditional Chinese medicine and health care. In the winter solstice Colla Corii Asini Festival, the restoration of a hundred years ago, the nine dynasties of the Tribute Gum open refining ceremony has become a major hot spot, read the Colla Corii Asini fugue, picking the Dong'a water, take the donkey skin, ignite the first fire of the refining of glue ...... solemn and elegant Tribute Gum ceremony so that the modern world once again witnessed the ancient Colla Corii Asini production of the secret technology of the magnificence of the magical.
In 2006, Shandong Fuguang Group Dong'a Town Colla Corii Asini Co., Ltd. was listed by the state as China's old Colla Corii Asini enterprises, two years apart in 2008, and by the state will be listed as a Colla Corii Asini production techniques as a national intangible cultural heritage, Dong'a traditional secret gum refining process, constitutes another element of the authentic Colla Corii Asini origin in Dong'a.
Donkey skin raw material, authentic Colla Corii Asini "this"
"Small black donkey, white belly, pink nose, pink eyes, pink hooves, the city bridge to walk a walk, the winter solstice slaughtered to take the skin of the donkey"
- it is this ballad sung by the donkey, the achievements of the town of Dong'a! The third key to the synonym of authentic Colla Corii Asini is where it is located.
Dong'a Town, Fu brand Colla Corii Asini production process
Source: Pingyin County Government | Author: | Date: 2009-12-01
Colla Corii Asini is a blood tonic medicine, ginseng, antler, and known as the "three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine", because it was produced in the present day in Jinan City, Shandong Province, Pingyin County, Dong'a Town named, and there has been a history of more than 2500 years. Dong'a Town is the state-named "Hometown of Colla Corii Asini in China" and the origin of Colla Corii Asini. According to the Warring States period when the book "Yugong", the Han Dynasty "Huainanzi" on the gum are recorded, China's earliest existing pharmacological monograph "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" will be listed as "top quality", "Compendium of Materia Medica" called "holy medicine". 2002 Dong'a Town was listed as the state of origin of the protection of the geographical area of the Colla Corii Asini, Dong'a Town, Jingdezhen, Maotai Town, the formation of the three major traditional towns of the national culture.
The first part of the overview
I. Notable features
Dong'a Town is the centralized origin of Colla Corii Asini. Throughout the ages, the medical monographs "Yugong", "Shennong Ben Cao Jing", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and so on have records of Colla Corii Asini. By the Ming Dynasty, the gum industry in Dong'a Town had almost reached the heyday of "women and children all know how to decoct gum", and there were dozens of large-scale gum workshops, such as "Deng's Shude Hall", "Tu's Huide Hall", "Yu's Tiande Hall", etc. Some of these shops specialized in the production of gum, while others specialized in the production of gum. Some of these stores specialize in making Colla Corii Asini, while some of them have their own factory after the store or practice medicine and make Colla Corii Asini, each of them has its own strengths, and the Colla Corii Asini produced by "Deng's Shude Hall" and "Tu's Huaide Hall" are the best. During the reign of Emperor Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, the Emperor's favorite consort, Lan Guiren Yehnala's, was cured of blood disease after taking the Colla Corii Asini of Deng's Shude Tang, and was blessed with a son (i.e., the later Tongzhi Emperor). Emperor Xianfeng gave Deng's Shude Hall, the owner of the Deng hair three treasures: First, a yellow lab coat (equivalent to four official uniforms); Second, a hand folded (equivalent to access to the palace pass); Third, to Deng's Shude Hall, a "Fook", the Fook brand of Colla Corii Asini to become the exclusive use of the Imperial Palace.
The distinctive features of the production of Colla Corii Asini are: geographical environment, unique; selection of materials, in accordance with the ancient concoctions; processes, rich in technology.
Second, the social and natural environment
Dong'a Town is located in the south-west of Lu, is located in Jinan, Tai'an, Liaocheng, Heze, four cities at the intersection of the geographical area of 95 square kilometers, the terrain is high in the east and low in the west, the eastern part of the mountainous hills, and the western part of the plains along the Yellow River. The Yellow River and the county's largest river, the Longxi River, pass through the area. It has a cultivated area of 48,000 mu and a population of 39,000 people.
Dong'a Town is the county town of Dong'a, Dong'a county began in Qin. The old "Dong'a County Records", "Shandong Tongzhi" are recorded. 1948 to the Yellow River as the boundary, the Yellow River east of Dong'a County, Pingyin County, that is, the current Dong'a Town; the Yellow River west of the Yellow River is assigned to the Dong'a County, the county seat of the move Tongcheng (that is, the current rule).
Dong'a Town, southeast of the negative mountains, northwest from the river, the territory of the Wolf River by Hongfan more than ten mountain springs gathered into the spring are underground rock gap layer by layer filtration of water gushing out of the water quality is natural, refreshingly sweet, is the natural traditional boiling water, with which to boil glue can reduce the contamination of raw materials, ash is easy to control the glue block in winter does not crumble, summer does not change the soft. During the boiling process, the trace elements contained in the water combine with the protein in the gum to form organic salt, which is easy to be absorbed by the human body, thus ensuring the unique therapeutic effect of Dong'a Zhenfu brand gum.
Lion's Ear Mountain is located 1.5 kilometers southwest of Dong'a Town, where the grass is lush and the forest is abundant, and it is the stocking place of donkeys for preparing raw materials of gum for the imperial palace in ancient times. Because of the many varieties of Chinese herbs, donkeys eat the grass here, it is strong and fat, hair color shiny, the skin is particularly suitable for brewing gum.
Third, Dong'a Zhenfu brand Colla Corii Asini production process
"Dictionary of Chinese Pharmacy" records that, according to the ancient method: every spring, choose pure black and disease-free healthy donkeys, feed to the Dong'a town of Lion's Ear Mountain of grass, drink to the Wolf River water, to the winter slaughtered to take the skin, soaked Wolf River four or five days, scraping hair and washing dirt, and then soaked and floated for a few days, to take the Langxi River water, with the mulberry wood fire boiled for three days and nights, to remove the dregs of the filtration, with the silver pot of the golden spatula, add ginseng, yarrow, return to the Golden Spatula The water of Langxi River is boiled for three days and nights with fire of mulberry wood, then the slag is removed and filtered, and the gelatin is boiled with silver pot and golden spatula. Its color is bright and clean, taste sweet and salty, gas fragrance, this is the real gum also.
Dong'a Zhenfu brand Gum production process is divided into raw material concoctions, juice decoction gum, concentration of gum collection, gel cutting gum, drying gum, rubbing gum packaging and other procedures. The whole process has 49 procedures and takes 30-60 days to complete.
(a) raw materials concoction
1, selecting the skin: select no moth, no mold, the whole piece of donkey skin, measurement of material;
2, soaking skin: donkey skin in a pool of soaking for 5-7 days, 1-2 times a day to change the water, to be taken out of the cortex through the soft;
3, scraping: soaking through the skin, placed on a wooden stool, first inside the carrion or fat removed, and then the surface hair scraped off!
3, scraping: the soaked donkey skin on a wooden stool, the first inside the carrion or fat removed, and then the surface of the hair scraped off;
4, cut the skin: the dehairing of donkey skin cut into length and width of about 40cm square;
5, wash the skin: the chopped up skin pieces placed in the wash pool, add water several times, rinse with the washing machine. 6, blanch the skin: wash the skin of donkeys put into the skin tank, add water to heat blanch to the skin piece of rolled out for the decoction of glue.
The main points of the raw material concocting process:
Selection of pure donkey skin, following the ancient method of concocting;
Rafting daily water changes, the leather is soft and suitable;
Scraping and cutting blanching, to ensure the quality of the premise.
(B) take the juice decoction gum
1, the donkey skin into the skin tank, add water to heat the juice in stages, the extracted gum juice after precipitation and filtration, into the decoction gum pot.
2, the filtered gum juice in the decoction pot for a long time frying, in the process, the operator with a unique traditional skills repeatedly make the gum froth floating beat out, in order to lift the impurities in the gum juice.
(C) concentrated gum collection
1, the pure gum juice again filtered into the decoction pot, continue to simmer to a certain extent, successively add the appropriate amount of rock sugar and other accessories.
2, in the frying process, the gum liquid "hanging beads" when adding soybean oil, to be "smashed oil", so that the oil and the gum liquid is fully mixed, to avoid the appearance of finished gum block oil eyes.
3, glue continues to simmer to a certain extent, add wine. At this time, the fire should be weakened, and stir at any time, the pot constantly bulging larger bubbles, such as mushroom, commonly known as "hair pot". Then weaken the fire, this process is commonly known as "wine".
4, gel decoction to "hanging flag", stop heating. It is about to pour the gel solution into the gel box.
The main points of the decoction process:
Precipitation and filtration, frothing and removal of impurities;
文武火候, long simmering;
Hanging beads smashing oil, foaming wine;
Hanging flags out of the gel, rich in aroma.
(D) Gel and cut gel
The concentrated gel solution for condensation, the gel pile. Gum lump first cut into large gelatinous strips, and then cut into small pieces of film, this process is commonly known as "open piece".
The main points of the process of gelatinization and cutting:
The gelatin is condensed, soft and hard;
Putting strips and cutting pieces, thick and thin;
One or two pieces, inheriting the tradition.
(E) drying glue
1, the film cut into, placed on the glue drying bed to dry, in a certain period of time to turn the glue, so that both sides of the moisture evenly distributed.
2, in the drying process, the degree of drying of the glue block is not the same, it is easy to form a "warped glue". According to the traditional method, the glue block tile into the wooden box, boring glue out of moisture, standing box pressure, and then out of the wind to dry glue. After three tile glue, boring drying, out of the wind, not only to maintain the glue block flat, but also to achieve the purpose of the glue block drying
The main points of the glue drying process:
Cold dew and rain environment, three tiles and three drying process;
boring box box, inverted box, the glue block rules and flat.
(F) rubbing glue, packaging
1, after drying to the required degree, into the rubbing glue process. With a coarse cloth dipped in special water to wipe the surface of the glue block, so that the six sides of the glossy and shiny, and have a clear texture of coarse cloth.
2, with the Chinese herbal medicine silver Zhu on the surface of the glue block printed on the product name or origin.
3. Sterilize the gum block through the special channel to meet the standard requirements set by the state.
4, the sterilized gum block for packaging, that is, the finished product.
The main points of rubbing glue packaging process:
Rough cloth rubbing glue, clear cloth pattern;
Silver Zhu printing, brand marking;
Color like amber, black like cataract paint;
One piece of a packet, moisture-proof and quality assurance.
The second part of the outstanding value
I. Historical value:
In the process of long-term social evolution and human practice, gum gradually became a drug, to the Han Dynasty, gum has become a common medicine. All generations of materia medica have been recorded. Gum after more than 2000 years of development, cohesion of the majority of working people's wisdom and effort, is a valuable asset of the national cultural heritage, contains the Chinese medicine profound historical and cultural values.
Second, medicinal value:
Colla Corii Asini has obvious effects of blood tonic, hemostasis, enhancement of body immunity, hypoxia resistance, cold resistance, fatigue resistance, anti-radiation, anti-impotence, anti-shock, nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the muscles and bones, diuretic swelling and other functions. Fook brand Colla Corii Asini has stable quality, precise efficacy, easy to take, no toxic side effects, and is a good tonic for curing diseases and strengthening the body without diseases.
Third, the value of the process:
Dong'a Town, Fu brand Colla Corii Asini production process after more than 2,000 years of practice, to explore the formation of a set of unique technology, is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese working people for a long period of time gum production, the gum production process is almost inclusive of soaking, washing, cutting, boiling, boiling, cooling, tile, rubbing, wrapping dozens of cumbersome processes, is a typical representative of the traditional production process of traditional Chinese medicine in Dong'a town, Colla Corii Asini. The production process is a guarantee of product quality, with rich technical connotations.
Fourth, the economic value:
FU brand Colla Corii Asini is famous at home and abroad for its authenticity and efficacy. Overseas Chinese people only recognize Fook's brand, and the products are exported to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions. In more than 50 years of reform and development, Fugui Group has made outstanding contributions to the economy and society and human health.
Part III Endangered Situation
Fook's Colla Corii Asini has been practiced and explored for thousands of years, and the traditional production process has been formed. With the development of modern science and technology, the connotation of the traditional production process and the classic technology has been gradually forgotten and diluted, coupled with the retirement of the old glue makers and old technicians, the glue making process, which is only inherited from the masters and apprentices and taught by words and deeds, will face the danger of being lost. Colla Corii As a "treasure of traditional Chinese medicine", containing thousands of years of traditional Colla Corii history and culture, is the collective wisdom of the Chinese nation and civilization of the historical crystallization, effective protection is imperative.
The fourth part of the protection plan and measures
First, the protection plan:
(a) the gum preparation process for systematic excavation and organization, the formation of a system of text, pictures, thematic DVDs, and systematic organization of the archives;
(b) the comprehensive management of the Longxi River, will be built into a set of ecological protection, sightseeing and tourism in one of the Wolf Creek Park;
(C) the construction of Lion's Ear Mountain ecological donkey base, extending the traditional industrial chain, so that the rate of self-supply of raw materials for gum to reach 50%.
(d) repair and construction of the original appearance of the traditional Gum workshop in Dong'a Town during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and organize the Gum characteristic cultural tourism industry.
Second, the protection measures:
(a) the protection of traditional crafts: 1, Dong'a Town, skilled Gum heir, hired to the enterprise as a technical adviser, senior technician; 2, Gum heir, more than thirty years of age of old craftsmen, assessed as the enterprise's internal senior technician, a monthly special allowance, take the teacher with the apprentice approach, so that the Gum traditional crafts can be inherited.
(B) organize the protection of historical documents, information: 1, collection of Dong'a Town, Gum related historical documents and materials, and into the unified management of corporate archives; 2, ingesting the "treasures of traditional Chinese medicine" science and education film, published in the organization of the "Chinese Gum" book; 3, collection of awards before the Republic of China, plaques, physical objects, etc.;
(C) the protection of the traditional Gum Workshop site: 1, and the local government consultation
Dong'a Town, Fu brand Colla Corii Asini production process is the working people in practice to create, accumulated, cohesion of the wisdom of the working people and sweat, is a valuable national cultural heritage. Based on the inheritance of tradition, Fugui Group will shoulder the historical responsibility of national cultural heritage protection, and contribute to the revitalization of the national industry, the promotion of the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and the health of mankind.