Ciba: Ciba is made by putting cooked glutinous rice in a stone trough and mashing it with a stone hammer. It is a popular food in some areas of southern China.

Pepper: It's pepper.

Bean sprouts: Yibin bean sprouts are one of the famous "four famous dishes" in Sichuan. They are a specialty of Yibin and have a long history. According to textual research data, Qing Jiaqing's "Suzhou Fu Zhi". "The History of Products" records: "Onions, leeks, garlic, cabbage, vegetables, mangoes, etc. There are county records. " This shows that the green vegetables used as raw materials of bean sprouts at that time have been widely planted.

In the long-term development process, Yibin sprouts gradually formed its own unique flavor: fragrant, sweet, crisp, tender and fresh, and passed down from generation to generation as a well-known traditional pickles in Sichuan. First of all, Erpingzhu, the processing raw material of Yibin bean sprouts, is a local endemic variety in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, belonging to lobular mustard. Mature roots are tender and elastic, which is the best raw material for Yibin bean sprouts. Secondly, Yibin's climate belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate, which is mild and humid all the year round. There are abundant microorganisms suitable for pickling and fermentation in air and soil environment. These large numbers of beneficial microorganisms produced the unique flavor of Yibin sprouts during the curing and fermentation of sprouts. This reminds us of another famous specialty of Yibin-Wuliangye, which has the same effect. In the long-term development history of Yibin sprouts, a unique processing technology has been formed. According to records, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, farmers in the suburb of Xuzhou (formerly known as Yibin) peeled vegetables, dried them moderately, mixed them with salt and brown sugar, and then added spices for canning and storage.

The factory of Yibin sprouts is next door to our house.