Plum Cabbage is called Mui Cai, Dried Plum Cabbage or Plum Pickle in the north.

The main places of origin of Meicai are in the areas of Meizhou and Huizhou, etc. Meicai is made in the north by drying the leaves of radish in the sun. The made Plum Cabbage can be kept in a light and cool altar sealed for long term preservation, or it can be kept in a cold box for frozen preservation. As for the origin of its name, it is rumored that it is the vegetable seeds sent by the plum fairy godmother, so it is called plum vegetable.

Plum Cabbage has a long history and is famous all over the world, it is one of the three famous dishes in Lingnan and is a famous traditional specialty in Lingnan. Historically, it was known as the tribute dish of Huizhou as the court food. There is an old poem that describes it as: ramie xizi ten miles of green, Huizhou plum vegetable a flower. And Huizhou was honored by the State Council as the hometown of Chinese pickled mustard greens.

Plum Cabbage is made from fresh green cabbage, which is dried and pickled. The made prunes can be kept in a light and cool altar sealed for long term preservation or in a cold box for frozen preservation. There are many ways to make prunes, it can not only be a unique dish, but also as a side dish, can be stir-fried, can be steamed meat, can be made of bun fillings, the most famous is made into prunes buckle meat, steamed pork with prunes, steamed fresh fish with prunes, prune soup and other dishes.

Plum Cabbage in the south is called dried plum cabbage

Dried plum cabbage is also called moldy dried cabbage, is a traditional dish common in the south of the Yangtze River and the Hakka region. Zhejiang shaoxing, ningbo, jinhua, lishui, jiangxi fuzhou and other places called "plum dry vegetables", zhejiang taizhou called "dried vegetables", guangdong meizhou called "dried plum vegetables". Dried mustard, dried rape, dried cabbage, dried cabbage, dried cabbage, dried winter vegetables, dried potherb mustard, mostly home-made difference.