Li Ziqi was besieged by Korean netizens for making kimchi, but in fact kimchi does not belong to Korea, and kimchi is now made in many places around the world, such as Japan, where they have it in sushi. The existence of pickles. So kimchi does not belong to Korea. It is just because kimchi is made most frequently in Korea, and there are many types and traditional methods, so I think kimchi belongs to Korea. But in fact, in the earliest history of China, it was actually recorded in "Essential Art of Qi Min". As early as more than 1,400 years ago, there was a clear process for making kimchi.
So for many of us, kimchi is not the main brand in Korea, but belongs to many of us. There are actually some differences in production between Chinese kimchi and Korean kimchi. Chinese kimchi Kimchi is usually soaked in canned Sichuan pepper brine. It does not contain too many seasonings and is purely flavorful. Of course, you can also add other seasonings according to your personal preferences. This is why Chinese kimchi is more flexible than Korean kimchi. There is no room for imagination, and the production process is also much simpler than Korean kimchi. However, Korean kimchi is mainly a fermented food with fruits, seafood and meat as ingredients. Because Korea itself is relatively cold, winter is slow and fruit trees cannot grow, so Koreans use kimchi to store food in winter. It will be very beneficial to the Korean people to taste it together.
So Korean kimchi and Chinese kimchi are essentially different, but it does not mean that kimchi itself belongs to Korea. Because there are many records on the history of kimchi, and among foreign scholars who study Chinese cooking, some people clearly pointed out that Chinese kimchi existed when Qin Shihuang ordered the construction of the Great Wall in 214 BC. So it can be seen that the history of kimchi is actually very long. It cannot simply belong to any one country. It may have been introduced from the east to the west, or it may have developed simultaneously. Moreover, when Li Ziqi made kimchi, he actually just wrote down a detailed process of his own.
And throughout the interview program, Li Ziqi clearly said that it is very beautiful and glorious for a person to not be affected by the outside world, stick to himself, and follow his own soul through life. Therefore, no matter which country we are in, it doesn't really matter to us, because China is really not good at kimchi, and South Korea is very good at kimchi.
Making kimchi is actually very handy for many of us. No matter which country it comes from, it needs us to inherit and pass it on.