Previously, South Korea's MBC TV station reported in a program: "Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of China's Ming Dynasty, was most likely a Korean." Subsequently, South Korea's JoongAng Daily and other South Korean media also reprinted the report. In recent years, South Korea has continued to claim that many cultures that originated in China and great figures in Chinese history are of "Korean origin." Starting from the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese mythology, to the panda and the four beauties of ancient China, Korea claims to have originated from Korea. So, is the origin of kimchi, which is quite controversial, from China or Korea? Let Ji Xiangju, the representative of Sichuan kimchi in China, come and find out more about it.

Trace back to the roots and let history speak

From the origin, Korean kimchi culture has profound traces of Chinese Confucian culture. In the Chinese Book of Songs, the word "菹" (zu) appears, which is interpreted as pickled cabbage in Chinese dictionaries. Therefore, the industry generally believes that Korean kimchi was introduced from China. There is a saying that Korean kimchi originated from Dawan Town in Jiangbei County, Chongqing City (now Yubei District, Chongqing City). General Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty was sent to Korea (now South Korea) by the government and settled there. Many of his followers were from Jiangbei County, Chongqing City, and could make kimchi from their hometown, so kimchi gradually entered Korean civilian families. ?

But kimchi has truly become South Korea’s representative diet because of its geographical environment with more mountains and less land, which makes South Korea’s food supply very tight. Especially in winter, due to the cold weather in South Korea at high latitudes, there are almost no vegetables to eat, so pickled kimchi has become a must-have food for Korean families. During the period of the Japanese invasion and the early days after the re-establishment of the country, South Korea's economy was in depression. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing, the Korean government vigorously promoted kimchi throughout the country. It wrote a manual introducing the benefits of eating kimchi, methods of pickling kimchi, and different ways of making kimchi, and distributed them to everyone. Go to a family. Since then, kimchi has gradually become the "national dish" of South Korea, and Koreans have also developed the eating habit of eating a full meal with just a bowl of rice and a plate of kimchi.

During the "SARS" period, Koreans thought that eating kimchi could fight against the "SARS virus"? When the global H1N1 bird flu hit, Korean researchers announced their new discovery: kimchi can prevent infection with influenza A H1N1 influenza.

Previously, South Korea had kimchi. Before the results were announced, the Korean media boldly exaggerated the success of kimchi’s application for World Heritage, which was undoubtedly sending a wrong message. Fortunately, the United Nations corrected it in time. Firstly, the result has not been announced yet. Secondly, it is not kimchi that may be successfully applied for World Heritage, but only the kimchi wintering culture. This is because intangible cultural heritage refers to various forms of traditional cultural expressions that exist in intangible forms and are closely related to people's lives and passed down from generation to generation, such as oral traditions, traditional performing arts, folk activities, etiquette and festivals, etc., and Kimchi is a specific food. So far, no specific food has been included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind. ?On the one hand, the Korean media does not hesitate to broadcast wrong news. On the other hand, it confuses kimchi and winter kimchi culture, which is suspected of excessive hype. However, the kimchi companies in our country do not pursue flashy and false fame, but only immerse themselves in research and use practical actions to do their part to inherit Chinese kimchi. For example, the representative Jixiangju Food Co., Ltd., as a domestic kimchi enterprise with rapid development momentum, has carved out its own world in the Chinese kimchi industry with 15 years of development. While inheriting the excellent craftsmanship of traditional kimchi production, we also add advanced modern scientific research technology to it, "using technology to enhance the deliciousness"?