Kimchi, nicknamed the "rice artifact", plays an indispensable role in family dinners and feasts. Meishan, known as the "hometown of Chinese kimchi", occupies an important position in the national kimchi market.
Kimchi is not only a delicacy, but also the "hero behind the scenes" of Sichuan cuisine. It can not only be used as a side dish with rice, but also as a delicious seasoning for various Sichuan dishes. Whether it is pickled cowpeas, pickled lotus white, or pickled radish, they are all frequent guests on the table of Sichuan people. Kimchi can be a great accompaniment to a meal or an indispensable part of cooking.
Whenever Sichuan people take out a bundle of "green strips" from the kimchi jar, most of them are to make a delicious dish of rotten meat cowpeas. Kimchi as a seasoning, such as pickled pepper, pickled garlic, pickled cabbage, etc., is one of the must-haves of many Sichuan dishes. No fish in the shredded fish-flavored pork? In fact, pickled peppers are one of the protagonists of "fish flavor".
Nowadays, kimchi has surpassed the attribute of "next meal" and has become an intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan Province, integrated into the charm of Sichuan cuisine.
Dongpo kimchi has been inherited for thousands of years, from ordinary people's homes to the market. The scale of Meishan kimchi industry has been expanding and has become a 100-billion-level industry. Meishan is committed to establishing a standardized mechanism for kimchi production to promote the large-scale and branded development of the kimchi industry. The kimchi industry in Meishan has not only driven local farmers to increase their incomes and become rich, but also helped the process of rural revitalization.
The development of the kimchi industry has also promoted the integration of culture and tourism and promoted rural revitalization. The "China Kimchi City" in Meishan is not only a kimchi industrial park, but also a display center of kimchi culture, attracting many tourists to visit and experience.
Kimchi is a distinctive local delicacy that not only satisfies people's taste buds, but also inherits history and culture. How has the development of the kimchi industry in Meishan affected the local rural economy? What do you think is the future direction of the kimchi industry?