Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism organized the first "Shanxi Cultural Memory" project collection activity, selecting a total of 32 "Shanxi Cultural Memory" projects. Among them, Shanxi aged vinegar was selected.

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Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism organized the first batch of "Shanxi Cultural Memory" project collection activities, selecting a total of 32 "Shanxi Cultural Memory" projects. Among them, Shanxi aged vinegar was selected.

People say Shanxi has beautiful scenery, fertile land, sweet water, and even sweeter vinegar. The people of Shanxi have always had a deep affection for vinegar, with a history of vinegar brewing spanning thousands of years. Shanxi aged vinegar is renowned for its unique flavor of sourness, mellowness, sweetness, aroma, and freshness, its rich nutritional value, and its profound cultural heritage. It ranks first among the four famous vinegars and enjoys the reputation of "the number one vinegar in the world."

 

 

Zilin brand Shanxi aged vinegar uses high-quality sorghum, peas, and barley as its main raw materials. It undergoes five processes: steaming, low-temperature fermentation, high-temperature acidification, smoking, dripping, and aging, creating the unique quality and flavor of Shanxi aged vinegar. The longer the aged vinegar is aged, the more fragrant and mellow it becomes. Four catties of new vinegar are produced from one catty of sorghum. After the processes of summer sun exposure and winter ice fishing, only one and a half catties of pure Shanxi aged vinegar remain. Mature Shanxi aged vinegar is characterized by its dark purple color, fragrant aroma, mellow taste, and sourness without astringency.

Zilin brand Shanxi aged vinegar has a vinegar aroma, smoky aroma, ester aroma, and aged aroma. Its taste is mellow and long-lasting. It not only contains abundant nutrients such as amino acids, organic acids, sugars, vitamins, and various trace elements, but more importantly, every 100g contains more than 60mg of total flavonoids, and every 1L contains more than 30mg of ligustrazine. In 2020, Zilin brand Shanxi aged vinegar won the "2020 Annual Traditional Fermented Food Product Innovation Gold Award," which was jointly evaluated by experts in the field and public judges organized by the International Traditional Fermented Food Conference Organizing Committee.

Shanxi aged vinegar is no longer just a condiment; it has become a staple in people's daily diet. Even those who are not native to Shanxi will gradually fall in love with eating vinegar after living there for a while.

The people of Shanxi's love for vinegar is reflected not only in their daily lives but also in their culture. Wherever Shanxi people are, a few drops of rich and fragrant aged vinegar can evoke the homesickness of those far from home.