Dushan Pickled Vegetable

Dushan Pickled Vegetable

Dushan Pickled Vegetable is a protected geographical indication product.

　　 Dushan Pickled Vegetable is one of the eight most famous preserved vegetables in China. With its unique flavor featuring sourness, spiciness, sweetness, and saltiness, it has gained widespread popularity and enjoys international acclaim. One of its key ingredients is Dushan chili pepper—the top of Guizhou’s "Three Famous Chilies"—ground into powder, combined with premium green vegetables, glutinous rice sweet wine, rock sugar, liquor, and a small amount of sodium carbonate. It is rich in protein and vitamin C. Dushan Pickled Vegetable can be served as a side dish, a finishing dish at banquets to cut through the richness of meats and alcohol, or as an ingredient in cooking. For example, when used to prepare fresh fish, salted vegetable meat, or minced pork stir-fry, its distinctive flavor can also stimulate the appetite. (Guiyang)

　　The Dushan Pickled Vegetable Factory of Dongfeng Group is located beside Huandong Avenue in the county seat. Established in 1956, this traditional enterprise has over 40 years of experience in producing pickled and preserved vegetables. Its flagship product, Dushan Pickled Vegetable, has evolved from small-scale workshop production to modern factory-based manufacturing, with both output and quality continually expanding and improving. Since 1984, it has won numerous national and provincial honors, including Guizhou Province Quality Product, Guizhou Famous Brand Product, National Light Industry Ministry Quality Product, and Guizhou Provincial Well-Known Trademark. It has become one of Guizhou’s most renowned local specialties, on par with Maotai liquor, earning the saying “Maotai in the north, Pickled Vegetable in the south.”

　　In recent years, Dushan Pickled Vegetable has continued to grow and develop. Especially after merging with the Dushan Dongfeng Antimony Mine in 1997 and joining the formation of Guizhou Dongfeng Group Co., Ltd., the company invested over 10 million yuan in technological upgrades, building a garden-style factory covering more than 70 acres with an annual output of over 2,000 tons. Dozens of college and vocational school graduates have been recruited from institutions such as Guizhou University and Guizhou University of Technology, significantly improving the quality of the workforce. In terms of research and development, the company established the Dushan Dongfeng Industrial Design Research Institute with the Food Science Department of Guizhou University and other academic institutions. This allows independent completion of market research, product development, trial production, testing, and computer graphic design, as well as the continuous launch of new products and flavors. Currently, in addition to the Dushan Pickled Vegetable series, other products such as Dushan Flavor Dishes, Plateau Snow Vegetable King, Guizhou Hot Pot Pickled Vegetables, and Yigao Glutinous Pepper Series have been launched and well received by consumers. The Plateau Snow Vegetable was awarded the Qiannan Prefecture Science and Technology Prize upon its release, while the Yigao Glutinous Pepper Series was recognized as a Guizhou Consumer Trusted Product. In June 2000, the Pickled Vegetable Factory’s product series obtained ISO9002 international quality certification, taking a leading step in China’s pickled and preserved vegetable industry. Since then, the quality of the products has been better assured, and the company has pursued even higher goals in development.

　　Historical figures from politics and culture who have tasted it have all spoken highly of Dushan Pickled Vegetable:

　　— In the 11th year of the Ming Chongzhen era (1638), traveler Xu Xiake traveled westward to Dushan, tasted the pickled vegetable (then called “jar vinegar”), found it delicious, and spoke endless praises.

　　— The influential figure Zeng Guofan tasted Dushan Pickled Vegetable after hiring Mo Youzhi, a renowned scholar from Dushan known as the “Giant Confucian of the Southwest,” as an aide. Impressed by its unparalleled taste, he sent it to the imperial court as a tribute, making it widely famous at the time.

　　— Lu Xun, a pioneer of China’s Cultural Revolution, tasted Dushan Pickled Vegetable at the home of Guiyang-native scholar Yao Hua in Beijing in 1924. He praised it endlessly, calling it “the best vegetarian dish in China, not to be missed,” thus spreading the reputation of “China’s best vegetarian dish.”

　　— The Commander-in-Chief, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, and other cultural figures often reminisced about Dushan Pickled Vegetable after tasting it, remembering it for a long time.