The term “China’s Four Famous Vinegars” has a long history. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Baoning Vinegar, Zhenjiang Balsamic Vinegar, Shanxi Mature Vinegar, and Fujian Red Yeast Rice Vinegar were known as China’s Four Famous Vinegars.

Baoning vinegar is produced in Sichuan and is the only medicated vinegar. It is known as the "Oriental Magic Vinegar". In 1915, it won the gold medal together with the national liquor Moutai at the "Panama Pacific International Exposition". It has established its position among the four famous vinegars in China.

Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar ranks first among the four famous vinegars for its characteristics of "sour but not astringent, fragrant but slightly sweet, strong color and fresh taste, and the longer it is stored, the mellower it becomes".

Shanxi Mature Vinegar: Mature vinegar is produced in Qingxu County and is one of the four famous vinegars in my country. The color of aged vinegar is black and purple.

Quanzhou Yongchun old vinegar is derived from the historically famous Fujian red yeast rice vinegar.

Although Yongchun old vinegar, also known as black vinegar, is not well-known in other parts of the country, it has long been well-known in overseas Chinese communities. Its quality is no less than other domestic famous vinegars, and its fragrance is slightly better.

Yongchun old vinegar has a unique brewing technology. It uses high-quality glutinous rice, high-grade red glutinous rice, special sesame seeds, white sugar, etc. as raw materials, and is carefully brewed according to a certain formula. This vinegar is brown in color, slightly sweet in acidity, and has a mellow aroma. It is a condiment with excellent texture and has the functions of opening the spleen, strengthening the stomach, removing dampness and sterilizing. In addition to being eaten, people also commonly use it for dispensing and making medicine. It is a good medicine for treating skin diseases, mumps, biliary roundworms, gangrene and swollen poisons, etc. It will not deteriorate after being stored for a long time, and the color, taste and quality will be better.

As early as the early Northern Song Dynasty, wealthy people in Yongchun paid attention to brewing this kind of old vinegar. People regard Yongchun Old Vinegar, Jiushui Rehmannia, and Jiuliuwei Rehmannia Wan as the "three treasures" at home. A jar of old vinegar at home is often added to and aged over the years. It is passed down from generation to generation and lasts for hundreds of years, as a symbol of good luck and good luck. If you want to ask someone for Lao Ku medicine, you usually have to bring a cup of your own red wine. After the other party accepts it, give him a cup of Lao Ku medicine. In order to prevent their own old vinegar from being used by others as mother vinegar for breeding and brewing, and thus taking away their own luck, the owner often secretly adds a few grains of salt into the vinegar given to others to let the acetic acid bacteria die. Until the 1950s, Yongchun old vinegar was still brewed by households, basically for their own consumption or as gifts for relatives and friends, and its development was slow.

In 1954, You Yangzu, vice chairman of the Jinguo Returned Overseas Chinese Federation and an old overseas Chinese, jointly established the Yongchun Brewing Factory with the county people's government. Yongchun old vinegar production began to change from a single family to an industrial one. Production. On the basis of absorbing folk brewing techniques, the technology is constantly reformed, so that the old vinegar not only maintains the traditional characteristics and flavor, but also greatly improves the quality and output. Over the years, Yongchun old vinegar has been exported to more than 30 countries and regions under the trademark Narcissus. In 1980, it was rated as a quality product of Fujian Province and won the quality product certificate issued by the Provincial People's Government. In recent years, the demand for Yongchun old vinegar in the international and Benggang markets has increased sharply, and the product is in short supply. The Fujian Provincial People's Government has allocated a special fund of 600,000 yuan to support the expansion of the factory and increase production capacity. At present, the expansion project has been completed and the annual export volume has increased to one hundred tons. Thank you for accepting!