What is the founding history of the old Beijing Liubiju brand?

Liubiju Sauce Garden, located in the west of Liangdian Street, Dashilan, outside Qianmen, is one of the oldest well-known brands in Beijing with a history of more than 470 years. The "Six Habitats" gold-lettered black lacquer plaque hanging in the store is said to have been written by Yan Song, an important official in the Ming Dynasty. Although it has experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain, it has survived countless hardships and is still intact. The wooden facade houses left in the Qing Dynasty reveal the charm of traditional ancient buildings. It is said that the wood it used was left over from the renovation of the Forbidden City that year, with excellent texture and fine materials, and it is still well preserved after a hundred years. 1994, after the renovation, the store still maintains an antique architectural style. The fragrance of Maotai flowing in the store attracted customers to stop.

The name Liubiju is very popular in Beijing, but there is no fixed statement for a long time, and several legends are circulating.

In the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1530), Liu Biju was founded by Zhao Cunren, Zhao Cunyi and Zhao Brothers in Linfen, Shanxi Province. Began to operate rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and later produced and sold high-grade pickles. Because pickles sell fast, we will specialize in pickles in the future.

The quality of pickled pickles is closely related to the quality of sauces. Liu pays special attention to the selection of ingredients for yellow sauce, especially the main ingredient of yellow sauce, which must be full and oily.

Soak the soybeans thoroughly, steam them, mix them with white flour, let them be crushed by a stone mill, spread a clean cloth on the broken soybeans, and let people step on them for more than 20 days. After the sauce is fermented, it is soaked in a salt water tank. The workers used wooden harrows to stir in the vat on time. About a dog day, the yellow sauce will be ready.