How long has the production of brown sugar been included in the intangible cultural heritage?

2065438+July 2008, "Making Techniques of Jiangle Brown Sugar" was selected as the fifth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage in Sanming City.

On June 29th, 2022, "Fujian Brown Sugar Making Skills" declared by Jiangle County, Sanming City, Fujian Province was listed in the seventh batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Fujian Province.

Fujian brown sugar production technology is a traditional skill in Jiangle County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, and it is one of the provincial intangible cultural heritages in Fujian Province. The production technology of Jiangle brown sugar originated in Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished in Ming Dynasty. According to the Records of Jiangle County, brown sugar originated from Huangtan Capital.

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Heping Village, Jishan, Gaotang and other places in Jiangle County had the habit of planting sugar cane to cook brown sugar. So in the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940), officials and businessmen cooperated to establish Minsheng Sugar Factory. It is said that Gaotan (pond) produces tens of thousands of kilograms of brown sugar every year. As a result, sugarcane was planted on the wasteland and all around the Jinxi River in Lexian County. Brown sugar boiled by sugarcane planted in fertile sandy soil and pure mountain spring water has unique quality and enjoys the reputation of "Oriental Chocolate".

Brown sugar processing:

The book "The Book of Fujian Land Administration Series Jiangle Volume" published in the 30 years of the Republic of China records that the ancient method of making brown sugar by hand is used. "Is composed of several joint companies, hire a sugar maker, help a sugar maker, also need four people to light the fire, cook sugar cane, cattle, 10 people cut sugar cane. When squeezing sugar cane, put it in the gap between two trees. Two cows drag and roll the juice, introduce the juice into a wooden urn with a bamboo tube, then pour it into a pot for boiling, and add a little lime. When the sugar is ripe, the syrup is placed on the sugar plate and cooled to make a round cake. "

The production process of rolled brown sugar by the ancient method has to go through 18 complicated procedures, such as sugarcane cutting, impurity removal, cleaning, drying, juicing, filtering, precipitation, putting into the pot, stirring, defoaming, taking out of the pot, putting into the mold, cooling, sanding, forming, demoulding and packaging. Its operation process is the same as that of China ancient science and technology encyclopedia "Tiangong"

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