Why is Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum called Gongjiao?

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is one of the main condiments in China kitchen. When it comes to pepper, we have to mention Hanyuan. Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum has long been famous, and 1000 has been attacking the imperial court as a tribute for more than 2000 years. Hanyuan has used pepper for more than 4000 years (both Fuling culture and Maiping site are recorded). More than 3000 years ago, Hanyuan pepper was listed as "military food", and more than 2000 years ago, Hanyuan people officially began to grow pepper. It can be said that the history and culture of Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum is unique in China, and these histories are traceable.

"Yuanhe County Records" once said: build a stone of tribute pepper in Kaiyuan, Nanli Prefecture; In the 29th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty, the inscription on the stone tablet of Zanthoxylum bungeanum was written: ..... Now I have been exempted, and I will never ask you again. Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1097 is listed as a royal tribute! From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, China experienced five dynasties: Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. It also created the longest tribute record in the history of China, which only belongs to Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum!

In the middle and high mountain areas of Hanyuan, you can see pepper trees all over the mountain, which are rare in the country for their large scale and high quality. There was a description of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in the Wei Dynasty in ancient China: If there are several kinds of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, only one kind will be born. Today, the planting scale of Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum has exceeded 6.5438+0.3 million mu, and the output of fresh pepper has exceeded 22 million Jin. National geographical indication product protection and national geographical indication certificate also have a place in Hanyuan. As early as 200 1, Hanyuan has been named "the hometown of peppers in China" by the State Forestry Administration.

The purchase price of Hanyuan pepper is also the highest in China. On the first day of Hanyuan Pepper Picking Festival on 20 18, the unit price has reached 18 yuan/kg of fresh pepper, while the straight pepper in Qingxi and other places even reached 23 yuan/kg of fresh pepper. Regardless of the labor cost, the unit price of 1 kg authentic Hanyuan dried pepper has exceeded 120 yuan. Wang Han of Hunan Satellite TV once lamented that Hanyuan pepper was as expensive as 30,000/kg.

Program Link: Hanyuan Zanthoxylum appeared in Hunan Satellite TV's Everyday, and Wang Han marveled: Hanyuan Zanthoxylum is 30,000 yuan a catty.

Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the characteristics of purple color, large particles, thick meat, rich oil, rich aroma and full hemp flavor. Usually the two bodies are connected, and peppers in other places are hardly like this. There are a few 1-3 unfertilized small red peppers, such as mother pepper, also known as mother pepper and baby pepper, which are also the "top grade" of Hanyuan pepper.

Nowadays, Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum is no longer a royal tribute, but has entered the kitchens of thousands of families and become an indispensable condiment for food. Our Sichuan cuisine is famous for its spicy taste, pepper represents hemp, hemp is the soul of Sichuan cuisine, and Hanyuan pepper is the essence of the soul.

There are many legends about Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum: According to legend, Tang Priest passed Jianli Township when he was learning Buddhist scriptures in the West. Because the mountain road is rugged and foggy, the people are miserable. In order to solve the people's suffering, Zhang Li was specially planted in a pepper tree, which has been propagated and passed down to this day. Someone gave me some poems:

Zanthoxylum bungeanum by Nie, a poet in Qing Dynasty

Who is the descendant of the Li Jiao family? It records the reason why Sanzang inserted vines.

A thousand layers of ducks are full of rain and dew, and millions of scarlet flowers are pearls.

Because of the deep roots, the branches are covered with thorns.

There is no unusual yuan and tribute, and the spoon is full of praise and fragrance.

Of course, this is just a legend. The history of the Tang Dynasty is less than 1400 years, and the planting history of Hanyuan Zanthoxylum can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago. According to Cao Shi Genealogy (Volume II) of Hanyuan, as early as 65,438+0,654,38+0 BC, "Yi people exchanged red peppers and horses for salt and cloth with Han people", which shows that there are.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is found all over the country, but not all local Zanthoxylum bungeanum can become tribute pepper, and it can become the longest tribute pepper in the history of China. Zanthoxylum bungeanum, a Millennium tribute, produced by Hanyuan, is a well-deserved treasure among Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and Dahanyuan will surely become the first county of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in China!