Jiangmen neighbors all know that the longer tangerine peel is stored, the higher its value will be. The price per catty of old tangerine peel stored for decades is even calculated in 10,000 yuan. Old tangerine peel from more than 30 to 70 years old may still be seen frequently in some local tangerine peel merchants in Xinwill, but tangerine peel from hundreds of years old has been rarely seen.

Recently, Yuan Hongqi, a former researcher of the Palace Museum, described in the column "Revealing the Hundred Years of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae in the Forbidden City" of Beijing Satellite TV. The Hundred Years of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, which she saw with her own eyes in the Forbidden City of Beijing, was kept in the medicinal materials storehouse, together with rare medicinal materials such as rhino horn, bezoar, dog treasure and monkey treasure, it seems that Xinhui tangerine peel was used as a precious medicinal material a hundred years ago. And now it has been collected as a cultural relic in the Imperial Palace in Beijing.

△ Records of tangerine peel in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty. The Compendium of Materia Medica of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "The orange skin has thick grain, yellow and thick, white film inside, and its taste is pungent and sweet. Today, the winner is the winner". The "Guangzhong" mentioned in the article refers to the new meeting now. Xinhui tangerine peel has high medicinal value and is widely used. It is the first of "peace medicine" and is highly praised by traditional Chinese medicine in the past dynasties. Information picture

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "orange peel, with Hui county as the best, Chen San Nian taste Jin, bitter can diarrhea can dry, Xin can disperse, warm energy and harmony. "Orange peel, which is the predecessor of tangerine peel, has become tangerine peel after special processing techniques. Hui County is the best. That is to say, the tangerine peel produced in Xinhui is the best. The tangerine peel that has been put on display for more than three years can be used. The unique fragrance of tangerine peel can also better exert its medicinal effect. Therefore, many Cantonese people now like to put a little tangerine peel when making soup, which can not only flavor, but also achieve the medicinal effect of tangerine peel on qi, dampness and phlegm.

Xinhui is a genuine production area of tangerine peel, with a long history of planting, dating back to the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Xinhui tangerine peel entered Beijing as a tribute to the court. At that time, the famous doctor Ye Gui (word Tianshi) prescribed "Erchen Tang" when treating the cold of the emperor and concubines in the harem, especially stating that "Xinhui skin" was given to him by Emperor Kangxi Emperor Emperor Kangxi. Since the establishment of Beijing Xinhui Guild Hall (115 Liuli Street, Fanfang, Xicheng District, in the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853), because Liang Qichao lived here and launched the Reform Movement of 1898 to retain it), generation after generation of Xinhui people in Beijing have inherited the authentic skills of selecting and processing imperial tangerine peel. The culture of Xinhui mandarin and tangerine peel has penetrated into the life of local people, and they have rich experience in planting Xinhui mandarin.

tangerine peel from xinhui, jiangmen,

It's not just a food, it's a precious medicine,

The higher the vintage, the more valuable it is,

One or two tangerin peel and one or two gold is not a false name.

Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Wuyi Friendship Association visited Yuan Hongqi, a former researcher of the Palace Museum, to learn more about the situation of the Citrypeel in the Forbidden City.

Yuan Hongqi said that in addition to medicinal use, Xinhui tangerine peel is also put in many dishes in the imperial catering room. Teacher Yuan also specially introduced that tangerine peel must be put in the sour plum soup used in the palace in summer. In the book "Research on Qing Palace Medical Records", there are many formulas for using tangerine peel in the palace.

Huang Jianhua said that next, the Beijing Wuyi Friendship Association will dock with relevant institutions such as the Palace Museum and the National Library to gain an in-depth understanding of the relevant materials of the Imperial Palace tangerine peel, and strive to organize an exhibition of the Imperial Palace tangerine peel in the near future.

It is worth mentioning that in June 2021, the State Council announced the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project list (a total of 185 items) and the national intangible cultural heritage representative project list expansion project list (a total of 140 items). Among them, the Xinhui tangerine peel processing technology declared by Jiangmen City recommend, as one of the expansion items of traditional Chinese medicine processing technology, was selected into the national intangible cultural heritage representative project list expansion project list.

Let's learn about the processing techniques of Xinwill tangerin peel

Xinhui tangerine peel processing technology is a traditional medicinal material processing technology that has been passed down from generation to generation in Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province for hundreds of years. Xinhui tangerine, a local specialty, is carefully made into "Xinhui tangerine peel" by peeling, drying and aging procedures, which is used for medicine and daily cooking. Xinhui Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae is one of the top ten southern medicines in Guangdong. In 2016, it became the first batch of Chinese medicinal materials in Lingnan, Guangdong Province. The Compendium of Materia Medica and the Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine have recorded the medicinal functions of Xinhui Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. It has the effects of regulating qi and invigorating the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm.

The processing process of Xinhui tangerine peel includes picking, peeling, turning, turning, drying and aging: picking at the three periods of green, reddish and red peel color; Washing adopts "two-knife method" or "three-knife method" for peeling, with shallow, slow and soft cutting, deep, stable and fast cutting, shallow, light and slow cutting, leaving the pedicle connected, and evenly peeling the three flaps; after opening, the peel should be dried in the shade for 6 hours, and the skin should be turned manually after the skin becomes soft. After sun exposure to semi-dry, turn the skin, and when sun exposure to dry and hard, the skin should be closed. Storage and aging should be strictly controlled in temperature and humidity, and sacks or straw mat bags should be used for packaging. When stacking, the new skin under three years should be sunned for 5-6 hours on sunny days from June to November each year, from November to May of the following year, it will be stored for aging. This was repeated for three years before it became a new tangerine peel.

After rigorous processing, Xinhui tangerine peel has high medicinal value and is widely used. Beijing Tongrentang, Guangdong Chen Liji and other time-honored brands use it as raw materials to make more than 50 varieties of Chinese patent medicines. In 2016, it became the first batch of Guangdong Lingnan Chinese herbal medicine varieties to be protected by legislation.

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Xinhui Chenpi Village is a characteristic industrial tourism complex. The Chenpi Cultural Experience Hall here is the first national geographical indication product multimedia experience hall in China. With Asia's largest intelligent glass screen, it can display the three-dimensional effect of citrus tree growth and Xinwill tangerine peel processing at 270 degrees. The museum also has a lot of old tangerines' treasures, which are extremely precious.

Come to one of the must punch in the tangerine peel culture experience hall, in-depth understanding of the tangerine peel culture of the past and present. The whole tangerine peel culture experience hall is divided into five parts: the legend of tangerine peel origin, the tangerine peel time tunnel, the bird paradise broadcasting hall, the tangerine peel fragrance area and the Wuyi culture interaction hall. Entering along the "Bamboo Light Tunnel", people can not only marvel at the meticulous craftsmanship and chic shape, but also have a comprehensive understanding of Xinhui's tangerine peel culture and history and culture.

In addition, you can also see the old tangerine peel with a history of 100 years in the interactive experience hall, as well as the "tangerine peel emperor" and "tangerine peel queen" of previous tangerine peel cultural festivals, and truly feel the "taste of time". At the same time, there is also a somatosensory touch game, which allows children to experience the fun of peeling tangerine peel and cooking tangerine peel!

When you come to tangerine peel village, how can you get less tangerine peel specialty here? There is a tangerine peel trading market in the tangerine peel village, where you can buy authentic tangerine peel dried by the villagers themselves, tangerine peel fruit made by themselves, tangerine peel sugar and the unique tangerine peel wine of Xinui tangerine peel village, which is full of beautiful things and has attractive fragrance.

In addition, there are many gourmet stores in Xinhui tangerine peel village, and stores such as overseas Chinese homes and Hengyi gourmet all offer authentic tangerine peel banquets.

The tangerine peel ancient road connects the "tangerine peel brand", "tangerine peel health care hall" and "tangerine peel museum", "thousand-ton tangerine peel storage" and processing and production workshops of the first and second phases of the Li Gong Xinhui tangerine peel modern agricultural industrial park. It has the functions of tangerine peel history and culture display, product research and development, processing and production, quality control, sightseeing and shopping, tasting tangerine peel food and processing experience, etc, to create a new mode of integration of three industries integrating Xinhui orange planting, food development, production and sales, cultural tourism, etc., to display the whole industrial chain of Xinhui tangerine peel, and to help the development of Xinhui tangerine peel industry.

On the third floor of the ancient road of tangerine peel, there is a Xinhui tangerine peel culture museum, which comprehensively introduces and displays Xinhui tangerine peel and citrus tea culture to the public and tourists through physical objects, sound and light images.

On the second floor of the ancient road of tangerine peel, there is the first professional tangerine peel restaurant in Xinhui-Li gong tangerine peel family banquet. taste authentic tangerine peel food and walk ~