Three years ago, during a conversation with friends, I accidentally heard them say, "There is a type of salt called bamboo salt..." This was the first time I heard the term "bamboo salt". As the name suggests, I have always thought that "bamboo salt" is a type of edible salt extracted from bamboo or other bamboo. Just like mineral salt, lake salt, and sea salt, they are not worth understanding, exploring, and researching, so there is no need to "break the water tank and ask to the end.".

It was not until recently that my friend invited me to visit Lin'an Sanheyuan Bamboo Salt Food Co., Ltd. that I gained a new understanding, new understanding, and new insights into "bamboo salt".

China is vast in territory and abundant in resources, with outstanding people and unique talents. Throughout the long river of history, inventions and innovations have emerged one after another. However, many successful experiences, extraordinary skills, and fruitful achievements created by inventions in history have often been destroyed or even lost due to wars, disasters, epidemics, and other factors. This forces future generations to start from scratch.

"Bamboo salt" has gone from nothing to existence, from existence to loss, and then from scratch, experiencing twists and turns, which is an example. The processing technique of "bamboo salt" was invented as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But after the Tang Dynasty, this skill was lost.

The invention of the "bamboo salt" processing technique also tells a thought-provoking story. In the history of various feudal dynasties in our country, there were laws and regulations that stipulated that the production and sales of salt were controlled by the government. At that time, the official tax on salt was also very high, accounting for over 70% of the selling price. Therefore, for ordinary people, salt is a very precious resource, especially in remote mountainous areas where transportation is inconvenient. Eating salt is even more difficult.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a salt merchant who sympathized with the suffering of the people's lack of salt and tried every means to solve the problems of difficulty in buying and high cost of eating salt. This hardworking and wise salt merchant, after much contemplation, came up with the idea of connecting the middle bamboo joints of the bamboo and putting salt into bamboo tubes to transport fake images of the bamboo and evade government searches. For safety reasons, he stayed at a temple instead of an inn during transportation. Because in ancient temples, officials and thieves dared not offend. The way this salt merchant transports salt is very clever, safe, and effective, allowing the people to buy cheap salt. Therefore, it is highly loved and welcomed by the people.

However, there are unpredictable circumstances, and everything is unpredictable. That day, he transported salt as usual and stayed at the temple as usual. But unexpectedly, a sudden fire broke out in the temple at night, and the entire temple was burned down. Fortunately, the personnel escaped in time and there were no casualties. Unfortunately, the salt merchant traveled mountains and rivers, crossed mountains and mountains, and worked tirelessly to transport the table salt. Due to the burning of bamboo tubes into charcoal ash, the salt was roasted into hard salt blocks, which could no longer be sold or transported.

Later, during the restoration and reconstruction process of this temple, some people consumed the burnt and caked salt. They were pleasantly surprised to find that the dishes cooked with this salt tasted particularly good, and many people suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. After eating this salt, they did not heal. After Ge Hong, a famous Taoist theorist, alchemist, and pharmacologist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, discovered this situation, he took local materials from Gexian Mountain in present-day Chibi, Hubei. He used a danlu as a tool, pine wood as firewood, fresh bamboo, mugwort, and salt as ingredients, and continuously refined them day and night, giving birth to bamboo salt. At that time, there was a major outbreak of infectious diseases such as smallpox and malaria. He used this "bamboo salt" to cure the people's smallpox, malaria and other infectious diseases, saving the lives of countless people in the surrounding area. As a result, "bamboo salt" gained widespread fame and spread widely.

However, the production process of "bamboo salt" was lost after the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, the ancestors of Mr. Jin Chengxie, a Korean from Yanbian, restarted the lost "bamboo salt" production process. It is particularly gratifying that Mr. Jin Chengxie, the third generation descendant, has been inheriting the ancestral bamboo salt making skills for over 40 years. Through in-depth research of ancient classics, he has gradually restored the five core skills and more than 60 traditional crafts of Tang Dynasty bamboo salt making. He has always adhered to the concept of natural health, devoted himself to researching and developing the health benefits of bamboo salt, continuously improving the process, summarizing the lessons of failure, and constantly exploring effective experiences, finally successfully solving the problem of bamboo salt clumping.

It is understood that in recent years, the "bamboo salt" produced by Lin'an Sanheyuan Bamboo Salt Food Co., Ltd. has gradually embarked on a path of scale and standardization, with significant improvements in product quality and output. At present, "bamboo salt" is in short supply in the domestic market and has already exported to Japan, South Korea and other places.

After visiting the company, I realized that "bamboo salt" is cultural salt, health salt, and ecological salt. In the new era of high-quality development, "bamboo salt" will inevitably have a broad market and a more brilliant future. Upon reflection, I also used the words "bamboo salt" as a couplet to express my feelings:

The pursuit of a peaceful home requires the presence of bamboo;

Enjoying delicious food is essential without salt.