As an ancient civilization with thousands of years of culture, China has a lot of things that have been circulating from ancient times to the present! Nowadays, walking through the streets and alleys, you will always see some shops with long-established signs, or indicate that they are the owners of a century-old shop with a long history and tradition. Some of these stores are certainly bluffs, but some of them have indeed experienced the baptism of history, and they must have had their unique historical status and irreplaceable brand charm!
Yan Song, born in 1480, is a famous courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and later Yan Song's father and son seized real power for 20 years, forcing Zhongliang to be loyal and collecting wealth everywhere, the "History of Ming" directly listed Yan Song as "one of the six traitors of the Ming Dynasty", the common people hated him very much, so many classics and operas portrayed his image very badly. The Ming Dynasty listed Yan Song as one of the six traitorous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, believing that he was a talentless man, but whether he was a great traitor is still quite controversial. Scholars in Yan Song's hometown believe that he also has a side of loyalty to the king and love for the people, but in fact, it is because of the Qing Dynasty's large number of nonsense compilation of ming history, resulting in future generations being half-convinced of ming history.
It is said that this Yan Song was a very popular courtier at that time, although his character was not very good, but he was also a celebrity at that time, so a newly opened shop at that time wanted Yan Song to write an inscription for himself. Of course, it naturally cost Yan Song a lot of silver to write for his own inscription. Although Yan Song was in a high position of authority at that time, he was still a literati in his bones, and the inscription for the shop was also the favorite thing for the literati. In the field of pickles, it is estimated that no one is unaware of this six must-live. The original owner of Liubiju was created during the Ming Dynasty. It is said that at that time, this six-person residence was not opened by one person, but by six people. The owner asked Yan Song to write an inscription for their shop.
At first, it was Yan Song who gave them the name of the shop with the inscription "Six Hearts Residence". This Six Hearts House is a pickle shop co-founded by the six brothers. Yan Song wrote down three words of Liu Xin Ju with his pen, thinking to himself, this shop has six different thoughts, and there must be infighting and strife in the middle, how can it get rich for a long time? Just mention the pen in these three words with one more stroke. It is precisely on this heart word that there is an extra stroke that the word "heart" becomes the word "must". When the six brothers saw that the court minister not only helped them with the inscription but also gave them a must-write, they immediately said happily that they would change their names and change it to "Six Must Ju" when they went back, and also hung Yan Song's plaque.
Liubiju began to pay tribute to various pickles for the imperial family from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, after that, Liubiju did not disappoint everyone, the emperors of all generations liked to eat its pickles, there was a feeling of being fond of it, and then with the passage of time, Liubiju became the royal old shop for tribute. In this shop with a history of 500 years, there are many legends, and it is said that this sign of Liu biju once hung twice. The first time was in the Guangxu years, due to the fire in the neighbor's shop, the fire almost extended to the old plaque of Liubiju, and later zhang Zhuobiao, a guy in the shop, gave his life to drill into the fire, snatched the plaque from the mouth of the fire god, and then sent it to the Shanxi Linfen Guild Hall for preservation.
Liubiju is most famous for its pickles, such as thin yellow sauce, soy sauce, sweet sauce radish, sweet sauce cucumber, people who have eaten are full of praise, raw materials have a fixed venue, absolutely can not be ambiguous, and now Liubiju pickled pickles are still a must-have famous side dish at the state banquet! At that time, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty had to eat six small dishes at home, which showed that the taste was first-class. Friends who have been to Liubiju know that the "Liubiju" gold plaque written by Yan Song is still hanging in the center of the store, and after a hundred years, it has become a rare treasure and witnessed the development of this century-old brand.