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Preface
Chinese chili sauce is sold out in South Korea, and such a topic directly rushed to the top of the hot search list, listening to the Chinese people are really jubilant, according to the 16th CCTV financial report, due to the impact of aging factors in South Korea, the planting area of peppers in South Korea this year plummeted, falling below a record low.
As a result, the Chinese domestic chili peppers with good quality and low price have completely opened up the opportunity to the market in South Korea, with a market share of about 40%, and the total amount of chili sauce imported by South Korea in China last year alone reached 100,000 tons.
Seeing such figures, many netizens couldn't help laughing, what is happening in South Korea, why does even the proud kimchi need to be imported to meet the market demand?
The reason why Koreans love spicy food
The reason why Koreans have a large demand for chili peppers is closely related to the following reasons, the first is physiological reasons, netizens who have been in South Korea for a period of time should have found a peculiar phenomenon in Korean supermarkets, and it can be clearly seen on the shelves that in addition to some Korean local seasonings, there are also many spicy condiments in China.
Often people like to eat spicy food, not like to enjoy the spicy seasoning, it is the spicy taste can relieve pain for a short time to a certain extent, and the body will also secrete endopeptides or adrenaline, so that the mood is better in a short time.
In recent years, China's local popular Malatang has also begun to have a place in South Korea, as if for people who like spicy food, chili pepper can relieve people's pressure to some extent, and liking spicy food is not a temporary enjoyment, but will become more and more addictive, so once some people start to eat spicy, it is difficult to quit.
The second point is that under the influence of traditional Korean food Xi, the representative cuisine of Koreans is Korean kimchi, which has become a must-have delicacy in every family and has become a Xi habit for many years, but Korean kimchi is not the first choice of Koreans, it is completely the result of passive acceptance.
Because of the special geographical location of South Korea, the long-term influence of the cold climate makes the winter in South Korea long and dry, and many plants are not suitable for growing in winter.
The soul sauce of Korean kimchi lies in the Korean hot sauce, because of the existence of the hot sauce, it makes the kimchi taste more refreshing, and under the influence of eating spicy kimchi for a long time, many Koreans naturally become very spicy.
Another extremely important factor is that life in South Korea is very fast-paced, and students and migrant workers are under a lot of pressure, and they often use spicy food to release their stress, especially in winter, with a Korean fish cake or kimchi, and a little soju, all their worries disappear.
It has been reported that the decline in pepper production due to the aging trend has been reported.
Aging in South Korea
In fact, there are countless reports on the Internet about the aging trend in South Korea, and a professor from Oxford University once predicted that South Korea may become the first country in the world to disappear, which seems to be closely related to the problem of aging.
As early as 2006, Coleman, a professor of demography at the University of Oxford, warned South Korea that it was facing an important demographic crisis due to the continuous decline in fertility.
According to the United Nations standard, when the number of elderly people aged 65 and above in a country or a region accounts for 70% of the population, it will be called an aging society, and the aging of the population will bring unprecedented disasters to a country, because the increase in the average age means that there are many elderly workers, which will directly affect the country's economic development.
In South Korea, there are some retired elderly people who need to take up other jobs to support themselves, and it is not uncommon to see elderly people with gray sideburns earning a living on the streets of South Korea.
Of course, the physical strength of the elderly and the physical strength of the strong young people cannot be compared, even if some people are willing to do some super hard, but low-paying jobs, it may still be difficult to seek a job opportunity, and some old people even do not hesitate to sell their personal dignity because they cannot compete for jobs, and they do not hesitate to sell their personal dignity in the case of being cornered.
In the report, it is mentioned that due to the aging problem, the pepper planting area has decreased sharply, which is also directly related to the rapid increase in the age of farmers, and the energy and physical strength can not be compared with that of young people, because old people cannot afford the heavy planting business for a long time.
And with the increasing cost of human resources, the number of farmers who grow peppers has gradually decreased, which directly affects the production and output of peppers.
Now that South Korea has become dependent on Chinese chili peppers, China should also look at the issue with welcome and tolerance, as China has a deep history and has been the world's largest producer for many years.
Pepper production in China
In China, the population of edible chili peppers has exceeded 500 million, and the provinces where chili peppers are grown in China cover 28 provinces, and the scale of the industry continues to expand, and chili peppers were introduced to China more than 400 years ago, when they were only for ornamental value.
With the development of agriculture, pepper has gradually been discovered edible and medicinal value, and the scale of planting is expanding in a stable state, according to relevant researchers, pepper itself is rich in nutrition, diverse in taste, strong in growth, and can be eaten directly.
The same chili pepper can also be processed into chili paste, dried chili pepper or fried chili oil, in addition to the well-known practical value, chili pepper also has extremely important economic and social value, such as capsaicin and capsaicin are also used in medical and industrial fields.
In order to meet domestic demand, Chinese chili peppers are increasingly moving to the tables of global consumers, and according to relevant reports, there are more than 1,000 kinds of chili peppers and related products in the world.
About two-thirds of the countries or regions grow and eat chili peppers, and China is also one of the main exporters of chili peppers, among the exported chili peppers, there are very rich varieties, including dried chili peppers, fresh chili peppers, and ground peppers into powder, dried chili peppers.
summary
Although kimchi is a cultural symbol and snack food in South Korea, due to the problem of South Korea's small territory, the raw materials of Korean kimchi also originated in China, but the export of finished products is seven times that of China.