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Hui Ji dipping sauce: a named craft in Zhaodong

Hui Ji condiment making appears in Zhaodong’s municipal heritage record and the province’s 2024 extension list, giving a local food skill a named place in Heilongjiang’s culinary heritage.

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A local skill recorded by name

In 2022, Suihua’s sixth municipal intangible-heritage list included 百年“回记”蘸料制作技艺—the “Hundred-Year Hui Ji” dipping-sauce-making technique—among its traditional skills. The same entry identifies Zhaodong City Cultural Center as the safeguarding body and Zhaodong as the place associated with the craft. The official record gives the sauce a precise place in the city’s heritage map: a named making tradition rooted in Zhaodong.

A place among the province’s food traditions

In January 2024, Hui Ji condiment making also appeared in the provincial heritage extension list, within a grouped entry for Heilongjiang traditional food. The entry brings together distinct practices such as sausage making, pickling, dumplings and cooking stocks. For Zhaodong, it places a named condiment skill within that wider account of food knowledge passed between generations.

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