Changzhou dried turnip (Chinese: 常州萝卜干; pinyin: Chángzhōu luóbogān) is a local food of Changzhou, southern Jiangsu province, east-central China.
It is called the "spicy dried turnip" because of its mix of a sweet taste and texture.
[citation needed] For a long time,[specify] most families living beside the canal of the Xinzha district planted and salted the turnip.
After the People's Republic of China was established, the sauce-production company, Hongmei (红梅), of Changzhou became the center of its production.
In 1978, a Cheng family living on the southern bank of the canal in Beigang, adhering to the ancestors’ business, set up Changzhou Yudie specialty food product factory (常州玉蝶食品厂) to produce dried turnip.