Motuo stone pot [Xizang Motuo specialty]

What is a Motuo stone pot? Authentic Xizang Motuo specialty: Motuo stone pot? This article is a special article about Xizang's Motuo special product - Motuo stone pot, which was reviewed and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Products Network. It collected relevant information about Motuo stone pot. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Motuo stone pot, and what is the nutritional value of Motuo stone pot? What are the product features of Motuo Stone Pot? How did the history of the Motuo stone pot come about? How to distinguish between genuine and fake Motuo stone pots? Wait

Basic Introduction of Motuo Stone Pot

What is the nutritional value of the Motuo stone pot

The production and transportation of the Motuo stone pot are extremely difficult. The stone pot has good insulation effect and contains various essential trace elements for the human body. The local people use this pot to stew earth chickens and various mountain and wild flavors, which are nutritious and fragrant

Bangxin Township in Motuo County (108 kilometers from Bomi County to Motuo County, 32 kilometers away by car) is the famous birthplace of Motuo stone pots. The locals carved the "soapstone" from the cliff of Nanga Bawa Peak (located on the inner side of the Yajiang Grand Canyon at an altitude of 7782 meters) into pots using primitive knives

How did the history of the Motuo stone pot come about

Motuo stone is a legend. In the local area, using a steel knife to cut stones can make them as solid as mud. Once they leave Motuo, the stones become as strong as steel. It is unknown why Motuo stone has such characteristics

The raw material for the Motuo Stone Pot is rare natural soapstone from around the world, with a soft texture. The stone pot is mainly in shades of gray brown and gray beige, with a barrel shaped shape and a thickness of 2-3 centimeters. The specifications vary, with a large pot diameter of about 30 centimeters, a medium diameter of about 20 centimeters, and a small diameter of about 10 centimeters. The pot bottom comes in two types: flat bottomed and curved. Motuo stone pot can withstand high temperatures of up to 2000 ℃, with advantages such as fast heat transfer, non stick pot, and no discoloration. The soup is rich and delicious, with a mellow and long-lasting aftertaste. Eating foods stewed in stone pots regularly has significant therapeutic and health benefits for patients with hypertension, heart disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is an excellent utensil for hot pot, soup pot, cooking rice, stewing meat, and cooking vegetables

Xizang has a special preference for stone pot cooking in history, and now the Potala Palace still has intact stone pots used by Songtsen Ganpo. It is said that in history, living Buddhas and nobles had their own specialized stone pots, and the core process of the famous Tibetan medicine 72 flavor pearl pill must be boiled in this pot (this process has been protected as one of the first batch of intangible cultural heritage)

How to distinguish between genuine and fake Motuo stone pots

How to distinguish between genuine and fake ink stone pots

Firstly, the material of the ink stone pot is soapstone, which has a characteristic of being very soft in texture. With a gentle scratch of the nail, a trace can be drawn.

. At present, there are many stone pots on the market that are labeled as "Motuo Stone Pot", but in fact, they are all ordinary bluestone. These stone pots not only have no medicinal value, but also contain radioactive elements that are harmful to the human body. Therefore, when purchasing, it is important to distinguish carefully

Third: At present, Motuo Stone Pots are mainly sold to the mainland. Thanks to the promotion of Xizang tourism and CCTV's Frontier Trip into Motuo, Motuo Stone Pots are growing at a rate of 10% every year