Residents of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, line up with various empty pots to stock up on vinegar for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday. [Photo by Wu Junjie for chinadaily.com.cn]

In recent days, stores selling mature vinegar in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, have begun to receive more customers.

Despite the extremely cold weather, residents lined up with various empty pots to purchase abundant reserves of vinegar for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday in January.

Residents of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, line up with various empty pots to stock up on vinegar for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday. [Photo by Wu Junjie for chinadaily.com.cn]

Taiyuan is a major production site of mature vinegar in China, which has many time-honored brands.

It is said that China's vinegar industry originated in Qingxu county in Taiyuan about 3,000 years ago.