The Historical Origin of Da Lieba

Da Lieba (big bread) is the traditional staple food of Russians. There is only one bread stove on every farm in Russia, and every household bakes bread in the oven regularly. Usually I only eat bread stored at home, so the bread is very big. Cut a piece when I eat it. Over time, unique skills and customs have been formed. 1898 Russians build Middle East Railway in China. With the construction of the Middle East Railway, a large number of Russians poured into Harbin. In order to meet their traditional needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation, Ivan Ya Kulovic Lin Qiu, a Russian, opened Harbin Branch of Lin Qiu Foreign Firm on 1900, and set up food workshops such as bread, specializing in the production of traditional foods such as Italian food. This is the predecessor of Harbin Lin Qiu Food Factory.

This kind of bread is rich in fragrance and slightly sour in taste, which is suitable for storage. Round, up to 33 cm in diameter, weighing four or five pounds. At the beginning, the skill was mainly in the hands of Russian technicians, and it was passed down in Harbin for two generations. 1953 was admitted by the government of China, and the Russian master taught master China bread-making technology. Shen Baoju and Wang Zhan are the first generation of technicians in China. It has been passed down for three generations in the hands of Harbin people. At present, the traditional manual technology and equipment are still used in the production of big bread in Harbin Lin Qiu Food Factory. A Russian food processor once visited the bread making technology in Harbin, and was deeply impressed by its unique Russian-style regional food culture, and said that "this traditional technology has been lost in many places in Russia." After a hundred years of precipitation, this kind of food has been combined with China's food culture and become a must in Harbin.