Cover reporter Chen Yuanyang
Sing "A Tale of Two Cities" well, and cultural tourism must go first. Recently, under the guidance of Sichuan Intellectual Property Service Promotion Center and Sichuan Daily Newspaper Group, cover news and West China Metropolis Daily, the selection activity of "2021 Sichuan Top Ten Gastronomic Landmarks" was officially launched, and a total of 500 gastronomic geographical indication products from cities and prefectures in the province "competed on the same stage". Among them, Sichuan Ziyang City has more than ten kinds of products on the list, at present, the hottest is the Second and Third Yanjiang Mandarin and Anyue Lemon, which rank second and third on the list, with more than 110,000 votes.
At present, it is the picking period of these two products, and some local netizens in Ziyang have canvassed votes in the circle of friends, saying that the acid of the lemon is matched with the sweetness of the mandarin, and the taste of "one sour and one sweet" is as if the feeling of first love has been found, "Welcome to vote enthusiastically, welcome everyone to come to Ziyang." ”
Yanjiang mandarin
It has been listed as a tribute variety with an early planting area of nearly 300,000 mu
In October this year, the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office issued the No. 1762 Trademark Announcement, and the geographical indication certification trademark of "Yanjiang Honey Orange" was successfully registered, which is also another geographical indication certification trademark approved and registered by the State Intellectual Property Office after the "Yanjiang Zhonghe Crayfish" in Yanjiang District.
"This is of great and far-reaching significance for enhancing the popularity of our region, promoting the transformation and upgrading of the Citrus Industry in Yanjiang, and promoting the high-quality development of the regional economy." According to the relevant person in charge of the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Yanjiang District, Yanjiang is located in the shallow hills in the middle of the Sichuan Basin, with an altitude of 350 to 450 meters, which belongs to the central subtropical humid climate zone. Due to the obstruction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Longquan Mountain Range, cold air activity is inhibited, and autumn rain rarely occurs. The Tuojiang River flows through the whole territory from north to south, forming a unique community climate environment, which not only makes the acid reduction of honey orange fast, the solid acid ratio is large, the flavor is rich and unique, and the chlorophyll degradation is fast, and the formation of anthocyanins is early, resulting in early and uniform coloring of Yanjiang honey orange.
The unique climatic conditions make the Yanjiang mandarin ripen 15 to 20 days earlier than the mandarin oranges in Chongqing, Hunan and other real estate areas under the same type of climatic conditions, so it is also known as "the hometown of China's early ripening mandarins". "Studies have shown that the climate of Yanjiang is one of the most suitable cultivation areas for mandarin oranges."
Mandarin oranges have a long history of cultivation in Yanjiang, and Ziyang County has been recorded in the history, and has been offered as a tribute in history. According to the data, the current planting area of Yanjiang honey orange has reached nearly 300,000 mu, of which there are 130,000 mu in Fengyu Town, the main production area, and more than 10 varieties.
Workers picking mandarin oranges
As we enter November, the chills are getting thicker. In Gaodong Village, Fengyu Town, Yanjiang District, the citrus trees that spread over the mountains are still green, and the branches are dotted with citrus, and the field is full of fruit farmers. It is understood that in recent years, Fengyu Town has continuously improved citrus planting technology, iterated citrus varieties, broadened sales channels, innovated sales models, extended the sales chain and industrial chain of citrus fresh fruits, formed a new industrial territory dominated by early ripening mandarin oranges, and brought more considerable economic benefits to the local and surrounding masses.
Among them, the local optimization of the variety structure, the promotion of the planting of 7 new varieties of citrus, to achieve the early, middle and late structure ratio of 2:4:4, to build a development pattern dominated by early ripening citrus and other citrus varieties. "We grow all kinds of citrus that can be picked until Next May." The relevant person in charge of Fengyu Town said.
In addition to optimizing the planting structure, a special citrus association has also been set up in the local area to unify construction standards, unified technical training, and unified agricultural material management. At the same time, the local government also integrates the geographical resources of the original Beiji Town, Fengyu Town and Zhongyi Town, and accelerates the construction of the Foshan Orange Sea Modern Agricultural Industrial Park, which integrates citrus planting, processing, management and citrus culture.
Anyue lemon
Exported to more than 30 countries and regions, local development of "lemon feast"
In 1926, a lemon tree crossed the ocean and came to Anyue County, where it took root and sprouted, blossomed and bore fruit, and eventually grew to more than 500,000 mu, becoming one of the world's five major lemon producing areas and the region with the highest concentration of lemons in the world.
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the list of 1 billion yuan towns and 100 million yuan villages in the national rural characteristic industry in 2021, of which Huaguo Village from Anyue County was shortlisted, which is the birthplace of "Anyue lemon", and the largest existing lemon tree was developed and planted in the 1960s, and most of the villagers here are engaged in lemon-related work.
Zhu Guangji, who will turn 80 next year, is still shuttling through the lemon field, a pair of scissors and a back basket is his recent "regular equipment", "I started planting lemons in 1999 under the leadership of the government, at first everyone had concerns and did not want to plant, and then I grew lemons to earn money, and then they all began to plant." Talking about the situation of planting lemons at the beginning, Zhu Guangji said with a smile.
According to him, there are currently more than 20 acres of lemons planted in the family, and the net income from lemon sales alone last year reached 170,000 yuan. This year's purchase price is higher than last year's, and revenue will also double.
There are many fruit farmers like Zhu Guangji in Anyue, where there are currently about 110,000 fruit farmers and 330,000 people. It is the unremitting efforts of generations of Anyue lemon people that have made the regional brand value of Anyue lemon exceed 18 billion yuan, becoming a banner of the citrus industry in the province and even the whole country. In 2020, "Anyue Lemon" was also successfully selected into the protection list of the Eu-China Geographical Indications Agreement, and was exported to more than 30 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific, middle East and Europe.
Regarding lemons, in the eyes of many people, they can only be used to soak water and juice. However, in Anyue, Xiao Shuming, a master of Chinese Sichuan cuisine, has continuously worked lemons and launched a variety of dishes using lemons as raw materials.
"Tim, match, and serve are the three ways I summarize cooking with lemon." Xiao Shuming introduced that "Tim" is to add lemon juice to replace vinegar condiments; "matching", that is, to put some lemon juice as an ingredient as a discretionary amount, which plays a role in whitening and fishy; "Sheng" is to use lemon fresh fruit platters or carved into containers. At present, there are more than 60 kinds of dishes made of Anyue lemon as the main ingredient, auxiliary material and seasoning, forming a unique "lemon feast", and has been included in the new Sichuan cuisine, in 2018, officially named "Chinese cuisine • Sichuan theme feast Anyue lemon feast", becoming a food business card of Anyue and even Sichuan.
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