Text/Lin Beiyan
"Its big ones are like money, the small ones are like dragon eyes, the color is like gold, the texture is fine, the round Dan can be played, the one who eats the gold clothes does not peel off, and it is better to eat honey." In the Song Dynasty", there is a paragraph of such a description, just by virtue of text associations, readers can not help but feel that the tongue is raw and mouth-watering.
This fine round dan that is "like money" and "like a dragon's eye" is a kumquat. Kumquat is not only a major specialty of Liuyang in Changsha, but also a national geographical indication for agricultural products.
Liuyang kumquat has a golden and bright color, sweet and sour and delicious, aromatic, strong and pure taste, rich in nutrition, and has high edible and medicinal value. It not only enriches the consumer's table, but also drums up the pockets of farmers.
The oranges were red, and the villagers laughed
Kumquat Village is located in the northeast of Yanxi Town, Liuyang City, north of Lianyun Mountain, because of the tradition of kumquat cultivation, rich in kumquats, here, kumquat planting area is no less than rice, up to thousands of acres. In the "Chronicle of Food Goods", the scene of kumquat cultivation in Liuyang was praised: "To the east of Liuyi, the mountains are deep and full of soil, and the soil is fertile, and it is suitable for planting oranges."
At the beginning of early spring, after the middle of summer, when the autumn colors are pleasant, the kumquat village ushered in a wonderful scene of kumquat hanging branches: in the fields, under the hillside forest, the green and yellow rice waves rolled into a landscape Needless to say, looking around, a neat green, swaying golden dots... The kumquat grove exudes a seductive color, and the kumquats in the kumquat garden are round and full, and the color is bright, making people smell fragrant and look hungry.
In autumn, the kumquat village shows a trend of ripening melons, making the land that is about to be harvested beautiful. At the same time, the biennial kumquat festival has become a brand in Liuyang. At the event, there were not only beautiful village girls picking oranges, "orange red" photo contest, "kumquat planting expert" selection, but also orange farmers picking kumquats, sandwich kumquat competitions, farmhouse food competitions, township trade fairs and other activities. In the midst of the bustle, full of the joy of harvest, it is even more helpful for Liuyang kumquat to get out of the deep boudoir, the reputation is far away, and the market situation is constantly optimistic.
Speaking of Liuyang kumquats, folk have widely circulated a story of qianlongxia Jiangnan eating orange diseases. It is rumored that when the Qianlong Emperor was passing through Liuyang on the sixth trip to Jiangnan, he was seriously ill with wind and cold and had no medicine to cure, and after eating a few kumquats, he did not expect to have a great appetite, and then the disease was refreshed. Although the authenticity of the story is no longer possible, under the blessing of modern science and technology, it has been found that Liuyang kumquat fruit contains a variety of vitamins needed by the human body, especially the content of vitamins C, B and B2 is unmatched by other citrus, and is rich in a variety of amino acids required by the human body.
Liuyang kumquat has a sweet and sour taste and is extremely nutritious. "Eating five or six kumquat fruits every day in autumn is appetizing and satisfying the needs of the human body." Experts often recommend that kumquat has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach, reducing phlegm and relieving qi, enlivening the muscles, clearing heat and cold. Especially in the winter, eating some kumquat fruits can prevent colds; Soaking in wine with kumquat can prevent bronchitis. In addition, kumquat fruit also has the function of preventing and treating cerebrovascular diseases.
The reason why it has the above characteristics is inseparable from Liuyang's unique geographical climate. Liuyang kumquat producing area is a typical shale hilly landform, soil pH between 5.5-7.5, soil hypertrophy, breathable, water retention and fertilizer, rich in a variety of mineral elements, for the growth of Liuyang kumquat provides unique conditions.
After the spring equinox of the lunar calendar every year, the climate warms up and crops enter the growth stage, which is the best time for kumquat management, and the villagers will take advantage of the sunny weather to weed, prune and fertilize the kumquat tree. They cut out the too old, dry branches of the kumquat tree one by one, and then cut the longer branches shorter – which not only reduced the excess nutrient consumption, but also allowed the kumquat tree to grow new branches and increase the number of flowers and fruits. The industrious hands of the villagers paint a picture of the beautiful countryside.
"Small sampan" becomes "big industry"
Kumquat Village is just a microcosm of Liuyang Kumquat Industry. Liuyang kumquat has a history of more than 1,000 years of cultivation, to the Qing Tongzhi period, Liuyang Daguang, Dahu, Tuanluo area, the annual output of kumquat more than 10,000 cartons, known as "kumquat town". Today, the entire Liuyang City kumquat planting area of more than 10,000 mu, the annual output of more than 15,000 tons.
In the past, due to market, technology and other factors, Liuyang kumquat as a traditional industry developed slowly. With repeated technological innovation and industrial upgrading, Liuyang's fittings industry has gradually evolved from a single person's single-handedness to a group of people working together to attack the stronghold, and then to the formation of cooperatives, Liuyang has developed the kumquat industry from a "small sampan" produced by a single farmer to a "large industry" with large-scale development and large-scale operation today. The scientific and technological content of kumquat varieties, cultivation, preservation, processing and other aspects continues to increase, the brand effect of the kumquat festival and the gradual development of marketing channels, and the kumquat tree has begun to become the "rich tree" of the villagers.
Coming to the autumn along the creek, you can see a continuous kumquat fruit forest is entering the harvest period, the moment has begun to color, red and golden fruit color from green to orange, very colorful, "we sell kumquats a year along the creek town, per capita income can be tens of thousands, that is called a considerable." Wang Huizhang, vice chairman of the Liuyang Fruit Tea Association, hid the joy of harvesting in his words, "The sales channels are also very smooth, just wait for the fruit merchants to enter the village to buy." ”
"The kumquat orchard is getting better and better, and the orange farmers are full of confidence!" Talking about the development prospects of the kumquat industry, Wang Pingzhang, secretary of the party branch and chairman of the Liuyang Tengfei Kumquat Production and Processing Professional Cooperative, raised his eyebrows, saying that in order to improve the planting level of farmers, the cooperative hired experts and professors from Hunan Agricultural University and the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences to give lectures, and also cooperated with Hunan Agricultural University to create and cultivate a kumquat demonstration garden to jointly develop less seedless kumquat. At the same time, the cooperative has realized the online supply and marketing of provinces and cities, and opened up the "last kilometer" of kumquats from cultivation to output.
The cooperative has developed, and the local poor households with labor force and willingness to establish a file and a card have been included in the unified management and training of the society, and the cooperative growers can get a salary of about 20,000 yuan per household at the end of the year, which effectively promotes the villagers to become rich and revitalize the countryside.
The agricultural industrialization model of "company + base + farmer" has laid the foundation for the new development of Liuyang kumquat, which is not only selling well in China, but also actively promoting exports to Southeast Asian regions such as Singapore and Thailand, and striding towards the world.
In recent years, Liuyang has vigorously developed the gastronomic economy as an important starting point for expanding domestic demand and prosperous consumption, and with the support of the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, it has created five "national agricultural product geographical indications" such as Liuyang black goat, Tianyan zhai citrus, Liuyang kumquat, Dawei mountain pear, Gejia chicken intestine pepper, etc. Liuyang special cuisine has become an important carrier for visitors from all over the world to taste the taste of Liuyang and appreciate Liuyang culture, expand domestic demand, promote consumption, stabilize employment, and show new deeds in service and integration into the new development pattern.
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[Source: New Hunan Client]