On the morning of August 19, the opening ceremony of the China Maitake Museum was held in Huangtian Town.
China Maitake Museum is mainly composed of seven major sections: Traceable Huangtian, Magic Hand Flower, Blossom and Thorn, Hundred Flowers Blooming, Icing on the Cake, Blossoming World, Wonderful Silhouette, etc., through historical combing, scene reproduction, physical exhibition and other content, showing the vigorous growth of maitake flowers in Huangtian, but also shows the firm determination and unremitting efforts of the Party Committee and Government of Huangtian Town in helping the development of the maitake industry and increasing the income of farmers.
It is understood that in 1982, Qingyuan introduced maitake varieties from Japan, and in the same year, wild maitake flowers were collected in Qingyuan Yangqiao, and began the domestication and introduction of wild maitake cultivation experiments. Huangtian Town introduced maitake planting in 1986, and after more than 30 years of continuous domestication research, it has explored a successful model of cultivating maitake flowers in greenhouses under natural conditions, and is currently the only maitake production area in Zhejiang Province.
With the continuous maturity of maitake planting technology and the continuous expansion of the demand market, maitake has become the pillar industry of Huangtian Town, 90% of the country's maitake flowers are produced in Huangtian Town, in 2009 Huangtian Town was awarded the title of "China's Maitake Town" by the China Edible Mushroom Association, and in 2014, "Qingyuan Maitake" won the National Agricultural Product Geographical Indication Certification.
According to statistics, in 2021, about 8 million pieces of maitake flowers will be planted in the town, and the output of fresh ash tree flowers will be about 2,000 tons, with an output value of more than 50 million yuan.
(Source: Qingyuan County People's Government website)