Tong egg is a famous specialty of Tonghe Township in Tanghe County, and has become a tribute to the court in the Yuan, Ming, Qing and Shi dynasties.
The Tong River is a major tributary of the Tang River, and after the river enters the Tang River, it joins the Han River and leads directly to the Yangtze River. Its basin area is wide, and the wilderness on both sides is its alluvial plain, where the climate is mild, the rain is abundant, the ditches and rivers are long, and the water and grass are abundant. Historically, due to the prosperity of the small river waterway here, the Tonghe Market Town was formed next to the river, and the area along the river is now under the jurisdiction of Tonghe Township.
The section of the river that flows through Tonghe Township is clear, muddy, sand-free, and there are many bays along the river, many pond nests, many tulips, many fish and shrimp, many water snails, and many springs, which provides extremely rich and unique natural food for the ducks here. Xiangzi Bay on the north side of Tonghe Street is the central section of the river, which is called river urchin by the masses, and the duck eggs that come out here are the most standard tung eggs. With a large head, a heavy weight, generally 6 can reach 1 pound, melting the skin can see the egg yolk, the egg yolk is like sand rice, dark red. When eaten, put it in the soup and immediately float a layer of clear oil, which is of excellent quality. The relevant departments have proved that the content of 12 kinds of essential amino acids such as methionine and lysine in tung eggs is 5-8 times higher than that of ordinary duck eggs, and has obvious auxiliary therapeutic effects on various diseases such as hypertension, diarrhea, and numbness of limbs.
In recent years, tong eggs have embarked on the road of large-scale collective development from the sporadic decentralized processing of the people. In 1995, the township also officially registered the "Tong" trademark at the State Trademark Office. Today, there are more than 8,000 people in this small township with only more than 30,000 people engaged in the processing, transportation, purchase and sale of tung eggs.
Tonghe Tong Egg is a geographical indication protection product.
Source: Network