Located 150 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the ancient city of Xuanhua is a famous grape producing area in China, known as "the first capital in western Beijing, the millennium grape city".
Every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the grapes are full of fragrance, and the pearly milk grapes attract visitors from all over the world, satisfying people's taste buds and sending festive greetings.
Introduction of Xuanhua milk grapes
Xuanhua milk grape flesh is crisp and juicy, moderately sweet and sour, rich in glucose, vitamins and minerals, peelable, with the characteristics of knife cut without juice, is one of the best fresh grape varieties in China, with non-transplantability. The soil in our area is mostly light flood alluvial light millet calcareous soil and sand flood alluvial light millet calcium soil, rich in calcium and potassium, which is extremely beneficial to promoting the development of grape roots and improving the assimilation rate of leaves, so that the sugar content of grapes is also significantly increased. Sufficient light and less precipitation make glucose high, good coloring, less disease, and high safety.
Legend has it that during the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian introduced milk grapes when he went to the Western Regions.
According to historical records, our region began to introduce and cultivate grapes from the Tang Dynasty, and due to the unique natural climatic conditions to cultivate a unique "white milk grape" variety, so far, the cultivation history has been more than 1300 years, is the traditional funnel rack grape planting area.
In 900 AD, Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor came to Xuanhua and tasted white milk grapes, and praised: "This is the best of the fruit, and the imperial court must..." Mr. Cao Yu, a famous dramatist, has the following memories of Xuanhua around the beginning of the Republic of China: "When Yu was a child, he lived with his father in Xuanhua... However, I remember that the grape particles in my mouth are sweet and fresh. ”
Xuanhua Milk Grape Honorary Award
Xuanhua milk grapes have won a number of awards at home and abroad, and in the first year of the Qing Dynasty (1909), they won the "Honorary Product Award" at the Panama International Products Exposition, and won the "Top 100 Regional Public Brand Value of Chinese Agricultural Products" award for four consecutive years. On June 26, 2007, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Xuanhua Milk Grape". In November 2019, it was selected as a regional public brand of agricultural products in the Directory of Chinese Agricultural Brands in 2019.
The core production area of Xuanhua milk grapes
The scope of protection of Xuanhua milk grape geographical indication products is subject to the scope proposed by the People's Government of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, "Request for Instructions on the Declaration of the Protection of "Xuanhua Milk Grape" Geographical Indication Products" (Zhengzi [2006] No. 117), which is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of six townships, including Chunguang Township, Hezixi Township and Houjiamiao Township in Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, and Gujiaying Town, Dacanggai Town and Dongwangshan Township in Xuanhua County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province.
Xuanhua milk grapes have poetry praise
Xuanhua Huaigu
The first capital of Jingxi Pinghan, Shanggu City is in the sixth branch.
Wind sculpture of old vines can be tired of snow, knife cut milk does not flow juice.
Gifts from the festival are far away, and Zhang Kuguan is on the way.
Qingyuan bells spread for hundreds of miles, and the rivers and mountains are known to the world.
In 2020, three young people who returned to their hometowns to start a business, in order to let more people taste the specialties of their hometowns, in order to protect the intangible cultural heritage of Xuanhua milk grapes, ran all over the relevant responsible departments of Xuanhua, and finally obtained the official formal authorization under the approval of leaders at all levels, and successfully built Xuanhua's first official milk grape sales platform, WeChat Mini Program Mall - "Xuanhua Grapes".
In order to upgrade the appearance packaging of traditional Xuanhua milk grapes, the graduation master of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts specially searched for the Xuanhua milk grape national tide packaging box. The appearance of this box is atmospheric, following the current mainstream national tide.
The three young people are not afraid of hardship, have the courage to take responsibility, and participate in many meetings with Xuanhua milk grapes, which are deeply loved by people from all walks of life. The increase in offline purchase orders has kept growers busy. The most profound memory of young people: as soon as the online platform was launched, a user placed an order in Germany in the middle of the night and mailed it to his parents in Tianjin. Listening to him recall that when he was a child, he came to Xuanhua once, that is, to taste the Xuanhua milk grapes at that time, and the feeling at that time is still fresh in my memory. The other is a teacher who once lived in Xuanhua for a period of time, and is now a professor at a university in Shanghai, when placing an order through the platform, the most said word is to finally find you, very early want to taste milk grapes again, has not been able to find, trust friends to buy, friends in Beijing is very inconvenient, now good. Thank you!
Online orders have increased sharply for a time, every time the package is a courier brother to help, every minute is shipping, really no time to eat, although tired, but very happy and proud.