"The hometown of astragalus in the north of China" builds a bridge for people of all ethnic groups to get rich

Guyang County is located at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain in the Yinshan Mountain Range, looking at the Yellow River in the south, connecting the desert in the north, the Great Wall of Qin and Han Dynasties stretches east and west, the ancient town of Huaishuo in the Northern Wei Dynasty tells the Hanmo Huazhang of the head of the six towns, the border cities of the past dynasties are numerous, the ancient wars are numerous, the alpine meadows and grasslands of Chunkun Mountain are charming and colorful, and the Daxian Mountain and Ma'anshan are abrupt and majestic. There were human activities in the Neolithic Age, and the folk song "Song of the Northern Dynasties", which sings about the magnificent richness of the northern grasslands and the scenery outside the Saiwai, originated here. Most of the residents come from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Mongolia and Hebei provinces, and the rich Xikou culture retains the complete folk customs of the Central Plains, with profound cultural heritage and simple folk customs, and the history of thousands of years has witnessed the development and changes of exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups. In the new era, the people of all ethnic groups in Guyang County will work together in unity and sing a new chapter of unity and forge ahead in Guyang County.

Guyang County is the country's famous "hometown of Astragalus membranaceus", every year in the summer season of July, into the new Yingpan Village, Huaishuo Town, Guyang County, shuttle in the 160 acres of Astragalus organic production demonstration base, a ridge of Astragalus is full of green, refreshing, and the seedlings exude a refreshing medicinal fragrance. The unique plateau landform environment and climatic conditions have created high-quality Guyang Astragalus. Guyang has a long history of collecting wild astragalus, and artificial cultivation of astragalus has a history of more than 60 years in Guyang. Promoting the expansion, extension and link of the astragalus industry and building the brand of Zhengbei astragalus is making the hot land of Dahou Mountain exude vitality and open a new picture of the happy life of the people of all ethnic groups in Guyang County.

Past life The history of astragalus cultivation for thousands of years

Located in the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, the golden latitude zone of 41 ° north latitude, Guyang County has unique soil texture, cool plateau climate, full sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, is the natural growth place of Astragalus membranaceus, the production of due north (Mongolia) Astragalus fiber is fine, powdery, sweet taste, and the content of active ingredients is more. Astragalus membranaceus is a holy medicine of traditional Chinese medicine to replenish qi, a commonly used bulk medicinal material, not only widely used in various clinical departments in China, known as "ten medicines and eight membranaceus", but also has a considerable influence in the international medicinal plant market, once was the largest export variety of Chinese medicinal materials in the mainland. In the early years, the production areas of Astragalus membranaceus in mainland China were mainly in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi, and then gradually shifted from southwest to northwest and northeast regions, and now they are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shanxi and Northeast China. Mongolian astragalus is an authentic medicinal material and a leading variety in Guyang production area.

According to reports, Guyang County has a long history, the history of local collection of wild astragalus is more than 1,000 years, and the planting began in the 60s of the last century, when the Guyang County Pharmaceutical Company sprinkled seeds on the farmland, and the trial was successful. In 1974, the cultivation mode of seedlings in the first year and transplanted seedlings in the second year was implemented in the planting of Astragalus membranaceus in Guyang. On this basis, the first horizontal sowing technology of Astragalus membranaceus in China was gradually formed and promoted, which laid the foundation for large-scale planting and production.

In this life, we will extend the industrial chain and inject new momentum into the development of the astragalus industry

In the astragalus field of Heleng Village, Yinhao Town, Guyang County, villager Liu Ruiguo casually pulled up a stem, and the thumb-thick astragalus poked its head out of the ground. "Planting astragalus is a technical job, and the income from planting is high. The most important thing is rotation, many legumes such as sugar beet, potatoes, etc., can not be planted in rotation with astragalus. Speaking of astragalus planting, Liu Ruiguo opened the conversation. He admitted frankly that he has been planting astragalus for decades, and he has always relied on his own planting experience. It wasn't until the county sent experts to the villagers that the quality of the astragalus they grew improved and the selling price rose.

In Guyang County Authentic Agricultural Products Professional Cooperative, the astragalus stacks on the drying field exude the unique fragrance of Chinese medicinal materials, and bundles of packed astragalus will be sent to all parts of the country. According to Fan Wenhong, the person in charge, since 2017, the cooperative has signed standardized planting orders with growers every year, provided seedlings and organic fertilizers, and supervised them in accordance with a series of group standards for standardized production of Chinese herbal medicines. Astragalus that meets the organic planting standards is recycled at 4 yuan per catty, and a total of tens of thousands of acres of orders have been signed so far to purchase 6 million kilograms of astragalus. The locally produced high-quality astragalus has attracted well-known domestic pharmaceutical companies such as Beijing Tong Ren Tang, Jiangsu Yangtze River Pharmaceutical, and Jilin Changbaishan Pharmaceutical. Driven by such a mechanism of interest linkage, more and more farmers have started standardized planting.

From the initial artificial planting, to today's mechanized planting, from the initial single-handed, to the establishment of cooperatives, from the sale of raw membranaceus, to the sale of selected slices, from the drug dealers to buy at the door, to have stable customers all over the country...... At present, Guyang County has initially formed an astragalus industry chain based on planting, processing and marketing, and has become a characteristic and advantageous industry to promote the economic development of the county, increase agricultural efficiency, and enrich farmers.

Strengthen brand building and polish the golden sign of astragalus

Guyang County is the "stable county of agriculture and animal husbandry" in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, with the beautiful scenery of "three mountains and two cities", carrying the bearing of "Qin Feng and Wei Yun". Since the advent of "41° Guyang Xian", it has become an important carrier of agricultural and livestock products in Guyang County. Develop good products. With the strong support of China Pharmaceutical University, Guyang County has built a joint laboratory of Guyang Astragalus Health Industry, and solved the planting and processing technology problems in the production of Astragalus through standard guidance, standardized the management of the whole process of Astragalus cultivation, processing and production, improved the yield and quality of Guyang Astragalus, promoted the transformation of scientific research achievements, and invested 160 million yuan to build an Astragalus Industrial Park covering an area of 1,200 acres. The National Health Commission approved that Guyang County, as the first batch of pilot areas in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, carried out the pilot work of material management of astragalus membranaceus as both a food and a Chinese medicinal material according to tradition. With the approval of the pilot project of medicine and food homology, Guyang Astragalus ushered in the era of intensive processing. This marks that Astragalus in Guyang County can not only be used as a raw material for medicines and health care products, but also as a food raw material to enter the field of food production, forming six Astragalus industrial chains of Astragalus medicinal, Astragalus wine, Astragalus cosmetics, Astragalus food, Astragalus health care products, and Astragalus tea, which provides an unprecedented opportunity for Astragalus membranaceus in Guyang County to be sold from planting to deep processing, from primary agricultural products to high value-added products, and opens up a "golden" channel for Zhengbei Astragalus to go out of Baotou and go to the whole country. Create a good brand. Guyang Astragalus leverages the promotion of regional public brands to build an "online + offline" brand strategy promotion channel. It has held three consecutive sessions of the China Guyang Zhengbei Astragalus Summit Forum, and has invited more than 600 domestic pharmaceutical experts, scholars from scientific research institutions, and heads of well-known pharmaceutical companies to make suggestions and suggestions for the development of Guyang Astragalus based on the industry. In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the planting scale of "Zhengbei Astragalus" in Guyang County, three seasonal Astragalus trading markets have gradually formed, namely the Xiashihao Medicinal Materials Trading Market, the Yinhao Medicinal Materials Trading Market, and the Zhengbei Qi Company Medicinal Materials Trading Market. In order to match local astragalus growers and pharmaceutical dealers, the Zhengbeiqi Association of Guyang County was established, which effectively solved the problem of difficult sales of raw membranaceus, and the products were exported to Hebei, Anhui and other regions. In addition, Lavande Hotel in Hohhot, Qingshan Hotel in Baotou City, Yiji Group and other places have opened directly-operated stores and set up exhibition counters, and achieved "explosive orders" through Internet celebrities, e-commerce platforms, on-site sales, etc. The sales volume of Astragalus deep processing products reached 35.533 million yuan, of which the cumulative sales of offline direct stores were 11.5465 million yuan, and the cumulative sales of online platforms including Douyin, Kuaishou, Taobao and Pinduoduo were 3.4115 million yuan.

Nowadays, Guyang County continues to give all the reform and development to highlight the significance of the sense of community of the Chinese nation, driven by the leading industry of astragalus, Guyang Babao also through the "41 ° Guyang dedication" overall travel, in order to improve people's livelihood, cohesion of people's hearts for the significance, drive the people of all ethnic groups in Guyang County to get rid of poverty and become rich, so that the Chinese national community is unbreakable.