High-Level,
It is the "hometown of cinnamon, China's famous and excellent economic forest"
"Famous Cinnamon County of China",
"Gaoyao Cinnamon" has also been approved for registration as
National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.
And the core production area of "Gaoyao cinnamon",
Just northwest of Gaoyao,
Located on the north bank of the Xijiang River, Lubu Town, a thousand-year-old ancient port.
When it comes to cinnamon mining season,
The mountains and forests of Lubu are filled with the fragrance of cinnamon.
Rely on the mountain to eat the mountain,
In Pishan Village, Lubu Shuangma Village Committee
The villagers have cultivated for generations,
10,000 acres of green hills behind the village, cinnamon forest.
Morning
The reporter followed the villagers into Guishan,
Experience the joys and sorrows of Kaigui.
Coming to a place where cinnamon grows luxuriantly in the middle of the mountain, villager Ming Ge cut the laurel tree with a hand-held chainsaw, and in less than a minute, the more than ten meters high laurel tree fell to the ground, which was much more efficient than a machete.
On the other side, Uncle Zhang, a villager, was not idle, only to see him use a cinnamon knife as a ruler, measure out about 40 centimeters to mark the segments, skillfully peel off the skin on the trunk, and cut a knife along the trunk, this step is called "stabbing Gui".
Then Uncle Zhang took out a horn shovel, and in a push, a complete piece of wet cinnamon was easily peeled off. Cinnamon bark, cinnamon firewood, and cinnamon branches are sorted and stacked so that they can be quickly "packed" when going down the mountain.
Gui Nong, Uncle Zhang
In the past, cinnamon and cinnamon had to be carried down the mountain by people's shoulders, which weighed more than 100 catties and was very hard. Now you can use a cart to push the cinnamon to the foot of the mountain, and then use a tricycle or motorcycle to transport it.
The cinnamon industry is one of the traditional characteristic industries in Lubu Town and even Gaoyao District, and the cinnamon farmers know everything about cinnamon by heart. According to reports, the best period for Kaigui is only about a month after Qingming to Lixia. Now just after the beginning of summer, the Gui farmers should seize the time of about ten days before the Gui tree sprouts.
Wind and rain, only to get cinnamon. Usually, the villagers set out alone with lunch in the morning and worked until about 5 p.m. before descending the mountain, during which they repeated the boring physical labor, resting on the slopes when they were tired, and eating their own lunch when they were hungry.
Although the eyes are full of verdant and birds, it is really not pleasant. If you ask them why they are so tired and persistent, they may not be able to say much reason, but between the lines they are inseparable from the inheritance of "tradition" and the pride of "we are good".
Gui Nong, Uncle Zhang
I have been doing it for more than ten years, and I started to go up the mountain with my mother when I was a teenager and a child, and my ancestors have been doing this for generations. Cinnamon is full of treasures, there are cinnamon, cinnamon firewood, cinnamon branches, many people will come to buy, sent to the cinnamon processing factory in Lubu Town for processing. The landscape of Lubu is good, and the quality of the cinnamon grown is also good.
Early the next morning, the villagers took out the new cinnamon harvested yesterday to dry, and at this time, the terrace, in front of the square, and on the side of the village road were full of cinnamon, and the village was filled with the unique fragrance of cinnamon.
One side of the water and soil breeds one side of the treasure. There are many mountains in Lubu Town, and the altitude is moderate, the sunshine is sufficient, it is very suitable for the growth of cinnamon, the cinnamon bark planted is thick and fleshy, the cinnamon oil impurities are less, and the cinnamon aldehyde content is high, which is well-known at home and abroad. Lubu Town Yufeng Agricultural and Sideline Products Processing Factory is one of the enterprises that sell "Gaoyao Cinnamon" to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.
"The advantage of Gaoyao cinnamon is that it is more yellow, there are fewer white spots, and the quality is better than that of other regions. We mainly export, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Africa, Egypt, etc., which are well received by customers at home and abroad, and are currently mainly primary processing products. He Guoming, director of Yufeng Agricultural and By-product Processing Factory in Lubu Town, said: "Next, we will further plan to develop deep processing, such as making fine small packaging, refining cinnamon oil, etc., to drive the increase of additional output value and purchase more advanced equipment." ”
As the town with the largest cinnamon planting area in Gaoyao District,
As of 2023,
The cinnamon planting area of Lubu Town is 160,000 acres,
The output reached 7,940 tons.
There are 44 cinnamon processing factories in the town.
More than 3,000 related employees,
The fragrance has been floating for thousands of years, and the cinnamon that sells well overseas
It has become a characteristic pillar industry to increase peasants' incomes.
Zhang Jianye, deputy mayor of Lubu Town
In the next step, Lubu Town will take the implementation of the "Millions and Thousands Project" as an opportunity to seize the opportunity of cinnamon advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, insist on doing a good job in making excellent cinnamon native products, actively expand the scale of cinnamon planting, and carefully make the cinnamon brand bigger, better and stronger. Actively explore the "cinnamon +" industry, accelerate the intensive processing of cinnamon branches, cinnamon leaves, cinnamon oil, cinnamon tea, etc., continuously extend the industrial chain, promote the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in Lubu southern medicine industry, and make every effort to promote the high-quality development of the southern medicine industry.
In Gaoyao,
Cinnamon is not only a southern medicine, an ingredient,
It is also a part of the lives of the local people,
Carrying their yearning for a better life,
It is one of the magic weapons of strengthening the county to promote the town and the village.
▲The above picture was taken by Zou Huabin
In recent years, Gao Yao has earnestly grasped the construction of the six agricultural whole industrial chains of "shrimp, rice, duck, pig, sheep and cinnamon", and has done fine and in-depth "local specialty" articles. Nowadays, Gaoyao takes "Gaoyao Cinnamon" as the raw material, innovates and develops delicate and pure Gaogui rice noodles, fragrant and delicious Gaogui tea, mellow and full Gaogui wine, aromatic Gaogui wrapped steamed rice dumplings, delicious and crispy Gaogui shrimp cakes and other series of "Gaogui" New Year's dishes, as well as exploring the breeding of Gaogui shrimp, Gaogui duck, etc., which has injected a strong impetus into the high-quality development of the cinnamon industry.
▲Photo by Wu Yudan
Source: Gao Yao Release