Xiangshan is the origin and main production of the great white goose in eastern Zhejiang.
The geographical location and natural environment of Xiangshan Mountain have been a resting place for migratory birds and wild geese from the south to the north since ancient times.
Xiangshan white goose, that is, the wild geese caught by the ancestors, after long-term domestication and cultivation, gradually domesticated, so the breeding history is long, and there are records of white geese breeding in the Qin Dynasty.
Xiangshan, from the hatching of seedlings and geese, to the breeding and sales of white geese, and then to the products of goose down duvets, goose feather fans, painted goose quills, painted goose eggshells, etc., has formed an industrial system of breeding goose seedling production, meat goose breeding and goose product processing, and the sales area is from the northeast to Hainan, and then to the west.
The white goose industry chain has become one of the "7+1" agricultural industries in Xiangshan.
Xiangshan has become the largest breeding base of white geese in eastern Zhejiang, with 1.26 million white geese in the county, an annual production and sales of 10 million fry geese, and an output value of 560 million yuan in the whole industrial chain.
On September 30, 2010, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Xiangshan White Goose".
On December 25, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the second batch of agricultural products with geographical indications for registration in 2020, and "Xiangshan White Goose" was selected.
Xiangshan White Goose, after becoming the "Xiangshan Red Citrus", is the second product to be included in the national agricultural product geographical indication registration.
The times have progressed, and the traditional method of raising geese has advanced to scientific and technological goose farming.
Walking into the incubation area is really eye-opening.
Intelligent waterfowl incubator, to achieve large-scale and intelligent hatching, after setting the parameters, the incubator in the morning, middle and evening automatically adjust the temperature and humidity and other incubation conditions.
The incubation cycle is about one month, and a hatcher can hatch 10,000 goose eggs in one cycle, and save labor costs.
Previously, wooden boxes were used to manually hatch fry geese, and a wooden box could only hatch 3,000 goose eggs in a cycle.
Through the intelligent incubation of incubators, efficiency and cost have been worlds apart.
Since 2009, Xiangshan has held the Xiangshan White Goose Festival through the form of government setting up a platform and enterprise participation.
On June 8, 2021, it is the 9th Xiangshan White Goose Festival.
Elephant mountain white goose, enriching people's lives.
The white goose of Xiangshan is a herbivore, and the tidal grassland of Xiangshan provides a rich source of feed for the white goose.
Xiangshan White Goose, in addition to domestic sales, is also exported to Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and other places, and is deeply loved.
Not only that, the "Xiangshan White Goose" was also included in the East-West Poverty Alleviation Cooperation Aid Project, and the Longjing White Goose Breeding Base was built in Jilin Province.