(Guilin Daily, text/photo Liu Jiaoqing, Huang Yongdan) In the golden autumn, the 2,000 mu of single-season red glutinous planted in Diling Village, Lejiang Township, Longsheng Autonomous County, ushered in the harvest season. People grabbed the good weather, cut the ripe ears of glutinous rice, tied them into straw handles, dried them and harvested them into the barns, and there was a harvest scene everywhere at the beginning and end of the village.
Diling Village is a famous red glutinous town, and every household in Dongzhai grows red glutinous. The cultivation of diling red glutinous can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty, with a history of nearly a thousand years. Diling has an excellent environment for the growth of red glutinous glutinous, it is located in the alpine semi-alpine mountainous area, the paddy field soil is fertile, and there is natural mountain spring water for irrigation.
Red glutinous rice is a traditional agricultural product of the spirit of the earth, when cooked, the color is like rouge, the smell is fragrant, the taste is excellent, so it is also called "rouge rice", "blood glutinous rice", "red rice". During the Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, the earth spirit red glutinous wax was used as a royal tribute. On November 28, 2017, at the National Agricultural Product Geographical Indication Review Conference, the declaration of the LongshengDi Linghong Glutinous Landmark successfully passed the expert review, and officially became the sixth national geographical indication agricultural product of Longsheng Autonomous County after Longsheng Fengji, Longsheng Kingfisher Duck, Longji Pepper, Longji Tea, and Diling Flower Pig.
Because Diling Village is located in an alpine mountainous area, in the past, farmers mainly planted red glutinous for their own food, so the planting was scattered, the management was extensive, and there was a lack of economic benefits. In recent years, young people have gone out to work, and most of these red glutinous are left behind by the hands of the elderly, and the area of red glutinous cultivation has decreased year by year. In addition, the yield of red glutinous is low, and the yield per mu is only about 300 kilograms, which is about half less than that of hybrid rice, so it is very precious and is the "noble rice" in the deep mountains.
In March this year, the "We are in Action" column of Oriental Satellite TV and caring enterprises from all over the country walked into Diling Village together. At the ordering meeting, the caring enterprise ordered 100,000 kilograms of red glutinous rice in Diling Village, and the local people were happy to blossom. The brand has been launched, the sales channel has been guaranteed, and the planting area of diling red glutinous glutinous has been rapidly expanded to 2,000 mu this year.
"Now there are ordering calls every day, there is no worry about sales, and the price can be sold for more than 20 yuan a kilogram." Wu Aijun, head of the Diling Red Glutinous Rice Cooperative, said that the cooperative planted more than 600 mu of red glutinous rice this year, the total output can reach 150,000 kilograms, and the cooperative has achieved sales income of 4.52 million yuan through cooperation with grain, oil and food companies, and the economic benefits are very impressive.