What are the benefits of fish ponds in Shan Zhi?

Shan Zhi fish ponds have stronger advantages, better impact resistance, convenient materials and durability.

Located in the alluvial Pearl River Delta south of the Tropic of Cancer, it has mild climate, abundant rainfall, long sunshine time and fertile soil all year round. It is an important base of three-base fish ponds rich in sericulture, pond fish and sugarcane, with dense inland river networks, convenient transportation and superior natural conditions. However, low-lying areas often cause floods.

It has seriously threatened people's life and production activities. According to local characteristics, local people dig low-lying land into ponds and raise freshwater fish according to local conditions. By piling soil around the fish pond to form the pond foundation, the flood can be reduced. The production mode of pond foundation can kill two birds with one stone. Shan Zhi fish pond is a unique agricultural production form in the Pearl River Delta region.

It is famous for its virtuous cycle of production. In the past life of Shan Zhi Fish Pond, the earliest recorded Shan Zhi Fish Pond was in Huzhou, Zhejiang. Originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has a history of more than 2,500 years and is the earliest ecological agriculture model in the world. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the breeding mode of "Shan Zhi Fish Pond" was introduced from the Central Plains to the agricultural areas of the Pearl River Delta.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the heyday of the development of "Shan Zhi Fish Pond" in the Pearl River Delta. In Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou became the only raw silk export port in China, and the international demand for raw silk promoted the development of sericulture. In Jiujiang in the South China Sea, Longshan and Longjiang in Shunde, and Poshan Town in Gaohe, local farmers have "wasted rice and trees". "Shan Zhi Fish Pond" quickly spread all over the Pearl River Delta.