What are the specialties of Xuwen?

Xuwen county green tea has a thick green and smooth color, lasting aroma, clear and bright soup color and fresh and sweet taste. The annual tea-picking period in the eastern and northern mountainous areas of xuwen county is 8- 10 month. In early spring, tea is picked 30-70 days earlier than the tea-producing areas in the Yangtze River valley and 2 months earlier than the main producing areas in East China, Central China and Yunnan, which has unique tea-producing conditions. Tea planting in xuwen county has a long history, which can be traced back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. More than 400 years ago, there were techniques and traditional habits of making tea. According to the relevant information of forestry department, there is a tea tree with a age of more than 400 years in Shanliao Village, Shibanling, Xiaqiao Town, xuwen county. By the forties and fifties of the 20th century, there had been scattered small-area tea gardens in xuwen county, and there were folk tea workshops for manual frying. This was mainly planted by returned overseas Chinese from Nanyang and Guangfu and Gaoliang immigrants who came to Xuwen to open up wasteland and drink green tea at that time. In the sixties and seventies of last century, Xuwen Reclamation Area began to plant a large number of tea, which developed into mechanical processing and became a local characteristic industry. At that time, Xu Wen's tea was very famous. The "Xiongou" and "Warrior" brand teas produced here won the title of the first batch of green food in China in 1990, and were selected into various tea lists such as China Tea Classic. The following year, it was listed as the green food tea production base of the Ministry of Agriculture. After entering the 1990s, the "Xiongou" and "Warrior" brand teas produced by Xu Wendi enjoyed a good reputation and a good market. Won the first place in the selection of famous tea in Guangdong, Guangxi and Qiong provinces for six consecutive years; 1992, Xiongou and Yongshi brand green tea recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture had the honor to represent China's environmental protection food and participated in the exhibition of the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil with Comrade Li Peng; 1995, 1997 China agricultural Expo and China international tea party won silver prizes respectively; 1999 was rated as a pollution-free high-quality food of green tea in Guangdong Province.

shark's fin

The shark's fin produced by Xuwen is the best in shark's fin. It has fine processing, good quality and delicious taste. The quantity and quality were once "among the best in coastal counties of China" and were favored by the world. In 1960s and 1970s, Xuwen shark's fin was mainly used for export as a specialty of "upgrading to Beijing to receive foreign guests". It was once chosen as a state banquet. 1972 During President Nixon's visit to China, Xu Wen's shark fin was included in the banquet.

sisal hemp

Originally from Mexico, it is called sisal because its leaves are like swords. 190 1 Introduced by overseas Chinese, it was widely planted in Leizhou Peninsula in the last century for the needs of national defense construction. In 1960s, scientists and technicians cultivated a high-yield variety named Dongfanghong No.1.. Zhanjiang has built the largest sisal base in China, covering an area of 87,000 mu.

jackfruit

Xuwen is rich in pineapples, also known as Paul, especially Paul garden village in Nanshan Town. Planting has a long history and excellent varieties, and it is very famous in the south, so it is known as the king of Lingnan fruit. Pineapple is a strange fruit. First, being born in the right place. After crossing the north of Nandu River in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, the tree can grow but not bear fruit. Second, pineapples can only be planted in the village yard, not in the wild, which shows their popularity.

Xuwen Alpinia officinarum

Xuwen county * * * planted more than 46,000 mu of Alpinia officinarum, accounting for more than 90% of the national output. Among them, the quality of Alpinia officinarum produced in Longtang Town is the best, with a yield of more than 4,000 kg/mu, which enjoys a high reputation in the Southeast Asian market and is known as "China Longtang Alpinia officinarum". Xuwen county galangal is mainly sold to Southeast Asia, Africa, Japan, the Middle East and other countries and regions. Xuwen county has a long history of planting galangal. According to the Records of History of Song Dynasty, Guangdong Tongzhi and Xuwen County Records of Qing Dynasty, Xuwen Alpine Ginger was a tribute to the imperial palace in Song Dynasty. Alpinia officinarum produced by Xuwen is golden in color, fragrant in smell and high in powder content. In the east of xuwen county, you can see patches of artificially planted galangal beside rocks, canyons or weeds.