Fusong County, Jilin Province is known as the hometown of what kind of medicinal materials?

Fusong County, Jilin Province is known as the hometown of ginseng.

Fusong County, which belongs to baishan city, Jilin Province, is located in the southeast of Jilin Province, on the upper reaches of Songhua River, at the northwest foot of Changbai Mountain, bordering Erdao Songhua River and Dunhua City in huadian city in the north, Linjiang City and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in the south, Antu County and Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the east, Jingyu County across the river in the west and Jiangyuan District in the west. It is located between east longitude12701'-12806' and north latitude 4142'-4249', with an administrative area of 6 159 square kilometers.

Fusong, the hometown of ginseng in China, has a history of 1500 years and cultivated ginseng artificially for more than 450 years. It is the origin and main producing area of genuine ginseng, and 70% of the global ginseng trade volume is completed in Fusong. At the same time, Fusong is also an important northern medicine base in China, with more than 870 kinds of wild Chinese herbal medicines, mainly ginseng.

Brief Introduction of China Ginseng Museum

Fusong county is a famous ginseng producing area with a long history of ginseng culture In thousands of years of seed collection history, ginseng culture has been formed, including ginseng stories and seed collection customs, which are rich in content. Among them, the custom of picking ginseng in Changbai Mountain has been approved by the State Council as a national intangible cultural heritage. Fusong County in Jilin Province was officially named "China Ginseng Town" by the state on 1995. In order to publicize and popularize ginseng industry and ginseng culture, Fusong County established the first ginseng museum in China-China Ginseng Museum.

The museum integrates collection, protection, research and other functions, covering an area of 3,240 square meters and an exhibition hall area of 202 1 square meter. It is divided into seven exhibition halls: preface hall, history hall, custom hall, product hall, film and television hall, product hall and temporary exhibition hall. The collection, cultivation, processing, application history and custom culture of China ginseng are displayed in the form of words, pictures and objects.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fusong County