Hometown of Osmanthus in China

The hometown of Chinese osmanthus - Guihua Town, Xian'an District, is located in the southeast of Xianning City. Osmanthus fragrans in this town is famous for its large area, complete varieties, high yield, good flower quality and many ancient osmanthus. In 2000, the Ministry of Forestry and the China Flower Association officially named it the "Hometown of Chinese Osmanthus". Osmanthus cultivation has a long history and there are complete varieties of osmanthus trees, including 9 varieties of osmanthus, including gold, silver, red, iron, four seasons and laurel. ** *There are more than 1.5 million osmanthus trees, and a small number of thousand-year-old osmanthus trees still exist. The annual output of flowers is more than 200,000 kilograms. The town currently has an osmanthus nursery of 2,000 acres with 60 million osmanthus seedlings, which can be transplanted in spring and autumn. The development of Osmanthus fragrans has dual economic and ecological benefits, and is also an excellent tree species for urban greening.

Xian'an Osmanthus fragrans is said to come from the sky. Local people often say that Osmanthus fragrans is "sown by Chang'e in the moon and cultivated by fairies in the mountains." The sweet-scented osmanthus here is famous throughout the country for its numerous, dense, large flowers, thick petals, bright color and rich fragrance. The "August Gui Pai" series of products including osmanthus dew, osmanthus rice wine, osmanthus wine, sugar osmanthus, pure osmanthus, osmanthus honey, osmanthus cake, osmanthus tea, osmanthus eight-treasure tea and other products produced through scientific formula are natural and authentic green foods. Selling well all over the country.

Xianning City has a long history of osmanthus cultivation. According to historical records, Qu Yuan, a poet during the Warring States Period more than 2,300 years ago, passed through Xianning and wrote the beautiful poems "Lay osmanthus wine with pepper paste" and "Pei Wu rides on a osmanthus boat." There was a folk tradition of brewing sweet-scented osmanthus wine 500 years ago.

During thousands of years of mutual dependence, the people of Xianning have taken Osmanthus fragrans as their confidant. Not only do they love and praise Gui, but Erqiao has tasted the charm of Gui culture. Whenever the wind is clear, the moon is bright, and the fragrance of osmanthus is refreshing, Xianning people like to accompany the Mid-Autumn Festival with osmanthus wine. The family eats osmanthus mooncakes to celebrate reunion. Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, flower farmers in Xian'an will hold a grand Mid-Autumn Festival folk memorial event. On the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they will "watch the moonlight" and "sacrifice Chang'e" to pray for rain and dew from the sky to ensure that the sweet-scented osmanthus will have good harvest that year. of harvest.

Xianning Osmanthus Museum is the first osmanthus-themed expo in China. It was officially opened in 2010 at the Zhuangyuan Pavilion attraction in Qianshan National Forest Park. The expo hall focuses on the popular science knowledge about osmanthus and the osmanthus culture of Xianning.

The first floor of the Expo is an exhibition area for popular science knowledge about osmanthus and Chinese osmanthus culture. It is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. The second floor is an exhibition area for osmanthus products and Xianning osmanthus culture. Here you can learn about various osmanthus products and the osmanthus culture with unique regional characteristics.