Where is the hometown of lotus root?

There are two lotus roots in China, one is Bahu Town, Linyi, Shandong Province, and the other is Baoying County, Jiangsu Province.

1. Bahu Town, Linyi City, Shandong Province

Hedong District of Linyi City relies on ten thousand mu of lotus pond in Jinganling, Bahu Town, to guide farmers to plant lotus roots, develop cash crops and sightseeing agriculture, increase farmers' income, and achieve remarkable economic and social benefits. In 28, it was officially named "Hometown of Lotus Roots in China" by China Vegetable Circulation Association. 2. Baoying in Baoying County, Jiangsu Province, which is famous as the Hometown of Lotus Roots in China. Here, the river network is dense, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, and the five lakes are like nine pearls embedded in this fertile land. In midsummer, the dense lotus leaves spread out in all directions from near to near, until the heaven and the earth meet and become one color, forming a spectacular "hundred-mile lotus fragrance" scenery.

Baoying is truly the first lotus root county in China, and its lotus root output, processing volume and export volume are the highest in China. Baoying lotus root farmers have mastered the skills of lotus root thin rotation, three-dimensional planting, multi-cropping cultivation, seedling diagnosis, rational use of fertilizer, scientific field management and so on. The planting area of lotus root is constantly expanding, and more than 1 thousand mu of lotus root is planted in the county.

With the tide of market economy, the pace of integration of trade, industry, agriculture, production and marketing of lotus root in Baoying County has gradually accelerated. Lotus root wholesale market wholesales more than 2, kilograms of lotus root to other provinces and cities every day during the lotus root listing season. All the townships producing lotus roots in the county have established lotus root trading markets, and more than 2, people are engaged in the purchase, sale and transportation of lotus roots all the year round. Baoying has become the largest lotus root wholesale center in China. The processing of lotus root has also made a new breakthrough. There are 11 lotus root products processing enterprises of a certain scale in the county, including 3 provincial groups.