Where is Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee a specialty?

Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee is an agricultural product with geographical indications.

Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee - the 2015 National Famous and Excellent New Agricultural Product. Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee is rich in legends. There is such a legend: In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, an official in Zengcheng, Guangdong went to other places to serve as an official. , riding through Xiangshan Village, Gongguan Town, Hepu County, he took out the lychees he had brought with him from his hometown Zengcheng to quench his thirst, and then threw the lychee cores beside the road. Unexpectedly, several lychee trees grew out the next year. A few years later, these lychee trees blossomed and bore fruit, which tasted sweet and delicious. The villagers carefully cultivated it and cultivated it into Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee. There is also a story circulating in Hepu County and its surrounding areas about Zhu Ridao, a villager in Xiangshan Village, mailing Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychees to Chairman Mao. In June 1957, when the lychees were in fruition, Zhu Ridao, a five-guarantee householder, plucked the fruits from a 300-year-old chicken-mouthed lychee tree out of gratitude to Chairman Mao, and selected 200 lychees to be packed and mailed. To Chairman Mao. More than ten days later, Zhu Ridao received a reply from the "State Council Office", which stated that Chairman Mao had received the lychees, which tasted very good, and expressed his gratitude.

The Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee is produced in Xiangshan Village, Hepu Gongguan Town, Guangxi. It is named after the core of the fruit degenerates into the shape of a small chicken mouth. By the beginning of the 21st century, it has a cultivation history of more than 300 years. In the early 1950s, he selected samples and sent them to Chairman Mao Zedong for tasting, and received a reply letter of praise from the Secretariat of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. In 1995, Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee won the gold medal at the Second China Agricultural Expo and has great development value and market prospects.

The origin of Xiangshan Jizuili is Xiangshan Village, Hepu, and the history of Xiangshan Jizuili is nearly 400 years. According to historical records related to Hepu, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, an official in Zengcheng, Guangdong went to work in another place and passed through Xiangshan Village on horseback. Due to the hot weather, he took lychees from his hometown Zengcheng with him to quench his thirst. The lychee cores were thrown into a manure pit by the roadside. Unexpectedly, several lychee trees grew out the next year. A few years later, these lychee trees blossomed and bore fruit. Because it grows in manure pits, no one in the village dares to eat it. Later, after someone filled up the manure pit, the villagers picked the fruit and tasted it. According to Cai Zhaowang, an agronomist at the Fruit Office of the Hepu County Agricultural Bureau, the Xiangshan Jizui lychee should be a new variety that is a hybrid variation of other varieties. "The Jizui lychee has Zengcheng lychee 'Gualv' (a high-quality lychee variety) with less water and better texture. It is crispy, has the flavor of rock sugar, is sweet and slightly fragrant, and has the advantage of having a small core like 'Feizixiao'."

The Xiangshan chicken-mouth lychee is one of the rare and excellent lychee varieties in Guangxi. It is named after the core shape of a chicken-mouth. It is known as "one taste of chicken-mouth lychee, and you will not eat all the fruits in the world." Won the gold medal at the second agricultural expo and obtained the National Agricultural Products Geographical Indication Protection Registration Certificate in 2013. Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee is native to Malapo, Xiangshan Village, Gongguan Town, Hepu County, Guangxi, and has a cultivation history of more than 300 years. In the early 1950s, Mr. Zhu Ridao of Xiangshan Village selected samples and sent them to Chairman Mao for tasting, and received a reply letter from the Secretary Office of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee praising him. Distributed in various towns and villages throughout the county and surrounding counties and cities, the planting area exceeded 100,000 acres in 2013, and the county's output was 7,500 tons.

The Xiangshan Jizui lychee is a late-maturing variety. It usually blooms in April and matures in July. It has the characteristics of stable and high yield, good stress resistance and strong adaptability. It can also grow normally on barren land. Suitable for large-scale planting on hillsides and ridges. The fruit is of high quality and is the best among lychees. It is crooked heart-shaped or oblate when mature, and the weight of a single fruit is about 30 grams. The peel is thin and tough, dark red, with large and sparse cracks, flat or O-shaped protrusions. The arrangement is more regular, the sutures are broad and obvious, the top of the fruit is round, and the shoulder of the fruit is ridged in the shape of a saddle; the fruit core is degenerated into a chicken beak shape, the core is small, and the core rate is over 82%; the flesh is white waxy, thick and crisp, The flavor is sweet and slightly fragrant; the juice is medium, with an edible rate of more than 80%. The sugar content in lychee pulp is as high as 20%; in every 100 ml of juice, the vitamin C content can reach up to 70 ml. In addition, it also contains protein, fat, Citric acid, fruit acid, phosphorus, calcium, iron and other ingredients. The sales price of the products can be more than 2 times higher than that of ordinary varieties, up to more than 100 yuan per kilogram. During the peak harvest season, supply is often in short supply.

Regional Scope

The geographical indication protection scope of Xiangshan Chicken Mouth Lychee agricultural products is within the county area of ??Hepu County, located at the southern end of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the northeastern coast of Beibu Gulf, which belongs to the south subtropical region. The terrain slopes from north to south. Part of Quzhang Township, Gongguan Town, and Zhakou Town in the north are hills, and the rest are mostly terraces and plains. It borders Bobai County and Lianjiang County of Guangdong Province to the east, Qinzhou City to the west, Pubei County and Lingshan County to the north, and Beihai City to the south; the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 96 kilometers, and the maximum longitudinal distance from north to south is 54 kilometers. . There are 9 towns in the county located along the coast, with a coastline of 308 kilometers. The geographical indication protection scope of Xiangshan Jizui Lychee agricultural products includes Gongguan Town, Quzhang Township, Zhakou Town, Changle Town, Shikang Town, Shiwan Town, Baisha Town, Shankou Town, Shatian Town, Lianzhou Town, Dangjiang Town, There are 15 towns and villages including Xingdaohu Township, Wujia Town, Xichang Town, and Shagang Town and the 273 administrative village (neighborhood) committees under their jurisdiction. The protected area is located between 108°51′-109°46′ east longitude and 21°27′-21°55′ north latitude. The regional growth area is 4,000 hectares and the output is 30,000 tons.