Licheng Ginkgo Cultivation History - Ginkgo Cultivation History

Luancheng County is the hometown of the Shu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has a long history of splendid traditional culture, outstanding people, and rich products. Qin set up the county, the Tang Yuanhe years was called Yancheng County. The Han Dynasty Donghae-gun Office was located in Yucheng. Ancient Shu culture has a long history. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the monks of the monarchs of the monks of the Sui Dynasty had twice toward Chao Lu. The history books contain stories about "Confucius's teacher's son" and "Fengzi's deer and milk", and the story of Xunzi and scholar Cheng Zi's "dumping and speaking" story is known as the story of the future. In addition to the monarch, there have been many names in the history of empresses, prime ministers, big scientists, and big writers. As for the Neolithic cultural sites, the Qiwei Mailing Battle, the Donghai Xiaofu Story, the Kongden Promenade, the Qing Emperor Qianlong South Tour, and the six historical relics in Fucheng, legends and legends are numerous. Yancheng County is located in the southeast of Shandong Province, with a total area of ​​1307 square kilometers and a population of 970,000 people. It is bordered by three counties: Ganzhou, Xinyi, and Donghai in Jiangsu, and Linyi, Hedong, and Luozhuang in the north, west, and Linyi. County borders. Malingshan stretches east and the Weihe River runs through the north and south. It is less than 30 kilometers from the Bohai Sea and the Yanshi Railway, and 30-60 kilometers from Linyi, Lianyungang and Xuzhou Airport respectively. The 205, 301 National Highway, the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and the proposed Ha Long Railway are criss-crossing the territory and can be described as extending in all directions. Tancheng County is a warm and temperate semi-humid monsoon region with an average annual temperature of 13.2°C, an average annual rainfall of 843mm, an average annual sunshine of 2425 hours, and a frost-free period of 206 days. With four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate, most of the soil is neutral and fertile. Suitable for the growth of various trees and grain crops. Yicheng Ginkgo has a long history of cultivation. Guancun Temple in Xincun Township - Ginkgo trees with luxuriant foliage and tall banks, according to history books, the tree was planted in the Yongguang (western Han Dynasty from 43 to 39 BC), with a height of 37.6 meters and a diameter of 2.24 meters. The local people call it " Old God Tree." According to statistics, there are 20,000 Ginkgo biloba trees in the county. The peak period of the development of Ginkgo biloba in Licheng City was at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, with an annual output of about 3 million kilograms of ginkgo. During the acquisition season, the rivers and ships in the Luohe River were blocked, and the sails were anchored. Yuanyun transported Su, Hang, Shanghai, and Jia. A poet once wrote that "going out of sight, full of white orchards. Quzhi is difficult to count, and even more than ten million! Roots under the yellow spring, the crown cover the sky. Dry and coarse several hug, cicada climbing." The vivid and vivid depiction of the ginkgo garden landscape at that time. In the early 1980s, the special functions of Ginkgo biloba attracted people's attention. The county party committee and the county government examined the situation, seized the golden opportunity of ginkgo production, and led the people of the county to vigorously develop the production of ginkgo biloba. So far, the planting area of ​​Ginkgo biloba has reached 122,000 mu, and 1.3 million Ginkgo biloba plants have been planted, of which 100,000 trees have resulted in the formation of a large area of ​​ginkgo gardens in villages and townships such as Xincun, Zhongfang, and Maotou in the coastal areas along the Weihe River. With an annual output of 2,000 tons of Ginkgo biloba and 4,000 tons of dried leaves, it has become a major pillar industry in the region. The annual income of Ginkgo biloba, fruit, and seedlings amounts to 3-5 billion. Followed by the rapid rise of the processing industry. Now, we can provide 4,000 tons of high-quality Ginkgo biloba leaves, 1,000 tons of first-grade Ginkgo biloba, 200 tons of quick-frozen white nuts, 200 tons of preserved white nuts, 200 tons of dried Ginkgo biloba, 100 tons of ginkgo powder, and 200 tons of ginkgo biloba. 200 tons of leaf tea and 5 tons of ginkgo GBE products. Licheng Ginkgo biloba is the best in the country for both leaf and fruit production and cultivation area. In 1989, Wu Zhongqi, a famous calligrapher, came to Fucheng and readily wrote down the four characters of “The Hometown of Ginkgo”. Comrade Wang Guangying, who was vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 1990, came to Fucheng to inspect and wrote with enthusiasm for the praise of “the first county in the world”. In 1999, it was designated as “Hometown of China Ginkgo” by the country.