Wannian Specialty: Tribute Rice and Pearls
The traditional and valuable specialty “Ten Thousand Years Tribute Rice” has been passed down for thousands of years. It is famous throughout the country for its beautiful shape, bright color, fragrant taste and high quality. However, due to its strict requirements on ecological conditions and low yield, it has not been cultivated on a large scale. After the reform and opening up, as people's quality of life continues to improve, the market has higher and higher requirements for product quality. The Wannian County Party Committee and County Government made a decisive decision to develop high-quality rice production, mainly the tribute rice series, as a major aspect of agriculture. To grasp the leading industries, we have established relationships with universities and research institutes such as Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Rice Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and jointly developed Gonggu No. 1, Gonggu No. 2, and Gonggu 3. and other high-quality new rice varieties, promote and introduce famous, special and excellent rice varieties, such as Heibao, Liudasi Miao, genetically engineered rice, Zayou series, etc., and develop tribute rice, red rice, black rice, soft rice and more than 10 series of new products, and is based in Peimei Town, the origin of traditional tribute rice, radiating throughout the county, large-scale planting, and industrial development. In 1997, the high-quality rates of early and late rice in Wannian County reached 82.5% and 95.7% respectively. Not only that, in order to seriously play the "brand" of tribute rice, Wannian County has also actively followed the road of integrated management of "production, processing and marketing" and vigorously developed the tribute rice series processing industry, with Peimei Refined Rice Factory as the leader. It has successively researched, developed and produced more than 10 products such as tribute rice refined rice, tribute rice noodles, instant rice noodles, pai rice noodles, pearl tribute rice wine, etc. The products are exported to 14 provinces and cities across the country, and the supply exceeds demand. In order to adapt to the industrial development of tribute rice series high-quality rice production, Wannian County established the "Wannian Spring" tribute rice group in 1997 to provide all-round services before, during and after production, forming an integrated pattern of trade, industry and agriculture. Freshwater pearls are another famous product of Wannian. They enjoy a high reputation in the country and even some countries and regions in Southeast Asia. There is a saying that "for Chinese pearls, look to Jiangxi, and for Jiangxi pearls, look to Wannian". Pearl production in Wannian County started in the 1970s. After more than 20 years of exploration and development, it has now formed the "four self" capabilities of self-propagation, self-breeding, self-seeding, and self-cultivation and the "fish farming in water, pearl farming in water" "Raising ducks by the water and raising pigs by the shore" is a three-dimensional breeding model with an ecological virtuous cycle, and has formed a new management system that integrates breeding, breeding, and processing, and integrates production, processing, and marketing. Now, with Huyun Aquatic Farm, the birthplace of Wannian Pearl, as the center, there are 18 towns and villages in the county, from the lakeside to the hills and mountainous areas, pearl farming sites are dotted all over the country, including state-owned, collective, private, Sino-foreign joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned, and joint-stock pearl farming. , processing enterprises are springing up like mushrooms after a rain. In 1997, the county's pearl cultivation area increased from 3,800 acres in 1992 to 22,000 acres, and pearl production increased from 2 tons to 26 tons, accounting for nearly 3/4 of the total pearls in Jiangxi Province. Pearl products have developed from a single ordinary bead to six types, including elephant beads, special-shaped beads, nucleated beads, nucleated beads, colored beads, and recycled beads. The processed products include six series: jewelry, crafts, cosmetics, food, medicine, and health care. There are more than 130 varieties, including more than 50 varieties of pearl jewelry. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, corsages, ties and other decorations made from pearls are exquisite, clear and dazzling. In 1983, they won the title of high-quality products from the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Its series of products, including pearl powder, pearl ointment, pearl cream, pearl summer dew, pearl beverage, pearl natural oral liquid, pearl stomach nourishing noodles, pearl tea, pearl wine, and fortified pearl tribute rice, etc., have high edible and medicinal value. "Zhenbao Weiyang Noodles" has filled a gap in my country's grain and food. It won the silver medal at the '93 National New Technology Achievement, Professional Technology, and Patented Products Exhibition and the gold medal at the '94 National Food Expo; "Pearl Health Tea" won the '93 The National Life Care Products Award for Middle-aged and Elderly People, the Silver Award at the '94 National Food Expo; Pearl Gong Rice Wine and Pearl Dabu Wine won the New Product Award at the '94 National Aquatic Products Exhibition; "Huyun" brand pearl powder was tested by the Japanese authoritative organization. The best varieties for the world market. Pearl series products have not only entered thousands of households in the north and south of my country, but also entered Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. They have also traveled across the ocean and entered the international market. They are popular in Japan, the United States, Switzerland, and Southeast Asian countries, and are well-known at home and abroad. Pearl processing in the county The total output value exceeds 100 million yuan. At present, Wannian County has established the "Wannian Spring" Pearl Group, and pearl industrialization has been listed as a national agricultural industrialization pilot.