Xiajin County is located in the northwest plain of Shandong Province, the ancient old course of the Yellow River, with unique soil and water conditions and climate, which has cultivated "unique" mulberry trees here. After years of improvement, the mulberry trees in Xiajin are full of fruit particles, thick pulp, fresh and tender juice, sweet as honey, strawberry-like, not only big, but also sweet after filling. Whenever the "ear seed" season is ripe, it is the best season to pick and taste the fruit. On the branches with huge crowns, there are many fruits, such as stars, and the villagers hit the trees with long poles to harvest the fruits. People walk under trees among thousands of hectares of lush green, picking food with their hands, and have a special feeling. They put them in their mouths alone or in handfuls, and the feeling is indescribable. Especially after the first rain, there is no dust, fresh and cool, and the taste is better.
at the southernmost tip of the old Yellow River Road Forest Park in Xiajin County, there is a thousand acres of ancient mulberry garden called Yishou Garden. It is said that in Yongle (1443) of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court issued a decree to plant Sang Mu extensively to promote the silk industry and trade with foreign countries. At that time, mulberry fields were over a thousand hectares, and cocoons were flourishing. After a hundred years, the silk industry was depressed, and mulberry was changed to edible. Its fruit is fruity, strawberry-like, juicy and sweet as honey, which is a good product for longevity. Branches, leaves, seeds and roots can be used as medicine. During the famine years, the villagers could eat enough to survive the hunger.
commonly known as mulberry, there are three kinds in the county: purple, white and black. Among them, purple fruit is the most, followed by white fruit. Wushen is an ungrafted fruit (that is, wild fruit), with the least quantity, mainly produced in Dongsha River area. Xia Jin Shen's fruit tastes sweet like honey, and its juice is juicy. Among them, Bai Shen's fruit is big and juicy, and its taste is especially good, so it is the best among the fruits. Xiajin Shenguo has high functions of nourishing yin, nourishing blood, tonifying kidney, strengthening spleen and blackening hair, and is a good tonic for those who have recovered from a long illness, neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness and deficiency of qi and blood. Fruit can be used for brewing wine, squeezing juice and drying dried fruit and cake. The mulberry wine brewed is bright red in color, sweet and slightly sour in taste, and has a fresh aroma, which has won people's praise.