"Bahe Lotus" became famous in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo was detained in Huangzhou in the third year of Shenzong Yuanfeng (1080) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and left in the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084). He lived in Huangzhou for more than 4 years. Su Dongpo can be called a foodie. His works in Huangzhou, many of which are written in food, "Bahe Lotus" is one of Su Dongpo's pen food. One of the seven-character quatrains is especially famous: "The Bahe has a strange world, and the body is clean and tidy! The body is three feet innocent, and the heart is more than a scorpion. The gods have flowers that are difficult to move, and the roots are alone." Mud. For seven hundred years, it is a tribute, and Jiayu Tiancheng is a prince!"

Bahe Lotus Root Production Area - Lishui County, located in the southeast of Hubei Province, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, south of the Dabie Mountains. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate. The seasonal variation of solar radiation in the territory is large. The climate is characterized by low temperature and low rainfall in winter, hot and rainy in summer, cool and dry in autumn, and variable temperature in spring, with distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 16.9 °C, and the annual precipitation is around 1350 mm. It is the hometown of the famous patriotic poet, scholar and democratic fighter Wen Yiduo. It is also the place where the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Chen Tanqiu, Dong Biwu, Deng Xiaoping and Li Xiannian fought and lived. The layout area is 1949.3Km2, which is the main thoroughfare of the seven provinces. There are three types of terrain: low mountains, hills and plains. It is known as the “three mountains and six hills and one plain, and the idyllic water surface is in between”. The county has five major river systems, namely, Weihe, Bahe, Weihe, Cehu and Wangtianhu, all of which belong to the Yangtze River system. The three major rivers in the territory are mountain rivers. The “Bahe Lotus Root” production area is located in the southwest Binjiang area of ​​Lishui County, and the Bashui River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, flows into the Yangtze River. The soil has typical north-south yellow-brown soil characteristics, and the southwestern lakes are low-lying. Because of the rivers along the Lancang River, the soil parent material is mainly composed of alluvial sediments and deep soil layers. The soil organic matter content was 2.21%, the pH value was 6.7-7.3, the alkaline nitrogen was 102 mg/Kg, the available phosphorus was 10.3 mg/Kg, and the available potassium was 68 mg/Kg. There is no industrial pollution in the surrounding environment of the production area, and the water quality has reached the national standard for surface water quality. The unique geographical environment has nurtured the famous Bahe Lotus, the book "Chinese Lotus" edited by the Wuhan Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1983. According to the plant taxonomy, the Bahe lotus root from Sesame Lake will be sesame. The lake is one of the varieties of the lotus. The body is long cylindrical, slightly square, with a gentle groove on the surface, white skin, moisturizing like jade, no copper rust markings. Each raft is generally three knots, with thick internodes and an average length of 20 cm. Tender and sweet, crisp, slag, water foot; stir-fried vegetables cooked but not black; old cooked stew, with easy powder, soup white, sweet, texture cotton, strong aroma and so on. After testing and testing, 23 indicators met the requirements of relevant national standards, and 9 of them were not detected. Huangzhou “Honey Sweet” and “Powder Pills” have been compiled into the “Chinese Cuisine” and “Chinese Snacks” respectively. "Bahe Lotus" became famous in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo was detained in Huangzhou in the third year of Shenzong Yuanfeng (1080) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and left in the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084). He lived in Huangzhou for more than 4 years. Su Dongpo can be called a foodie. His works in Huangzhou, many of which are written in food, "Bahe Lotus" is one of Su Dongpo's pen food. One of the seven-character quatrains is especially famous: "The Bahe has a strange world, and the body is clean and tidy! The body is three feet innocent, and the heart is more than a scorpion. The gods have flowers that are difficult to move, and the roots are alone." Mud. For seven hundred years, it is a tribute, and Jiayu Tiancheng is a royal priest!" From this poem, it can be seen that from the 700 years before Su Dongpo (about the Eastern Jin Dynasty), "Bahe Lotus" has become a tribute. Emperor's table. There are still folk songs in the eastern part of the Edong area: "The famous people in the river pass the mouth, the mouth of the Fankou squid Wuchang wine, the taste of Huangzhou tofu, the new snow in the plate." The "Menshi" here is Su Dongpo. Bahe Town, Bahe Township, Lishui County, is the hometown of Mr. Wen Yiduo, a great poet of modern times. In 1925, he wrote the famous poem "Hometown". In the poem, he also mentioned the lotus river lotus. "You don't know that there is a lovely lake in your hometown. There are always half of the green sky in the lake. I have to look at the hometown's water chestnut. A few thorns, I want to see there are a few silks in a puddle there." Bahe lotus root is regarded as one of the four famous products in eastern Hubei, the proverb "Huangzhou tofu, Bahe 藕, Wuchang carp, Echeng wine ", a good illustration of this. Just enter the words "Bahe Lotus" in Baidu search engine, there are about 50,000 related information display, let you experience the deserved reputation and unique charm of Bahe Lotus. Before 1958, the average annual production of fresh oysters was 100,000 Kg. Since the 1980s, the surrounding countryside has returned to the lake, and the Bahe Lotus has been reborn. In the past, the current status of planting and management of the “Bahe Lotus Root” in the country of origin only stayed in the “distributed soldiers” and “small baskets”. Since there is no brand and scale, the “Bahe Lotus” has only a reputation but no market, and some tenant farmers have gradually abandoned the cultivation of lotus roots. Since 2002, the People’s Government of Lishui County has prioritized the development of the Bahe River lotus root industry as a characteristic agriculture. The government set up a platform for farmers to sing a play. The tenant farmers spontaneously established the “Bashui Aquatic Products Professional Cooperative of Lishui County” and organized the implementation of standardized planting. At present, the market price is more than 50% higher than other lotus roots, and the tenant farmers have realized the obvious increase in income. In 2009, the planting area of ​​“Bahe Lotus Root” in the production area reached 1,350 mu, and the per capita income of the farmers was 23% higher than that before the implementation of industrialization. The gratifying situation of production and sales made the quality of the lotus roots of this millennium reappear in major cities in China. Golden business card for foreign exchange in Yishui County.

Bahe Lotus Root Quality Technical Requirements (1) Variety. Sesame Lake. (2) Site conditions. In the natural lake area of ​​the hilly lake plain, the soil is sandy loam or clay loam. The thickness of the cultivated layer is more than 25cm, the organic matter content is ≥2.21%, and the pH value is 6.7 to 7.3. (3) Cultivation management. 1. Shiji fertilizer: Apply more than 2000kg of high-quality organic fertilizer per 667m2. 2. Colonization: The planting period is from mid-March to late April. A single species has at least 3 nodes and 1 top bud. The seedlings are moisturized after mining and planted within 10 days. For each 667 m2, the seed is less than 300Kg, and the seeding is uniform, and the planting depth is 5cm to 10cm. 3. Water depth adjustment: the water depth from the colonization period to the germination period is 5cm to 30cm, and the water depth does not exceed 100cm after the emergence of the lobes. 4. Environmental and safety requirements: The use of pesticides, fertilizers, etc. must comply with relevant national regulations and must not pollute the environment. (4) Harvesting and storage. Qinghe was harvested from mid-July to early August, and old crops were harvested from mid-August to April. After the excavation, the product can be muddy and buried in a fine tidal sand layer with a shelf life of 15 days. (5) Quality characteristics. 1. Sensory features: (1) Qinghe 藕: The main raft is about 75 cm long, 3 to 4 knots, the internode length is 13 to 18 cm, and the transverse diameter is 6 to 8 cm. The internodes are long cylindrical, slightly square, and faceted. There is a gentle groove on the top. The number of children is 2 to 3. The skin is white, sweet, tender and brittle, slag, and water. (2) Old ripe cockroaches: The main scorpion is about 90 cm long, 4 to 5 knots, the internode length is 13 cm to 18 cm, and the transverse diameter is 6 cm to 8 cm. The internodes are long cylindrical, slightly square, and have a gentle surface. Groove. The number of children is 3 to 4. The suede color is light yellowish white, light in taste, hard in flesh, rich in chewing slag, and less in moisture. 2. Physical and chemical indicators: category water soluble sugar starch crude protein cyanine 藕 92% 1-2.3% ≤ 3% 0.5-2% old cooked 藕 ≤ 92% ≥ 2.3% 3-10% ≥ 2% Note: old cooked 藕The starch content began to increase rapidly in late August, approaching the highest value in mid-September and reaching its highest value in mid-October. 3. Safety requirements: Product safety indicators must meet the relevant regulations of the state for similar products.

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Producers within the scope of protection of the geographical indication products of Bahe Lotus can submit an application for the use of “Special Marks for Geographical Indication Products” to the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Lishui County, Hubei Province, which is reviewed by the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Announcement approval. The statutory testing agency of Bahe Lotus is designated by the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.