In a general citrus class, Huang A-Hsien explains the meaning of "big tangerines bring great fortune" during the New Year

The lunar New Year has arrived, and the tankan, known as the "New Year tangerine," is in season and most fitting for the occasion. The Murcott, with its rosy color and cute flattened-round shape, is also very festive. If you are lucky enough to buy a "Heavenly King Tangerine" weighing as much as one Taiwan catty, that is the greatest "big tangerine good fortune" of all - it can be offered to the gods and also tasted fresh, which is simply the best.

The giant "Heavenly King Tangerine" may be the largest citrus fruit in the world, and its breeder is in Taiwan, China! Huang A-Hsien, who has studied citrus for more than thirty years, retired a few years ago from the Chiayi Branch of the Agricultural Research Institute, having devoted his life to citrus breeding, cultivation and the establishment of a healthy seedling system. "Tainung Heavenly King Tangerine" took fifteen years to breed. He unrolled a long citrus catalog he made himself, filled with more than a hundred varieties, and led us into a grand garden of citrus. "There are actually over a thousand citrus varieties in the world!"