Ranking and Distribution of Ginger Producing Areas in China
Ginger is a common ingredient in daily life, and many people like to use ginger to enhance flavor when cooking. Besides its edible value, ginger also has good nutritional and medicinal benefits, which highlights its economic superiority. Combined with stable market demand, ginger cultivation is extremely widespread in our country. So where in China is ginger produced better? Let us learn about the ranking and distribution of ginger producing areas in China.
Distribution of Ginger Producing Areas in China
Ginger originated in the tropical regions of Southeast Asia. At present, it is cultivated in most areas of our country, and is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong, Fujian, Henan and Shaanxi, among other places.
Ranking of Ginger Producing Areas in China
There are many high-quality ginger producing areas in our country, among which ginger produced in Shandong Province ranks at the top. Laiwu City in Shandong is our country's largest ginger export base, with a planting area of more than 200,000 mu, and its products are exported to Japan, the EU, the United States, the Middle East and many other countries and regions. Besides Shandong ginger, Henan ginger and Fujian ginger come next, with the main characteristics as follows:
1. Shandong Laiwu Ginger
Because of its innate geographical environment, water and soil environment, and other factors, Laiwu ginger has developed a unique quality, with features such as large size, thin skin, few fibers, fine flesh, bright color, and a strong spicy and delicious taste. Compared with ginger from other places, its nutritional components rank first nationwide among similar products. As early as the early days after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences included "Laiwu Ginger" in the book Excellent Vegetable Varieties of China. Today, Laiwu ginger is already a city calling card. As the only specially supplied product for the Beijing Olympics, it was rated at the top of the 100 products that must be bought when traveling to Shandong.
2. Henan Huai Ginger
Henan Huai ginger is likewise an outstanding one among gingers. Huai ginger is the first of the "Three Spicy Products of Huaiqing." Its producing area is the ancient Huaiqing Prefecture, now the areas of Qinyang, Bo'ai and other places in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province. Henan Huai ginger has large ginger rhizomes, good quality, a fresh taste, and a pleasant fragrant spiciness, and it is easy to process and store. Its cultivation history is also very substantial. After many years of cultivation and selection, Henan Huai ginger has gradually obtained green product certification and Huai ginger place-of-origin certification, forming a distinctive regional brand.
3. Fujian Longyan Ginger
The ginger raw materials produced in Longyan City, Fujian Province, have obvious quality advantages, and foreign customers are highly satisfied with them. It has become a must-contest place for raw material cultivation by export ginger processing enterprises in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Longyan and other places. At present, Longyan ginger accounts for more than 90% of the province's export ginger bases. A total of more than 20,000 tons of high-quality raw materials have been harvested and provided to coastal and local food processing enterprises for export, increasing the income of base growers by more than 60 million yuan.
The above is an introduction to the ranking and distribution of ginger producing areas in China. Overall, our country has many high-quality production areas, and they have also nurtured many highly distinctive local varieties. If one really has to rank them, then in fact each has its own advantages, but what suits oneself best is the best.
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