Old Village's 100,000 pressed ducks, raised on rice grain, are truly delicious
Original title: Guilin, Guangxi: Old Village pressed duck, a century of fragrance
On January 3, villagers of Old Village air-dry pressed ducks.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the pressed duck processing workshops in Old Village, Huixian Town, Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi, are all bustling. Old Village has a history of more than 200 years of pressed duck making, and all 44 households in the village make pressed ducks. Old Village pressed duck uses rice-grain ducks and grass-seed ducks as raw materials, which are cured with a unique secret recipe of seasonings, then made through processes such as mounting on boards, shaping and air-drying, with an average annual processing and sales volume of more than 100,000 pressed ducks.
Xinhua News Agency release (Photo by Wang Zichuang)
On January 3, a villager of Old Village air-dries pressed ducks.
On January 3, a villager of Old Village air-dries pressed ducks.
On January 3, a villager of Old Village air-dries pressed ducks.