The Historical Origin of Huangyan Tangerine

By the beginning of 2 1 century, Huangyan had a citrus cultivation history of 1700 years. Wu's Records of Foreign Bodies in Coastal Water and Soil records that "chickens and oranges are as big as fingers". That's great. There is one in Yongning. "During the Tang and Song Dynasties, southeastern Zhejiang became a new citrus producing area at that time. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zeng Hongfu, the magistrate of Taizhou, once wrote a poem: "Since paying tribute, Luofu Dongting has avoided seats. "1060, in the New Tang Book written by Ouyang Xiu and others in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a record of' Taizhou Tugong Milk Orange'. 1223, there are more than 10 citrus varieties in huangyan recorded in "History of Song Dynasty Jiading Chicheng". Around 1225, Chen Jingyi wrote "The Northern Ancestor of Fang Quan" and copied "The Record of Oranges" (written by Han Yanzhi, 1 178), and said: "Han Dan knows that milk oranges come out of the mud mountain, but he doesn't know that they come out of the Tiantai Huangyan. Those who come out of the mud mountain are strange, and those who come out of Huangyan are different from the world. "Orange into the palace, favored by the emperor. According to the Records of Wanli Huangyan County, from the Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the annual contribution of Huangyan dairy oranges reached 13,200 yuan. Lin Yun described the beauty of milk orange in Duanjiang (now Toutuo Town) with strong pen and ink in The Story of Ganzi. He said: "Taiwan Province is the fifth county, and oranges are produced exclusively in Huangyan. Ten townships in Huangyan, the unique Duanjiang River, and more than four miles of land are all rich households. "Duanjiang's milk orange", "Its muscles are smooth, its taste is fragrant, its meat is attached to the outside, its core is thin, and its taste is always sweet", "When it is right, Taiwan Province's milk orange is cultivated with the fragrance of purple (litchi), but it is the first fruit in the world. . Duanjiang River in the middle reaches of Yongning River is the birthplace of Huangyan tangerine. The distribution of Huangyan tangerine also started from the middle reaches of Yongning River, and then gradually developed to the surrounding areas.