Wugang Copper Goose is a special product of Wugang City, Hunan Province, and a symbolic product of chinese national geography. This product is made of precious Chinese herbal medicines produced locally, boiled in a pot and made into brine. The meat of Wugang copper goose is boneless, soaked and boiled repeatedly, and dried. The finished product has good color, flavor and unique taste, and has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, strengthening spleen and stomach, and beauty beauty.
According to legend, Qin Shihuang sent Lu and Hou Ersheng to the East China Sea to seek immortality. Lu and Hou Erdao knew that they could not make the elixir of life, so they fled to Yunshan, Wugang, Hunan. They live in seclusion, use local materials, and make tofu and food with court diet formula combined with alchemy Chinese medicine formula, which is the earliest braised dish in Wugang. Later, because of its unique taste, the braising method was gradually introduced to the people.
Wugang, formerly known as Dou Liang. The history of the ancient city of more than 2200 years has accumulated profound cultural connotations, and the food culture has a long history. Among them, Wugang pot-stewed dishes have long enjoyed a good reputation. Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, its bittern-making method was gradually introduced to the people through the court. In the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as a royal tribute, handed down from generation to generation as a gift from the people and officialdom, with a production history of thousands of years. Wugang pot-stewed food belongs to "medicinal pot-stewed food" and is an original ecological green food. Its unique brine and special production technology are incomparable to other marinated foods. Wugang pot-stewed dishes are very particular about technology. They are all made of more than 20 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines, such as star anise, fennel, cinnamon and pepper. And refined by a unique method, such as soaking bean products, livestock and poultry and their accessories in salt water repeatedly. They have the effects of invigorating qi and blood, promoting fluid production and appetizing, and refreshing the brain. A regular diet is good for health. It is not only a banquet, but also a flavor and snack food, and it is the best gift for you. There are more than 10 series and more than 100 varieties of braised dishes in Wugang, such as braised tofu series, braised copper goose series, braised pork series, braised beef series and braised eggs series. .
Production status
Current situation of copper goose breeding
Wugang copper goose has a long history of breeding. As early as the Qing Dynasty, it was known as "the world famous goose". Fig. 2 Wugang Copper Goose
. Be listed as a royal tribute. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the end of 1980s, there were thousands of households raising copper geese in Wugang City. However, due to the market impact, the breeding of copper geese once "shrunk". Since 2000, Wugang municipal government has implemented a series of preferential policies to make this characteristic agricultural product with a long history bigger and stronger. In February 2007, the city set up a special industrial development office to take the lead in developing Wugang copper goose and braised dishes industry, which was widely publicized in the Canton Fair, Zhuhai Fair, National Retail Expo and other business activities, and formulated loose policies in terms of financial security, copper goose breeding, sales and land use. And registered the trademark of Wugang Copper Goose in the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and applied to the State Bureau of Technical Supervision for the protection of geographical indication products. Good policies have injected vitality into the breeding of copper geese and become a new project to increase farmers' income in this city. In 2007, the whole city paid close attention to the construction of the raw material base of braised dishes, and Yuping Goose Farm, Caojiatang Goose Farm and Million Copper Goose Breeding Company were built one after another. The seven sets of daily agricultural economics columns of the Central Committee also went deep into the city to interview copper goose breeding. By the end of that year, there will be more than 0/0 of large-scale farms, more than 0/000 of copper geese, more than 2,000 large-scale geese and more than 300 geese in cages. And exported to Romania, Czech Republic, Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Ningxia and other international and domestic markets. ..
Production status of pot-stewed vegetables
Because the recipe of Wugang pot-stewed dishes was originally handed down from the court, it has been kept very secret, so the traditional pot-stewed dishes workshops are all handed down by men and women. As a result, the development of marinated vegetables industry has been in a state of disorderly production and spontaneous production for a long time. According to the Records of Wugang County published by Zhonghua Book Company/KLOC-0 in April, 1997, there were 19 braised dishes shops in Wugang County in 1979, but by the end of 1990s, Wugang had not formed a large-scale braised dishes enterprise. You are a royal tribute, but you have been kept in the boudoir. The production mode of family workshops has affected the preservation and quality of pot-stewed vegetables, and the products have not gone far. After 2000, the marinated vegetable industry in Wugang entered a period of rapid development. In 200 1 year, the city put forward the idea of "three townships" construction: "the hometown of stewed vegetables", "the hometown of copper geese" and "the hometown of navel oranges". So that Wugang won the "world cuisine-; China pot-stewed dishes to see Wugang ". Since 2003, the city has vigorously implemented the development strategy of "prospering the city through projects, prospering the city through tourism and strengthening the city through industry", further clarified the development path of characteristic agriculture with local famous agricultural products as the breakthrough point, vigorously developed the agricultural product processing industry, and made the marinated vegetable industry as the leading industry in the city, and achieved remarkable results. After 2000, the marinated vegetable enterprises such as Huapeng Food Company, Fuyuan Halogen Company, Asia-Pacific Food Company, Faxin Tofu Company and Yunshan Food Company grew up one after another. With the improvement of equipment and the expansion of scale, trademarks such as "Hua Peng", "Li Xiangmei" and "Jin Fuyuan" came out one after another. Honors such as "Famous Trademark of Hunan Province", "Leading Enterprise of Agricultural Industrialization in Hunan Province", "Gold Award of Hunan Agricultural Expo" and "International Famous Trademark" also fell to the pot-stewed vegetable enterprises in Wugang. The proportion of marinated vegetable industry in the city's economic center has also risen to an important position. The number of leading enterprises is increasing, the external influence of products is obviously enhanced, and the industry is developing rapidly. According to the statistics of 2007, in 2006 and 2007, more than 100 braised goose feet and wings produced by more than 100 braised vegetable enterprises in this city sold10.5 million pairs in international and domestic markets. Large stew enterprises process and sell more than 200,000 copper goose cooked food every year, with an output value of 6.5438+0.5 million yuan. The unique flavor of Wugang Copper Goose also promoted the catering economy. In restaurants and hotels in this city, there are three ways to eat a goose, and the braised food of copper goose has become a necessary dish for entertaining VIPs. Wugang copper goose breeding has basically formed an industrial chain of breeding, processing and sales. In that year, it was estimated that there were about 2 million copper geese in the city, with an annual output value of more than 50 million yuan, and the sales of copper goose stew reached 50 million yuan. .
Protection of geographical indication products
According to the Regulations on the Protection of Geographical Indications, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine organized a review of the application for the protection of geographical indications of Xialong Copper Goose in Wugang. After passing the examination, on February 36, 2008 (announcement number: 65438+3 1), the protection of geographical indication products of Fushun Liaowuweizi, Chenjishan Yao Yao, Yellow River Mouth Meretrix, Wugang Braised Tofu and Wugang Braised Copper Goose was approved. 146, 2008).。
Protected domain
The protection scope of geographical indication products of Wugang Halogen Copper Goose is Wantouqiao Town, Longtian Township, Toutang Township, Zhu Jing Town, Maping Township, Anle Township, Yantian Township, Shuijinping Township, Dengjiapu Town, Shuangpai Township, Choushutang Town, Qinqiao Town, Wenping Town, Dadian Township, Simachong Town, Dengyuantai Town, Longxi Town, Yingchun Pavilion Street and Yuanyuan Town. .