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 local Chinese herbal medicines, bittern boiled in a pot, and boneless meat of Wugang copper goose, which is repeatedly soaked, boiled 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 Lv Hou and Hou Ersheng to the East China Sea for immortality. Lu and Hou Erdao knew that they could not make the elixir of life, so they fled to Yunshan in Wugang, Hunan. They live in seclusion, use local materials, and make tofu and food with court diet formula and alchemy Chinese medicine formula, which is the earliest stew in Wugang. Later, due to its unique taste, this stewing method was gradually introduced to people.
Wugang, formerly known as Dou Liang. The history of the ancient city of more than 2,200 years has accumulated a strong cultural heritage, 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 pot-stewed method has been slowly introduced to the people through the court. In the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as a royal tribute, passed down from generation to generation as a gift from the people and officialdom, and it has 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 braised foods. The craft of Wugang pot-stewed dishes is very exquisite. 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 unique methods, such as repeatedly soaking bean products, livestock and poultry and their accessories in salt water. They have the effects of invigorating qi and enriching blood, promoting fluid production and appetizing, and refreshing the brain. Eating regularly 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. The braised dishes in Wugang mainly include 10 series and 100 varieties, 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 farmers raising copper geese in Wugang City. However, due to the market impact, copper goose breeding 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 lead the development of Wugang copper goose and braised dishes industry, and made extensive publicity 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. It also registered the trademark "Wugang Copper Goose" with 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 raw material base for braised dishes, and Yuping Goose Farm, Caojia Tanggoose 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 our city to interview copper goose breeding. By the end of that year, there were 65,438+00 large-scale farms, more than 65,438+0,000 copper geese, more than 2,000 large-scale farmers and more than 300 geese in cages. And exported to Romania, Czech Republic and 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 transmitted from the court and kept quite confidential, the traditional pot-stewed dishes workshop was taught by men to women. Therefore, the development of pot-stewed vegetable industry has been in a state of disorderly production and spontaneous production for a long time. The Records of Wugang County published by Zhonghua Book Company 1997 in April showed that there were19 braised dishes shops in Wugang County in 1979, but by the end of 1990s, Wugang had not yet formed a large-scale braised dishes enterprise. You are a royal tribute, but you have been growing up in the boudoir. The production mode of family workshop has affected the preservation and quality of pot-stewed vegetables, and the products have not gone far. After 2000, Wugang halogen vegetable industry entered a period of rapid development. In 200 1 year, the city put forward the idea of "three townships" construction: the hometown of braised vegetables, the hometown of copper geese and the hometown of navel oranges. So that Wu Gang won the "World Cuisine-; China pot-stewed dishes to see Wugang ". Since 2003, our city has vigorously implemented the development strategy of "prospering the city by project, prospering the city by tourism and strengthening the city by industry", further defined 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, pot-stewed enterprises such as Huapeng Food Company, Fuyuan Pot-stewed 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 of Hunan Province", "Gold Award of Hunan Agricultural Fair" and "International Famous Trademark" also fell in Wugang Luwei Food Enterprise. 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 654.38 million braised goose feet and wings produced by more than 654.38 million pairs of braised geese in the city were sold in the international and domestic markets. Large braised goose enterprises processed and sold more than 200,000 cooked copper geese every year, with an output value of more than 654.38 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 copper goose stew has become a necessary dish for entertaining VIPs. Wugang copper goose breeding has basically formed an industrial chain of breeding, processing and sales. At that time, 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 geese with stewed vegetables 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. Upon passing the examination, Fushun Liao Wuweizi, Chen Jishan Yao Yao, Yellow River Mouth Meretrix, Wugang Braised Tofu and Wugang Braised Copper Goose were protected by geographical indication products on February 30, 2008 (AnnouncementNo. 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 Township, Wenping Town, Dadian Township, Simachong Town, Dengyuantai Town, Longxi Town, Yingchun Pavilion Street and Yuanyuan Town. .