Fu'an Silkworm Cocoon [Jiangsu Dongtai Specialty]

What is Fu'an silkworm cocoon? Authentic Jiangsu Dongtai specialty: Fu'an silkworm cocoon

Content summary:Do you want to know what Fu'an silkworm cocoon is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product ofJiangsu Dongtai - Fu'an Silkworm Cocoon. It was reorganized and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Fu'an Silkworm Cocoon. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Fu'an Silkworm Cocoon and the product characteristics of Fu'an Silkworm Cocoon? Awards and honors for Fu'an silkworm cocoons

Basic Introduction to Silkworm Cocoons in Fu'an

Fu'an Town has a tradition of planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms since ancient times, and is known as the "Cocoon Capital of China". For many years, the town has adhered to regional mulberry planting, high-quality seed selection, standardized management, refined breeding, and technological cocoon drying. It has formed a complete industrial chain of "production and sales, trade, industry, and agriculture" from mulberry planting and sericulture, cocoon harvesting and drying, silk reeling, twisting, weaving to silk products. The modern industrialized management model of "national key leading enterprise cooperative base sericulture farmers" is becoming increasingly perfect

The silk industry in Fu'an has achieved four "national firsts", namely the first in the area of mulberry orchards in a single township, the first in the total annual output of silkworm cocoons in a single township, the first in the annual sericulture benefits of farmers per mu, and the first in the market share of high-grade raw silk in the country. The town produces over 220000 tons of high-quality silkworm cocoons and 750 tons of high-grade white factory silk annually. Not only has it achieved the ultimate in high-end raw silk, but it also has pricing power in the international market and ranks first in the world in export volume. It has also driven 200000 local and surrounding sericulture farmers to increase their income and become prosperous, with an average benefit of over 10000 yuan per mu. The 6A grade raw silk produced by Fu'an mainly supplies luxury goods in Europe and medical thread from Johnson&Johnson in the United States

The silkworm cocoon production area in Fu'an has a deep and fertile soil layer, with a texture ranging from loamy to light sticky. The soil is moist at night and has the characteristics of water retention, fertilizer retention, breathability, easy cultivation, and high effective fertility, which is conducive to the growth of mulberry trees. Abundant rainfall with an annual precipitation of 1061 millimeters, even rainfall during the production season, dense water network, abundant water resources, and excellent water quality can meet the water requirements for mulberry tree growth. It belongs to the transitional zone between subtropical and warm temperate regions, with significant monsoons, distinct four seasons, concentrated rainfall, rain and heat in the same season, sufficient sunshine, and a frost free period of 220 days. The daily average temperature during the growth period of mulberry trees is 17.6 ℃ -22.9 ℃, with a temperature difference of 7.1 ℃ -8.8 ℃ between day and night. The annual sunshine hours are 2130 hours, and the unique climatic conditions are conducive to the development of the mulberry planting and sericulture industry

Fu'an silkworm cocoons are long elliptical in shape, without waistbands, with thick cocoon layers, moderate wrinkling, uniform size, pearl white, and high cocoon rate