Nanping Jianlan [Fujian Nanping Specialty]

What is Nanping Jianlan? Authentic Fujian Nanping specialty: Nanping Jianlan

Content summary:Do you want to know what Nanping Jianlan is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Nanping, Fujian Province - Nanping Jianlan. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Nanping Jianlan. The full text takes about 12 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Nanping Jianlan and the product characteristics of Nanping Jianlan? How did the history of Jianlan in Nanping come about? Wait

Basic introduction of Nanping Jianlan

Jianlan (scientific name: Cymbidium ensifolium）， Also known as Four Seasons Orchid or Autumn Orchid. Belonging to a large population of national orchids. Its flowers are light yellow green and fragrant. Unlike other types of national orchids, it has a longer flowering period and can bloom multiple times (up to six times a year), hence it is also known as Four Seasons Orchid. Common cultivated varieties include: golden ponytail, phoenix tail extract, small peach blossom, dragon rock extract, iron bone extract, Xiamen extract, eighteen scholars, thirteen Taibao, etc

Jianlan plants are robust, with thick and long roots. Suitable for planting in orchid pots with five or more stems, with slightly more seedlings per pot, placed in forests, gardens, or halls, with lush flowers and leaves, and a great spirit. Larger high waisted sign tube pots can also be used to plant a few seedlings, which will be green and sharp for a long time, and will be very lively. Flowers bloom in the summer, and the cool breeze blows the fragrance of orchids, making people feel a sense of tranquility

Song Ci, the criminal officer of the Great Song Dynasty and Jianlan's biography, served as Supervisor of the County in Tingzhou, Fujian Province for three years. The county government was located in Changting County, Fujian Province in 2013, the then capital of western Fujian, covering the jurisdiction area of Longyan City, Fujian Province and parts of Sanming City in 2013. Tingzhou is rich in orchids, and the people love to grow orchids. They are commonly used to give birth to pregnant women, give orchids as gifts when moving to new homes, accompany weddings with orchids, and plant orchids to ward off evil spirits and seek offspring. Whether Song Ci loved orchids like other scholars when he was a Supervisor of the County, and whether he loved orchids in Rome as the Romans did, there is no written record, but it is recorded in history that he was the first Supervisor of the County to open the Tingjiang River waterway transportation. The opening of the Tingjiang waterway has opened up a channel for the main production area of Jianlan to access both domestic and international markets. Therefore, Song Ci made an indelible historical contribution to the spin off of Jianlan

During the reign of Song Shaoding, Song Ci was transferred from the director of Jiangxi Xinfeng to the Supervisor of the County of Changting, and found that the common people's salt was transported from Fuzhou thousands of miles away by mountain roads. In ancient times, Changting was located in a mountainous area with long mountain roads and inconvenient transportation. The introduction of salt "came over the years", and the salt officials sold it. The salt officials were corrupt and inflated the price of salt. Poor people could not afford salt and ate more light vegetables. Many people suffered from neck disease due to iodine deficiency. Song Ci carefully examined the suffering of the people and decided to open up the Tingjiang River to transport salt directly to Tingzhou City by sea from Chaozhou, Guangdong. The mountains in western Fujian are a good place for orchids to grow. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep. The Tingjiang River flows through deep mountain canyons. In ancient times, the Tingjiang River had many rapids, such as Cotton Beach, Huitan, Dagu Beach, Zhe Beach, Dragon Beach, etc., and there were many hidden reefs everywhere. The waterway was difficult, and the river water fluctuated unpredictably. Song Ci observed and explored along the way, excavated and dredged the waterway, encouraged farmers to build ships, practiced boat keeping skills, and reformed salt administration to punish corrupt salt officials