Wudang Langmei [a specialty of Danjiangkou, Hubei]

What is Wudang Langmei? Authentic Hubei Danjiangkou specialty: Wudang Langmei

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Basic Introduction of Wudang Langmei

Wudang Langmei is a specialty fruit of Danjiangkou City, a national geographical indication product of China, and a general term for the Langmei tree and its fruit: Langmei fruit. Wudang Langmei is a unique fruit with strong stress resistance, wide adaptability, large fruit size, and excellent quality. Wudang Langmei fruit can be eaten fresh or processed into fruit wine, dried fruit, and jelly. Wudang Langmei has outstanding quality characteristics, not only with a golden and jade like appearance, but also with a refreshing flavor, moderate sweetness and sourness, and rich nutritional value. Li Shizhen recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Langmei only comes from Taihe Mountain in Junzhou. According to relevant historical records, it originated from the myth of "folding plum blossoms and placing a hammer". In the Song Dynasty, it was endowed with the sacred fruit of "predicting the year's scenery", and in the Ming Dynasty, it became a "auspicious and auspicious" object, and was also listed as a tribute to the emperor. Wudang Langmei has great historical and cultural value, as well as high economic value. It has the basic conditions for planting and has enormous potential for the development of Langmei culture and cultivation

The protected geographical indication product of Wudang Langmei is located within the administrative areas of 18 township offices (offices, districts) in Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province, including Wudangshan Special Zone, Tutai Township, Junxian Town, Xijiadian Town, Haoping Town, Liangshuihe Town, Liuliping Town, Tuguanya Town, Langhe Town, Dingjiaying Town, Shigu Town, Guanshan Town, Yanchihe Town, Niuhe Forestry Development Management Zone, Dagou Forestry Development Management Zone, Baiyangping Forestry Development Management Zone, Sanguandian Office, Danzhao Road Office, etc

It can be seen that Xiao Xiao Lang Mei Guo played an important role in the Ming Dynasty's major renovation of Wudang! Soon after, Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, listed the Langmei fruit as a tribute and presented it annually from Wudang Mountain. As a result, Langmei became a rare delicacy in the palace. Every time there is a grand celebration, the emperor rewards it as a reward for meritorious officials. The courtiers felt a lifetime of great fortune in order to win the imperial gift of the Langmei Divine Fruit, viewing it as a political honor, an immortal fruit that nourishes and prolongs life, and a delicacy. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, countless officials, sages, celebrities, and poets, with different pursuits and fantasies, frequently climbed Wudang Mountain and spared no expense to purchase it in order to witness its spiritual traces. These people also wrote poems and praised the plum blossoms, leaving behind a large number of poems. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the third year of Tianqi (1623 AD), geographer Mr. Xu Xiake visited Wudang Mountain and wrote in his diary "Visiting Taihe Mountain": "... when I went down to Qiongtai Temple, there were several plum trees next to it, big of which were embracing each other, floating in color, reflecting the magnificent rocks of the mountain. The ground was both secluded and unique, and the scenery was different. I asked for the plum trees to be real, but the Taoist priests in the temple were silent and dared not answer. They then said, 'This is a forbidden object. Someone carried three or four of them in front of me, and the trees were connected by the flow of the road. Several people broke their homes.' I didn't believe it and asked for help... The temple master shook hands and said, 'I long for precious plants, luckily I got two.' Mei, the second lieutenant's arms, but once leaked to someone, the crime is severe." When he came out and looked at it, his appearance was withered and golden, with a jade like quality and extraordinary quality. He bid farewell and thanked him. "At dusk, he returned to the palace (Nanyan Palace), bribed his disciples, and obtained six plum blossoms. Tomorrow, he will not be able to obtain them again." Taking the plum blossoms from Taihe Mountain as 0 years old In his diary, Xu Xiake recorded that he obtained a total of 8 plum blossoms at the Qiongtai Zhongguan and Nanyan Palace, and the Taoist who gave him the fruits was trembling and afraid of being found guilty. Xu Xiake also brought home the Langmei fruit to congratulate his 0 relatives on their birthday