Menyuan Highland Barley [Qinghai Menyuan Specialty]

What is Menyuan barley? Authentic specialty of Menyuan, Qinghai: Menyuan barley

Summary:Do you want to know what Menyuan barley is? This article is a detailed introduction to the specialty of Menyuan barley in Qinghai Province, specifically Menyuan barley. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Menyuan barley. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Menyuan barley and the product characteristics of Menyuan barley? Wait

Basic Introduction to Menyuan Highland Barley

Highland barley has a long history of cultivation and wide distribution, but in China, the cultivation of highland barley is concentrated in Qinghai and Xizang provinces and regions on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, as well as in remote areas of Gansu and Sichuan, which are only close to the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. Qinghai is one of the five major pastoral areas in China, belonging to the Qiang ethnic group in ancient times. It is mainly pastoral and has a small and underdeveloped agricultural production scale. However, the relics unearthed from the two ancient civilization sites in Haibei, the Menyuan Yong'an City Site and the Haomen Ancient City Site, both contain barley grains dating back to approximately 4160-2980 years ago, indicating that the ancestors at that time had already begun to cultivate and consume barley. In recent years, the cultivation area of barley in our province has remained at 800000 to 1 million mu, second only to wheat and rapeseed, and is one of the six major crops in Qinghai. Highland barley is also a major grain crop in our county. Our county is one of the main production areas of highland barley in Tibetan areas of the province. The area of highland barley in the whole county remains at 160000 mu, and the average annual yield of highland barley is 250 kg per mu, which is higher than the level of highland barley production in the province. The highest historical yield reached 465 kg per mu, so there is still great potential for increasing production. The people here have always enjoyed growing barley, attached great importance to barley production, and actively accepted the promotion and application of new technologies and varieties

Menyuan Hui Autonomous County is located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, under the jurisdiction of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Its geographical coordinates range from 100 ° 55 ′ 28 ″ E to 102 ° 41 ′ 26 ″ E and 37 ° 03 ′ 11 ″ N to 37 ° 59 ′ 28 ″ N, with an altitude of 2388-5254.5 meters. It borders Tianzhu, Sunan, and Shandan counties in Gansu Province in the central part of the Hexi Corridor, Datong and Huzhu counties in the south, and Qilian and Haiyan counties in the west. In history, it was an auxiliary road of the Silk Road and the "northern gateway" of Qinghai Province. The county is 156.24 kilometers long from east to west and 103.99 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 69022.6 square kilometers. It governs 4 towns and 8 townships, and provincial units include Haomen Farm and Menyuan Stallion Farm. Menyuan barley is planted throughout the county, with an annual sowing area of 160000 mu, accounting for about 97% of the county's grain crop sowing area

What are the product characteristics of Menyuan Qingke

Menyuan Qingke is naked, oval shaped, full and uniform in size, with a high thousand grain weight; It is the main raw material for brewing "highland barley wine" and can be processed into "tsamba" and other special foods