Plum blossoms in cave Lake

Plum blossoms in cave Lake

Xuehu bayberry has been planted for more than 3000 years. The tree age of bayberry is more than 50 years. Together with Zhangting, Hemudu and Sanqi, it is known as the four major bayberry planting bases in Yuyao. There are 3000 mu of Bayberry base in our village. The bayberry in cave lake is large in size, bright in color, juicy, sweet and sour, and of high nutritional value. It has been awarded the National A-class green food base, Zhejiang provincial forest food base and Ningbo bayberry Silver Award. In the middle of June every year, our village holds a bayberry Festival. When you come here to taste bayberry, your stomach should be filled with bayberry. Donghu Yingmei is 3km away from the urban area, surrounded by mountains on three sides, on which Yuyao's specialty bayberry is planted. In midsummer, the mountains are full of clouds. Yangmei villa is built on the lakeside, with a natural swimming pool and yacht surfing.

Donghu red bayberry is a treasure among fruits

Xuehu red bayberry is a treasure of fruit, which is rich in protein, iron, magnesium, copper, vitamin C, citric acid and other beneficial ingredients. The high quality red bayberry pulp contains 12% ～ 13% sugar and 0.5% ～ 1.1% acid. It is rich in cellulose, mineral elements, vitamins, a certain amount of protein, fat, pectin and eight kinds of amino acids beneficial to human body. The content of calcium, phosphorus and iron in the fruit is more than 10 times higher than other fruits. It contains 83.4-92.0 grams of water, 28 kilocalories of heat, 0.8 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 5.7 grams of carbohydrate and 1 gram of dietary fiber per 100 grams. It contains a variety of organic acids and rich in vitamin C. It can not only directly participate in the metabolism and redox process of sugar in the body, enhance the permeability of capillaries, but also reduce blood lipid and prevent the formation of cancer cells in the body Effect. In addition to fresh fruit, it can also be processed into sauce, juice, wine, dry (preserves) and so on.

The fruit acid not only can appetizer and produce body fluid, eliminate food and relieve heat, but also has the function of preventing sugar from transforming into fat, which is helpful to lose weight.

Myrica rubra contains vitamin C and B, which has a positive effect on cancer prevention and anti-cancer. The cyanamines and fatty oil in the red bayberry kernel also have the effect of inhibiting cancer cells.

Yang Meike extracts flavonoids and essential oils

The leaves, roots and branches of Myrica rubra are rich in tannin (up to 10% to 19%). They can extract flavones and essential oils, and are used as astringent and medically astringent. The nucleolus of Myrica rubra contains vitamin B17, which is a kind of anticancer substance. It also contains 32% crude protein and 21% crude fat. It is called high protein and high vegetable oil food, which can be fried or pressed.

Myrica rubra has the effect of producing body fluid, relieving thirst, strengthening spleen and appetizing

More food not only does not damage the spleen and stomach, but also has the effect of detoxification and cold dispelling. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records, "Myrica rubra can quench thirst, and the five internal organs, can clean the stomach, in addition to the evil Qi." The fruit, core, root and skin of Myrica rubra can be used as medicine. The fruit core can cure beriberi, the root can stop bleeding and regulate qi, and the bark soaking in wine can cure traumatic injury, swelling and pain. When Baijiu is soaked in liquor, it will feel refreshing and refreshing in summer. Diarrhea, red bayberry soup can be taken to drink to stop diarrhea, with the effect of convergence. Myrica rubra has many medical functions, such as digestion, dehumidification, heat relief, fluid generation, cough relief, digestion, cold resistance, diarrhea, diuresis, prevention and treatment of cholera and so on. It is known as "agate in fruit".

Myricetin

Myricetin, the active ingredient of Myrica rubra Leaves, has the effects of astringent, stimulant and emetic. It is used for diarrhea, yellow gall hepatitis, lymphotuberculosis, diffuse pharyngitis, etc. The bark element of Myrica rubra also has antioxidant activity and can eliminate free radicals in the body. It is widely used in medicine, food, health products and cosmetics. American health care drug FYI uses myricetin to treat and prevent arthritis and inflammation, especially for pregnant women and lactating infants. Myricetin (flavonol), six hydroxy erythrones. It can also be used as additive in cosmetics.

Historical evolution

The Hemudu site in Yuyao has long been well-known. It reproduces the production and life content and spiritual outlook of the residents of that era. The red bayberry core found in the site traces the history of Yuyao red bayberry back to 7000 years ago. At that time, the ancestors shuttled through the mountains and occasionally found one or two plants full of small red fruits. Bold people tried to pick and eat them. They were surprised to find that the taste was fresh and sweet. As a result, the wild small fruits became a hot demand. Under the situation of "short supply", the wise ancestors set foot on the long road of artificial cultivation and improvement, which has been handed down all the way Yuyao red bayberry.

"Yuejun Zhi" contains: "Kuaiji red bayberry is the wonder of the world, with a big core and a thin color of purple.". At that time, Yuyao was under the jurisdiction of Kuaiji county. It seems that there is no exact textual research on "tiantianqi". Now, the seven words of Yuyao red bayberry are a true portrayal of her. The ancients also gave each other their hometown specialties. In Gui Er ZA, it is recorded that people from Wu, Yue, Fujian and Guangdong always like to show off their hometown specialties when they go to school or transfer to other places, leaving a sentence that "the jade girls of Fujian and Guangdong contain ice and snow, and the star Lang of Wu county drives clouds of fire". In terms of quality, Yuyao bayberry was the best in Wuyue bayberry, so in Han Dynasty, Yuyao bayberry was one of the tribute items.

Up to the Han and Jin Dynasties, Yuyao people had basically mastered the cultivation techniques of Myrica rubra. In addition to fresh food, the morphology, storage and processing of Myrica rubra had been studied. Jihan in the Jin Dynasty described in detail the shape and habits of Myrica rubra in "Southern vegetation shape": "Myrica rubra is red, ripe in May, ripe like a plum, its taste is sour and sweet". It can be found that it has the same origin as the present Yuyao Myrica rubra. Now many people are not unfamiliar with bayberry wine, or have a special preference, but few people understand the origin of bayberry wine. According to the record of Linyi written by Dongfang Shuo of Han Dynasty, "bayberry in Linyi mountain is as big as a cup and bowl. It is very sour when it is green. It is red and tastes like Yami. It is famous for making wine. It is not allowed to drink unless it is a noble person who attaches great importance to guests."

"No one knows it's lychee when riding the princess of the world of mortals to laugh." how many people in ancient times did not like lychee? In ancient times, litchi has always been regarded as the best fruit, it seems that only dignitaries can enjoy luxury. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo said, "what is the right thing for Minguang litchi? What is the right thing for Xiliang grape? I don't think it's like Wuyue red bayberry." he thought that Wuyue red bayberry could be equal to it. This should be a high praise. Tang and song scholars cherish Myrica rubra everywhere, leaving many well-known poems. In Tang Dynasty, Li Bai wrote: "yupan Yangmei is set up for the king, Wu salt is like flowers and white snow"; another poet in Tang Dynasty, Ping Kezheng, praised the taste and color of Yangmei directly: "in May, Yangmei is full of forest, and it's suspected that it's worth a thousand gold at first. The taste of Heshuo grape is heavier than that of Lunan litchi

Especially in the Song Dynasty, Yuyao bayberry cultivation has formed a considerable scale, and well-known, began to export in large quantities. Lu You, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, once visited Yuyao's Myrica rubra producing area. He witnessed the charming scene of Myrica rubra picking and the grand occasion of being sold to Lin'an (today's Hangzhou) and regarded as a treasure. He wrote a poem: "the city of Lianshan is covered with green shade, and the city of Danshi is full of light.". If you don't love a plate full of fire, you will find Li Zhu first. She looks at the pleasure boat with a hairpin on her temples, and weaves the Yun cage into Shangdu. Drunk in the pride, want to take advantage of the wind dew to pick a thousand beads

In Ming Dynasty, Yuyao Myrica rubra was highlighted as an independent strain. People have mastered its distribution, characteristics, flavor and value in great detail. After generations of innovation and exploration, Yuyao Myrica rubra cultivation technology has been quite advanced. Such as Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, there are detailed records.

After thousands of years of breeding and development, Yuyao red bayberry has entered thousands of families in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is not only related to production and life, but also permeates and maintains a kind of emotion called red bayberry complex. On a summer evening, at the beginning of the Lantern Festival, the whole family is sitting in the courtyard, tasting red bayberry, chatting about home affairs, reciting poems to the wind and moon, and enjoying the stars. It should be a great pleasure in life. Yang fangcan, a native of the Qing Dynasty, described in his "red bayberry in maipitang": "leisure sales department, sitting in the open water Pavilion, no need to take care of the tea mill. Deep in the night, a mouthful of Hongxia chews and cools the fragrant saliva of Huachi. Who pays me? Kuang Xiaoke, I remember my family fruit most in the past years. " As soon as the waxberry is ripe, the wanderer who has been wandering for many years will feel homesick. He will cut it constantly and make it chaotic. Sun Sheng, the Minister of rites in Nanjing and a native of Yuyao in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem because he couldn't taste his hometown's red bayberry for many years. He sighed: "the red bayberry in the old town is gorgeous, and the candlelight lake is even better. Since her name is Jingui, she is not at home every year. "

At this time, the varieties of Yuyao red bayberry have been refined, forming different strains with their own characteristics, such as black, red, pink, white and so on. Wang Xiangjin mentioned in qunfangpu that "there are many varieties of red bayberry in Wuzhong, and the producers of red bayberry in Kuaiji are the best in the world". In the early years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, a new waxberry variety, white waxberry, appeared in xuanlang'ao of Yuyao. It is recorded that the ancestors of xuanlang'ao, who were industrious and intelligent, used some wild bayberry trees on the mountain, and after repeated experiments and careful cultivation, they gradually cultivated this precious variety. In Shibu village of Sanqi Town, there are more than 2000 ancient poplar and plum trees, all of which belong to black species, with the age of 120-150 years. Bayberry, which has witnessed the vicissitudes of history, may taste heavy.

Yuyao -- the hometown of Chinese Bayberry

The production area of Myrica rubra is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the cultivated area is mainly in Yuyao

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