Zhangshui Fritillaria

Zhangshui Fritillaria

　　Zhangshui Fritillaria is a specialty of Zhangshui Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Zhangshui Town is the main production area of Zhejiang Fritillaria in China, accounting for more than half of the national total output, and has been named the "Hometown of Chinese Zhejiang Fritillaria" by the China Specialties Hometown Naming Committee.

　　Zhangshui Town is located in the Siming Mountain area of western Yinzhou. The town currently has 20 administrative villages and one residents' committee, covering an administrative area of 146 square kilometers, with 12,000 mu of arable land and a population of over 28,000. The town has a long history of producing Zhejiang Fritillaria and is nationally renowned as a protected origin area for Zhejiang Fritillaria, as well as being honored as the "Hometown of Chinese Zhejiang Fritillaria." The town currently has over 4,000 mu of Zhejiang Fritillaria cultivation bases, producing more than 1.2 million jin (approximately 600 metric tons) of commercial-grade fritillaria annually, which serves as a major source of income for local farmers.