Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes

Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes

Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes

　　The production area of Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes covers the current administrative region of Zhongtai Subdistrict Office, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

　　　Zhongtai bitter bamboo is the only high-end material used in China for making premium bamboo flutes. Flutes and other products made from bitter bamboo have long been a specialty industry in Zhongtai Township and even in Yuhang District. In 2006, the Zhongtai Bitter Bamboo Industry Association was awarded the title of "Advanced Civilian Organization in Yuhang District." Its registered "Dongxiao Palace" brand southern xiao won the 2006 Most Popular Hangzhou Tourism Souvenir Creative Design Work and the Third Prize in the City Tourism Souvenir Creative Design Works Collection.

　　　　Tonglingqiao Village is blessed with naturally ideal conditions as a raw material source for flutes and xiaos. Located in the southwestern part of Zhongtai Township, Tonglingqiao Village boasts beautiful scenery, surrounded by green mountains on all sides and bordering Lin’an and Fuyang. The distant mountain ranges in Tonglingqiao Village undulate gently. Vast bamboo forests cover the mountains, and at the foot of the bamboo-covered hills lies a narrow, winding street. Both sides of the street have now become nationally renowned flute villages. With growing fame, the villagers have prospered, building Western-style houses and buying cars. A similarly narrow and winding road runs alongside the street, stretching far into the distance toward the bamboo hills. Although the villagers have achieved prosperity, the folkways of Tonglingqiao remain simple and the people warm-hearted. The annual Flute Art Summer Camp held here always leaves children reluctant to leave.

　　 "Report of the People's Government of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, on Delimiting the Protected Area of the Geographical Indication Product Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes," Yu Zheng Fa [2013] No. 40

　　 Local Standard of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City: DB330110/T057.1~4-2013 "Zhongtai Bamboo Flutes"