Yan Mountain Red Dates

Yan Mountain Red Dates

　　In the third batch of “China’s Economic Forest Hometowns” named by the State Forestry Administration, Yan Mountain was officially designated as the “Hometown of Chinese Red Dates.”

According to the Yan Mountain Forestry Bureau, during this naming event, a total of 73 counties (cities, districts) across the country received the designation, with six counties and cities in our province being among them. For Yan Mountain, the tradition of growing jujube trees dates back to ancient times, and in recent years, the local red date industry has flourished vigorously. The county has a total of 370,000 mu (approximately 24,667 hectares) planted with jujube trees—around 14.8 million trees—producing an annual yield of 44 million kilograms of red dates, making it an important supplementary livelihood for local farmers.