Yifeng Bamboo Shoots

Yifeng Bamboo Shoots

Yifeng Bamboo Shoots are an agricultural product geographic indication product.

　　Yifeng Bamboo Shoots are a specialty of Yifeng County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. Yifeng is known as the "Bamboo Capital of China." These bamboo shoots are the young sprouts of the moso bamboo, a plant from the Poaceae family. They are plump in shape, with short, thick nodes. Yifeng Bamboo Shoots are a nationally protected product under the Agricultural Product Geographic Indication system.

　　Category: Vegetable | Product Name: Yifeng Bamboo Shoots | Registration Certificate No.: AGI01294 | Ministry of Agriculture Announcement No./Date: No. 2046 (December 30, 2013) | Brief Introduction to Cultural History: Yifeng County is recognized as a national "Bamboo Capital." The area features complex terrain, diverse climate types, superior ecological conditions, and abundant bamboo resources. Bamboo is deeply intertwined with the lives of the people in Yifeng. A poem titled "Xinchang Mountain Source" by Li Lu of the Yuan Dynasty (who served as a magistrate in Xinchang in the fourth year of the Yanyou era) reads: "Mountains surround as if paths are cut off, yet suddenly turn into settlements. Every household soaks bamboo in pools, and bamboo pipes divert springs everywhere." On the dining table, the "Three Bamboos" (winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots, and dried bamboo shoots), bamboo rafts on the river, shoulder poles, and hand-held bamboo fans all showcase the presence of bamboo. The largest bamboo specimen in the collection of Nanjing Forestry College was collected from living bamboo in Yifeng in 1982; the three large moso bamboos exhibited at the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall in Beijing in 1972 were also selected from Yifeng. Winter bamboo shoots are the main ingredient in Yifeng’s famous dish "Bazha" (also known as Stir-Fried Eight Treasures). Yifeng Bamboo Shoots have become a key pillar industry for tourism development and farmers’ prosperity, serving as a powerful driver for optimizing the county’s agricultural industrial structure and advancing agricultural industrialization.

　　Yifeng County is located at the southern foot of the Jiuling Mountains in northwestern Jiangxi Province. It borders Gao’an and Shanggao to the east, Tonggu to the west, Wanzai to the south, and Fengxin and Xiushui to the north. Yifeng was among the first counties in China to be awarded the title of "Bamboo Capital," boasting unique advantages in forest resources.

　　Yifeng Bamboo Shoots are the young sprouts of the moso bamboo, a plant from the Poaceae family. They are plump in shape, with short, thick nodes. Winter Bamboo Shoots: Harvested in winter, they are spindle-shaped, with a sharp, bright yellow sheath tongue and golden-yellow sheath leaves. The flesh is firm, seamless, ivory-white, and fine in texture. Spring Bamboo Shoots: Harvested in spring, they are pagoda-shaped, with thick, long, greenish sheath tongues and sheath leaves densely covered with brown fuzz. The flesh is white, thick, tender, and juicy.

　　In 2013, "Yifeng Bamboo Shoots," applied for by the Yifeng County Green Food Development Office, passed the review of the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and expert evaluation, and was granted national protection under the Agricultural Product Geographic Indication registration system.

　　Geographic Scope

　　Yifeng is situated at the southern foot of the Jiuling Mountains in northwestern Jiangxi. The protected geographic indication area for Yifeng Bamboo Shoots lies between 114°30′26″–115°04′13″ east longitude and 28°18′17″–28°40′38″ north latitude. The protected region covers 13 towns (farms) and 117 villages (sub-farms) across Yifeng County, including Huanggang Town, Shihuajian Reclamation Farm, Cheche Forest Farm, Fangxi Town, Shuangfeng Forest Farm, Huanggangshan Reclamation Farm, Tan Mountain Town, Tianbao Township, Tong’an Township, Huaqiao Township, Chengtang Town, Xinchang Town, and Qiaoxi Township. The protected area spans 56,000 hectares, with a moso bamboo stock of 120 million poles and an annual yield of 20,000 tons.