Fertile Land Tribute Rice

Fertile Land Tribute Rice

　　Wannian Tribute Rice enjoys worldwide fame and is served to foreign heads of state visiting China. This snow-white, translucent rice originates from Heqiao Village in Peimei Town. Legend has it that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, farmers in Heqiao planted a rice variety called "Three Grains per Inch." By the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor dreamed of Jiangxi having a "thousand-pound winter melon and inch-long rice," prompting officials to search the region. Eventually, they discovered it in Heqiao Village. The emperor was so fond of it that he decreed the villagers to "cultivate it generation after generation and offer it as tribute every year," hence the name "Tribute Rice."

In recent years, the Wannian County Party Committee and County Government have listed the production of Tribute Rice as one of the leading projects for revitalizing the local economy. Collaborating with research institutions such as the Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Jiangxi Agricultural University, they have jointly researched and developed new varieties of Tribute Rice. To date, over ten high-quality new varieties have been created, including Tribute Fragrant Rice No. 1 and No. 2, Tribute Silk Rice No. 1 and No. 2, Pearl Tribute No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, as well as Tribute Glutinous Rice. The Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Commission has included Tribute Rice production as one of the province’s scientific research projects. Meanwhile, processing industries using Wannian Tribute Rice as a raw material have flourished...

In 1996, the Wannian Tribute Rice Group was established. Its Tribute Rice and related products are bestsellers in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai, and are also exported to various Southeast Asian countries. The products have repeatedly been awarded provincial and ministerial-level quality certifications. In 2002, the "Wannian Tribute" brand rice received the National "Green Food Label Certificate." Its product series were approved as national exemption-from-inspection products and recognized as Jiangxi Provincial Brands. The Treasure Series of noodles won a gold award at the 1994 China Food Expo and a silver award at the 1993 China New Scientific and Technological Achievements, Patent Technologies, and Patent Products Expo, along with other honors such as Jiangxi Provincial Excellent Product. The "Huangyang" brand series of Tribute Rice produced by Jiangxi Wannian Huangyang Tribute Rice Industry Co., Ltd. is popular in major cities across Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. The "Huangyang" brand has been named a Famous Trademark of Jiangxi Province, and Huangyang Tribute Rice has been designated as a Key Protected Product of the province.