Huimin Willow Forks and Poles

Huimin Willow Forks and Poles

　　【Huimin Willow Forks and Poles】Willow forks and poles are farming tools made from willow fork woods that have been directionally pruned and managed before being processed. Huimin

　　willow forks and poles come in a wide variety. They are smooth, white, tough, lightweight, durable, and cost-effective. In addition to supplying various counties in northern Shandong, they are also sold to Henan,

　　Hebei, and Inner Mongolia, among other regions.

　　 Willow fork woods take three years to grow forks and two years to grow poles. After the willow forks and poles are harvested, the forks must go through processes such as furnace baking, bark peeling, shaping on racks while hot,

　　cooling down, and refurnace baking to set their shape. The poles must undergo three rounds of processing including furnace baking, bark peeling, and straightening. Products include three-pronged forks,

　　two-pronged forks, and willow poles of varying lengths and thicknesses.

　　 The cultivation of willow fork woods and production of willow forks and poles in Huimin County has an 80-year history. In 1901, Tang Shengzhen from Xintang Village in Lianwu Township left home to seek a livelihood

　　and introduced willow fork planting from the Dongming area (then under the jurisdiction of Henan Province), starting with scattered planting in his village, which later developed into large-scale cultivation. Currently,

　　most of the county’s willow fork woods are distributed across Lianwu, Jianglou, Danianchen, as well as Sanpu and Madian townships, covering an area of about 50,000 mu. The annual yield includes 330,000 forks and 2 million poles.

　　willow poles.