Mengjin Yellow River Carp

Mengjin Yellow River Carp

Mengjin Yellow River Carp is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Mengjin Yellow River Carp is a geographical indication agricultural product.

　　“As the saying goes, ‘A three-foot Yellow River carp makes its home in Mengjin.’” The carp produced here features pale red tails and snow-white bellies, with tender flesh, delicious taste, no muddy flavor, rich nutrition, and health benefits, making it an excellent dish for banquets.

　　Mengjin Yellow River Carp is a specialty of Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. East of Mengjin, the Yellow River channel begins to widen, with broad and shallow riverbeds, low sediment content, high transparency, and water rich in various nutrients essential for fish growth—this is what makes the carp here so delicious.

　　The great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai once wrote: “A three-foot Yellow River carp makes its home in Mengjin; if it fails to leap the Dragon Gate, it returns to swim with common fish.” This is probably the best advertisement for Mengjin’s braised Yellow River carp.

　　Hui’meng Town in Mengjin County has optimized the structure of its aquatic farming varieties, highlighting its distinctive industries. It is vigorously developing the farming of Yellow River carp, accelerating the growth of the Yellow River carp industry, and aiming to build Luoyang’s largest pollution-free Yellow River carp farming base covering ten thousand mu, with plans to produce 30,000 tons annually and achieve an output value of 400 million yuan.