Yuanjiang Ramie

Yuanjiang Ramie

Yuanjiang Ramie is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　On October 12, 2005, Yuanjiang City was awarded the honorary title of "Hometown of Ramie in China" by the Organizing Committee of the China Specialties Hometown Promotion and Publicity Campaign.

　　Ramie is also known as the "Chinese Grass." According to records, Yuanjiang has over 1,500 years of ramie cultivation history and is the largest ramie production base in the country. Statistics show that the city’s ramie planting area is around 300,000 mu on average, with a total raw ramie output of over 50,000 tons. This year, the city’s ramie planting area has expanded to 340,000 mu, with an expected total raw ramie output of over 60,000 tons.

　　Geographical Scope

　　　Within Yuanjiang, the product comes from 12 townships: Huangmaozhou Town, Gonghua Town, Nandashan Town, Sihu Mountain Town, Caowei Town, Qionghu Office (Note: Qionghu Office is a specific geographical name), Yangluozhou Town, Sijihong Town, Chapanzhou Town, Xinwan Town, Nanzi Town, and Sanyantang Town.

　　Unique Qualities

　　　　Yuanjiang is located in the heart of Dongting Lake and has a total arable land area of 800,000 mu, making it a major agricultural city. It has a long history of ramie cultivation. According to local chronicles, as early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, ramie was already being grown in Yuanjiang, which historically enjoyed the reputation of "no farmstead without Yuanjiang ramie." After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Yuanjiang became a world-renowned hometown of ramie. Its ramie is famous for accounting for 40% of Hunan’s total output and 20% of the national output on a regular basis. In 2003, it was designated as the "Advantageous Regional Crop Industry Belt – Ramie Industry Belt of Hunan Province," and in 2004, it was recognized by the Provincial Department of Agriculture as the "Hunan Province Ten-Thousand-Mu Ramie Standardized Production Demonstration Base." Currently, the ramie planting area in Yuanjiang City reaches 370,000 mu, among which "Zhongzhu No.1" and "Xiangzhu No.2" varieties account for over 90% of the total area. The average annual yield per mu of ramie in Yuanjiang City reaches 200 kilograms, with high-yield ramie gardens yielding over 250 kilograms per mu. The annual total raw ramie output exceeds 50,000 tons, with a commercialization rate of over 98%, and the single fiber fineness exceeds 1,800 counts, with strength reaching over 40.

　　Cultural Anecdotes

　　　　Yuanjiang, located in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, is China’s "Hometown of Ramie." Legend has it that Fan Li and Xi Shi once lived in seclusion here and planted a type of grass on the mountain that could be spun into thread and woven into cloth. Since then, for thousands of years, this land in Yuanjiang has become a hub for ramie cultivation and processing, earning the reputation of "no farmstead without Yuanjiang ramie."