Shuangliu Taiping Loquats

Shuangliu Taiping Loquats

　　Shuangliu loquats are a specialty of Taiping Town in Shuangliu County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Known as the “No.1 Loquat Town in Tianfu,” Taiping Town is famous for its fresh, sweet, and delicious loquats. The Taiping loquats are of unique quality, rich in protein, vitamins, and various mineral trace elements, offering benefits such as moistening the lungs, nourishing the stomach, soothing the liver, and clearing heat. They are also highly nutritious, with a distinctive flavor, pure taste, and rich aroma, earning the reputation of “Heavenly Queen Mother’s peaches above, earthly Taiping loquats below.”

　　Taiping Town is located in the middle section of the Longquan Mountain Range in eastern Chengdu, 35 kilometers from downtown Chengdu. It is close to Hualong Road and the Dongshan Expressway, with the Shuangjian Tourist Expressway passing through the town, providing convenient transportation throughout. Taiping Town has a long history of loquat cultivation dating back to the Han Dynasty and is widely known as the “Hometown of Loquats.” Currently, it has over 20,000 acres of high-quality loquat orchards. In 2012, the town produced more than 12,000 tons of loquats, making it a pillar industry centered around this fruit. In April 2009, the Taiping Town loquats received organic conversion certification and were awarded “China Geographical Indication” protected product status. As the birthplace of the Shuangliu Loquat Festival and a region abundant in fruit, it is honored as the “No.1 Loquat Town in Tianfu” and the “Fruit Hometown.” This year, it pioneered a loquat traceability system. By purchasing traceable loquats, customers can enter the code on the box online to find out the grower, specific plot of land, batch of the product, and even details such as when the grower fertilized, pruned, or thinned the fruit. This not only ensures the quality and safety of Shuangliu Taiping loquats but also increases consumer confidence in buying and enjoying them.

　　In recent years, Taiping Town has focused on building a 16,000-acre modern agricultural park called “Dongshan Farmer’s Orchard.” Following the “six modernizations” required for modern agricultural development and relying on specialized farmer cooperatives, the town has vigorously implemented large-scale agricultural production, establishing 13,000 acres of scaled loquat production and 1,000 acres of standardized loquat production bases. At the same time, using the loquat as a focal point, the town has forged a path of modern ecological sightseeing tourism driven by the “positive interaction between primary and tertiary industries,” promoting “friendship, sales, investment, and income growth through festivals.”

　　Known as the “No.1 Loquat Town in Tianfu,” Taiping Town is famous for its locally grown loquats, which are fresh, sweet, and delicious. According to reports, Taiping loquats are uniquely high in quality, rich in protein, vitamins, and various mineral trace elements, offering benefits such as moistening the lungs, nourishing the stomach, soothing the liver, and clearing heat. They are also highly nutritious, with a rich flavor, pure taste, and are reputed as “Heavenly Queen Mother’s peaches above, earthly Taiping loquats below.”

　　Shuangliu loquats are a protected geographical indication product.

　　The protected area for Shuangliu loquats as a geographical indication product is defined according to the range proposed in the “Report on the Protected Geographical Indication Area Map of Shuangliu Loquats” (Shuang Fu Han [2007] No. 110) issued by Shuangliu County, Sichuan Province. This includes the current administrative regions of 14 towns in Shuangliu County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province: Hejiang Town, Yongxing Town, Xinglong Town, Sanxing Town, Taiping Town, Baisha Town, Xinxing Town, Wan’an Town, Zhengxing Town, Jiancha Town, Jitian Town, Dalin Town, Yong’an Town, and Huanglongxi Town.