Jinggu Fragrant Glutinous Rice

Jinggu Fragrant Glutinous Rice

　　Jinggu Fragrant Glutinous Rice is a specialty of Jinggu County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province. This fragrant glutinous rice is a renowned high-quality rice variety with large grains. After processing, the rice is white, round, glossy, and distinguished by its color, aroma, and taste—particularly its fragrance. When cooked, the fragrant rice is as white as jade, glossy, soft in texture, and offers a sweet initial taste, a lingering aftertaste, and a soft sensation as it goes down.

　　In Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, there is a type of Jinggu Fragrant Glutinous Rice known for being "so fragrant that when one family steams it, ten households can smell it." This fragrant glutinous rice belongs to the japonica glutinous type and is one of China’s premium aromatic rice varieties. It boasts a rich aroma—not only does the rice and cooked rice smell fragrant, but the plants also emit a delicate fragrance during their early growth stage, especially during the heading and flowering periods. The grains of this fragrant rice are round, snow-white, and commonly used to make sticky rice cakes, sweet rice wine, and puffed rice candy, making it very popular among people.