Yiliang Bamboo Shoots

Yiliang Bamboo Shoots

　　Yiliang Bamboo Shoots are a specialty of Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. Yiliang is one of the main producers of bamboo shoots and bamboo timber in Zhaotong and even across Yunnan, boasting abundant bamboo resources and a wide variety of species.

　　Yiliang County has a total of 30 species of bamboo plants from 12 genera within the Bambusoideae subfamily of the Poaceae family, ranking first in all of Zhaotong City. These include not only important economically cultivated scattered bamboo species such as moso bamboo, water bamboo, mottled bamboo, and gray-gold bamboo, but also clumping bamboo species like fishpole bamboo, Neosinocalamus affinis, Langshan bamboo, and hardstem yellow bamboo, as well as mixed bamboo species such as qiong bamboo, Jinfoshan square bamboo, bitter bamboo, Yushan bamboo, and arrow bamboo. The total bamboo forest area in the county amounts to 171,000 mu (including 105,000 mu of natural bamboo forests), among which: square bamboo covers 120,000 mu, water bamboo 10,000 mu, qiong bamboo 30,000 mu, moso bamboo 6,500 mu, and other bamboo species 4,500 mu. The annual production of bamboo shoots reaches 65,000 tons, known for their high quality and strong market demand that exceeds supply.