Yongping White Goose

Yongping White Goose

Yongping White Goose is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Yongping White Goose is an agricultural product geographical indication.

　　Yongping Goose is a specialty of Yongping County, Dali, Yunnan Province.

　　The Yongping White Goose originated from the wild greylag goose and is a variant of the greylag goose species within the duck family (Anatidae, genus Anser). According to the *Dali Prefecture Local Poultry and Livestock Breed Chronicles*, in 1263, the Hui people of the He clan in Yongping began domesticating geese (greylag geese), marking over 750 years of history. The Yongping White Goose is an outstanding local breed meticulously selected, domesticated, cultivated, and naturally evolved by local Hui farmers under specific geographic, climatic, feed, and breeding conditions over long-term farming practices. It possesses strong heritability with stable genetic traits including beak, feather, comb, neck, flesh color, skin tone, body type, production performance, and reproductive performance. It features pure feather color, high fertility, strong broodiness, fast early growth, tolerance to coarse feed, low feeding costs, strong disease resistance, delicious meat, large foie gras, and high fat content. It was included in the *Dali Prefecture Local Poultry and Livestock Breed Chronicles* in 1980 and the *Yunnan Province Livestock and Poultry Breed Chronicles* in 1987. In July 2010, after evaluation and authentication by the National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Committee, the Yongping White Goose was designated as the Yunnan Goose, listed in the National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Catalogue, and Yongping County was recognized as its primary origin production area. The Yongping White Goose was once featured in a special report on CCTV-7’s *Wealth Creation* program. Its processed products won the “Famous, Special, and Quality Tourism Product Award” at the Kunming International Tourism Festival Trade Fair, and the “Yongping White Goose” received the “Golden Flower Award” for three consecutive years at the March Street Ethnic Festival trade fair in Dali Prefecture. Yongping County has a northern subtropical plateau monsoon climate. Due to factors such as altitude and regional environment, it exhibits a diverse vertical climate characterized by “four seasons on one mountain, different weather within miles.” The county has abundant rivers and good water sources, creating favorable natural ecological conditions for the development of the Yongping White Goose. Large-scale breeding is carried out in subtropical areas below 1,800 meters altitude where water resources are plentiful, such as river valleys, lakes, ponds, ditches, and marshes. Locals often feed crushed corn to goslings, while breeding geese and female geese are primarily fed corn and wheat. Most are raised in free-range systems, allowing them ample activity along rivers, ponds, marshes, and ditches, where they can access abundant natural feed such as minerals, green forage, and insects. Goose is one of the staple foods of the local Hui people, and goose fat is also a primary source of fat intake. It is a traditional custom among local Hui people to slaughter and cure geese into preserved geese starting in October each year, using them for visiting guests, hosting, or as gifts. Due to religious beliefs, there is also a tradition among the Hui community that “only geese may be bought, sold, or sold outside among Hui people, but not to Han people,” leading to self-breeding and self-raising practices. Through long-term selective breeding, superior genes have been expanded and refined, and desirable traits have been inherited and purified. Over time, through natural and artificial selection in Yongping’s unique geographic, climatic, and breeding environments, the Yongping White Goose—this distinctive and superior local breed—was ultimately formed. It is widely raised across the county, with large-scale development, and Hui households typically raise over 200 white geese annually. As geese are herbivorous waterfowl that are easy to raise and their meat is nutritious and delicious, even Han villages with better water sources in the county have extensively adopted similar breeding practices, achieving a certain scale of development. The annual inventory is 150,000 geese.

　　Yongping County has over 750 years of white goose breeding history. The Yongping White Goose is aesthetically pleasing and uniquely shaped, tolerant to coarse feed, highly disease-resistant, resilient, with tender meat, delicious flavor, and high nutritional value. It is a rare and outstanding local poultry breed and livestock genetic resource.

　　Yongping Goose

　　Yongping White Goose Breeding Association of Yongping County

　　13516230

　　Goose (live animal)

　　Geographic Scope

　　The Yongping White Goose is produced in Yongping County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, covering seven townships: Bonan Town, Longjie Town, Shanyang Town, Changjie Township, Shuixie Township, Longmen Township, and Beidou Township. The geographical coordinates are between 99°17′ to 99°56′ east longitude and 25°03′ to 25°45′ north latitude, spanning 56.25 km from north to south and 51.25 km from east to west, with a breeding area of 2,884 km². The annual inventory is 150,000 geese.