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The day lily in Qidong County, Hunan Province is the largest day lily producing area in China, accounting for more than 70% of the country's total output. In 2002, it won the title of national origin of day lily. Thanks to the strong support of governments at all levels, such as Hengyang City, Hunan Province, since 2000, the planting area of daylily in Qidong has soared to 1.6 million mu, with 400,000 vegetable farmers, and the total output has exceeded half of the country. Qidong County was also named as "the place of origin of day lily" by the state. As a result, Qidong has established its position as the headquarters and base camp of the national day lily industry. As the origin of day lily and the largest day lily planting base in China, the total output of dry day lily in Qidong County in 2006 was 4 1 10,000 tons.
Shaodong County, Hunan Province is known as the "hometown of yellow flowers". The scientific name of yellow flower is day lily. In ancient China, "Xuanting" and "Xuantang" were often used to represent mothers, so people called yellow flowers "mother flowers". Because of its golden color and slender shape, it is also called "day lily". Daylily is a beautiful and elegant ornamental plant with high nutritional value.
Shaodong is located in the middle of Hunan, which belongs to subtropical zone, with mild climate and abundant rainfall. Light and soil conditions are very suitable for the growth of yellow flowers. According to the county records of the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, a large area of yellow flowers was planted here as early as 170 years ago. Huanghualai produced by Shaodong is listed as one of the eight precious vegetables in China. According to the determination of China Academy of Medical Sciences, the contents of protein, egg, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and riboflavin in Shaoyang Huanghualai are higher than those in common vegetables such as tomatoes.
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Day lily-Baidu encyclopedia