territorial scope
East longitude 1 19 27' to 1 19 50' north latitude 32 48' to 33 05', east to Tangzhi Town of Gaoyou City, south to Cheluo Town of Gaoyou City, west to Tianshan Town of Gaoyou City, and north to Linze Town of Gaoyou City, including Gaoyou Town and Cheluo Town.
Specific mass
Gaoyou duck lays more eggs, with large egg heads and a large proportion of yolk, especially for producing double yellow eggs. Its egg quality can be summarized by protein's "fresh, thin and tender" and yolk "red, sand and oil". In Wang Zengqi's Hometown Cuisine, there is a vivid description: "The sea is difficult to make water, but I really look down on it." "Gaoyou salted eggs are characterized by excellent quality and rich oil. Protein is very tender, unlike other places where the hair is dry and pink, and the mouth is like chewing lime. There is more oil here than anywhere else. Usually when you eat, you usually break the' short' and dig it with chopsticks. " Chopsticks creak as soon as their heads are dropped-red oil comes out. "Rivers, harbors, lakes and beaches are ubiquitous high-quality water resources and natural breeding grounds for Gaoyou ducks. All kinds of small animals floating on the water and living underwater provide Gaoyou duck with the most delicious "live food". This also provides a unique natural condition for the development of ecological duck breeding and green products in recent years. In recent years, a number of high-quality brands such as Red Sun, Sanhu and Qinyou have been developed, and they have obtained well-known and famous trademarks and green food signs.
Cultural allusions
Gaoyou people raise ducks and salted eggs, which is mentioned in Qin Guan's poems in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yuan Mei, a great poet and gourmet in Qing Dynasty, admired Gaoyou salted eggs. He recorded "salted eggs" in the accompanying garden menu. The praise of celebrity gourmets made Gaoyou duck eggs famous all over the world. Gaoyou people raise ducks, and there are many waters in Gaoyou. Rivers, lakes, ports and tributaries such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, gaoyou lake and Shaobo Lake are continuous, and the water surface accounts for more than one third of the total area of the region. There are a lot of fish, shrimp, snails, clams and aquatic plants in lakes, rivers and grass beaches, which provide rich feed for ducks. Gaoyou duck has lived in this environment for a long time, and naturally produced high-quality Gaoyou duck and double yellow eggs. Everything is precious, Gaoyou duck is a generous gift from nature to Gaoyou. Nowadays Gaoyou duck and double yellow eggs are exported to dozens of countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia. 1993 won the gold medal in the 43rd Agricultural Fair in Venus, Italy, 1995 won the gold medal in the 2nd National Agricultural Fair in Gaoyou, 1993 and 1995 won the title of high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce twice, and it was listed in the National List of Livestock and Poultry Variety Resources Protection by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2002, with 65438+ in the same year.