Ginger has a wide range of uses, not only for seasoning, pickling and sugar stains, but also for processing into ginger buds, ginger slices, ginger powder, ginger juice, brewing ginger wine and extracting ginger oil, and it is also an important aroma-making raw material and medicinal material. Therefore, the ancients once called it "the tea to resist dampness" and "the scholar among vegetables". In Compendium of Materia Medica, there are records of "pungent, mild and non-toxic" and "dispelling wind, pathogenic cold and heat, benefiting spleen and stomach, dispelling cold, stopping vomiting and treating nausea". There is a folk saying that "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer does not require doctors to prescribe drugs". Ginger buds can also be used as stuffing and fried food.
Taian ginger is divided into three varieties: purple ginger, sliced ginger and ginger, and sliced ginger is the main variety. Ginger pieces are 2 ~ 23 cm long, 8 ~ 1 cm wide and 4 ~ 6 cm thick. Each piece weighs 4 ~ 6 grams, and the maximum weight is 1 grams. The surface is smooth and the inside is yellow. I like to plant in warm, moist and well-ventilated neutral to slightly acidic soil. Generally, before and after the Qingming Festival, Kang buds are planted in long summer, cultivated in beginning of autumn and harvested in first frost. The growth period is 165 days, and the yield per mu is about 2 kg, with a maximum of 4 kg. According to the determination, Taian ginger contains 8.88% starch, 4.76% soluble sugar, 9.68% crude protein and 3.8% cellulose, and 1 grams of fresh ginger contains .25 mg of volatile oil (ginger oil powder), all of which are higher than those of other ginger, so it is a national famous product.
Taian ginger has been cultivated for more than two thousand years. In The Analects of Confucius, there is a record of "not eating ginger", which shows that eating ginger in Qilu was very common during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is a section on planting ginger in Qi Min Requirements. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the planting area was about 21 mu. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been continuously expanded, reaching about 6, mu in 2, with a total output of 15, tons. Products sell well in the international market, and it is one of the fist products in Daiyue District to earn foreign exchange through export. Because Taian ginger has good quality and high yield. More than 1 provinces and autonomous regions such as Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Qinghai and Xinjiang have introduced a large number of them. North Korea, Pakistan and other countries have also used Taian as a kind of ginger and introduced it successfully.
The production of ginger in Anlinzhan Town of Feicheng has a history of more than 5 years. The ginger produced in this town has the characteristics of large lump, thin skin, fine meat, spicy and delicious taste, rich nutrition and storage resistance. It is an indispensable ingredient for various sweets, cakes and pickles. The fleshy rhizome is the raw material for extracting gingerol, oil powder, minerals, vitamin A, vitamin C and spices.
In order to give full play to traditional advantages and cultivate characteristic industries to enrich the people, Anlin Station Town has continuously increased adjustment efforts and scientific and technological investment, and implemented technologies such as changing summer ginger into spring ginger, soil testing and formula fertilization, and biological control of pests and diseases. In 1998, the town registered the trademark of "Taishan Top Brand Ginger" with the State Trademark Office. In 2, the planting area of ginger in the town was 15, mu, with a yield of 33.333 kg per mu and a total output of 5, tons. In June, 21, it was recognized as "Green Food" A-class product by China Green Food Development Center, and was allowed to use the national "Green Food" mark. Anlin Town, Feicheng City operates ginger production according to the requirements of industrialization, and has established three large-scale specialized wholesale markets for ginger. In cooperation with Sino-Japanese Dongjing Food Co., Ltd., it has added a processing and export project for ginger series products, mainly producing air-dried ginger buds, with an annual production capacity of 8, tons. The products are exported to Japan, South Korea, Eastern Europe and other countries and regions.