More than 100 years ago, like Xinhui red tangerine, Xinhui tangerine peel was also a tribute to the palace. In recent years, Xinhui tangerine peel is not only popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, but also exported to Southeast Asia, the United States, and Canada. According to incomplete statistics, 4,000 tons of tangerine peel and other products are sold to other places in Xinhui every year, with a trade volume of 300 million. Yuan and above.

Recently, the Xinhui District Government proposed to implement regional protection of origin for Xinhui red tangerine and its products (Xinhui tangerine peel). According to reports, according to this idea, relevant production and product standards will be further formulated and implemented, and the "Xinhui Mandarin" and "Xinhui Chenpi" certificate of origin trademarks will be applied to relevant national departments for unified management, unified trademarks, and unified packaging. It is also necessary to authorize and support the Xinhui Mandarin (Tangerine Peel) Association as the legal management unit of the origin mark, and implement industrial management, standardized production, and brand management to promote the brand culture of Xinhui Tangerine Peel.

According to reports, Sichuan tangerine peel and Guangdong tangerine peel are the most popular in the world, and Guangdong tangerine peel is the top grade. Among the tangerine peels, the tangerine peel produced in Xinhui is the top grade, especially the red tangerine peel of Xinhui is the treasure, and the peel that has been stored for many years is the best. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "a thousand-year-old ginseng, a hundred-year-old tangerine peel".

The reason why Xinhui tangerine peel has become a fine product in food lies in its inherent medicinal and health care value. The medicinal functions of tangerine peel were discussed in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica". As Xinhui tangerine peel became famous, some medical books even specifically pointed out the medicinal use of "Xinhui tangerine peel" in their discussions. Since the Qing Dynasty, there have been many private merchants specializing in Xinhui tangerine peel. This has also promoted Xinhui tangerine peel to a wider area. Coupled with its good quality, good taste and high medicinal value, Xinhui tangerine peel has become increasingly famous. , and finally became a palace tribute together with Xinhui red tangerine during the Tongzhi and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty.

In addition to its medicinal uses, Xinhui tangerine peel is also an excellent raw material and condiment for making delicious dishes. Nowadays, many seasoning methods are also popular in Xinhui District, such as tangerine peel steamed fish, tangerine peel duck, tangerine peel bones, tangerine peel desserts, tangerine peel cakes, tangerine peel wine, tangerine peel cool fruits, etc.

The reason why Xinhui tangerine peel has good taste and high medicinal value is determined by the unique growth water, soil and climate environment of Xinhui red tangerine. According to reports, Xinhui tangerine peel is best produced in the alluvial plain of the Tanjiang River Basin in the original Xinhui territory, especially along the coast of Yinzhou Lake. In this area, the Xijiang River and Tanjiang River meet. Every year during the flood season, the Xijiang River brings soil from as far away as the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Yinzhou Lake with floods, and merges with the Tanjiang River water to form a unique irrigation water. From December to March of each year, Before the flood season in April, the runoff of the Xijiang River and Tanjiang River decreased, and the sea tide intruded, forming an annual salt tide. As a result, seawater elements penetrated into the water and soil components. Under the combined influence of the two rivers, the soil in Xinhui has both alluvial and alluvial soil types, which is conducive to the formation of distinctive qualities of red oranges. In addition, this area has abundant heat, sufficient light, and abundant rainfall, which is very conducive to the growth of Xinhui red oranges.

At the same time, Xinhui tangerine peel also has unique cultivation and processing technology that has been established for a long time. Every year during the harvest of red tangerines, tangerine peels are dried everywhere in the tangerine orchards and streets of Xinhui. The pulp that cannot be sold for a while will be thrown away. Therefore, in the history of Xinhui, there is a saying of "Xinhui tangerine peel than tangerine peel". "Meat is expensive". In addition, Xinhui people also have their own habits when saving skins: they are stringed with hemp rope and smoked at the end of the stove, put in sacks and stored in the attic, and dried tangerine peels are dried every year.

Xinhui tangerine peel and red tangerine have always been the main local agricultural production projects. At their peak, around the mid-1930s, the planting area of ??Xinhui red tangerine reached more than 70,000 acres, with an annual output of More than 80,000 tons, a large amount of tangerine peel will be sold to other places again. In the 1970s and 1980s, Xinhui also exported a large number of fresh tangerines and tangerine peels, earning more than 3 million US dollars in foreign exchange annually. With the support of rejuvenation and other technologies, the production scale of red tangerines in the region is currently about 10,000 acres, with an annual output of 20,000 tons. The annual local processing volume of tangerine peel has reached more than 1,000 tons, creating an output value of more than 40 million yuan. At the same time, in Xinhui, there are no less than 100 enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households operating Xinhui tangerine peel and its products. According to incomplete statistics, 4,000 tons of tangerine peel and other products are exported through Xinhui private sector every year, with a trade volume of more than 300 million yuan.