The more famous torreya king trees include: Zhuji Chinese torreya king, Shengzhou Chinese torreya king, Pan'an Chinese torreya king, Lichuan Chinese torreya king.
Zhuji Torreya King of China - 1350, 18 meters high, crowned king in 2003 (the earliest torreya king); Xikeng Village, Zhaojia Town, Zhuji City, the village has a tree that is more than 100 years old There are more than 4,500 torreya trees, including more than 10 torreya trees that are over a thousand years old, and one that is more than 1,300 years old. Zhuji City's output in 2012 was 680 tons, accounting for 34% of the province's total sales volume of 2,000 tons. The torreya planting area and output ranked first in the country.
Chinese Torreya King in Shengzhou - in 1500, the diameter at breast height was more than 7 meters, and it took seven people to hug it. The annual output was over 1,500 kilograms (the most prolific Torreya King so far); Songmingpei Village, Tongyuan Township, Shengzhou City , there are more than 2,000 torreya trees in the village that are 100 years old, one of which is more than 1,500 years old. The torreya tree in Shengzhou City covers an area of ??about 5,400 acres and has 60 ancient torreya tree groups, among which there are more than 8,000 ancient torreya trees that are more than a hundred years old. The planting area and output of torreya ranks second in the country.
Pan'an China Torreya King - 1500, 30 meters high, more than 9.5 meters in diameter at breast height, crowned king in 2009 (the tallest and largest torreya tree so far, the real torreya king); Pan'an County is at least It has a history of more than 1,300 years of torreya cultivation. There are more than 6,100 torreya trees that are over a hundred years old, including 45 torreya trees that are over a thousand years old, and one "Chinese torreya king" that is over 1,500 years old. At present, the area of ??torreya in our county is 56,000 acres, and the output of torreya in 2012 was 400 tons, accounting for 20% of the province's total sales of 2,000 tons, and 18% of the country's total sales. The planting area and output of torreya ranks third in the country.
Lichuan Chinese Torreya King - more than 1,500 years old, 21 meters high, a female tree; Lichuan County is very rich in torreya resources, with a large concentrated distribution area, wide distribution range, high population density, and well-developed community structure. The largest and oldest torreya population in my country is preserved in the territory, with 6,448 natural torreya trees existing. It is one of the best-preserved areas in the country. In the rolling mountains of Zhuji, Zhejiang, there is a torreya forest covering an area of ??more than 30,000 acres, including 126 ancient torreya trees, more than 2,700 torreya trees that are over a thousand years old, and 150,000 torreya trees in abundance, with an average annual output of 500,000 torreya trees. About 60 kilograms, accounting for more than 60% of the country's total torreya output, and has been named the "Hometown of Chinese Torreya" by the country. Walking into Xianping Mountain in Zhongjialing Village, one of the richest torreya-producing areas in Zhuji, you can see clouds and mist on the top of the mountain. Nearly a thousand ancient trees that are more than a hundred years old grow all over the mountain and slopes. The thick branches of the male trees stretch into the blue sky in various postures. , the female tree is "haired" and drooping. During the growth process of hundreds of years, the ancient torreya tree community here has been devastated by violent storms and lightning and thunder. Some branches have been broken, some have staggered, and some have grown up in the cliffs. Therefore, the torreya trees have become The shapes of the ancient tree communities are all kinds of strange, some look like beasts running around, some look like eagles spreading their wings, some look like a loving couple, some look like angry-eyed King Kong...
The torreya tree is the tallest. The majestic and unique one is the "King of Torreya" at Maguanyin Gangding Bay in Xikeng Village. This is a female torreya tree, 18 meters high, which is as tall as a 6-storey building. Its chest is 9.26 meters tall and requires 6 people to hug it. Its giant branches stretch out in all directions like umbrella ribs, like a huge green vine. The umbrella covers an area of ??0.85 acres, or 576 square meters, and can accommodate more than 100 people to enjoy the shade under it at the same time. It produces more than 700 kilograms of fresh fruit every year.
Torreya is delicious and has high nutritional value. According to analysis, its pulp contains 50% fat, 10% protein, and a variety of vitamins and minerals. Torreya is not only rich in nutrients, but also has certain medicinal value. According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", Torreya has the functions of "curing five hemorrhoids and removing three insect poisons", "treating white worms, eliminating grains, assisting muscles and bones, and promoting health and well-being." It improves eyesight and lightens body, making people able to eat" and other effects. When tasting torreya, many people bite open the shell with their teeth, but experts hold the torreya with two fingers, press it hard to make it split, and then use the shell to peel off the black coating of the fruit to reveal the light yellow flesh. This method of cracking the shell to eat torreya is said to have been invented by Xi Shi more than 2,400 years ago. At that time, Xi Shi and her little sisters went to the Nanhuo Store to play. The boss bullied their fingers and asked them to press the torreya with two fingers. Who could do it? You can taste the torreya for free when you open it. The ingenious Xishi saw two raised dots on the head of the torreya, just like two eyes, so she pinched the two eyes and pressed hard, and the torreya shell cracked. It's open.
From then on, many experts began to eat torreya without biting it with their teeth, but only pinched it with their hands.
The delicious torreya tree is difficult to grow. It usually takes eight years for a torreya tree to be planted before it can bear fruit sporadically. After a few decades, the output will double. Only when the tree is hundreds of years old can it truly achieve fruitful results, so the locals call it the "Gongsun tree". The torreya tree is also known as the "third generation fruit": the torreya tree sprouts and shoots from March to May every year, and the flower primordia begins to differentiate in May; the male and female flowers mature and begin pollination in mid-to-late April of the next year, and from August to September Fertilization forms young fruits; the young fruits gradually expand from May to August of the third year, and the peel turns light yellow and matures in early September. According to the records of Zhuji County during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty: Torreya trees can only be harvested every three years, with three sections stacked and one harvested each year. It is commonly known as the "Three Generations of Fruit".
It is quite difficult to pick torreya. It cannot be beaten like pecans, because in addition to mature torreyas, there are also young fruits that can be harvested next year. Therefore, torreya must be picked carefully one by one. , especially the torreya that grows on the treetops. People with certain skills need to climb the tree to pick it, otherwise they will fall from the tree. After being picked, torreya is not ready to eat like peaches, apricots, and plums. It needs to be piled for seven days to ferment and the nutrients are transformed. Then the green outer peel is peeled off, washed, and then piled for about 15 days (the second ripening- - Nutritional transformation), only the torreya that has undergone this process will have sufficient aroma and can be dried and stored or fried in batches. There is also a lot of skill in frying the torreya. You need to fry it manually and use firewood. When the outer shell turns slightly yellow, immerse the torreya in a certain concentration of light salt water, let the salt water penetrate into the flesh of the torreya while it is hot, and then drain. Dry and fry.
Due to its narrow growth area, limited distribution, and low annual output, Torreya in many places only hears the name of Torreya but does not know its true nature, so people regard it as very precious. When Qin Shihuang visited Kuaiji in the south in 210 BC, he tasted the torreya fruit and thought its name was inelegant, so he named the torreya fruit "Xiangzi". Li Deyu, the Prime Minister of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, praised the torreya and said: "The most amazing wood is the torreya in Jishan." Su Dongpo, the great poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, saw the torreya fruit at the banquet when meeting friends and chanted: "The beautiful Yushan fruit is as solid as a golden plate. The miasma is gone. Manxi, the clear bottle is used to serve the guests. I wish you such a fruit, and you will be blessed with virtue. May you be proud of the frost and snow. "When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River, the county magistrate paid tribute with the rare and precious torreya. As soon as he tasted it, Long Yan was so happy that he immediately named it "Imperial Torreya". From then on, the torreya was used as a tribute to the emperor every year. The famous historical geographer Chen Qiaoyi wrote a poem praising it and said: "Jiyang's rare fruit is rare in the world, with both ends pointed. The tip is white and the flesh is fat. I hope that this good seed will spread to all directions and everyone will try it." Torreya is a rare dried fruit unique to my country and is mainly produced in the Kuaiji Mountains. Shengzhou is one of only three "Hometowns of Chinese Torreya" in the country. According to historical records, the history of artificial cultivation of torreya in Shengzhou has reached more than 1,300 years, and the history of eating its fruits is even older. There are records of the torreya being abundant as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was used as a tribute to the court during the Qing Dynasty.
In order to speed up the development of the torreya industry, the Shengzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government issued the "Several Opinions on Supporting Efficient Agriculture and Economic Development of Mountainous Townships" in 2001, encouraging mountainous towns and villages to develop torreya bases and torreya grafting. In the past six years, 8.26 million yuan in financial subsidies have been implemented, more than 70,000 acres of torreya trees have been developed, and more than 1 million torreya trees have been grafted. The city's torreya industry has developed rapidly. As of the end of 2006, the city's total torreya planting area was 81,000 acres, of which 6,500 acres were in rich production. There were nearly 30,000 ancient torreya trees that were over a hundred years old. It had "Shanzhen", "Shansen" in Gulai Town, and "Shansen" in Tongyuan Township. There are six provincial-level forest food bases with an area of ??more than 20,000 acres, including "Baiyujian", "Yueshan" in Zhuxi Township, "Yahuang" in Yahuang Township, and "Kunshan" in Changle Town, with Yahuang, Gulai, Tongyuan, etc. Three Shaoxing Municipal Torreya Nature Reserves with an area of ??11,000 acres.
In order to improve the scientific and technological content of the torreya industry, the Shengzhou Municipal People's Government also hired Professor Dai Wensheng, director of the Economic Forestry Research Institute of Zhejiang Forestry University, as an industrial consultant to carry out scientific and technological research on the production of ecologically high-quality torreya and establish an industry-university-research base. , formulated technical standards for torreya production in Shengzhou City. At the same time, we give full play to the role of agricultural technicians such as torreya masters from the Municipal Forestry Bureau, and actively promote practical technologies such as torreya grafting, shading, and male torreya cultivation, relying on platforms such as "Agricultural Technology 110", farmers' mailboxes, and forestry information networks. In 2006* **Held 11 training courses of various types, trained more than 1,500 people, and distributed more than 10,000 pieces of technical information.
Through the implementation of pollution-free management, the quality of Shengzhou torreya has been continuously improved. It has gained a certain reputation in big cities inside and outside the province, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, etc., and its market share has been greatly increased.
At present, there are 5 torreya production enterprises of a certain scale in the city, including 1 Shaoxing municipal-level leading enterprise (Shanzhen Food). It has more than 20 well-known torreya brands such as "Shanzhen", "Shansen", "Baiyujian", "Caixing" and "Gulai", among which "Shansen", "Shanzhen" and "Baiyujian" are also It has been recognized as "AA" grade green food and organic food by the China Green Food Development Center; the "Shanzhen" and "Shansen" brands of torreya have also won gold and silver awards at the Zhejiang Agricultural Exposition for many times, and have become famous trademarks in Shaoxing City.
The rapidly growing torreya industry has paved a way for more mountain villages in Shengzhou to prosper and enrich their people. In 2006, the city's output of torreya dried fruits was 370 tons, and the total output value of torreya reached 70 million yuan. Among them, the output of torreya dried fruits in Yuanguoling Village, Gulai Town exceeded 50 tons. The per capita income of this alone reached 8,000 yuan, and the largest farmer's income reached more than 80,000 yuan. Yuan. At present, Gulai Town has been successfully established as one of the first batch of demonstration towns in Zhejiang Province to promote forestry and enrich the people based on the torreya industry. Yuanguoling Village in Gulai Town, Songmingpei Village in Tongyuan Township, Zhengjiawu Village in Zhuxi Township, Yushu in Gulai Town and other villages have also been established. It has become a model village for promoting forest and enriching people in Zhejiang Province and Shaoxing City. The torreya industry has become a new bright spot in the development of Shengzhou's rural economy and a pillar industry that promotes forests and enriches the people in the mountainous areas of our city.
In 2007, the output of torreya decreased, and the city’s output of dried fruits was 310,000 kilograms. As the price of torreya increased significantly compared with last year, the output value of torreya increased by about 10% from last year to 77 million yuan, setting a new record high. Last winter and this spring, more than 500,000 torreya trees were grafted. Lichuan County is rich in torreya resources, with wide distribution range, high population density and well-developed community structure. It retains the largest and oldest torreya population in my country and is one of the best-preserved areas in China. There are 6,448 natural torreya trees in the county. The largest one has a diameter at breast height of 156 centimeters and a height of 21 meters. It is estimated that the tree is more than 1,500 years old. It is still lush and vigorous and is known as the "King of Torreya Trees". The county attaches great importance to ecological construction and has established nature reserves and national forest parks in areas where torreya trees are concentrated. It has also formulated relevant protection policies, strengthened protection measures, and implemented listing protection for trees over 100 years old. While strengthening the protection of wild torreya, we are also vigorously developing the torreya industry. At present, 10,000 acres of torreya have been planted in the county.