Zhangshu Gang Chili comes from Zhangshu Town, Xiangyin County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province.
Zhangshugang pepper has limited branches and dense branches, with a plant height of 30-40cm and a spread of about 35-40cm. The pepper is horn-shaped, with light green green fruit and dark red ripe fruit. The surface has longitudinal ribs and wrinkles. The length is 5-8cm, the fruit diameter is 1-1.5cm, the flesh is 0.1-0.15cm thick, and the fruit stalk is short. Zhangshu Gang pepper is a specialty of Zhangshu Town, Xiangyin County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, and a geographical indication of agricultural products in China.
Zhangshu Town, Xiangyin County is connected to the Xiangjiang River and is located in the transition zone where the South Dongting Lake Plain and the Exing Mountains meet. To the north is Wenjing Port, which is 5,000 meters long and 500 meters wide. To the south, there are more than 3,000 acres of railway land. Lu Lake and Yangque Lake in the middle. One river, one port and two lakes constitute the natural ecological environment of Zhangshu Port pepper.
The product honor of Zhangshugang peppers
In 2012, Zhangshugang peppers obtained the National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark; in 2013, Zhangshugang peppers were selected into the National Famous, Special and New Agricultural Products Catalog; in 2014, Zhangshugang Chili was awarded the famous trademark of Hunan Province; on February 12, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture of the former People’s Republic of China officially approved the implementation of agricultural product geographical indication registration protection for “Zhangshugang Chili”.
On June 5, 2022, the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft carried Zhangshugang pepper seeds provided by Yangquehu Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Zhangshu Town, Xiangyin County, Hunan Province. The Zhangshu Gang pepper seeds entering space this time will also be more conducive to later research on pepper quality improvement and ensure a century-old quality inheritance.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangshu Gang Chili