Macheng City, Hubei Province was named "the hometown of chestnuts". The planting area of chestnut in this city has reached 750,000 mu, with an annual output of 10 million kilograms and an income of more than 60 million yuan. There are also a number of important chestnut production towns.

Production advantage

Chestnut planting in Qianxi has a long history and is known as the hometown of chestnut in China, which has been recorded in the Book of Songs, Warring States Policy, Compendium of Materia Medica, Agricultural Administration and other documents. Nowadays, 100-200-year-old chestnut trees can be seen everywhere in western Guizhou. There are many 300-500-year-old chestnut trees in Xinlizhuang, Hanerzhuang and Lishuwanzi, and there are 600-year-old chestnut trees in Changshengyu Village, which are still flourishing and fruitful.

Nature endows Qianxi County with rich and favorable geographical conditions, which provides a superior hotbed for chestnut flower pollination, fruiting, sugar accumulation, fruit coloring and ripening, and creates Qianxi chestnut, which enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

Qianxi County is rich in resources and has distinctive industrial characteristics. Forestry and animal husbandry, the county has woodland area 1.34 million mu, and the forest coverage rate is 62%. It is a "national greening model county", "national top 100 greening counties" and a national ecological demonstration area; Among them, the planting area of chestnut is 700,000 mu, with an annual output of 45,000 tons. "Qianxi Chestnut" and "Yu Zi" were rated as well-known trademarks in China, and Qianxi is the famous "hometown of chestnut in China".