Is there a story in the Ming Dynasty history about the "Eight Old Men" picking ginseng in Shizhuzi Village in Kuandian, Liaoning Province? Or maybe it is recorded in the wild history. Anyone knows. Thank you.
Shizhuzi Village is located in the western part of Zhenjiang Town, the seat of the town government, is the town's largest village. The village **** has 24 village groups, with a total population of 3707 people, 1022 households, and a total labor force of 1770 people. The total area of 118,638 acres, of which 2,720 acres of arable land, mountain forest area of 98,792 acres, there are 700 acres of red pine, 182,600 plants; 13,000 acres of chestnut, 352,000 plants. The main agricultural industries are column ginseng, chestnut, red pine, schizandra seedling and so on. Shizhuzi Village is famous at home and abroad for its abundant production of "column ginseng", which has a very high medicinal value and is a precious product for treatment and health care, comparable with mountain ginseng, and is exported to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and some countries in Southeast Asia. Ginseng has a long history. According to legend, at the end of the Ming Dynasty Wanli, the seven wengs from Shandong Province came here to collect ginseng, and they took away the big ginsengs, young ginsengs and ginseng seeds for pool cultivation on the spot, and at the same time, planted elm and set up a stone as a sign to look for this place in the future. The stone pillar is 2.2 meters high and 0.59 meters wide, from which the village got its name and the pillar ginseng was born, which has a history of more than 350 years. Qing Guangxu eighteen years, the stone column Zong Sen households also set up ? # 93; public morality and government monument, the monument recorded the resistance of the Sen people against harsh taxes and duties of the feat. In the center of the village of Shizhuzi, proudly standing stone columns, strong and upright old elm, simple and dignified? # 93; Duke Moral and Political Monument, has become a landscape of Zhenjiang people's pride, become the symbol of the village of Shizhuzi, the trademark of the column of the Senate. Pillar ginseng has become an important industry in the village and town agriculture, the existing column ginseng stock 23,000 curtains, ginseng farmers up to more than 400 households. Investment of more than 20 million yuan of China - Kandian Changbai Mountain Shizhu wild mountain ginseng Development Co., Ltd. stationed in the village of Shizhuzi, the company to column ginseng to return to the idea of the forest, in-depth excavation of the connotation of Shizhu mountain ginseng, and strive to achieve the ginseng forest * * * survival, harmonious development of the ginseng, which will be a new concept of modern business management for the ancient column ginseng industry navigator. Shizhuzi village is also very rich in mineral resources, the main minerals are molybdenum, gold, copper, iron, etc., far wide mining industry is located here, the enterprise is quite large-scale, standardized management, for the development of the town's industrial economy has made outstanding contributions to the county's well-known enterprises. Shizhuzi village's future development idea is to do a good job of mountain articles, red pine, chestnut intercropping, vigorously develop forest herbs, three-dimensional development, maximize the utilization rate of the mountain, thus increasing farmers' income, enhance the village collective economic strength, while fighting for funds to open chestnut processing plant and column ginseng deep-processing enterprises, to enhance the added value of agricultural products.
According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, seven Weng of Shandong Province came to the Yalu River deep in the mountains to pick ginseng, harvested ginseng treasures are quite abundant. They took the goods away from the mountain and cultivated the young ginseng and ginseng seeds on the spot. They set up stone pillars and planted elm trees as a sign to look for this place in the future. Over time, the origin of Shizhu Ginseng was gradually formed: "Shizhuzi Village". It can be seen that the history of Shizhu ginseng can be traced back to the middle of the sixteenth century, more than four hundred years in the cause of human health care as an extraordinary, the Northeast ginseng market since ancient times, there is a "column of ginseng not to open the line," said Shizhu ginseng is the most valuable historical legacy of China's ginseng industry. Shizhu ginseng grows in a special ecological environment, with Changbai Mountain forests, Yalu River water nourishment, specific climatic environment, soil environment, plant *** living environment, natural geographic location, dew, sunshine, fog and rain conditions and special cultivation techniques, it can be said to enjoy the nutrition of the wild, the collection of the essence of the grass, gather the earth's aura, so it is peculiar and rare, with a high medicinal value, and enjoys a very high reputation in the international and domestic markets. The plant has a high reputation in the international and domestic markets.