Zhejiang: Anji's "Bamboo Treasure" Became a New Industry for Strong Enterprises and Rich People

Recently, the broad masses of baofu town ushered in the second Anji cicada flower harvesting festival, and they witnessed the cultivation results of Zhejiang Haoyisheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in artificially cultivating cicada flowers for 12 periods in one year.

Cicada is a traditional Chinese medicinal material, which is widely used in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. In 2021, cicada flower was approved as a new food raw material by the National Health and Health Commission, making cicada flower enter the food field and usher in a rapid development trend.

Wild cicada flowers are born in bamboo forests. They absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and gather the aura of heaven and earth. They are precious Chinese medicinal materials with high medicinal value and are known as "treasures of bamboo forests". In the past, ordinary people used to dig cicada flowers deep into the bamboo forest in summer to make soup to nourish the body, but only one harvest a year, and the quantity is not large, so its price is quite high. In order to protect the ecological balance, under the guidance of forestry, science and technology and other departments, Zhejiang Haoyisheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. relies on the rich local bamboo forest resources of Baofu and cooperates with Zhejiang University to carry out the research and development of artificial cultivation of cicada flowers. Under the leadership of Yu Jingquan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of Zhejiang University, promoted the research and development of Cordyceps sinensis fungi in traditional Chinese medicine of cicada flowers and achieved transformation and landing within one year, and designed the country's first convenient and mobile "bamboo forest cicada flower wisdom cultivation house".

In order to help farmers increase their income, the company has established a production cooperation model of "enterprise farmers", in which enterprises provide technical guidance, strains and production equipment, farmers cultivate cicada flowers, and enterprises recycle cicada flowers for unified sales. "The composition of artificially cultivated cicada hyphae is basically the same as that of wild cicada flowers, and artificial cultivation realizes monthly harvest. A cicada flower intelligent cultivation house can generate more than 40000 yuan a year." Zhang Quan, the person in charge of Zhejiang Hoe Yisheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., said that with the gradual maturity of cicada cultivation technology, this wealth project is also favored by surrounding village committees and farmers. Next, the scale of production cooperation of "enterprise farmers" will be expanded., To promote the revitalization of the countryside and the development of more villagers.

It is reported that the company's annual output of cicada fruiting bodies can reach more than 30 tons. Through deep processing of cicada fruiting bodies, healthy products are formed and sold inside and outside the province, with an annual output value of 3000 to 45 million yuan. On the same day, the company was awarded the 2024 Huzhou Agricultural "Great High" Project and the 2023 Huzhou South Taihu Elite Plan Class A Project. The company shared the clinical application report and derivative products such as cicada tea on the spot. The villagers are eagerly looking forward to the continued expansion of the "enterprise farmer" production cooperation model.

Wang Huiling, MD and chief physician of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that cicada flowers contain a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, including a variety of amino acids, crude protein, adenosine, and cordycepic acid. Medical research and clinical application have confirmed that cicada flower has many effects, such as improving human immunity, anti-fatigue, improving sleep, improving tumor prognosis, kidney protection, liver protection, anti-radiation and eyesight, and has good medicinal and health care effects in related aspects.

Cicada flower, from the precious Chinese herbal medicine endowed by nature, to the use of science and technology to turn it into an industry to revitalize the countryside and help farmers increase income, it has achieved a magnificent transformation!

Anji has large-scale bamboo resources and good ecological environment and geographical advantages. It is a rich producing area of wild cicada flower resources. It can form the geographical indication of "Anji cicada flower". It can use the advantages of wild cicada flower resources to screen out high-yield and high-quality cicada flower strains, and adopt modern cutting-edge technology for indoor cultivation, established a high-tech cicada flower research and development platform and a national breeding and cultivation base. (Lu Ke)