At the beginning of winter, the fields of the town of yosemite, the hmong autonomous region of wenshan, were filled with the joy of harvest. At the ginger-breeding bases, the ginger leaves were swayed, and the workers bowed down and gently pulled up along the root of the ginger, and came out of the earth with a fragrance of ginger, full of gold and flesh。
On the basis of superior climatic conditions and fertile soil, the town became one of the core towns for ginger growing in the district of xianshan. As an important feeder of the central district of the “china chili city”, the town has continued to expand ginger cultivation in the development of niche industries and has engaged the surrounding population in a wide-ranging manner through the “cooperative-farmer-buyer-sale” linkage model. "this year the rain is good, the technology is in place, the ginger quality is good, it's not bad." the grower chen shao qui was dressed as a ginger while laughing to introduce。
According to the grower chen shokui, “i grew the ginger in my first year, 23 acres, and the cooperative bought it directly from the ground, so as to solve the problem of our grower's death.”
Today, the town's ginger industry has been very successful, with more than 3923 acres grown throughout the town this year, with an estimated over 4 tons of acre production, exceeding 15,600 tons of total production, with an average of over $10,000 and a very good harvest. Behind this, the “last kilometre” of ginger outages was effectively reached by the strong support of the cooperative。
In a presentation made by wang jung, president of the specialized cooperative for farmer cultivation, the cooperative purchased such agricultural products as ginger throughout wenshan county, and this year bought ginger at a price of between $2 and $3. 5 per kilogram, mainly to sichuan, hunan and guangdong. At this stage, more than 100 tons per day are purchased, and it is expected that this year the cooperative will purchase more than 2,000 tons of ginger, which will effectively address the problems of marketing in some areas。
The good harvest in the town is a vivid microcosm of the flourishing ginger industry in kansan county. In 2025, it was reported that the county-wide ginger cultivation area exceeded 79640 acres, covering high-quality varieties such as guizhou 2, shandong 1, shandong 2, hunan 2, and, to a lesser extent, local ginger, with a total estimated production of 177,700,000 tons. In addition to the “money bags” of farmers, little gingers have become the “hard support” for rural renewal, which has boosted local employment and boosted rural industrial development。
The worker feng fu is the beneficiary of the ginger industry. “we've come here for a couple of days to dig a dozen things a day, 10 bucks a day, and we've come here recently to dig for a little bit of money with no job at home.”
Today, ginger has become the “gold sign” of the specialty industry. As a next step, the head of the agricultural and rural directorate of xiashan county, following the example of the core growing areas such as eyue town, will continue to grow the ginger industry in a deep manner, further expand the scale of cultivation and optimize the range structure, while exploring the path of processing of ginger in a deep manner, expanding the open-line and offline marketing channels, increasing the influence of the brand of "ginger on the hill" so that this niche industry can continue to grow and become a “ginger-rich” for the larger population, and providing a source of impetus for rural renewal。
Yunnan daily news - cloud journalist li xing, correspondent wang si jin
