Farmers in Huai’an city of Jiangsu province are getting busy harvesting gorgon and water chestnut, the autumn delicacies that are much favored by the locals. Let’s take a close look.
Villagers in Lutan Village, Cheqiao Town, Huai'an District of Huai'an City are busy harvesting the gorgon that will be sold all over the country.
Shaped like lotus seeds and colored like pearls, Gorgon has high nutritional and medicinal value.
The farmers were seen holding bamboo knives in one hand and net pockets in the other to quickly identify the ripe gorgon fruit in the water.
With the expansion of the planting area, Cheqiao Town has improved the scale effect of Gorgon cultivation, and the deep-processed Gorgon powder, Gorgon wine and Gorgon cake have been introduced to the market, becoming a veritable industry that enriches the people.
He Ye, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Cheqiao Town, Huai'an District, Huai'an City
At the water chestnut planting base in Nanyang Town, Tinghu District of Yancheng city, the wide river surface is covered with water chestnut leaves and water chestnut vines to turn the river into a green carpet.
Dong Kaicheng, Director of Dongda Aquatic Vegetable Technology Co., Ltd., Nanyang Town, Tinghu District
More than a dozen boats shuttled across the water, and farmers were rowing water buckets to pick water chestnuts on the water. Due to the good quality and large size, the water chestnut here is in short supply as soon as they are marketed.
