Yichun, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, was called Yuanzhou in ancient times. It is located in the northwest of Jiangxi Province, and it is named after "there are springs on the edge of the city, which are as beautiful as spring water and pleasant to drink". Yichun, formerly known as Yuanzhou, is one of the central cities in western Jiangxi Province. Yichun, located in the northwest of Jiangxi Province, is known as "beautiful scenery, fertile soil and springs, full of gas, and Xian Yi everywhere".
Yichun is the hometown of Hakkas. Hakka ancestors worshipped their ancestors, paid attention to family education, diligently managed their families, cultivated and studied for generations, and studied endlessly. Yichun has a tradition of "respecting religion and worshiping ancestors". Historically, Yichun has a strong academic atmosphere and a large number of talents, and is known as "a scholar in Jiangxi, half Yuanzhou". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 240 scholars from Yichun, and more than 60 scholars left their names in the world.
Hometown of Camellia oleifera in China
1999 identified by the state forestry administration and the national economic forest association, Yichun was named "the hometown of camellia oleifera, a famous economic forest in China". Yichun, known as "the hometown of Camellia oleifera in China", is an important base for producing fine varieties of Camellia oleifera with small fruit in China. At present, there are 2 million mu of camellia oleifera forest in the city, accounting for about 20% of the total area of camellia oleifera in the province and 79.6% of the economic forest area in the city.
The annual output of Camellia oleifera in the city is about 8,000 tons, with an output value of more than 200 million yuan. Taking the county as the unit, the area of camellia oleifera in Yuanzhou District is the second in the country, and the output is the first in the country. In Yichun counties (cities, districts), there are 7 oil-tea forests with an area of over 6,543,800 mu, of which Yuanzhou District has 805,000 mu, which is the hometown of oil-tea in China. There are 78 towns with a concentrated contiguous area of over 1 10,000 mu, of which 26 have an area of over 30,000 mu.
The development of Qinglong High-tech Joint-stock Company, the leading enterprise of Camellia oleifera industrialization, is remarkable. This company was established after Qinglong Group 200 1 acquired the former Jiangxi Haitian Industrial Corporation. In more than three years, Qinglong High-tech Co., Ltd. has developed to an annual output value of more than 30 million yuan. The produced tea oil has passed a series of strict quality certification and is exported to Japan, South Korea and other places, and is known as "Oriental olive oil".