Guangling big-tailed mutton is a specialty of Guangling County, Datong, Shanxi Province.
Guangling big-tailed sheep has a long history. It is said that it was introduced from Mongolia in the Han Dynasty. Due to the changes of the times and the mutual exchange of economy and trade, Mongolian sheep, mainly grazing all year round, were introduced into agricultural areas from grassland. For a long time, under the influence of local natural conditions and ecological environment, as well as the careful feeding management and breeding of farmers, farming has been closed for a long time. They tend to be consistent in shape, appearance and production performance, and gradually form local excellent varieties with fast growth and development, good fattening effect, high meat yield, fresh and tender meat, good fur quality, good hair bundle structure, less dry and dead hair, rough feeding resistance, strong cold resistance and adaptability to continental semi-dry monsoon climate. Adult sheep are about 65 cm tall and weigh about 55 kg, with a tail length of 18-2 1 cm, a tail width of 19-22 cm and a tail thickness of 5.5-7.9 cm. Since the Han Dynasty, the local people have named it Big Tail Sheep. Since 1968, Xu Jinyou, an animal husbandry expert of Shanxi Agricultural College, Professor Yu Dajia, the president of the provincial animal husbandry school, and comrades of the editorial board of Livestock and Poultry Variety have been invited to comment on the work of cultivating big-tailed sheep. It is considered that Guangling big-tailed sheep is an excellent sheep breed in Shanxi Province. In July, 1983, Guangling big-tailed sheep quilt was included in the book Livestock and Poultry Breeds of Shanxi Province. According to county records, there were 48,000 sheep in 1.949 and 1.967. 1979 established core groups in 28 production brigades of 8 communes including Shaojiazhuang, Haizi and Liangzhuang. By 1984, there were 138+0800 breeding groups and 2800 fattening groups. From 1984 to 1988, it was listed as the core group of Taihang Mountain Development Project of Provincial Science and Technology Commission, and expanded to 14 townships (towns), 135 villages and 5 184 households. In the past four years, 20,900 breeding sheep and 3,765,438+10,000 mutton sheep were bred, with an economic benefit of10.052 million yuan, and a net income of more than 10,000 yuan 17 households and 933 households with more than 5,000 yuan. At the end of 1985, there were 27,000 birds in this county, which increased to 53,700 in 1988. In addition to the big-tailed sheep, the county government funded the introduction of 343 small-tailed Han sheep from Yuncheng County, Shandong Province. 157,000 sheep at the end of 990. According to the statistics of county animal husbandry and veterinary bureau in recent years, by the end of 2000, except for breeding sheep, selling live sheep and slaughtering meat sheep, the number of sheep in the county was 82,000, and by the end of 20 10, the number of sheep in the county was 20 10. Among them, there are 6,543,8+230,000 big-tailed sheep and 78,000 goats and dairy goats. According to Jiao Li, the agent of Zhiyu Village in Yixing Township, "He has been selling live sheep to other places for more than 20 years. Every year, foreign businessmen buy 65,438+10,000 rams, more than 25,000 mutton sheep and 65,438+10,000 kilograms of mutton from Guangling County, and more than 20 businessmen have been buying sheepskins in Guangling County. According to Deng Xiwu, a shepherd in Sanzhuang Village, Hu Quan Town, "When he was a child, he often followed his father to pasture sheep in the wild. Every time it rains, there is a lot of water in the river. He rides a 142 kg ram across the river. " According to Shi Baozhou, who has worked as a veterinarian, stationmaster, deputy director, director and deputy director for 32 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, the county government held three evaluation conferences for big-tailed sheep in August, 1985. After the evaluation, the county party committee and government issued certificates and mirrors for advanced collectives and model individuals, and awarded 20 excellent breeding sheep as champion 50 yuan, runner-up 40 yuan, runner-up 30 yuan and runner-up. Guangling big-tailed sheep is an excellent sheep breed, which is famous all over the country for its unique breeding and meat value. Big-tailed sheep also have good living habits, that is, strong gregarious ability, strong ability to bear hardships, strong cold tolerance, gentle temperament, love dry and hate wet, and accurate acquaintance between mother and son. From August 28 to 30, 2009, Guangling County Party Committee and Government held a fair to attract investment, and gave preferential policies to merchants who came to Guangling to develop aquaculture and processing industries in terms of land acquisition, loans, taxes and funds. Guangling County is a traditional agricultural county. With the further adjustment of agricultural industrial structure, the traditional planting area of millet and beans has expanded year by year. The area planted with millet in the county has reached 50,000 mu, and the area of all kinds of beans has reached 40,000 mu, including 20,000 mu of naked oats, 30,000 mu of yam and alfalfa 1 10,000 mu. In addition, there are 320,000 mu of corn stalks and natural grassland in the county, and the artificial grass planting is also expanding year by year, with sufficient forage and abundant straw, which provides a solid material foundation for the stable development of Guangling big-tailed sheep. It also opened the way for Guangling people to get rich, and laid a good foundation for implementing agricultural efficiency, increasing farmers' income, stabilizing the countryside, prospering the market, improving the grain structure, enriching the vegetable basket and improving people's living standards. Live products and meat products will be sold to Datong, Taiyuan, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other large and medium-sized cities, and gradually exported to large markets at home and abroad.
Product name: Guangling Big Tail Mutton
Location: Shanxi
Applicant: Guangling Big-tailed Sheep Scientific Breeding Association.
Venue: 20 15
territorial scope
The geographical indication protection zone of agricultural products of Guangling Daweiyang is: 2 towns and 7 townships under the jurisdiction of Guangling County, namely: Nancun Town, Hu Quan Town, Jiadou Township, Zuotuan Township, Yixing Township, Jiao Shan Township, Douquan Township, Liangzhuang Township, Wang Hu Township, and 0/80 administrative villages (Liujiagou Village in the north, Dongfuyao Village in the west and South).