What are the impacts of betel nut cultivation and utilization?

When it comes to betel nut, many people know that Mannings betel nut is the best quality in China. In Wanning, betel nut has become a "symbol" that is most deeply bound to the city. The impact of betel nut planting, production and processing on Wanning is not only economic, but also people's livelihood and cultural customs.

In terms of economy and people's livelihood, Wanning, as the hometown of betel nut in China, is vigorously developing the betel nut industry with local characteristics, and playing the trump card of betel nut, which is "tropical characteristic agriculture". Tens of thousands of families in Wanning depend on betel nut cultivation to feed themselves. According to statistics, in 2019, the total income of betel nut planting in Wanning was 100 million yuan, and about 50,000 households and nearly 300,000 farmers were engaged in betel nut planting, and the per capita income of betel nut planting was about 4,254 yuan.

In terms of cultural customs, Wanning people have eaten betel nut for so many years, betel nut has long been integrated into everyone's life, and the ancestors have continued from generation to generation, and the customs and habits of many places in Hainan, including Wanning, are indispensable to the shadow of betel nut. In Hainan, betel nut plays an important role in receiving and entertaining guests. When guests come to the door, the host's first choice for entertaining guests is betel nut.

In addition, betel nut also plays the role of "matchmaker" in the marriage and love of the Li people, "singing betel nut" when singing love songs, "sending betel nuts" when proposing, and "eating betel nuts" when engaged.

Even the Dragon Boat Festival in Hainan, betel nut also plays an important role in it. In Hainan, dragon washing water is an important custom that must not be missed during the Dragon Boat Festival. Locals believe that during the Dragon Boat Festival, Qu Yuan will incarnate the dragon god to descend to the mortal world.

This day of washing dragon water will bless health and safety in the coming year. The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, five kinds of flowers and plants, betel nut flowers, begonia flowers, wild pineapple flowers, wormwood, and reed cores, should be boiled and bathed on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. The dragon water boiled in these five kinds of flowers and plants has the effect of cleansing the skin and eliminating diseases.

The betel nut flower is one of the indispensable ingredients, betel nut flower has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and removing fire, and can eliminate heat poison in the blood.

In addition, in terms of eating, have you ever seen a dish made with betel nut flowers? Hainan has it. Stewed chicken with betel nut flowers, fried betel nut flowers, cold betel nut flowers, if you don't try it, you will miss a Hainan specialty.

As can be seen from the example of Wanning, the cultivation and utilization of betel nut has had a profound impact on all aspects of people's lives.

Betel nut, in our hometown, is not only a food, but also a very important cash crop, which brings us considerable income. Don't go around in circles, my family is from Hainan, and our betel nut production here accounts for 95% of the country's share, and there are about 500,000 farmers and nearly 2.3 million farmers who grow betel nut and make a living from it. ps：

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In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the betel nut planting industry, the development of the betel nut industry has also received the attention of Hainan, and the "three trees" plan launched by relevant departments includes betel nut trees. At the same time, a series of measures were also put forward to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the betel nut industry and its related industries. Hainan ** and many enterprises have taken the lead in formulating standardized planting standards for betel nut, establishing a betel nut planting demonstration park, and planting betel nut with a more scientific planting model.

Betel nut is regarded by us as "green**" and has brought us rich benefits.

As a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, betel nut is naturally indispensable for medicine, since it is a medicine, it can also cure diseases. Now many families have prepared "four grinding soup", which is made of ginseng, betel nut, agarwood, and black medicine, which can be used to stagnate liver qi, chest and diaphragm swelling, shortness of breath, and children's food accumulation. When I was a child, because of the accumulation of food, I didn't drink less of this soup, and when I got older, I knew all the ingredients in it, which shows that the value of betel nut is not small.

It is said that more than 20 million of the more than 60 million betel nut consumers in the country are in Hunan. It has reached the level of "five steps and one stall, ten steps and one shop".

Betel nut has been in China for thousands of years, from the delicacies in the aristocratic food box to the snacks of the people in the streets and alleys, the impact on people's lives has long exceeded many people's expectations. In betel nut cultivation areas, people rely on planting and processing betel nut to support their families. In daily life, people use betel nut to entertain guests, send betel nut to mediate conflicts and ease relations, and also send betel nut to marriage and marriage.

In the south, where smoke miasma is severe, people use betel nut to avoid miasma. Medically, betel nut can also be used as medicine to repel insects and disstagnation, with many benefits, and the use of betel nut by Chinese can be said to be very sufficient.

If betel nut is not cultivated in China, then the ancient southerners will be more seriously affected by miasma. For example, in the first year of Tang Dezongzhen, the Tang Dynasty sent about 400 Jiangxi soldiers to Lingnan to defend it, and most of them died in just one year, just because of miasma. Today's Ganzhou, Jiangxi, in the Tang Dynasty, was the first Qianzhou of Tan, and the state was known for its miasma, especially Longgang County and Anyuan County, so scared that no local official dared to go to these two places to take office.

And betel nut is a commonly used anti-miasma medicinal material. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that "Lingnan people use betel nut instead of tea to prevent miasma". One of the great effects of betel nut cultivation is that it gave ancient people an effective and troublesome way to prevent miasma.

Maybe in many coastal areas friends should be particularly fond of eating betel nut, but in our life may not be very common betel nut tree, as everyone's demand for betel nut increases, professional betel nut growers have gradually increased.

Planting betel nut is a requirement for the regional climate, for example, in the northern region is not suitable for the growth of betel nut, because the growth environment of betel nut needs to be in a high temperature state, and it is best to pay attention to it between 15 and 35 degrees.

Before planting, we need to germinate, the betel nut seeds about 10 days in advance, need to be soaked in water, and after soaking, they also need to be infiltrated with medicinal water, so as to ensure the germination rate, and wait until the seeds have grown white buds, you can raise seedlings.

Finish. The germination rate is a very important issue, but we must take into account the density when planting, and the distance should not be too close, so that after they grow, we can ensure that the light of each plant is normal, and the general interval is about three meters.

In the process of betel nut growth, they need to be given sufficient nutrients and sufficient fertilizer to ensure their growth.

When it comes to flowering, the betel nut tree will consume more nutrients, and to prevent pests and diseases, during the growth process, we need to disinfect them regularly at any time, remember not to overdose, otherwise it may destroy the growth habits, to wait until they thrive, every step needs to be cared for, in order to bear fruit.

Betel nut contains a certain amount of hormones, although it can refresh the mind, but at the same time it is very bad for our gastrointestinal tract and oral cavity, and betel nut has some toxic ingredients, which will lead to addiction to the body, and have very serious harm to the throat and mouth, so it is better to eat less.

Because betel nut is a tropical plant, it is best to plant in a place with a relatively humid temperature, the outside temperature is best between 15 and 35 degrees, and the distance must be maintained when planting, and the seeds should be soaked for about 10 days in advance before planting, so that the survival rate will be improved when planting, and the sunshine of each betel nut tree must be ensured, and then timely topdressing and watering can be.

The climate is mild, the soil is fertile, and the land is relatively well drained. Prepare the betel nut saplings first, then dig a pit in the fertile soil, stuff it in, cover it with soil, water and fertilize it.

Generally speaking, the first thing people think of when using betel nut is the finished betel nut, that is, the snack that is usually chewed, which has the effect of refreshing the mind and has a unique taste.

From planting to picking to processing to sales, a complete industrial chain has been formed around betel nut, which can also be said to have people's livelihood value. According to the data, in 2019, the total income of betel nut planting in Wanning was 100 million yuan, about 50,000 households and nearly 300,000 farmers were engaged in betel nut planting, and the per capita income of betel nut planting was about 4,254 yuan. Harvesting and processing require workers, which increases employment.

In recent years, with the vigorous development of the betel nut deep processing industry, the domestic betel nut market has a strong development momentum, and its sales are still growing at an average annual rate of more than 20% after the annual output value exceeded 10 billion yuan.

In addition, betel nut also has certain medicinal value. Generally, people who study Chinese medicine or understand Chinese medicine will definitely know that betel nut is one of the four famous southern medicines in ancient China, and there are records about betel nut in ancient books very early. For example, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded:

betel nut) and the leaves of the mussel ash chewed, can clear the miasma, to the chest of evil gas. "Constipation. Use betel nut as the end, and the honey soup is used to adjust the two coins.

Or it can be decocted with children's feces and green onions. "Spit sour water in the mouth. Use four taels of betel nut and one tael of orange peel, and study it as the end, one spoonful per serving, hollow serving, and adjust the raw honey soup.

…This shows that betel nut has the effects of reducing gas, running water, and breaking accumulation.

In addition, I think by the influence of thousands of years of betel nut cultural inheritance, the use of betel nut and "making friends", you go to Hunan, Hainan and other places will find that betel nut is an indispensable social item for daily socialization, visiting relatives and friends, marriage and other life scenes, there are betel nut figures, it is a representative of traditional cultural etiquette.

That's all I know basically, and those who are interested can check it out in depth.

To make the most of the value of betel nut, I feel that there is no city more worthy of saying than Wanning, Hainan. I am not from Hainan, but I studied in Haikou, and after graduation, I came to work in Wanning with my local classmates, and I have a new understanding of Wanning and betel nut.

After coming to Wanning, I learned that Wanning's betel nut culture is very rich and rich. As early as the Song Dynasty, Wanning began to plant betel nut, has a history of more than 1,000 years, until the present, betel nut trees are everywhere in Wanning, my classmates also said that almost every family in their village will plant betel nut trees. The betel nut tree is also one of the "three trees" industry in Hainan to improve economic development, the other two being coconut and rubber trees.

The cultivation of betel nut plays a significant role in the economic development of Wanning and Hainan. "Wanning Betel Nut" also obtained the Geographical Indication Certification Trademark Certificate issued by the Trademark Office, becoming the first geographical indication certification trademark recognized by the State Trademark Office in Wanning City. Wanning also has the reputation of "the hometown of betel nut in China", as the saying goes, "the betel nut in the world looks at Hainan, and the betel nut in Hainan is half Wanning", it can also be seen from this sentence that the betel nut produced by Wanning is also very popular in the market.

Of course, the custom of eating betel nut in Wanning has also been passed down for a long time and continues to this day. In the streets and alleys of Wanning, you can see small vendors selling betel nuts everywhere, and the locals eat betel nuts after cutting them and dipping them in shell powder, and then rolling a wattle leaf on the outside, which is also a unique flavor. In addition to eating betel nut by themselves, betel nut is also indispensable in their daily life.

Many places in Wanning will regard betel nut as a symbol of good friendship and a token of love between young men and women, guests come to the door to entertain with betel nut, visit relatives and friends with betel nut fruit, and welcome guests and friends during the New Year festival is a good product.

Whether it is economic development or daily life, Wanning and betel nut are closely tied together, and I feel that Wanning's development and utilization of betel nut will be further deepened over time in the future.

I feel that the medicinal value of betel nut should be greatly exerted now.

Betel nut is known as one of the "four major southern medicines", and was selected into the ranks of traditional Chinese medicine materials in ancient times, and there are records about betel nut in many traditional Chinese medicine classics. In the "Treatise on Medicinal Properties", it is recorded: "(Betel nut) Xuanli's five internal organs and six internal organs are stagnant, broken and full of qi, and edema.

Cure heartache, wind and blood accumulation. There are also relevant records in books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "General Record of Shengji". Of course, there are also many prescriptions for betel nut medicine, such as betel nut drink, betel nut powder and so on.

Until modern times, there are more than 200 medicines that use betel nut as a raw material!

Eat, isn't betel nut just for eating! In our hometown in Hunan, all kinds of convenience stores and supermarkets have betel nuts for sale, which can be bought at any time, put it in the mouth and chew it, refreshing and refreshing, I still love to eat.

Our hometown is Hainan, and there is a Li village nearby, and they will use betel nuts when they get married. When the man goes to the woman's girl's house to ask for marriage, he will send a box of betel nuts to the woman, and if the girl's parents open the box and take a betel nut, they have agreed to this family business. This should be considered as well.

There are a lot of them, such as eating betel nut, which can help people refresh their minds and concentrate, and chew it when they are sleepy or tired, which is very effective. Moreover, eating betel nut can also supplement the necessary trace elements in people's bodies, and betel nut contains 11 essential trace elements for the human body, which is beneficial.