[Explanation] On December 12, in the ancient city of Xinzhou, Shanxi, more than 20 goats walked onto the stage. After being selected by experts, they competed for the champion of the Shanxi Kelan Sheep Beauty Contest, "Beautiful Sheep".

  It is understood that the participating goats came from various towns in Kelan County, a large local breeding county.

The goat breed is Jinlan cashmere goat, which is a local specialty brand with high cashmere yield and delicious meat.

The cashmere produced is a precious and rare special animal fiber, enjoying the reputation of "soft gold".

In the beauty contest, experts in agriculture and animal husbandry serve as judges. The judges select the participating goats based on body shape, cashmere content, hair, horns and other aspects.

  [Concurrent] Zhang Tianming, Director of Kelan County Livestock Center

  It must have a short neck and a straight back, with angles spiraling outward, with bangs, a long beard, and a goatee. The fineness of its velvet is 14 microns and the length of the velvet is about 36 mm.

  [Explanation] In the end, the selected "beautiful sheep" were led by a strong guy to tour the ancient city of Xinzhou to show the tourists.

Goats travel through the mountains all the year round, with great strength, and it is very laborious to pull the goats.

  [Concurrent] Reporter Yang Jieying

  Can I try to pull down this sheep?

Can I be alone?

Really can not.

Let's ask, how much effort is needed to pull a sheep, or how many people do we usually need to pull it?

  [Concurrent] Zhang Tianming, Director of Kelan County Livestock Center

  I don't think I can pull it. It weighs 130 kilograms now.

It is usually because we are herding sheep, sheep run on the hillside, sheep often exercise, and their muscles are more developed, so they are particularly strong.

You see six or seven people caught it and everyone sweats.

The greater the strength, the more developed its muscles and the thicker muscle fibers. It is like chewy and tastes better.

  [Explanation] Kelan County, Shanxi Province, is located in the Luliang Mountains. It has been a large sheep-raising county since ancient times and has the reputation of "Kelan riding on the back of sheep".

The local area promotes and publicizes the cashmere goat industry through various measures such as "Kelan Sheep Beauty Pageant and Parade", "Thousands of People Eat One Pot of Sheep", characteristic folklore performances, and scene performances.

  [Concurrent] Zhang Tianming, Director of Kelan County Livestock Center

  There are more than 3,000 sheep raising households in our county, 17 large households with more than 1,000 sheep, and more than 500 sheep raising cooperatives.

The per capita income of raising sheep accounts for 2,345 (yuan), accounting for 37% of the net income of farmers.

We provide common people to exchange sheep every year. Through the breeding farm, it includes selection, breeding, and expansion plants. The expansion plants are expanded to large breeders, and the large breeders exchange sheep for the common people to improve the quality of the sheep.

After changing the breeding sheep, each sheep can increase income by 47 yuan, and the cashmere output can increase every year, basically by two or two.

  Reporter Qu Lixia reports from Xinzhou, Shanxi

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】