In the autumn season, more than 2,900 herders on the Bayinbulak grassland in Xinjiang drove more than 410,000 heads (only) of livestock to embark on a long transition road. The yellowed grassland is lined with teams of cattle, sheep, fats, and horses. The herd of Erzhuang.
Bayinbulak black-headed sheep, also known as Chateng big-tailed sheep, belongs to the Mongolian sheep family and has a long history of formation.
When the Turgute tribe returned to the east in 1771, they brought back a batch of European and Russian sheep breeds, which were cross-bred with the local improved Mongolian sheep. Under the special natural environment of the Bayanbulak grassland, through long-term domestication, a resistance was formed. Excellent local varieties with high cold, strong stress resistance, good adaptability and stable genetic performance.
Since 2006, the black-headed sheep in the Bayinbulak grassland have been awarded the "Organic Product Certification Certificate" by the Central United (Beijing) Certification Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection every year, and become the first Xinjiang Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture to enter the national gene bank. Of livestock and poultry breeds.
(Zhao Yamin, Zhao Fuqiang, and Dalin Tower produced by Zhao Yamin)
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]