China News Agency, Beijing, May 24 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China on the 24th that China's global important agricultural cultural heritage has increased to 18, ranking first in the world.
Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) completed an inspection online for the first time, and officially recognized three traditional agricultural systems in China as important global agricultural cultural heritages, namely the Tieguanyin tea culture system in Anxi, Fujian, the Alu Horqin grassland nomadic system in Inner Mongolia, and the drought in Shexian County, Hebei. As a Shiyan terrace system.
Up to now, China has 18 globally important agricultural cultural heritages, ranking first in the world.
Fujian Anxi Tieguanyin tea culture system is located in the southeast of Fujian Province.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Anxi tea went to the world via the Maritime Silk Road, and now it has become an important cultural symbol of the Maritime Silk Road.
The system also has significant ecological functions such as water conservation, soil and water conservation, and microclimate regulation.
The Inner Mongolia Alu Horqin Grassland Nomadic System is located in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is the first nomadic agricultural heritage site selected in China and a model of sustainable animal husbandry and fragile pasture management in the world.
Early inhabitants of the area lived hunting and nomadic life as early as the Neolithic Age.
The system has diverse ecological landscapes such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, and rivers.
The local herdsmen still adhere to the traditional nomadic life today. Through continuous grazing, vegetation is protected, water resources are rationally utilized, and the stable supply of livestock products and diverse food sources are guaranteed.
The dry farming Shiyan terrace system in Shexian County, Hebei Province is located in Handan City, Hebei Province.
For hundreds of years, the system has not only preserved the rich traditional crop varieties and environment-friendly farming techniques to ensure the development of agricultural production under harsh conditions in the mountains, but also created a mountain terraced landscape that witnesses the harmonious coexistence between people and nature.
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