Where is Lishui's agricultural cultural heritage?

202 1, the Global Alliance for the Protection and Development of Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage (China) was established in qingtian county, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province.

Qingtian county is located in the south-central part of Zhejiang Province, in the middle and lower reaches of Oujiang River Basin. Since the 9th century, the county has maintained the traditional agricultural production mode-"fish farming in paddy fields", and continuously developed its unique rice and fish culture. In June, 2005, this system was listed as the first batch by FAO and became the first world agricultural cultural heritage in China.

The development of history

1300 years ago, during the Tang Dynasty, the rice and fish system was born in Fangshan Township, southeast of Qingtian. The wise ancestors cultivated land with fish and raised fish with rice, which created the mountain ecological circular agriculture model of "rice-fish * * * *", which has been passed down to this day.

Rice-fish symbiosis system is a comprehensive utilization system of resources. In this system, rice provides shelter and organic food for fish, while fish plays the role of weeding, loosening soil and fattening, supplying oxygen and swallowing pests. This ecological circulation system greatly reduces the dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, increases the biodiversity of the system, ensures the ecological balance of farmland, and realizes the double harvest of rice and fish.

After thousands of years of evolution and development, "rice and fish are born" has gradually formed an agricultural cultural inheritance system with organic integration of ecology, production and life. Today, there are more than 200,000 mu of paddy fields in the county, including 55,400 mu of fish farming in paddy fields. "Qingtian Rice Fish" and "Qingtian Fish" have become national landmarks.