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What are the old traditional glutinous millet varieties in Guizhou

The more famous of Guizhou's old traditional glutinous millet varieties include the rice shrimp of Zunyi Shrimp Town and the high-quality black glutinous rice of Meitan Walnut Dam.

These varieties are excellent local varieties that have been selected and planted over a long period of time, and are characterized by their adaptation to the local environment of Guizhou, rich nutrition and unique taste.

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1. Rice Shrimp: Produced in Zunyi Shrimp Town, it is a traditional famous specialty of Guizhou Province and a Chinese National Geographical Indication product. Rice shrimp has a long history of cultivation, due to the origin of excellent water quality, suitable climate, coupled with the selection of local high-quality rice as raw materials, the use of traditional technology made, making it a veritable "shrimp rice". Rice shrimp with full grain, fragrant and delicious, nutritious, unique taste and other characteristics, known as the "Pearl of Guizhou Plateau".

2. Black glutinous rice: produced in Meitan Walnut Dam, is a traditional high-quality glutinous rice varieties in Guizhou Province. Black glutinous rice is named after its seed coat, which is rich in melanin, and has unique natural melanin and rich nutritional value. Black glutinous rice has a variety of effects such as tonifying blood and qi, nourishing yin and kidney, warming the stomach and stopping sweating, and improving immunity. At the same time, black glutinous rice also has a unique medicinal value, often used in the production of traditional Chinese medicine and brewing glutinous rice wine.