The legend of fat peach

Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Wang Wu in Xili Village, Feicheng County. Because his family was poor, he found a wife named Zhang at the age of forty-five. Gave birth to a son named Mingming. Wang Wu died early, and Ming lived alone with his mother, leading a very hard life.

One year, there was a drought, and the grain of Deming's family was not harvested. NianLia had to beg with a stick. Soon, his mother became ill. How can he treat her? I'm worried about my son. Looking up, I saw more than 20 fast-maturing peaches hanging on a peach tree in the yard. Wang Deming climbed the tree and picked it, sold a few dollars, borrowed a car, pushed his mother to the town to see a doctor, prescribed a prescription, and soon took medicine. The shopkeeper didn't have enough money, so he bought an expensive medicine. Wang Deming quickly asked Mr. "What should I do, then what can I do for medicine?" Her son's flesh will do. "How much"? "No more, no less, just two." Without further ado, Wang Deming pushed his mother home, cut off two pieces of meat from her thigh and boiled the medicine. After she ate it, she was really ill.

This happened to be known by the seven fairies, who came to heaven to see it clearly. After returning to the Heavenly Palace, they kept nagging the Queen Mother and moved her. They pinched a peach kernel and threw it at Wang Deming's house, and immediately a peach tree grew. The peach tree was full of big peaches, sweet and ripe, and it was sucked dry with a piece of wheat orange, leaving only the skin and kernel, not to mention the delicious taste. Wang Deming picked peaches and gave them to the neighbors and the poor in Zhuangxiang. People don't get sick after eating, but they live longer. Everyone calls it "Buddha Peach". After that, Buddhism and Taoism spread all over Baiyun Mountain and Feicheng County. This is the world-famous fat peach. In the early years of the Republic of China, fat peaches were also called peaches. According to the report of Shandong Ye Quan Daily 192 1, "at that time, the distribution area of the whole county was * * * nine districts, and the first, second, fourth and fifth districts produced fat peaches, while the eighth and ninth districts did not produce them, and the third, sixth and seventh districts produced them. The fat peaches produced on both sides of He Kanghe River are the most famous. This area is about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide. There are 44 villages, 74 peach orchards and 8,220 plants, with an annual output of about/kloc-0.40 million pieces, equivalent to 700,000 Jin. "

By 1934, the production of fat peaches had hardly developed. According to Professor Wu Gengmin of Shandong Agricultural College's Investigation Report on Feicheng Peach, "Feicheng County is divided into nine districts. Peach is cultivated in Dongli Village, Xili Village, Gujiazhuang, Lijiaxiaozhuang, Hei Niu Shan, Xiaogujiazhuang, Xinzhuang, Jingtongyu, Beilaosengtai, Zhangjiabatou, Yinjiashan Villa, Yinglizhuang and Niejiazhuang in the five southwest districts. Fourth area was followed by Liu Li, Ancient Willow and Hanjiazhuang; The sixth district, Zhifangzhuang and Nanwangshang for the first time; There are also in the first district and near the city. Taoyuan everywhere is separated from each other and not concentrated in one place. The area of each garden is only two or three acres, and the largest is only ten acres. " On July 23rd of the same year, Shandong Republic Daily published the area and yield of fat peaches.

The production area is 48 villages (mainly in the first, second, fourth and fifth districts);

(2) Seventy-four Peach Blossoms (excluding about one acre);

(3) * * * 8200 peach trees (pure fat peach trees, excluding hairy peaches);

(4) * * * owns 4 10 mu of the garden;

(5) Every year,1640,000 peaches are produced, of which one third are inferior peaches and one tenth are inferior peaches.

According to the least statistics, about 900,000 excellent peaches can be produced every year, which is worth180,000 yuan at the current price of 20 cents each. There are about 500,000 inferior peaches, 50,000 for a dime, 230,000 for a * * *, and about 300,000 for a small peach garden with an acre.

From 65438 to 0935, Feng Yuxiang, who lived in seclusion at the foot of Mount Tai, visited Feicheng continuously. The sweet big fat peach aroused his strong interest. He personally sent people to buy land and build a peach garden in North Yixian Village of Feicheng as an experimental base for planting fat peaches. To this end, he once wrote a poem: "Feicheng Peach, Feicheng Peach, not only for the rich, but also for the working people." Today, this fat peach base is still full of fruits. The local people often miss General Feng's achievements.