This photo shot on Nov 23rd showed that a professional worker has dug up some fresh lotus roots from the lake in Hudi Wild Lotus Root Base in Xinjie Town, Jiayu County.

As the boss of the base, Tang Pan, introduced that the wild lotus roots planted in Hudi base was primitively planted in the black mud of Hudi base, where the lotus roots are slender, straight and long, with white skin and milk-white lotus root pulp, and they are extremely favored by eaters.

There are more than 1000 mu of wild lotus roots in Jiayu County, 600 mu of which are in Tang Pan’s base, which can attain an annual production of approximately 1 million Jin. [Photo by Chen Hongju/Xianning Daily]