Simiao rice is a high-quality indica rice.
Simiao rice is a high-quality indica rice with obvious local characteristics. It has beautiful appearance and quality, long grain shape, slender and slender, crystal white, mercerized and vitreous; medium amylose content. The texture is moderately soft and hard, and the cooked rice is smooth and delicious, with a fresh aroma and good taste. The rice grains are in the shape of strips but not rotten. It is known as the jasper among rice and the best among rice.
Silk rice has slender grains, no belly, white heart, and is transparent and crystal clear. Silk Miao rice is moderately soft and hard, fragrant and delicious. It is known as "the jasper among rice" and "the best among rice". Among the traditional varieties of old silk seedlings, the short-legged silk seedlings from Baishui, Zhucun, this city are the best, while the high-grade silk seedlings from Paitan Lingshan and Zhengguo Shuikou Village are the best.
Simiao Rice is known as the “King of Rice in China” and is as famous as Zengcheng Green Lychee. It is famous in Lingnan for its white and crystal-clear rice grains, rich oil content, rich aroma, softness and deliciousness, and is well-known at home and abroad.
Legend
In Baishuiyue (local name), Danqiu Village, Zengcheng City, Zhucun Town (now changed to Zhucun Street), there are about two acres of terraced fields, divided into more than ten pieces. The author investigated It is a sandy shallow field, and it is said that it is the origin of "Silk Seedlings". It is said that it was during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that one day, two immortals (probably Taoist priests) swam to the sky above Baishuiyu, and suddenly a purple air rose up. Seeing the beautiful mountains and clear waters here, the immortals felt that there must be a geomantic treasure land under the auspicious clouds and purple air. So he stayed in the clouds, settled in Baishui, built a monastery, and sown rice in these terraced fields.
This kind of rice has golden husk, long and slender rice grains, crystal white, mercerized rice, and smooth and delicious cooking. Local farmers introduced and expanded the species.