In March, there is a good harvest of spring bamboo shoots in Zhuli Village. As spring thunder sounds and spring rain falls, the bamboo shoots under the earth are woken up. The farmers keenly notice the signal of nature to tell them that bamboo shoots are growing and spring flavour spreads everywhere in the bamboo forest.

 

Therefore, the special bamboo shoots in the village are named Thunder Bamboo Shoots, which are the earliest bamboo shoots sold in the market.

Wang Xiaokang, the technical director of Thunder Bamboo Shoots Base, is from Ningbo City of Zhejiang Province. For him, digging bamboo shoots is a race against time. Because the Thunder Bamboo Shoots grow very fast, they can only be enjoyed within ten days. Ten days later, they will grow into bamboo. Besides, to dig fresh and tender bamboo shoots not only requires people to notice the signal of spring early, but also relies on people’s rich experience.

 

 

The Thunder Bamboo Shoots taste crisp and sweet, without any bitterness, but the taste will be greatly destroyed from morning to night due to its short fresh time. Through sorting, peeling and packing, the Thunder Bamboo Shoots are processed at the fastest speed by villagers.

 

Peng Wensheng, a native of Guiyang County, found that the price of Thunder Bamboo Shoots was several times higher than other bamboo shoots ten years ago. Thunder Bamboo Shoots grow earlier and have a longer period, which could also green the barren mountains. So he returned home to plant Thunder Bamboo Shoots by transferring over 500 mu (about 33.33 hectares) of land. 

 

 

Thanks to the great geographical environment, Thunder Bamboo Shoots in Zhuli Village are fresh and sweet. They are very popular in the market. Moreover, the Thunder Bamboo Shoots can be produced for 3 seasons a year, with an annual output of more than 150,000 kilograms and an output value of 3.5 million yuan.

 

 

The villagers have made efforts to develop the green industry of Thunder bamboo shoots, which helped increase their income.

 

Small bamboo shoots with the taste of spring help villagers get richer. In the future, relying on the good ecological advantages, Zhuli Village will continue to make the Thunder Bamboo Shoot industry better and bigger to improve agricultural efficiency, increase farmers’ income, and promote rural revitalization.