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Qingyuan is the birthplace of artificially cultivated shiitake mushrooms in the world, and the largest distribution center for the production and sales of edible fungi in the country. Since the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1131), Wu Sangong, a farmer in Longyan Village, Qingyuan County, invented the "log cutting method" to cultivate mushrooms, which has been secretly passed down in Qingyuan mushroom farmers for more than 800 years. The smile is light, and the mountain treasures are full of baskets." This is the scene of the Qingyuan mushroom people picking mushrooms during the harvest season. Qingyuan shiitake mushrooms are delicious and fragrant. According to the "Qingyuan County Chronicle", when Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, laid the capital in Nanjing, the prime minister Liu Bowen offered shiitake mushrooms. Folks regard shiitake mushrooms as "the holy product of the imperial palace". Qingyuan shiitake mushroom is famous for its early history, high output, good quality and large market. In 2002, it was approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision as a regional product of origin, enjoying special protection, and established a standardized production base and organic Mushroom production demonstration base. Shiitake mushroom, with "clean texture and fragrant flavor", is rich in nutrients and unique in flavor. It is known as "the crown of all fungi and the best of vegetables" and is one of the traditional "mountain treasures" in my country.