Lijiang
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| Lijiang | |
|---|---|
| 丽江 (Lìjiāng); Likiang | |
| ActiveGrown here in 2000 or later | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Yunnan |
| Geography | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Lijiang |
| Coordinates | 26.87, 100.23 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 20,500 km² |
| Terrain | Mountains and valleys of Lijiang in north-western Yunnan, in Gucheng District and the counties of Yulong, Yongsheng, Huaping and Ninglang; approximately that unit |
| Growing history | |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 1 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Lijiang is a cannabis growing area in north-western Yunnan, China, drawn on the prefecture-level city of Lijiang. It is part of the Yunnan growing region. The Yi of Xiaoliangshan, in Ninglang County, name cannabis among the plants they have cultivated for a very long time,[1] and a herbarium sheet gathered by J. F. Rock on the eastern slopes of the Lijiang (Likiang) Snow Range in 1923–1924 is catalogued as Cultivated for fibre for horse ropes.[2] Rock also found Cannabis sativa "much cultivated" by the Naxi at Ta-ku, on the Yangtze,[3]: vol. 1, p. 227 and Naxi folk healers use the plant as medicine.[4]
Hemp among the Yi of Xiaoliangshan
Xiaoliangshan, the "lesser Liangshan", is the Yunnan part of the Liangshan, the Yi country of Ninglang Yi Autonomous County; the Daliangshan, the "greater Liangshan", lies in Sichuan. Yi-Won Addi and colleagues surveyed the plant names of the Yi in 14 villages and three communities of six townships in the eastern part of Xiaoliangshan between September 2019 and August 2021, interviewing 266 people. They write that Tartary buckwheat, cannabis and rice have been cultivated by the Yi for a very long time. The ancient Yi names of these plants are single syllables, which the Yi use as roots when naming other plants.[1]
Hemp among the Naxi
At Ta-ku, a Naxi village on the plain of the Yangtze 140 li north of the town of Lijiang, Rock found Cannabis sativa "much cultivated". The Naxi call it ssaw, and they favour the female plant, which gives the better fibre.[3]: vol. 1, p. 227 At Mba-yi-wda (Ming-yin-wu), a Naxi village at 3,100 m (10,160 feet), the people grew wheat, oats, hemp, rape turnips, buckwheat and maize, and the women wore short pleated skirts of homespun hemp cloth.[3]: vol. 1, p. 232 In the Yung-ning territory, now Yongning in Ninglang County, the Lisu women of the hamlet of Ba-ssu-ko wore short pleated skirts of hemp cloth, "which they weave themselves from the fibre of the female Cannabis sativa".[3]: vol. 2, pp. 399–400
Lingling Zhang and colleagues studied the plants eaten in times of drought in three Naxi villages of Lijiang, Wenhai, Ludian and Shihong, from 2011 to 2013. Hemp seed is among them, used for oil and eaten as a snack; the plant grows on cyclically fallowed farmland.[5]
Haitao Li and colleagues worked in 2019 with 104 Naxi folk healers of Gucheng District and Yulong County on the plants named in the Dongba sutras. The healers call hemp sa and take its fruits, leaves, stem and bark, crushed or dried, for constipation; the plant is also a condiment. The authors class it as both cultivated and wild.[4]
Herbarium specimen
Rock's number 10802, from the eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow Range in the Yangtze watershed, is held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Rock 10802 (1923–1924)).[6] A second sheet of the gathering, at the University of California, Berkeley, carries the same collector, number, years and place; its catalogue adds Cultivated for fibre for horse ropes.[2]
Licensed hemp
Lijiang was among the 13 prefectures of Yunnan in which industrial hemp was licensed between 2010 and 2014.[7]
Appellations
No appellation pages exist for this growing area yet.
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Locality | Elevation | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 10802 (1923–1924) | Rock 10802 herbarium specimen, Likiang Snow Range (1923–1924) | Eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow Range |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addi, Yi-Won; Zhang, Yu; Ding, Xiao-Yong; Guo, Chang-An; Wang, Yu-Hua (2022). "A study of the plant folk nomenclature of the Yi people in Xiaoliangshan, Yunnan Province, China, and the implications for protecting biodiversity". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 18 (1) 18. doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00504-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 4857235367: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rock, Joseph F. (1947). The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest China. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Li, Haitao; Li, Zhiyong; Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Shaohua; Chen, Cui; Yang, Qingning; He, Chengfeng; Liu, Jianqin; Song, Jingyuan (2021). "Ethnobiological study on traditional medicinal plants and fungi recorded in the Naxi Dongba sutras". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 17 (1) 32. doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00459-8.
- ↑ Zhang, Lingling; Chai, Zhenzhen; Zhang, Yu; Geng, Yanfei; Wang, Yuahua (2016). "Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (1) 39. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0113-z.
- ↑ "Occurrence 4907009752: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ 曾金秋 (8 April 2019). "工业大麻的红海与管控" [Industrial hemp: a crowded market and its control]. 界面新闻 (in 中文). Retrieved 21 October 2026.