Zhongning, Ningxia – The gojiberry tribute fruit nurtured by the Yellow River. Located at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Qingshui River, Zhongning boasts unique alluvial plain soil that endows its gojiberries with superior nutritional value compared to those from other production areas.
The history of Zhongning gojiberry is etched on every page of Chinese civilization. The Book of Songs: Xiao Ya records, "ascending the northern mountain, one gathers its quả," indicating that ancestors harvested gojiberry as early as 4,000 years ago;
The Han Dynasty's Shennong Bencao Jing classified it as a "superior medicinal herb"; during Zhang Qian's missions to the Western Regions, Zhongning gojiberry spread across the world along the Silk Road; in the Hongzhi era of the Ming Dynasty, it was designated as an imperial tribute, exclusively used for palace health preservation;
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica explicitly states, "All gojiberries used medicinally nationwide are produced in Ning. "
Over millennia, Zhongning gojiberry has remained a paragon of the principle that food and medicine share the same origin.