Villagers are busy packing "pig pancreas" for export. Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
Villagers are busy making "pig pancreas". Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
Villagers are busy making "pig pancreas". Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
Villagers are drying the prepared "pig pancreas". Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
Villagers are exchanging experiences in making "pig pancreas". Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
Villagers are exchanging experiences in making "pig pancreas". Photo by Yao Zhongkun.
In a farmhouse in Luannan County, Hebei Province, villagers are making pig pancreas, a traditional handmade soap made of pig pancreas with oil, rock sugar and other accessories, which is decontaminated and moisturized, and is deeply loved by the people in the north. Every autumn and winter, a large number of villagers join the assembly line for making pig pancreas, and some farmers polish their signboards with their century-old craftsmanship. The output of 20,000 kilograms of pig pancreas in autumn and winter can increase the average annual income of producers by more than 100,000 yuan.
In recent years, Luannan County has combined with local conditions, developed "courtyard economy" and "kang economy" according to local conditions, and vigorously supported pig pancreas processing, dumpling workshops, reed curtain weaving and other small industries involving local specialties and practical department stores.
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