Tianjin has a long history of planting rice, and its geographical location, climate, soil and irrigation water are all suitable for producing high-quality rice, which is recorded in many historical materials. According to the Biography of Wang Yingjiao in Ming Dynasty, in the 28th year of Ming Wanli (A.D. 1600), the governor of Tianjin, Wang Yingjiao, cultivated more than 5,000 mu of rice in Gegu, Baitangkou and other places, built dikes to encircle the fields, washed the alkali with fresh water, and harvested four or five stones per mu. From the forty-first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty to the first year of the Apocalypse (A.D.1613-1621), Xu Guangqi, a great scientist, came to Tianjin for four times and devoted himself to ploughing and planting rice. From then on, Ge Gumi became famous. Gegu is only 12.5 kilometers away from the station, and Gegu rice is generally considered as the predecessor of station rice. In the 16th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 18 1 1), Xu Cui wrote a poem in "Songs of Bai Yong in Jinmen": "Peach and apricot are full of peaches and oranges, and purple crabs are full of food. It is the best seaside flavor, and Gegu is a small Jiangnan. " The grain length of rice in the poem may be an indica rice variety, which was gradually replaced by a japonica rice variety. Gegumi was so favored by literati at that time that it was famous for writing poems praising the crystal clear rice grains in porridge, being as beautiful as jasper and tasting like wine and dew. Tianjin station rice is oval, crystal clear, with little chalkiness, white and shiny, fragrant when cooked, complete, soft but not sticky, and delicious after cooling. Delicious. In the tenth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1859), Zhou Chuanfeng, the prefect of the defense forces, led the troops to the 18th Battalion (in Qingxian County, Hebei Province) and built a new town on Racecourse Avenue (now the new town in Tanggu District), with stations along the way, including one in ten miles and one in forty miles. Today's Station Town, West Station and Dongda Station Village are all named after this. In order to supplement the military pay, Zhou plowed and planted rice near the new city, and learned the experience and lessons of planting rice before the game. First, he began to build water conservancy projects. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), soldiers of Huai army moved the 14th battalion to Tunzhan to excavate Machang River, and its head end was in Jinguantun Village, Dazhangtun Township, Jinghai County, where it was dredged together with the South Canal (also known as Yu He). At the same time, build a dampproof dike along the river to prevent the tide from invading. So I reclaimed land and planted rice in the station area, and I gained a lot. The water source in the upper reaches of the South Canal comes from the Yellow River, which contains more sediment and humus and has good water quality. Irrigated rice fields not only save fertilizer and increase production, but also have good appearance, cooking and eating quality. Scientific research should be the main factor in the formation of "station rice" famous products. And made it the Gong Mi of the Qing royal family. The prestige then surpassed that of Gegu rice. After 1930s, excellent varieties such as "Yinfang" and "Shui Yuan" were introduced from Japan and Korea, and the quality of rice was even better. It is really "a family cooks, and the neighbors smell the fragrance". Xiaozhan rice has become a treasure in Tianjin's landscape and is well known. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Party and the government vigorously developed standing rice production, popularized science and technology, constantly upgraded rice varieties, and gradually improved cultivation techniques, which greatly improved rice quality and yield, improved people's lives, and exported special second-class japonica rice in exchange for foreign exchange to support national construction.