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Table 3 Inventory of KSR species in southeast Guizhou and their CII

From: Traditional agricultural management of Kam Sweet Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in southeast Guizhou Province, China

Village

No

Local name

CII

Cultural values of KSR in this village

Jianhua

1

120-day he

1.18

These landraces of KSR are kept by farmers for decades or hundreds of years

The most important festivals in Jianhua are the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zongba Festival and Xinmi Festival

Every family will steam glutinous rice and drink glutinous rice wine to celebrate the festival. They will also make glutinous rice pickled fish and sour soup to celebrate the festival

The small amount of hybrid rice grown by the Dong people in Jianhua are used only to feed livestock or entertain guests who do not like KSR

Local herbalists also add KSR to some herbs to enhance their efficacy

2

130-day he

0.45

3

Black he

1.77

4

Goucengao

1.68

5

Gouyangdang

4.05

6

Goutunrong

0.91

7

Gouliejiu

1.45

8

Gouliezhu

1.86

9

Gouliedainian

1.86

10

Gongmuhe

1.09

11

Goucengaoka

5.05

12

Gouhuanggang

1.00

Zhanli

13

Wangni

1.22

Zhanli village is famous in China for having only one boy and one girl in every family, and its natural population growth rate remains close to zero

The most important festival in Zhanli is the first day of February and the first day of August, when every family will exchange different KSR as gifts

Dong people often weave straw ropes and sandals from KSR stalks and burn them into grass ash for dyeing cloth

14

Gouliezhu

0.89

15

Zhanliheinuo

1.22

16

Yangdanghe

1.00

17

Yansanse

0.94

18

Gouhada

0.56

19

Dabaohe

0.94

20

Gonggu

0.56

21

Zhanlinuohe

2.39

22

Danglao

1.78

Xiaohuang

23

Red he-1

2.84

The mid-autumn day is the most solemn festival of the year in Xiaohuang, every family steamed glutinous rice, drank glutinous rice wine and so on

Dong people also use KSR to extract maltose and make candy in daily life

24

Yangwenna

0.52

25

Dabaohe

1.04

26

Gouhagongniu

1.48

27

Goubadang

0.52

Baba

28

Liezhuhe

3.93

Baba village is rich in folk traditional culture, with various types of performances and folk activities

The Xinmi Festival and Spring Festival are more important festivals in Baba, and the villagers will make different foods with KSR to celebrate

Baba village has developed into an ethnic tourism village and has exchanges with the outside world; thus, KSR landraces have been exchanged with other villages

29

Babagonghe

0.79

30

Danianhe

1.21

31

Jiuyuejiu

1.00

32

Gougong

1.14

33

Gouhadang

1.21

Dingdong

34

Gouyongmi

1.48

Dingdong village is a relatively wealthy Dong village

Selling KSR is an important livelihood for farmers. The better landraces are sold at a price of 4.76$/kg in the market

The grandest festival in Dingdong village is “Adult Day” on July 14, which is mainly held for young men and women aged 16–18, every family eats KSR

35

Gouyongwai

0.92

36

Dingdongheihe

1.72

37

Goudainian

0.80

38

Goudang

0.68

39

Xianggu

0.72

Huanggang

40

Red he

2.12

Every family grows KSR and raises fish, ducks in Huanggang village, and is famous for its rice–fish–duck ecosystem

Dong people in Huanggang are particularly fond of eating KSR, which is indispensable for all meals and festivals

The grandest festival in Huanggang village is “Hantian Day” on June 15. Dong people would invite friends from neighboring villages to participate in the festival, eating glutinous rice and drinking glutinous rice wine

Villagers in Huanggang do not eat hybrid rice and use it only for tourists

41

Liezhuhe

4.79

42

Old-Liezhuhe

0.39

43

60-day he

1.36

44

70-day he

0.61

45

Jindongnuo

0.33

46

Huanggangyangnong

0.55

Kengdong

47

Heimanghe

0.95

KSR is mainly used for market sales, festival celebrations or as gifts in Kengdong

The most important festival in Kengdong is the “Shuaijiao Festival” on February 15. Villagers fry or steam KRS, which is not completely ripe, as a snack

48

Niumaohe

2.53

49

Tonghe

0.84

50

Dongronghe

2.89

51

Gonggenghe

2.79

Yandong

52

Wuminghe

2.52

KSR is mainly used to make snacks such as glutinous rice oil tea in Yandong village, which Dong people drink in the morning and afternoon every day

The most important festival in Yandong is the Black Rice Festival on April 8, when the KSR is dyed black with leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. and steamed

53

Baixianghe

4.29

54

Huangshanxue

2.00

Miedong

55

Wuminghe

2.06

The KSR in Miedong village is mainly used in festivals, such as Zongba Festival on June 6 and July 15

56

Gouzhaige

3.75

57

Ougen

1.19

Zhaoxing

58

Black nuo

2.61

Zhaoxing village is the biggest and oldest Dong village in China, The village is a wonderland for Dong festivals, songs and dancing. The most famous event is the Grand Song, a unique polyphonic folk music tradition that has been passed from generation to generation for over 2,500 years, the KSR in Zhaoxing is used mainly in these activities

59

Hongmangbainuo

2.86

60

Changmangdanuo

0.81

61

Wumangdanuo

0.44