Tankan, scientific name is Citrus tankan Hayata, the English name Tankan. Tankan is a natural hybrid of mandarin and sweet orange citrus, also known as Grassy oranges, tangerines years, Coke Citrus, Rutaceae is a citrus, navel orange belongs to the class (Tangor). Seniors and local farmers we visited, in fact, know the origin of the name Tankan citrus and grassy, not many people, if they know also think it is legendary and older people to say, do not be ascertained, the Internet mostly to collect data are:
COA Tankan Museum's website - with cask packaging and transportation, named Tankan, Taiwan was first introduced species in Yangmingshan, also called Grassy citrus, and its ripe for the picking of the New Year, also known as citrus years.
Farmers Chenggong Township, Taitung in southern China website - often in the Tankan storage casks, hence the name Tankan, Tankan due before the Spring Festival coincides with the production season, it is commonly known in orange, and whichever "Orange" (Kyrgyzstan) homonym, atmosphere with a good omen for the New Year, so when the New Year with citrus Tankan often sacrifice for the table.
Beitou Farmers Lin Interview ~ history Tankan is due to ship goods to the ancient Fujian sales to Taiwan, the ship is in both "product value" of the items, in order to keep the goods in transit between shipping perfect, porcelain set put tea or silk, they seem now Styrofoam, perishable goods can avoid collision damage to the destination, but also trafficking. Another device oranges are transported to sell Taiwan food in the barrels, buckets are sold as buckets, bucket urinals and other purposes, then the technology is good carpenter made a bucket, bucket painted red again, the New Year to give as gifts lovable gas, so there is this one that is Tankan origin.
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