晚清至民国时期湖南油茶产业发展探究

A Study on the Development of Camellia Oleifera Industry in Hunan from Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China

油茶是在我国长江流域以南广泛分布的一种木本油料植物,具有很高的综合利用价值。晚清至民国时期,湖南省油茶产业发展迅速,成为中国重要的油茶产区。本文根据晚清和民国时期的方志物产和档案调查资料,对晚清到民国时期湖南油茶的种植概况、茶油贸易往来进行了全面梳理,总结出推动当时湖南省油茶产业发展的积极因素和产业发展时存在的需要改进的缺陷。这不仅有助于我们了解当时湖南油茶产业发展概况,对于现在湖南省内油茶经济的发展也具有一定的参考价值。

Camellia Oleifera Abel is a kind of woody oil plants widely distributed in the south of the Yangtze River Valley in China.It has high comprehensive utilization value.From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China,the Camellia Oleifera industry in Hunan Province developed rapidly and became an important Camellia Oleifera production area in China.Based on the investigation of the local records and archives in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China,this paper gives a comprehensive overview of the cultivation and trade of Camellia Oleifera in Hunan from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China,the positive factors that promoted the development of Camellia Oleifera Industry in Hunan Province at that time and the defects that needed to be improved were summarized.This is not only helpful for us to understand the general situation of the development of Camellia Oleifera Industry in Hunan at that time,but also has certain reference value for the development of the Camellia Economy in Hunan Province.