When autumn comes, Matiyu Village in Xiajiang Town, Daiyue District, Tai'an City, Shandong Province began to be busy, because it is one of the main producing areas of the national geographical indication product"Taishan chestnuts".

Secretary of the Party Branch of Matiyu Village, Xiajiang Town, Daiyue District, Tai'an City, Shandong Province,Wu Nan said:”Our village planting chestnuts over 300 years of tradition.Horseshoe Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides,the terrain is like a horseshoe,so it's called Horseshoe Yu.We have high mountains and deep valleys here.The temperature difference between day and night is more than 10 degrees.Chestnuts struggle to accumulate sugar during the day.Less sugar is lost at night,so it's very sweet.”

”General chestnut,it will not be ripe until the end of September and the beginning of October.Our Tarzan premature chestnuts,because of the large temperature difference.The light is full in early September,it starts to mature.If it weren't for the leap month this year.There should be ripe ones after the summer.”

”Now there are villagers harvesting chestnuts on the mountain.In recent years,the chestnut industry in our village continues to grow and develop.Existing chestnut garden more than 3000 acres.The annual output is about 600 tons.From traditional cultivation to current deep processing.The variety of products is becoming more and more diverse.We formed a cooperative.Unified technical guidance,the income of the villagers is also increasing year by year.Now, Taishan chestnut has become a calling card of our village.”（Jiang Xiaoli, Zha Zhonghao, Su Baorui, Yang Congfei）