[Pomegranate blossoms and seeds are concentric] At the Xiaomi Museum, watch the Millennium millet welcome the new change.

　　"Millet" is a written general term for millet in ancient times. "Millet" is an annual plant of Gramineae, which is widely planted in northern China and commonly known as "millet" after hulling. Millet, as the oldest crop originated in China, was at the top of the grain crop in ancient times.

　　The world millet sees China, and China millet is in Aohan. On August 22nd, an interview group from Inner Mongolia Station, the network theme activity of "Pomegranate Blossoms and Seeds with One Heart", came to Aohan Banner, known as "the hometown of millet in the world", to visit the Xiaomi Museum, get a close look at past lives of Aohan Xiaomi, and explore its profound culture.

　　Xiaomi museum

　　Founded in September 2018, the Xiaomi Museum in Aohan Banner is a cultural integration and exhibition platform of the global important agricultural cultural heritage "Aohan Dry Farming System" represented by Xiaomi. The design of its architectural form is inspired by the typical cultural carrier of Xinglong Valley, jade Jue and barrel-shaped pottery pots. In addition to displaying the dry farming system with millet as the main part, the museum also set up a special area to display the production environment, quality characteristics, production situation, geographical indications and honor reports of Aohan millet, so as to fully display the dry farming cultural system with a long history and rich culture in Aohan Banner.

　　In the museum, peripheral products related to Xiaomi can be seen everywhere. Millet oil, millet soap, millet crust, millet moon cake, etc., the innovation chain around millet is getting longer and longer. "It tastes particularly good. I didn’t expect Xiaomi to make so many foods. It can be seen that Aohan Banner has made a good innovation in developing characteristic agricultural products." Lun Xiaoxuan, a reporter from China Net, said after tasting.

　　Millet products

　　In recent years, Aohan Banner has firmly grasped the golden signboard of "global important agricultural cultural heritage", made the millet industry bigger and stronger, made use of the influence of agricultural cultural heritage, and made Aohan Xiaomi, a national famous regional public brand, which has completed the development of the whole industrial chain from planting to processing, from sales to consumption, and from culture to tourism. Through continuous integration of Aohan millet resources, the brand value of Aohan Xiaomi has been enhanced, which has promoted the upgrading of Aohan Banner’s characteristic agricultural products industry and made the culture even more.

　　Location of Xiaomi Museum

　　At present, the museum has become an important garden for the masses to know, understand and experience the millet culture. It shows that the ancient ancestors in Aohan area have made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese civilization and even human civilization. It also shows that the people of all ethnic groups in Aohan have protected, inherited and developed the dry farming system in Aohan during long-term exchanges and exchanges, and it has also become a cultural card for Aohan Banner to improve the agricultural cultural level, enhance the competitiveness of agricultural products and promote the development of millet industry and cultural tourism.

　　Producer: Li Zhongfeng

　　Text: Xu Jing

　　Photography: Wang Xiaobo

　　Edit: Wang Lihong