Every year, over the autumn and winter months, this district in China’s southeast Guangzhou province fills with the scent of drying tangerine peels, or chenpi. For some locals, it’s the smell of gold.

On January 8th, with just 20 days left until the Spring Festival, it was the busiest time of the year for flower farmers. In Duna Village, a well-known tangerine-growing village in Guangzhou with over ...

Tangerine peels can only be called “chenpi ... “The small stub is important as it indicates that the fruits are harvested from the tree directly instead of falling off the tree — which ...