Huixian aromatic rice is one of the rare rice varieties in China, belonging to japonica rice subspecies with waxy properties. In Taihang Mountain area in northern Henan, spring irrigation rice planting has a long history. The villages of Lougen, Bapanmo, Xiwangzhuang, Sanxiaoying and Zhongyaoying near the Bai Quan River are surrounded by springs and have fertile land, which have long been the concentrated producing areas of fragrant rice.
There is no textual research on the origin of fragrant rice, and there is only one legendary myth in Huixian. It is said that one autumn long ago, a flock of golden geese flew over Baiquan (in Huixian), and an injured goose fell down, and was rescued by a kind farmer, carefully cured and returned to the blue sky. The next spring, the goose came back with a golden rice seed in her mouth and gave it to the farmer for cultivation. After harvesting, rice was made, and the people were amazed. It was named Xiang Island.