Gansu specialties that can be taken away are Lanzhou big board melon seeds, gourd carving, Lanzhou folk paper cutting, Lanzhou casserole, Pingliang apple, Lanzhou Dongguo pear, Linze jujubes, Zhangye yellow wine, Minle purple garlic, mutton wine, Guaning apple, Lingwu jujubes.

Gansu Specialty: Lanzhou Melon Seeds

Lanzhou Melon Seeds is a specialty of Lanzhou, Gansu. The seeds are taken from seed melons, which are perforated and crushed for consumption, also known as 'crushed melons'. There are many varieties of melon seeds, such as five-spice melon seeds, salt and pepper melon seeds, sweet melon seeds, butter melon seeds, multi-flavored melon seeds, etc., all of which are rich in proteins, fats, vitamins B and D and other nutrients, and they are high-class food for banquets and guests.

Gansu specialty two: Linze red jujube

Gansu planting jujube tree has a long history, especially Liangzhou Linze, everywhere is jujube tree. Linze jujube is small, but color, meat good, high sugar content, rich in nutrition. In addition to fresh food, jujube can also be dried and processed into honey jujube, smoked jujube, crispy jujube, wine jujube and so on. Jujube is also an important traditional Chinese medicine. Jujube has the effect of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the blood and tranquillizing the mind, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and harmonizing all medicines, and it has very good curative effects on hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and other diseases.

Gansu specialty three: lamb wine

Lamb wine is a traditional wine in Yinchuan, Ningxia, with a very long history. It originated in the Han and Wei Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and sold well overseas in the Yuan Dynasty. Ningxia's mutton wine is brewed with high-quality sorghum, Ningxia Lingwu's unique mutton (a companion of Ningxia Ermao fur, Ningxia wolfberry, Lingwu jujube and so on. The lamb wine produced is white in color and sweet in taste.