Eight specialties of Shaanxi

Eight specialties of Shaanxi, Shaanxi, referred to as "Shaanxi" or "Qin", is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese culture, but also the origin of many cuisines, is the capital city of many dynasties in ancient times. Here to see what are the eight specialties of Shaanxi.

1, imitation of the Terracotta Warriors

Origin: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Terracotta Warriors is known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", is the most famous place in Shaanxi, so the imitation of the Terracotta Warriors handicrafts have become a favorite tourist souvenirs when people travel. The Terracotta Warriors crafts have become the favorite souvenirs of people who come to visit the city.

2, Hanzhong Xianhao tea

Origin: Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province

Hanzhong Xianhao tea is a specialty of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, because of its mild climate, ecological environment, the output of the tea in a beautiful shape, rich flavor, but also rich in a variety of beneficial to the human body of the trace elements.

3, dog-head jujube

Origin: Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province

Dog-head jujube is mainly produced in the area of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, due to the climate of the temperature difference between day and night is very suitable for the cultivation of jujube, the output of the jujube is big and sweet, excellent quality.

4, stone cakes

Origin: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Stone cakes, also known as dry buns or sand buns, more than 1,000 years of history, is placed on the washed stone made of crispy texture, easy to carry.

5, Meixian kiwifruit

Origin: Meixian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province

Meixian kiwifruit is a specialty of Meixian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, Meixian County, the climate of Meixian County is mild, the soil is fertile, and is very suitable for the growth of the kiwifruit, so the Meixian kiwifruit is beautiful in appearance, and the flesh of the fruit is delicate and juicy.

6, Guifei Cake

Origin: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province

Guifei Cake is made of flour, coconut flour and eggs as raw materials, the cake is small and delicate, because it is loved by Yang Guifei, and was given the name of Guifei Cake by Emperor Xuanzong.

7. Xi'an Liangpi

Origin: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Xi'an Liangpi is a specialty snack in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, which is very popular in Xi'an due to the excellent selection of materials for the crust and the rigorous production process, which makes the crust very taut.

8, Hancheng "red robe" pepper

Origin: Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province

Hancheng red robe pepper is a specialty of the city of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province, because of its climatic conditions and soil conditions are very suitable for the cultivation of peppercorns, the output of the peppercorns color, hemp taste is pure, enjoy "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the", "the" and "the". The color of the peppercorns is brilliant, and the flavor is pure, enjoying the reputation of "Famous Pepper of China".

1, Shangluo nuclear

Shangluo walnuts are produced in the southeast of Shaanxi Province in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, in the Shangluo region of Luonan, Shangzhou, Shanyang, Zhashui and other seven counties with the most production, nutrition is very rich, containing more fat and protein.

2, Xi'an paper-cut

Shaanxi Xi'an folk paper-cutting is an ancient Han art of skeletonization, Shaanxi from south to north, especially the Loess Plateau, 800 miles of Qinchuan, can be seen everywhere in the red and green paper-cutting. The ancient shape, rough style, interesting symbolism, diverse forms, exquisite skills, in Shaanxi, in the country's folk art occupies a very important position.

3, the playman clay whistle

The playman clay whistle is a specialty of Xi'an, the clay whistle of a wide range of subjects, many patterns. The shape of animals, people, often the same subject matter has a variety of different dynamics and different demeanor modeling. Among the common chickens, pigeons, eagles, swallows, pigs, dogs, monkeys, fish, turtles, frogs, etc., as well as boys and girls modeling clay whistle.

4, Lintong pomegranate

Lintong pomegranate is one of the specialties of Shaanxi. It is a collection of national pomegranate excellence, known for its colorful, large fruit thin skin, juicy and sweet, soft and fresh core, seed fat slag less, excellent quality and other characteristics. Ranked among the top five pomegranates in the country, listed as a treasure in the fruit, has always been the tribute of the feudal emperor, renowned in the nine states, famous overseas.

5, Qishan noodles

Qishan noodles, unique technology, thin white noodles, cooking flavor, easy to eat, is one of the Qishan local famous food. Gishan hanging noodles have always been recognized as a famous Shaanxi food. In Qishan County and some parts of Xifu, in the old days, more used as a gift to relatives, friends, usually sent in the first month.

Yokoyama Small Grains

The vast mountainous area of Yokoyama produces drought-resistant grains, which are hulled and processed into millet. Millet appearance round, full, golden color, taste and aroma, nutrient-rich, rich in crude protein, crude fat, while rich in vitamins A, B and more than a dozen kinds of trace elements.

China's medicine has long been documented, millet can dehumidification, spleen, sedative, sleeping, etc., is a modern family often prepared delicious food, known as the plug "small ginseng" said.

Small grains are made from Hengshan locally produced mung beans, red beans, millet, soft yellow rice, rice, lentils, cowpeas and other miscellaneous beans and grains. Its variety and quality are excellent, rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, fiber and many other nutrients needed by the human body, and also rich in medicinal ingredients. It is a traditional food, but also modern health care products, with "food and medicine" of the strange effect.

Baqiao Shame Noodle

Baqiao Shame Noodle has a long history, which is called "soup cake" and described by Su Shi in his poem, and is characterized by the addition of edible alkali to the noodles and thickening of the soup with flour.

When playing bashfulness, the first pork, winter melon, yellow flowers, fungus, red and white radish, white tofu, fried tofu and other ingredients cut into cubes into the pot with seasoning fried and served, and then already cooked bone broth boiling, under the white tofu diced boiling thickened with flour and sprinkled with egg sprinkles, poured into the fried diced vegetables, turn off the fire sprinkled with raw chives garnish to taste.

Finally, add the alkali thin noodles cooked over water into the bowl, and then pour the shame can be eaten.

Lintong Pomegranate:

Lintong pomegranate is one of the major specialties of Shaanxi. It is a collection of national pomegranate excellence, known for its colorful, large fruit thin skin, juicy and sweet, soft and tasty nucleus, seed fat slag less, excellent quality and other characteristics and famous. It ranks among the top five famous pomegranates in the country and is listed as the precious fruit, which has been the tribute of feudal emperors and is famous in nine states and overseas.

The pomegranate flourishes in Lintong, which has a lot to do with the special geography and climate. Lintong has the back of Mount Li, facing the Wei River and the vast Guanzhong Plain.

And there are hot springs, mild climate, moderate rainfall, no fog during the flowering period; pomegranate is mainly planted in the northern foot of Mount Li, the soil is soft, sandy, permeable to water; the Weihe River and hot springs evaporation of water and gas, increasing the air humidity; the temperature difference between day and night in summer is large. Such climate and soil conditions provide a superior environment for the growth of pomegranate

Xi'an Liangpi:

Xi'an Liangpi is a specialty snack in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. There are about three kinds of cold skin in Xi'an: Qishan Rolled Noodle Skin, Hanzhong Hot Noodle Skin and Qinzhen Rice Noodle Cold Skin. Among them, Qishan Rolled Noodle Skin is the most popular.

Because the rolling dough is evolved from the Tang Dynasty cold Amoy noodles, the dough is well selected, rigorous process, seasoning, white, thin, light, soft, sinewy, fragrant and famous, cool and delicious, with tendon, soft, cool fragrance, hot and sour, all seasons.

It is one of the representatives of Guanzhong Xifu snacks, and one of the most national flavor foods in Northwest China. In ancient times, the rolling of the skin is to the palace of the imperial food, so the people of Xifu also known as rolling the skin for the Royal Beijing powder.

Terracotta Warriors and Horses:

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses were excavated and displayed in the world, known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin unearthed all ceramic people, ceramic horses and real people, real horses of similar size, carving fine and exquisite, rich in realism;

Especially the terracotta warrior head molding, through the muscle texture and the eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth of the detailed molding, showing the many terracotta warriors of the different faces, expressions and personalities. Pottery horse carving lifelike, or head erect ears, or staring at the mouth, showing snorting and neighing, leaping and galloping.

They are arranged into a large-scale underground military formation, showing more than two thousand years ago when the Qin Emperor united the six countries of the mighty war scene, but also reflects the Qin Dynasty artists and craftsmen's ingenuity and skill, is the greatest historical miracle and art treasures found in modern times. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Qin Emperor have attracted tens of millions of Chinese and foreign visitors.

Zhen'an big chestnut:

Zhen'an big chestnut with its large, sweet and crispy, high starch rate of the unique point, won the honor. As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, the early Qing Dynasty, China's ancient capital of Beijing, Chang'an (now Xi'an) and Taiyuan, Luoyang and other cities of the vendors played the "Zhen'an sugar fried chestnuts" label.

Zhen'an big chestnut trees are grafted with local wild chestnut trees. The process is: every spring, fruit farmers from the chestnut tree cut to 150 to 200 centimeters long branches, inserted in 30 to 50 centimeters thick flush broken stems of the chestnut tree stems, with cement sealed joint wounds.

Waiting for the grafts to germinate and survive is a big chestnut tree. Chestnut trees grow fast and slow with young forest nurturing has a direct relationship. Generally 3 to 4 years on the fruit, 7 to 8 years full of fruit buds, 10 to 15 years into the fruitful period. May flowering, flower fall results, eight to September maturity.

The fruit shell is full of prickly green bracts, green bracts explode after maturity, which reveals a large chestnut. Each chestnut bract contains 2 to 3 fruit, fruit flat round, brown, shell mouth with pilose, paste the fruit at the membrane skin, the flesh is creamy yellow. The average weight of the fruit is 35 to 45 grams.

Mili millet:

Mili millet, is a specialty of the northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau Mili County. Widely known as Yan'an millet. It has a golden color, rounded particles, crystal bright, sticky flavor flavor, stored for several years, the quality of the rice does not change; stewed into a dry rice, sweet and fluffy, the more you chew the more fragrant, the aftertaste;

Cooked into a thin rice, sticky and crisp, fragrant, the surface of the rice soup has a layer of bright rice oil. Mili millet, because of its quality, reputation throughout the country, for China's "four famous millet" one.

The millet also has yin, Yang, heat, diuretic, swelling and other functions, hypertension, skin diseases, inflammation have a certain preventive and inhibitory effect. People with kidney disease should eat often, spleen and stomach deficiency should be eaten for a long time. People daily through the dietary millet to supplement selenium, regulating the body's autoimmune function to fight disease.

Luonan walnuts:

Luonan specialty walnuts are large, full of kernel, thin skin, quality, quite favored by domestic and foreign consumers. Over the past two decades, there have been a number of consecutive national, ministry, province and other relevant departments of the ` commendation and reward.

In March 2000 and by the State Forestry Administration and the China Economic Forestry Association officially named "China's famous economic forests - walnut township", in the "1999 China International Agricultural Expo In the "1999 China International Agricultural Exposition" and the successive Yangling Agricultural Exposition welcomed by merchants.

Luo Nan walnut kernel medical value is quite high, health effects are obvious. It has the effect of "replenishing gas and nourishing blood, tonifying the kidney and fixing the essence, warming the lungs and moistening the intestines, replenishing the brain and benefiting the life, and moistening the blood, hair and face". Long-term consumption, you can promote development, brain health, enhance memory, improve immunity, have obvious anti-cancer effect.

Jingbian buckwheat:

Buckwheat is Jingbian County, Baiyushan District, the main crop. Jingbian buckwheat is a specialty product of northern Shaanxi, with high protein, low sugar content, is an indispensable health food for diabetics. In addition, buckwheat rutin is wheat and other cereal crops are not, rutin, also known as rutin, vitamin P, with the prevention of atherosclerosis, expansion of capillaries, unclogging the microcirculation, activation of the brain and anti-fat oxidation function.

Jingbian buckwheat drought-resistant, barren stable yield, adaptability, resilience, flexible planting and other advantages of a long history of cultivation, its products are renowned for its excellent quality and northern Shaanxi Province, become the main export of agricultural products. Regular consumption of buckwheat is not easy to cause obesity, because buckwheat contains high nutritional value, well-balanced plant protein, this protein is not easy to convert into fat in the body, so it is not easy to cause obesity.

Hengshan Daming green beans:

Hengshan Daming green beans, Hengshan County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, a specialty of China's geographical indications products. Hengshan County is a district of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, with a short frost-free period, low temperature and water shortage, thin soil and fragile ecology, which makes it a suitable growing area for small grains. Sufficient light, rain and heat in the same season, conducive to the development of edible beans root system, photosynthesis and coloring, but also conducive to the accumulation of substances and quality improvement.

The produced Daming mung beans enjoy a good reputation in the international and domestic markets, and are designated by the State of Japan as imported inspection-free products. It has won the favor of domestic and foreign merchants and experts with its large grains, heavy grains, and fresh color in many agricultural exhibitions.

Yangxian Black Rice:

Yangxian Black Rice is produced in Yangxian County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. Yangxian is located on the south slope of the Qinling Mountains and the north bank of the Han River. Yangxian black rice ancient name "Japonica Valley Nu", the outer skin ink black, the inner core of the snow white, "black pearl", "the world's king of rice," the beauty of the name. Yangxian black rice has a high nutritional and tonic value.

Yangxian black rice color black, white inner quality, cooked into a porridge for the dark brown, taste fragrant, high nutritional value. Eating black rice in Yangxian has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, benefiting the qi and strengthening the body, and improving the eyesight and blood circulation.

If you use Yangxian black rice and Shaanbeijujube porridge, it is more flavorful and sweet, known as the "black and red double best". With Yangxian black rice with white fruit, silver ear, walnuts, peanuts, red dates, rock sugar, Coix lacryma made of "black rice porridge", is a rare high-level nourishing food. If you can take it for a long time, you can live longer.

Xingping chili pepper:

Xingping chili pepper for the protection of geographical indications products. Produced in Xingping City, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. Xingping is known as "Tang garlic Ming pepper", Xingping pepper production base is a typical warm belt semi-humid continental monsoon climate, with abundant light and heat resources and rain and heat with the characteristics of the season, the annual precipitation of 85 to 90% of the concentration of the line of spicy growth of the peak period, the line is conducive to the growth and development of spicy.

In addition, Xingping City, pepper production base altitude between 400-500 meters, more monsoon during the reproductive period, wind sustained, to improve the line pepper crop group ventilation and light conditions are obviously beneficial. Therefore, Xingping's line pepper color red and bright, spicy flavor, rich in nutrients, good taste, in the international market is known as "King of Pepper" and "a unique".