There are many kinds of chestnuts, mainly divided into northern chestnuts and southern chestnuts. The main varieties of northern chestnut are Jinfeng, Haifeng, Shi Feng, Yanshan Li Hong, Hong Guang Chestnut, Li Hong, Zaofeng and HouHan Zhuang. There are nine main varieties of chestnut in South China, such as scorched skin, soft thorn green hair, short tie, Chu Shuhong, Chen Guo You Li and so on.

Chestnut: Castanea mollissima, also known as Castanea mollissima, Fraxinus mandshurica, belongs to Castanea of Fagaceae. It is native to China, distributed in Viet Nam, Taiwan Province Province and Chinese mainland, and grows between 370-2800 meters above sea level. More common in mountainous areas, it has been widely cultivated. Chestnuts are rich in nutrition, and the content of vitamin C is even higher than that of tomatoes, which is ten times that of apples. The minerals in chestnuts are also comprehensive, including potassium, zinc and iron. Although the content is not as high as hazelnut, it is still much higher than that of ordinary fruits such as apples, especially the potassium content is three times higher than that of apples.