Dingxi City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Gansu and is commonly known as "Longzhong". Located between 103 52′-105 13′ east longitude and 34 26′-35 35′ north latitude, it is the “East Gate” of Lanzhou City. It was approved and named "China's Potato Hometown" by the Organizing Committee of China's Hometown of Specialty Products.

As early as the Warring States Period, Longxi County was established in Didao (now Lintao), and today all counties and districts are under its jurisdiction. Later, with the change of dynasties, although the geographical administrative divisions changed, Longxi, Lintao, Minxian, and Dingxi have repeatedly become the seat of administrative agencies at the state, county, and prefecture levels. They are the economic, political, cultural, and transportation areas of central Gansu. center.

Dingxi was an important town on the ancient "Silk Road" and a necessary place for the New Eurasian Continental Bridge. It is also the east gate of Lanzhou City. It is known as the "Throat of Gansu and the Gateway of Lanzhou" , only 98 kilometers away from Lanzhou City, adjacent to the Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone and Lanbai Urban Economic Circle.

Dingxi is named after the meaning of "stability in the west" and is commonly known as "Longzhong".

Natural resources and medicinal materials

Dingxi is an authentic main producing area of ??Chinese medicinal materials and is rich in Chinese medicinal materials. There are more than 300 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, especially Mingui and Codonopsis pilosula, which are famous both at home and abroad. The output of Codonopsis pilosula and Codonopsis pilosula account for 70% and 40% of the country's total respectively. Min County, located in the upper reaches of the Tao River, has been known as the "Millennium Medicine Township" since ancient times. The product produced there is known as "Mingui" in the world, and it is listed as a national origin certified protected product.

Weiyuan County is known as the "Hometown of Codonopsis pilosula". The Codonopsis pilosula grown there has fat body and long shoots, firm skin and flesh, good quality and similar functions to ginseng. Due to sufficient light and a large temperature difference between day and night, the flowers produced are bright in color and have a pleasant fragrance.

Local specialties

Longxi's golden meat, noodles, and ham are known as the "Three Wonders of Longyuan", and cured mutton, pickled donkey meat, buckwheat noodles, and roasted chicken noodles are listed on the list. It is a "famous snack" in Gansu Province. Eleven famous and high-quality products, including "Qingji" brand potato, "Xuechuan" brand refined starch, "Xiaoling" brand and "Xingyue" brand Chinese medicinal materials, "Zuchi" brand meat products and "Longyuan Suiyueyue" brand liquor, have increased. The popularity of local specialty products. Minxian Angelicae, Taohe Green Stone Inkstone Treasure, Tongwei Buckwheat Circle, Snow Mountain Camel Palm, Lintao Dried Sweet Fermented Rice, etc.

More than 130 years ago, Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Qing Dynasty, sighed: "Longzhong is as barren as the world." He was talking about Dingxi. Dingxi has developed vigorously since the founding of New China, but compared to the whole country, it is still one of the poorest areas in the country.

Dingxi is a vast and sparsely populated area with a population of about 3 million. It governs one district and six counties, namely Anding District, Longxi County, Lintao County, Weiyuan County, Tongwei County, Zhang County, and Min county. The richest among them are Longxi County and Anding District, such as Wenfeng Town and Shouyang Town in Longxi, and Neiguanying Town in Anding; the poorest are Tongwei, Zhangxian, and Minxian.

The most famous specialty of Dingxi is potatoes, also called potatoes or potatoes. It is known as the "Hometown of Potatoes in China". Traveling all over China, Dingxi's potatoes are the most delicious because it is dry and has sufficient sunlight. , with more sugar, the potatoes are fuller. The more famous ones include Longxi’s bacon, Minxian’s dim sum, etc.

Dingxi is also the hometown of Chinese medicinal materials. Zhang County and Min County are rich in Chinese medicinal materials. It is also the "cradle of Majiayao culture" and the pottery produced by Majiayao has long been famous.

Dingxi is famous throughout the country for being "poor". The main natural reason is drought and water shortage; the social and historical reasons are due to its deep inland location, backward and closed ideas, etc.

Dingxi is a place with serious water shortage, but the people in Dingxi work hard and are not afraid of hardship. The spirit is worth learning, especially the children study very well. Families who are poor have to send their children to college. Where? People are simple, hard-working, and rely on self-rescue to resist natural disasters, which is really admirable. We have been working in Gansu for more than 30 years, so we know each other well

I just want to say that the most livable place in China is not Jiangnan. Suzhou and Hangzhou are not Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but Dingxi! ! In my hometown, there is no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, four distinct seasons, no disasters, no catastrophes! People are simple, hard-working, kind, harmonious, and tolerant, advocating farming and reading, and being kind to others. Welcome to Dingxi! !

Longxi

Bacon

Minxian

Ferns

Born in the mountains, grows in the mountains , now in my early thirties, I still want to go back to the mountains. I am Brother Shanli Waping, a creator in the field of agriculture, rural areas and farmers!

In my mind, Dingxi, Gansu is:

I am a native of Tongwei, Dingxi, and Dingxi is my hometown, the place where I was born and raised. Maybe in the eyes of others, Dingxi is poor and desolate, but in my eyes, I think my hometown Dingxi is the most beautiful. It is this desolate mountain and the poor loess slope in the eyes of others that raised me and our children in Dingxi. There are too many memories of my own here, and they will always be parted with. Although my hometown, Dingxi, is poor, it has been given many titles by the state, such as the capital of potatoes, the hometown of Chinese medicinal materials, the hometown of Chinese calligraphy and painting, the hometown of angelica, and so on. As a son and daughter of Dingxi, I feel particularly gratified and proud to see that my hometown is developing rapidly! Outside I can proudly say that I am the potato egg of Dingxi.

I am Brother Shanli Waping, a creator in the field of agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

In your mind, how do you evaluate Dingxi, Gansu?

I’m from Dingxi, and I don’t think I’m that bad. Every place has good and bad things. It’s just that our place is developing, but our transportation conditions are not as convenient as those in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. To be honest The development of every place depends on transportation. Although we are all mountains, we have not given up on life. Aren't we all doing well?

Comments from netizens: Although Dingxi is poor and has a harsh natural environment, the people here are not only hard-working and able to endure hardships, and have extraordinary survivability, but they are also kind and hospitable. In addition, the air quality here is good, and there are many more blue skies and white clouds than in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Dingxi Loess Plateau, without the Loess Plateau, there would be no North China Plain without the Yellow River. The loess and loess plains, the Yellow River created the North China Plain, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places!

Dingxi City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Gansu and is commonly known as "Longzhong". Located between 103 52′-105 13′ east longitude and 34 26′-35 35′ north latitude, it is the “East Gate” of Lanzhou City. It was approved and named "China's Potato Hometown" by the Organizing Committee of China's Hometown of Specialty Products.

As early as the Warring States Period, Longxi County was established in Didao (now Lintao), and today all counties and districts are under its jurisdiction. Later, with the change of dynasties, although the geographical administrative divisions changed, Longxi, Lintao, Minxian, and Dingxi have repeatedly become the seat of administrative agencies at the state, county, and prefecture levels. They are the economic, political, cultural, and transportation areas of central Gansu. center.

Dingxi was an important town on the ancient "Silk Road" and a necessary place for the New Eurasian Continental Bridge. It is also the east gate of Lanzhou City. It is known as the "Throat of Gansu and the Gateway of Lanzhou" , only 98 kilometers away from Lanzhou City, adjacent to the Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone and Lanbai Metropolitan Economic Circle.

I have been to Dingxi seven or eight times, mainly selling celery seeds. I will never forget Xiaolaosi beef noodles, buckwheat rings from Weiyuan, and bacon from Longxi. In fact, the city hall of Dingxi should be in Longxi. The geographical center is also a transportation and logistics distribution center. Longxi and Wenfeng are basically connected, and they are now developing better than Anding District.

Dingxi is bounded by the Wei River and is divided into two natural types: north and south. There are four distinct seasons, no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. The unique geographical location and long historical accumulation have given birth to rich resources of all kinds.

Here are the beautiful Guiqing Mountains (4A), Shaoyang Mountain (4A), the mysterious and quiet source of the Weihe River (4A), the winding Shouyang Mountain, the vast Langdu Wetland Grassland, and the magical Tongwei Hot Spring. ,

As well as the well-known Neolithic cultural sites such as Majiayao at home and abroad, the Great Wall of Qin in the Warring States Period, Baling Bridge, the "Longxi Hall" where Li compatriots at home and abroad trace their roots and worship their ancestors, and the Red Army Long March Bangluo Conference Memorial Hall , Minzhou Conference Memorial Hall, Yanjing Conference Memorial Hall, etc. It is an ideal place for leisure and vacation, summer vacation, and tracing one's roots.

It is also famous throughout the country as the "Chinese Potato Capital", "Chinese Medicine Capital", and "Western China Grass Capital".

< p> It has been rated by the country as the hometown of Chinese flowers, the hometown of Chinese Tao inkstones, the hometown of Chinese calligraphy, the hometown of Chinese folk art, the hometown of Chinese calligraphy and painting art, the hometown of Chinese potatoes, the hometown of Chinese angelica, and the hometown of Chinese flowers. , the hometown of Chinese astragalus, the hometown of Chinese Codonopsis pilosula and the hometown of Chinese broad beans.

Beautiful Dingxi, industrious and brave people, in this barren land

work at sunrise and rest at sunset. The potatoes that decorate the Longshang Garden outnumber the peonies. The layers of terraced fields have given birth to the precious medicinal material Astragalus membranaceus. Dingxi is worthy of being a cornucopia surrounded by mountains. I am a Dingxi native and I am very proud. People of Dingxi, you will become happier and happier