Qinghai's native products include highland barley wine, Cordyceps sinensis, Guinan black Tibetan sheep, yellow mushrooms, black wolfberry and so on.

1, highland barley wine

Highland barley wine is a fine wine which is brewed from highland barley, a unique food crop in Qinghai Plateau, and represents Qinghai food culture. Highland barley wine has unique flavor and taste, and its rich aroma and slightly sweet taste are deeply loved by people. In Qinghai, people are used to tasting highland barley wine on some special occasions or festivals, especially during the Spring Festival every year. Highland barley wine has become a necessary drink to celebrate and pray.

2. Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis is a precious Chinese herbal medicine, which is regarded as one of the treasures of "China specialty". It mainly grows in China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sichuan and Qinghai. Cordyceps sinensis is highly sought after in the international market. The principle of Cordyceps sinensis is very unique, which mainly uses some fungi to invade and parasitize silkworm, thus forming an organism for indirect ecological reproduction and secreting a series of physiologically active substances and metabolites in silkworm.

3. Guinan Black Tibetan Sheep

Guinan black Tibetan sheep is a delicacy in Qinghai province, which is characterized by tender meat and delicious taste. The origin of Guinan black Tibetan sheep is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the climate is cold and grassland resources are rich, which is an ideal environment for the growth of black Tibetan sheep. They have been feeding on grass for a long time on this natural grassland, and the mutton they produce is tender, delicate in taste and beautiful in meat color, so it is called "black purple mutton". With the continuous development of tourism, more people begin to understand and taste this delicious food.

4. yellow mushrooms

Huanggu, also known as Huanggu and Huanger, is a wild edible fungus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and gangcha county is one of its main producing areas. The cap of yellow mushroom is yellow and the stalk is white. It has a unique taste and fragrance. It is very suitable for cooking all kinds of delicious food, such as soup, stir-fry and soup. People in gangcha county also regard it as one of the important local specialties, and its cultivation and sales have improved the income and living standards of local farmers.

5, black wolfberry

Lycium barbarum L. is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine growing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, also known as "black gem", "soft yellow fruit" and "Qinghai Black King Kong". Its fruit is oval or oblong, with bright deep purple, and there is a layer of tiny burrs on the surface of the fruit. Black Lycium barbarum grows in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and other places. Among them, Qinghai Lycium barbarum L. has the best quality, and it is one of the black Lycium barbarum L. producing areas with the best natural ecological environment in China.