Shuozhou has rich specialties. The most famous one is Yingxian purple-skinned garlic, which is one of the national famous specialties. Xiaoshikou is the most famous. Its characteristics are: large size, purple and thin skin, tender and firm meat, and spicy taste.

Beautiful, does not change color or smell after being stored for a long time.

There are also green onions, which are mainly produced in the southern Bianshan District. Among them, the green onions from Wangjiayao Village are famous throughout the province. Their characteristics are: white, thick and long, with an unbranched core, sweet and spicy taste, and can be sliced ??into four or six petals.

In addition, there are oatmeal, astragalus, dried sugar, vinegar, black eggs, Datong copper hot pot, Wang Qianzhuang incense, and Jingzhuang basket.

Water Resources The average amount of groundwater resources in Shuozhou City for many years (1956 to 1984) was 703.17 million cubic meters.

Among them, the amount of groundwater resources in the plain area is 385.46 million cubic meters, and in the hilly area is 494.07 million cubic meters. The overlap between the plain area and the hilly area in the basin is 176.36 million cubic meters.

The total volume of local and imported water resources is 763 million cubic meters.

The groundwater exploitation coefficient is about 0.7, and the amount of exploitable groundwater resources is 463 million cubic meters.

Shuozhou City’s multi-year average water resource total is 790 million cubic meters.

Among them, the river runoff volume is 468 million cubic meters, the groundwater resource volume is 703 million cubic meters, and the double calculation volume of river runoff volume and groundwater resources is 382 million cubic meters.

The total annual average water supply added to the local territory is 874 million cubic meters.

In normal water years (P=50%), it is 864 million cubic meters, in moderate drought years (P=75%), it is 800 million cubic meters, and in special drought years (P=95%), it is 712 million cubic meters.

The city's total water resources account for 5.7% of the province's total water resources of 13.81 billion cubic meters.

Based on the population of 1.2604 million in 1993, the per capita water resource volume was 627 cubic meters, which was only 24.1% of the national per capita level of 2,600 cubic meters, but slightly higher than the provincial average of 490 cubic meters.

Measured by local river runoff levels, the city's per capita ownership is 370 cubic meters, which is lower than the provincial average of 375 cubic meters per capita.

The city's average water resource per mu is only 127 cubic meters, which is 113 cubic meters less than the province's average water resource per mu of 240 cubic meters.

Pinglu District and Youyu County have higher per capita water resources. The total water resources are 36.7% of the city's, but the utilization rate is low.

Shanyin and Yingxian have higher per-acre occupancy, while Huairen has the lowest per-capita and per-acre occupancy, and there is a serious shortage of water resources.

Mineral Resources Shuozhou Shuozhou (15) There are 35 types of proven minerals in Shuozhou, mainly including coal, limestone, bauxite, refractory clay, bauxite, mica, graphite, quartz, kaolin, zeolite, feldspar,

Iron ore and certain reserves of gold, copper, rare earths, etc.

The potential value of various mineral resources is 2.587 billion yuan, accounting for 17% of Shanxi Province, ranking first in Shanxi Province.

Shuozhou City’s coal reserves are approximately 49.41 billion tons, accounting for 1/6 of the province’s reserves.

It is mainly distributed in Pingshuo Mining Area, Shuonan Mining Area, Shanyin Mining Area, Huairen Mining Area and Youyu Mining Area, with a coal-bearing area of ??1,644.95 square kilometers.

There are 4 coal-rich areas in Shanxi Province, 2 of which are in Shuozhou.

Limestone is widely exposed in the territory and is distributed in six counties. It has stable layers and abundant resources, with total reserves of approximately 80 billion tons.

Among them, the Hongtaoshan mining area has a total volume of 50 billion tons and an area of ??64 square kilometers.

Refractory clay is Shuozhou’s advantageous resource.

There are complete types of ores, including high alumina clay, hard clay, semi-soft clay and soft clay.

Among them, high-aluminum clay is of high quality and quantity.

The reserves listed in this city include: Zhiyu Mining Area, Zhiyu Baogang Soft Clay Mining Area, Haojiagou Mining Area and Qianjing Mining Area.

The total reserves are 46.283 million tons, accounting for 8.61% of the province's reserves; the industrial reserves are 11.376 million tons, accounting for 9.89% of the province's total industrial reserves.

Bauxite is another important mineral in Shuozhou.

Haojiagou, Fanwang Temple and Baoquanzhuang in Shuocheng District, Luzikou, Luzi Village and Wujiayao in Huairen are the main bauxite producing areas in this city.

Among them, the reserves of Haojiagou mining area are 4.586 million tons, and the reserves of Luzigou mining area are 5.886 million tons.

Land resources Shuozhou City’s total land area is 10,627 square kilometers, or 15.937 million acres, accounting for 6.8% of the province’s land area.

Based on the city's total population of 1.33 million at the end of 1998, the per capita land occupation was 11.98 acres, 3.2 acres more than the per capita land in Shanxi Province, and close to the national per capita land.

Among them, plains account for 38% of the land area, hills account for 36%, and mountainous areas account for 26%.

Judging from the current status of land use, the city’s land use types can be divided into 11 categories.

There are 6,166,248 acres of agricultural land, 2,530,025 acres of forest land, 713,469 acres of pasture land, 326,667 acres of garden land, 666,972 acres of urban, village, industrial and mining land, 140,528.4 acres of independent industrial and mining land, 379.4 acres of salt field land, 99,947.5 acres of special land, and 22,506.3 acres of transportation land.

There are 544,297.6 acres of water area and 5,057,771 acres of unused land.

In 1998, the city had 5.13 million acres of cultivated land, with an average of 4.9 acres per farmer, ranking first in Shanxi Province.

There are 1.7 million acres of irrigated land, an increase of 240,000 acres over 1988, accounting for 33% of the city's cultivated land area, an increase of 5 percentage points over 1988.