Once known as the "Three Treasures of Yiwu" together with ham and brown sugar, southern candied dates have a history of more than 1,700 years.

Yiwu proverb: "On June 6th, jujubes taste raw and ripe; in July and a half, jujubes are eaten as a meal, and the sugar stems are two and a half; in August, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, jujubes go to Suzhou." Yiwu southern jujubes have black and shiny skin, so they are also known as

It is called southern black jujube (it can be seen that there are also black jujubes in the north).

They are large and well-proportioned, with fine patterns, thick and golden meat, and a sweet taste.

It is both a nourishing treasure and a good prescription medicine.

It has the medicinal effects of nourishing the spleen, calming stomach qi, relieving coughs, moistening the heart and lungs, tonifying the five internal organs, and treating deficiency.

A local Han proverb in Yiwu goes: "If you eat three jujubes a day, you will not grow old easily in your life." Yiwu was once a jujube-producing land, and many villages have witnessed its glorious moments.

The history of jujube cultivation in Yiwu is said to be more than 1,000 years ago. There were already large-scale jujube orchards during the Longqing and Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty (1567-1619).

Among the 44 towns in the county, 42 produce dates.

There are many varieties of Yiwu jujube, among which Yiwu jujube is the best.

Among the treasures is the "Shuangren Zao" originating from Jincun and Fancun, Jiangdong District.

The fruit is large, fleshy, dense in texture, plump in appearance, and symmetrical.

The southern jujube has the best nutrition and the highest medicinal properties after being made.

Fancun, Jincun, Gongdatang and other places located on the Yiwu River used to be full of jujube groves all over the mountains and plains. Nowadays, it is difficult to find traces of jujube groves in Fancun and Gongdatang, which have gradually become urbanized. You can eat jujubes while lying on the ground.

Time can only be frozen in memory.

The "Yiwu County Chronicle" published in 1987 recorded: "This county is an important jujube-producing area in southern my country, and Yiwu jujube is well-known at home and abroad. It is said that jujube cultivation began more than 1,000 years ago." It is understood that the origin of Yiwu jujube Mainly distributed in more than 100 villages in our city, the remaining jujube trees are mainly concentrated in some villages in Houzhai, Choucheng, Dachen, Choujiang, Chengxi and Shangxi.

Nanzao uses Yiwu jujube as raw material and is processed with exquisite craftsmanship.

It is said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, delicacies from all over the country were selected to be brought to Beijing, and Yiwu jujube was fortunate enough to be selected by the county magistrate.

Once, after Qianlong personally tasted it, Long Yan was so happy that he not only commended the magistrate of Yiwu County, but also asked the local government to pay tribute every year. Therefore, Yiwu southern jujube was also called "Beijing fruit" in history.

Jin Xinmei, a 75-year-old from Zhongjin Village, told another legend: Yiwu Nanzao is regarded as a treasure by many officials in the capital, and most guests are polite to taste one or two at a time.

One day, a candidate from Yiwu who came to Beijing to take the exam visited a friend's house. He ate all the dates on a plate and said, "I didn't expect that I could eat dates from my hometown here." The host asked in surprise: "

Do you have a lot of such dates? "Yes, of course, not just a plate, but a basket a day." The examinee's answer made everyone present envious.