The food customs in the northwest area are simple, rough, natural and rich.

Its staple food is corn and wheat, but it also eats other cereals and millet, which is sweet and sweet. Camellia oleifera is popular among the people. Black rice porridge, sophora flower steamed noodles and yellow osmanthus persimmon steamed bun are more unique. The beef and mutton steamed bun is also famous. Heard the whole country.

Most of the home-cooked dishes are soup noodles supplemented with steamed buns, pancakes or taro and bean snacks. "The ability. Due to limitations of climate and agricultural practices, vegetables are rarely eaten.

Farmer meals are often served in large rice bowls and small dishes. Spicy chili peppers, fine salt, jam (vinaigrette made from old vegetable leaves) and garlic cloves are enough all year round. There are guests who come to slaughter sheep or chickens, or fry several plates of shredded pork, eggs, alfalfa, rolled thin noodles, and white buns, which are also very rich.

Economy of the Northwest Region:

The economic structure of the Northwest Region is dominated by resource-based industries and traditional agriculture. The industrial structure is dominated by coal mining, oil mining and non-ferrous metal smelting, and the agricultural structure is dominated by irrigated agriculture, oasis agriculture and animal husbandry.

Coal mining and oil mining are mainly distributed in irrigated agriculture in the Hetao area of ??the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Oasis agriculture is mainly distributed in the Hexi region of Gansu, the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and livable areas in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Animal husbandry is mainly distributed in Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is an important temperate fruit producing area in the country. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are important sugar crop producing areas in the country. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province are important animal husbandry bases in the country.