Quanzhou people commonly known as Gui Yuan fresh fruit for longan, longan roasted for Gui Yuan. Traders often collectively referred to both as "Gui Yuan".
Longan is the fruit of the treasures, tender flesh, color and lustre crystal, sweet taste, especially in the East wall longan for the best (the species was planted in the east wall of the Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple, so the name).
Guiyuan has an appetizer, spleen, blood and tranquility effect, can support the treatment of anemia and atrophy, forgetfulness and anxiety, postpartum blood loss and other diseases, is a good maternal body nourishment.
Quanzhou is the key production area of longan in Fujian Province. The city's planting area of more than 110,000 acres, the annual output (large and small year) 15,000 tons to 25,000 tons. Its area and production ranked first in all parts of the province, the city.
Longan in addition to fresh and baked cinnamon, but also can be processed into cinnamon meat, sugar canned longan, longan paste. Quanzhou Cannery and Jinjiang, Nan'an, Leicheng District, some township canneries are produced and operated, the products are sold throughout the country and partially exported.
Second, tea
Quanzhou City, a long history of tea production. Early Northern Song Dynasty, there is "rain overnight vegetables A tender, spring mountain a few baked tea flag fragrance" of the tea poem. The city's existing tea plantation area of more than 20 million acres, with an annual output of more than 9,000 tons of tea, mainly produced in Anxi County, Yongchun County and Nan'an County. The main types of tea are oolong tea and green tea, which are marketed all over the world.
The famous varieties of oolong tea are: Tieguanyin, Golden Osmanthus, Buddha's hand, Benshan, Shui Xian, Mao Crab, Meizhan, Qilan, etc. Among them, Tieguanyin is the most precious tea. Among them, Tieguanyin is a treasure of tea, "green leaves and red edging, seven bubbles have a residual fragrance" reputation. Nanan County, Fengzhou Town, "Shiting green" with its "three green three incense" unique, famous overseas.
Three, Nga Kou peanuts
Nga Kou peanuts are Jinjiang County Longhu Township Nga Kou specialty. It chooses good peanut "small Liuqiu", "middle Liuqiu" planted in sandy ground, the shell surface color white, shell pattern natural and clear. At harvest time, choose its full fruit pods, wash and add the right amount of water and salt steaming, the fire needs to be both fierce and pure, cooked in the sun after the sun to dry.
Ngaikou peanut kernel crispy, salty and light, delicious flavor, never get tired of eating. The products are exported in large quantities and are well known both at home and abroad.
Four, the source and the Church preserves
Yuan and the Church preserves factory was founded in the Republic of 5 years (1916), the founder is Zhuang Jiechuan, Zhuang Jiemao brothers. The original location of the main factory in Qingyang Town, Jinjiang County, moved to Quanzhou City in 1956, on the basis of public-private partnership, absorbing overseas Chinese investment, the state grants for the expansion, renamed Fujian Overseas Chinese Investment Company Quanzhou Yuanhetang Candied Fruits Factory.
The factory produces various kinds of preserves, selecting high-quality fresh fruits, refined by combining traditional processing technology and advanced scientific technology, which not only retains the original flavor of various kinds of fresh fruits, but also has the effect of appetizing, refreshing, educational, and is ideal for banquets, teas, tours, and gifts. Among more than 300 kinds of distinctive products, the ones that have been awarded the title of Ministry of Excellence are: golden jujube sandwich Yingzi, honey plum slices, Chenpi sandwich Yingzi, Chenpi plums, Liangyou olive, rose plums, single-crystal rock candy and multi-crystal rock candy. The products are sold all over the motherland and exported to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and have the reputation of "famous in the five continents and full of sweetness".
V. Yongchun Old Vinegar
Yongchun Old Vinegar chooses high-quality glutinous rice, red currant, sesame and sugar as raw materials, and is carefully brewed according to a certain formula, and its brewing technology is unique. The vinegar is brownish-black in color, strongly acidic and not astringent, acidic and slightly sweet, mellow and refreshing, with a tasty aftertaste, and does not decay after a long time of hiding. It is comparable with Jiangsu Zhenjiang vinegar, Sichuan Baoning vinegar and Shanxi old vinegar.
This vinegar was secretly brewed and consumed by rich families in the old days, and some of them were gifted to friends and relatives as treasures. A jar of old vinegar at home often adds aging for years, after a hundred years, as a symbol of good luck. Not much as a commodity.
In 1954, You Yangzu, a patriotic overseas Chinese and vice chairman of the National Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, invested money to co-operate with the county people's government to set up Yongchun Winery. 1958, the winery was expanded into a brewery. On the basis of absorbing the traditional vinegar brewing technique of the folk, improving the formula and process, making the old vinegar of better quality and doubling the output, it was officially named Narcissus brand Yongchun Old Vinegar in 1960, and was operated by the foreign trade department for exporting.
Yongchun old vinegar was awarded the title of high-quality product of the Ministry of Light Industry, was selected to exhibit in the 4th Asia-Pacific International Trade Fair, and won the gold medal in the first China Food Fair.
Six, Dehua porcelain
Dehua County porcelain production has a history of more than 1,000 years, exquisite craftsmanship, and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province and Liling, Hunan Province and known as the three major porcelain capitals of China. Song and Yuan dynasties, Dehua porcelain through the Quanzhou "Maritime Silk Road" a large number of sales to Japan, North Korea, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Africa, reputation overseas, with the "Pearl of the International Porcelain Forum," known as.
White porcelain slightly milky yellow, like ivory "Jianbai Porcelain", solid and dense porcelain, white than frost and snow "high white porcelain", a thousand forms, realistic image, a wide range of subjects such as figures, animals, fairies and gods, flowers, utensils, etc. "Art Porcelain" is the three golden flowers of Dehua Porcelain Industry.
At present, the county has a state-run, collective, consortium and individual size of more than 100 porcelain factories, daily fine porcelain, porcelain sculpture, art furnishings of three categories of nearly 1,000 varieties of products marketed throughout the country and exported to the world's five continents more than 80 countries and regions.
Seven, the old Fanzhi Wan Ying Shenqu
Old Fanzhi Wan Ying Shenqu was created in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng eleven years (1733), the Department of the then famous doctor in Quanzhou, Wu Yifei hand secret production. The main treatment for cold and flu, food accumulation and abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, sunstroke and dysentery, the efficacy is outstanding. It was once presented to the Qing court as a tribute and won praise. In 1911, it was exhibited in the Nanyang Persuasion Exhibition. Republic of China in 8 years (1919), participated in the Philippines Luzon Ka Lotus exhibition, was recognized by the medical profession as the world's effective medicine, won the medal and gold medal.
The special formula of Shenqu, the method of production is exquisite, generations of secret transmission. 200 years, popular nationwide, best-selling throughout Southeast Asia, now exclusively produced by Quanzhou Pharmaceutical Factory.
Eighth, Chunsheng Hall secret wind injury tonic wine
Quanzhou brewery production of Chunsheng Hall secret wind injury tonic wine was created in the Qing dynasty during the Daoguang period (1820-1850), the founder of Guo Xinchun. The wine is prepared with a secret formula of more than 30 kinds of valuable local herbs and high-quality aged sorghum wine and rice wine. It is effective in treating wind injury, disease and dampness, as well as overwork and physical weakness. The wine is mellow, sweet and refreshing, and can nourish the body, relax the tendons and blood, strengthen the stomach and nourish the spleen. The wine sells well at home and abroad.