1, Hongbao: Lycium barbarum
Woody plants with bright red flesh look like spindles and more like red agate pendants. They are traditional brand-name export commodities in Ningxia, and are famous at home and abroad for their thin skin, thick meat, few seeds and excellent quality. Historically, it was a royal tribute. Lycium barbarum is a valuable Chinese medicine with rich nutrition and high medicinal value. It not only contains iron, phosphorus, calcium and other substances, but also contains a lot of sugar, fat, protein, amino acids, polysaccharide pigments, vitamins, sterols, glycosides and so on. It has the effects of moistening lung, clearing liver, nourishing kidney, invigorating qi, promoting sperm production, strengthening yang, dispelling pathogenic wind, improving eyesight and strengthening bones and muscles. Nowadays, most of the dried fruits on the market are dehydrated, and there are three main uses: taking medicine, making tea with wine and cooking. Its series products are: dried and fresh Lycium barbarum, Lycium barbarum, chinese wolfberry wine, Lycium barbarum crystal sugar, fresh Lycium barbarum canned food, Lycium barbarum honey and so on.
2, Huang Bao: licorice
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, a perennial herb in Leguminosae, is named "Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch" because of its rich sugar and sweet taste. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is a widely used Chinese herbal medicine, which can not only blend various drugs, but also invigorate qi, reduce fire, detoxify and strengthen bones and muscles. It is mainly used for treating spleen and stomach weakness, cough, sore throat, carbuncle swelling and pain, and fetal toxicity in children, and has the functions of anti-ulcer, anti-inflammation, lowering blood pressure and blood lipid. Licorice paste is refined from the first-class licorice in Ningxia, which is widely used in medicine, industry and food.
3. Sapphire: Helan stone
Helan stone, produced in Helan Mountain, is delicate, firm but not brittle. Its color is naturally dark purple and bean green. Some structures such as jade belt, moire, eyebrow, silver line and stone eye are skillfully sandwiched, and patterns such as clouds, moon, water and mountains are elegant and natural. After carving by skilled craftsmen, it has become a good inkstone handicraft. At the end of the Qing dynasty, there was a saying that there were two rivers and three Helan mountains at one end. He Lan Yan is simple and elegant, beautiful in appearance and unique in style, which has the miraculous effect of not absorbing water, easily developing ink, not damaging ink, and not stinking the remaining ink in the inkstone for several days after printing. It is deeply loved by calligraphers of all ages and is recognized as the best in inkstone.
4. Bai Bao: Beach sheepskin
Tan sheep is a descendant of Mongolian sheep. After nomadic migration, it breeds on the grass beaches on both sides of the Yellow River in Ningxia and becomes a unique and excellent fur sheep in the world. It is observed that Ningxia grassland is dry with little rain, rich in pasture, slightly alkaline in water quality and high in salinity. This is the natural condition for raising Tan sheep. Ningxia Tan sheep meat is nutritious and tender. Delicious and delicious, it is a top-grade delicacy and is deeply loved by gourmets. Beach mutton is not only supplied to people of all ethnic groups in the region today, but also transported to other provinces and cities and exported to Arab countries.
5, Panther: Nostoc flagelliforme
In plant taxonomy, it belongs to Cyanophyta and is a kind of cocci. It grows in desert and semi-desert areas, germinates when it rains, and harvests in late autumn and early spring. The production process is to pick out the "Chinese cabbage" with impurities, remove impurities, wet, dry and package. Fresh Nostoc flagelliforme is blue-green or brown, black after air-drying, and its shape resembles that of oriental women's hair, hence the name.
It is a kind of high-grade food, which is called "Delicious Eight Treasures" together with sea cucumber, fish maw, bird's nest, squid, Hericium erinaceus, shark's fin and bear's paw, and it is an essential delicacy for holiday feast. Nostoc flagelliforme is nutritious and easily absorbed by human body. Its protein content is 20 times that of eggs, and it contains more sugar, fat and calcium, and is rich in minerals such as phosphorus and iron. In medicine, it has the functions of resolving food stagnation, clearing the stomach and lowering blood pressure.
Extended data:
Ningxia, full name of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, referred to as "Ning". Yinchuan, the provincial capital city, was founded on1October 25th, 1958, and is one of the five major minority autonomous regions in China.
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in the west of China, bordering Shaanxi Province in the east, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the west and north, and Gansu Province in the southwest, south and southeast. The distance from north to south is about 456 kilometers, and the distance from east to west is about 250 kilometers, with a total area of more than 66,400 square kilometers. It is the largest Hui community in China, with jurisdiction over 5 prefecture-level cities and 22 counties and cities (districts).
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ningxia Five Treasures? Baidu Encyclopedia-Ningxia