"Chenhuadian Mineral Water" refers to drinking water produced from natural mineral springs in Chenhuadian Town, Yanling County, Henan Province. Fig. 1 Lameiyuan-brand Chenhuadian Mineral Water. Chenhuadian Mineral Water is sweet, refreshing, and rich in trace elements essential to the human body such as strontium and metasilicic acid. Its water quality is low in sodium salt and of the calcium-magnesium bicarbonate type. When used to brew tea...
Method: Steaming Feature: Resembling peonies in shape, delicious and refreshing. Ingredients: 250g cooked meat, 100g lean pork, 500g refined flour, 125g diced bamboo shoots, 30g shrimp roe, 5 egg whites, 50g soy sauce, 10g wet starch, 100g sesame oil, 10g cooking wine, a pinch each of MSG and salt,…
Method: Boiling, simmering, stewing, braising Features: Clears heat and reduces internal heat, sweet and fragrant with a pleasant taste. Ingredients: 2500g mung beans, 500g glutinous rice (or regular rice), 250g millet, 2g food-grade alkali, an appropriate amount of spinach leaves and wet starch. Features of Mung Bean Porridge: Clears heat and reduces internal heat, sweet and fragrant with a pleasant taste. Method for making Mung Bean Porridge: 1. ...
Method: Stewing, simmering, boiling, braising, and stewing method Features: Bright and appealing in color, with delicious savory broth, soft and tender tofu pudding, suitable for all ages. Ingredients: 1,500g soybeans, 250g each of net chicken meat, fresh shrimp, and soaked squid, 100g cooked gypsum powder, 500g cooked lard (about 75g used), 15g monosodium glutamate, 25g refined salt…
Yuzhou’s long history and profound cultural heritage have given rise to the distinctive local food culture of the “Yuzhou Thirteen Dishes.” Legend has it that Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty once visited Yuzhou. To experience local customs and traditions, he summoned renowned chefs from the countryside to prepare regional specialties. The chefs, thinking on their feet, carefully adapted the traditional local celebratory dishes known as the “Thirteen Dishes”...
Yuzhou has extensive sweet potato cultivation, and farmers have a long tradition of processing sweet potato vermicelli. Also known as sweet potato noodles, sweet potato sheets, or huozhe, sweet potato vermicelli is a traditional and renowned specialty product of Yuzhou with a history of over 600 years. Yuzhou vermicelli features a bright yellow hue, is dry and fine in texture, uniformly thin, highly elastic, and strong in tensile strength. Its soft and refreshing taste makes it very popular among people...
Yinmei is a fermented beverage made from high-quality honeysuckle, dark plums, honey, rice vinegar, and other ingredients using modern fermentation techniques, scientific extraction, and refined processing. Primarily composed of natural ingredients, it features a well-balanced formula, with a fragrant aroma, refreshing taste, and moderate sweetness and acidity. Its subtle and mellow herbal fragrance lingers pleasantly. …
Yuzhou City has a long history of cultivating medicinal herbs. As early as the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, it had become one of the four major medicinal herb distribution centers in China. The region offers uniquely favorable conditions for growing medicinal plants. Local renowned herbs such as Yuzhang (Angelica dahurica), Yunanxing (Arisaema erubescens), Yunfuzi (Typhonium giganteum), and honeysuckle are listed in Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Materia Medica and the current Chinese Pharmacopoeia, and are designated as nationally protected varieties…
The mountainous areas in Xuchang are mainly distributed in the north, west, and south, belonging to the Funiu Mountain Range. There are a total of 913 large and small peaks within the city’s borders. Divided by the Ying River, they form two major mountain systems: the northern (Juci Mountain) and the southern (Ji Mountain). Yuzhou falls within two secondary tectonic units of the Mesoproterozoic stable platform: the Songji Platform Uplift and the North China Depression. The sedimentary strata include the Archean, Lower Proterozoic…
The precious minerals unique to Yuzhou, such as peacock rock, agate, tiger-skin jade, and tofu stone, undergo a meticulous process. They are exposed to summer sun, soaked in autumn rain, frozen by winter winds, softened by spring warmth, and then crafted using clean Ying River water and frozen mud to create glaze. The ceramic clay and glaze mixture are further refined through kneading, pounding, meticulous carving, dipping, and shaping before being fired in kilns at high temperatures. The firing process...
Yuzhou has a solid industrial foundation in energy, building materials, and more. Yuzhou Jun porcelain is one of the five famous porcelains of China’s Song Dynasty. Known for its transformation from a single color when entering the kiln to a myriad of hues upon emerging, it is hailed as the country’s “treasure.” The production and processing of traditional Chinese medicinal materials have long enjoyed a strong reputation, making Yuzhou one of the nation’s key distribution hubs for such products (Xuchang)…
Jun porcelain is one of China’s four famous types of porcelain, produced in Shenhou Town, Yuzhou City, Xuchang. Yuzhou was anciently known as the Xia Yu Kingdom. When Qi ascended as the leader of the feudal lords at “Jun Terrace,” the site was named after the terrace, and the kiln became known as the “Jun Kiln.” Jun porcelain originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. The resulting pieces appear like scenic landscapes and resonate like resonant chimes when struck—magnificent and dazzling, richly colored and crystal-clear. Coupled with the difficulty of firing—“nine out of ten firings fail”—Jun porcelain became an invaluable treasure. It is ranked alongside jade and precious metals, earning accolades such as “Jun rivals jade, and surpasses it in beauty” and “Gold has its price, but Jun is priceless.” It is hailed as a national treasure. After the founding of New China, through repeated research and scientific experimentation, a variety of Jun porcelain products were created based on ancient techniques, manifesting the effect of “one color entering the kiln, a myriad colors emerging.” Among the most striking hues are cinnabar red, plum green, chicken snow red, rouge red, lilac purple, rose purple, eggplant purple, grape purple, verdant green, sky blue, and moon white. Moreover, red contains purple, purple holds blue, blue hints at clarity, green reveals red, and the colors intermingle and enhance one another. Even more astonishingly, through the “kiln transformation” process, natural, magical patterns emerge on the glaze surface—some depict high gorges with cascading waterfalls, misty bamboo, and celestial pavilions; others resemble star-studded skies, erupting fireworks, or flying dragons and phoenixes. Among the products, treasures such as the “Twin Dragon Vase” and “Twin Dragon Tiger Head Vase,” featuring kiln-transformed patterns like “layered clouds and forests, high mountain waterfalls, rivers reflecting mountains, and elders crossing bridges,” are esteemed as rare masterpieces. These fine pieces of Jun porcelain have been exported to the United States, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom.
Produced in Yuzhou, Henan, using water from the Ying River. The Ying River originates from the Ying Valley of Mount Song, flows through areas dense with fleeceflower roots, and converges with the Fu Water and Sacred Spring. It emerges from the mouths of nine dragons, rich in minerals such as potassium, calcium, sodium, and magnesium. The water is greenish in color, heavy in texture, warm yet slightly cool in nature, all of which significantly influence the quality of the donkey-hide gelatin. …
Henan snacks have a long history, absorbing characteristics from many regions, ultimately forming their own unique style: emphasizing delicious taste, deep flavor penetration, lingering aroma, and also highlighting nourishing properties. Xuchang people are particularly skilled at making nourishing braised noodles. These noodles are not only chewy but also offer certain nourishing benefits, aligning very well with modern dietary standards…
The soup dumplings at the First Floor Restaurant on Xinhua Street in Xuchang are truly unforgettable. The wrappers are so thin they’re almost translucent—just take a bite, and the delicious broth bursts into your mouth. Then you sink your teeth into the juicy meatball inside, which is neither greasy nor heavy, but smooth and delightful. Perhaps in China, the birthplace of soup dumplings should be Hangzhou, and the fame of Goubuli...
Hejie Township in Xuchang County is known as the "Hometown of Yuba (dried bean curd sticks)." It is one of the largest production and distribution hubs for soy products in China. Currently, the township has developed 21 specialized yuba-producing villages, with over 5,000 households engaged in yuba production and more than 15,000 people employed. The annual production and sales volume of yuba exceeds 30 million kilograms. The yuba industry...
Yanling County is a national key high-quality cotton production base and has a long history of wintersweet cultivation, earning the reputation of "Yanling wintersweet tops the world" (Xuchang)…
Changge City excels in ceramics and building materials as well as machinery industry, with collective and rural industries becoming the main driving force of its economic development (Xuchang)…
The mountainous areas of Yu Zhou are mainly distributed in the north, west, and south, belonging to the Funiu Mountain Range. There are a total of 913 large and small peaks within the territory, divided by the Ying River into two major mountain systems: the northern (Juci Mountain) and the southern (Ji Mountain). Yu Zhou lies within two secondary tectonic units: the mid-term stable platform of the Songji Uplift and the North China Depression. The sedimentary strata include the Archean, Lower Proterozoic…
Yuzhou has vast sweet potato planting areas, and farmers have a long tradition of processing sweet potato vermicelli. Also known as sweet potato noodles, sweet potato sheets, or huozhe, sweet potato vermicelli is a traditional and distinctive product of Yuzhou with a history of over 600 years. The vermicelli is bright yellow in color, dry and fine in texture, uniformly thin, highly elastic, and strong in tensile strength. It is soft and refreshing to eat, making it very popular among people...