Jianchang County in Liaoning Province is renowned for its millet production. As early as during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi, it was honored as tribute rice by the imperial court due to its golden color, large grains, and richness in vitamins, various minerals, proteins, and numerous health benefits. This distinction comes from the region's high elevation, long hours of sunlight, and excellent maturity of the millet...
The water of the Liugu River is fresh, unpolluted, and free from contaminants. The river teems with fish, shrimp, and various other aquatic organisms, while its banks are overgrown with wild vegetables and abundant in insects, making it an ideal natural feed for the ducks that lay these eggs. Liugu River duck eggs are rich in protein, fat, lipids, minerals, and vitamins. When cut open, the egg whites are tender and white, while the yolks are bright red and richly oily, making them highly appetizing...
Jianchang has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate with abundant sunlight and large diurnal temperature variations. It produces mixed grains such as yellow and white corn, sorghum rice, millet, mung beans, red adzuki beans, and soybeans. The grains are plump and highly nutritious. Millet from Laodazhangzi and Yaolugou are especially renowned. Jianchang is an agricultural county with 830,000 mu of arable land, producing annually...
Jianchang County covers a total area of 3,195 square kilometers, 70% of which is mountainous. The two highest peaks in western Liaoning — Bailang Mountain and Daqing Mountain — are both located within Jianchang. Bailang Mountain spans a total area of 9.3 square kilometers and has an elevation of 1,140.2 meters…
Black Mountain Chestnuts Black Mountain Chestnuts are especially popular for their unique health benefits, such as nourishing kidney and spleen functions. …
Leijiadian thin-skinned walnuts are renowned both domestically and internationally for their thin shells, thick meat, and rich nutritional content. Known as China’s “Number One Walnut Township,” their selling price has been rising year by year. In recent years, the price has reached over 50 yuan per jin, yet they remain in high demand. The production area of Leijiadian thin-skinned walnuts covers Leijiadian Township, Erdawanzi Mongolian Township, … in Jianchang County, Liaoning Province.
Established in 1953, the Qiansuo Fruit Tree Farm is an agricultural reclamation enterprise primarily focused on fruit production. It is also the largest orchard in Asia, currently home to 700,000 fruit trees, yielding 40,000 tons of fruit annually, which are exported to dozens of countries and regions including Russia, Egypt, and Bahrain. In recent years, as international markets have increasingly demanded higher quality in agricultural products...
The "Huludao Crabs," which have been awarded the National Geographical Indication Certification trademark, are renowned for their snow-white meat, tender texture, rich roe, delicious flavor, and high nutritional value. As a specialty of the Bohai Sea, Huludao Crabs enjoy a high reputation both domestically and internationally, and are almost an essential seafood delicacy that every out-of-town visitor to Huludao City must try.
Mulberries (sāng shèn), the mature fruit of the mulberry tree, a deciduous tree of the Moraceae family, are also known as mulberry fruit or mulberry dates. Farmers enjoy eating their ripe fresh fruits, which are sweet and juicy, making them one of the commonly consumed fruits. Ripe mulberries are glossy in texture, with a pleasant sweet-and-sour taste. The best ones are large, thick-fleshed, deep purple-red in color, and rich in sugar...
Distinctive Qualities: Large fruit size, tender flesh, sweet and crisp. Nanzhang jujubes are widely renowned for their large size, sweetness, and crispness. Since ancient times, they have been valued for their nourishing effects such as enriching blood and calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen and stomach, protecting the liver and beautifying the skin, boosting qi and enhancing vitality. They can also neutralize medicinal toxins, harmonize various herbs, and affect all twelve meridians. The main varieties of Nanzhang jujubes include: round jujube, long jujube, Ling jujube, three...
The Huangtukan Township in Nanpiao District, Huludao City, boasts unique microclimatic conditions ideal for the growth and development of apricot trees. With a long history of large apricot production, it has long been reputed as the “earliest and largest apricot variety beyond the Shanhai Pass.” The township currently has 650,000 fruit trees of various kinds, including 150,000 large apricot trees, yielding around 7.5 million kilograms annually. The main varieties include...
The fishing season for bristle shrimp in Huludao Port, Longgang District, Huludao City, has a long history. Before liberation, fishermen primarily fished for bristle shrimp. Today, fishing for bristle shrimp remains the mainstay of the local fishery industry, with catches occurring mainly in spring and autumn. In 1984, 2,448 tons of bristle shrimp were caught. Once dried into shrimp skins, they are white in color, long in body, and have a delicious taste. Each year, nearly...
Jellyfish is a specialty of Huludao Port. Caught every August, the pressed jellyfish skin is thin and large, making it one of the best ingredients for cold mixed dishes. Several local fishing grounds and fisheries teams press around 600,000 jin of jellyfish skin and jellyfish head annually, with about 400,000 jin exported to earn foreign exchange for the country. (Huludao)…
Banshi沟 Jujubes are produced in Banshi沟 Village, located at the northeastern foot of Xiaohongluo Mountain in Huludao City, and are well known for their abundant harvest of large, red jujubes. The jujubes here are large in size, thin-skinned, thick-fleshed, small-seeded, and highly nutritious. During the jujube harvest season, over 80,000 jujube trees spread across the hills and valleys are laden with bright, glossy fruit, creating a strikingly colorful spectacle. The annual...
Jianchang Boiled Dried Tofu — Boiled dried tofu is a unique delicacy from western Liaoning, made using traditional handmade techniques that have been passed down for over two hundred years. Today, it boasts an even more delicious taste and a finer, chewier texture.…
Jianchang Flower Pear is a specialty of Jianchang County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Heshangfangzi and Yangmadianzi are famous fruit-growing regions known for producing Flower Pear, White Pear, and An Pear. Flower Pear is hailed as "the best pear in the world," and White Pear began being exported to countries such as Singapore and Malaysia as early as the 1950s.
Seafood The waters off Xingcheng are rich in over 60 varieties of seafood, including fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, and jellyfish. Among them, fresh fish, prawns, jellyfish, clams, and jellyfish skin are considered delicacies, long renowned and popular both domestically and internationally.…
The Xingcheng Wholesale Market, located in the western part of Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province, is just 4 kilometers from the Xingcheng exit of the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway. Established in the early 1980s, it covers an area of 280 acres and houses over 2,000 various processing machines. Annually, more than 15,000 people are engaged in peanut processing, purchasing, sales, and transportation, with an annual throughput of 2…
Sea crabs have been beloved for their freshness since ancient times. There are many varieties of sea crabs found near Huludao, including bean-shaped box crabs, ghost head crabs, swimming crabs, and big red claw crabs. There are numerous ways to enjoy them: you can mash them into crab paste, a delicate dish that can be eaten alone or used to cook tofu for an incredibly delicious flavor; you can dry them into crab jerky, a premium topping for soups and stews; or you can fry them into crab sauce to eat with congee, greatly whetting the appetite. Of course, more often than not, they are simply boiled. In Huludao, crab meat paired with alcohol is considered a delicacy.
Turbot belongs to the flatfish family Pleuronectidae of the order Pleuronectiformes, commonly known as the European flounder, and is called “duobao fish” in China. Its body is flat and nearly round, with both eyes on the left side. The eyed side is bluish-brown with a few small scales; the blind side is smooth and white. The dorsal and anal fins are long and lack hard spines. Male turbot reach sexual maturity at one year old, while females mature at two years.