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Quwo Tobacco Leaves: With their golden color, thick and large leaves, high sugar content, and rich aroma, they can be smoked directly or used as premium raw material for cigarette production.…
Red Bean Paste Cake was first created in the late Qing Dynasty and is made from peas, gardenia, and dried persimmons. Legend has it that after the Taiping Rebellion forces captured Jiyuan in Henan, they recruited local young men to join their army. Leading troops northward, they took over cities such as Jincheng and Changzhi, then continued advancing toward southern Shanxi. When the army was stationed in Quwo, some injured soldiers from Jiyuan, seeing the fertile land and beautiful scenery of Quwo along with its bustling markets...
Red adzuki beans have been cultivated in Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province for a long time, dating back to the Jin Kingdom era. Over the years, local residents have developed traditional planting and consumption habits, with cultivation areas typically ranging between 10,000 and 20,000 mu in normal years. These beans have become an indispensable part of daily diets. Currently, processed and packaged by Shundu Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd....
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Shaotian Lamb from Quwo has a long history, with a profound lamb culture. Its unique meat texture, rich nutritional value, and notable health benefits have made it highly popular. Shaotian Lamb comes from sheep raised in 158 natural villages across 7 townships within the administrative region of Quwo County. Shaotian Lamb is…
Fenying lotus roots are a specialty of Fenying Village in Gaoxian Town, Quwo County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. The lotus roots produced abundantly in Fenying Village are highly favored by consumers for their “tender, white, crisp texture and smooth mouthfeel.” Currently, the village has established a specialized cooperative for lotus root cultivation and applied to the state for the well-known product trademark “Fenying Lotus Roots.” Gaoxian Town in Quwo County is located…
Quwo County is a key fruit production base in Shanxi, mainly producing (early-, mid-, and late-season) apples, nectarines, and watermelons. The county has over 5,000 acres of high-quality apple orchards, primarily cultivating varieties such as Red Gala, Golden Delicious, Red Chief, Jonathan, and Fuji. Quwo apples are pollution-free, residue-free, with bright and glossy appearances...
Tremella soup is smooth in texture, sweet and rich in flavor. It nourishes yin, relieves cough, moistens the lungs to dissolve phlegm, lubricates the intestines, and stimulates appetite. It offers health benefits for middle-aged and elderly individuals as well as those with high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, and tuberculosis. Modern research shows that the coarse fiber in tremella aids gastrointestinal motility and reduces fat absorption, thus helping with weight loss…
Sticky Rice Cake Ingredients: glutinous rice, red dates, raisins, hawthorn paste, oranges. Method: 1. Wash the red dates and raisins and soak them for a while; 2. Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water for some time; 3. Cut the soaked red dates into thin strips, place them at the bottom of the bowl, and add some raisins; 4. Put the soaked glutinous rice into the bowl, spread a layer of hawthorn paste in the middle, and then add more glutinous rice...
Longhua Millet is one of the four historically renowned and high-quality specialties of Yicheng County, Shanxi Province. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was prized as an imperial tribute for its golden color, rich pulp, and high content of vitamins, proteins, and various minerals essential to the human body, along with numerous health benefits. It enjoyed fame across southern Shanxi and was exported to Japan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. However, …
Golden Farmland Vermicelli and Starch Noodles: Xiangfen County has 3,340 hectares of sweet potato cultivation, yielding 150,000 tons of fresh sweet potatoes annually. Aside from those kept for seed or consumption, locals process 2.8 tons of crude starch each year. The vermicelli and starch noodles produced by Golden Farmland Starch Noodle Factory in Liancun, Nanjia Town, use a biological decolorization and purification technology, solving past issues of sandy texture, impurities, and dark color in sweet potato starch vermicelli...
Ingredients: Millet, barley, aged koji, etc. Process: The millet is selected, soaked, steamed, and mixed with an appropriate amount of barley malt before being placed in a saccharification tank to convert starches into sugars. After four hours, the mash is added, cooled, and then combined with aged koji. A unique submerged liquid fermentation process is used for fermentation, after which the mixture is sealed in vinegar vats and aged for 100 days to produce the final refined product.…
Guantao Dates: The cultivation of Guantao Dates in Guantao Village, Chengguan Town, Xiangfen County, has a history of over 500 years. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, they were presented as tribute to the imperial court. In 1997, at the “Shanxi Province Dried Fruit and Economic Forest Products Evaluation and Trade Fair,” they were rated among the “Top Ten Famous Dates in Shanxi.” There are currently over 10,000 date trees covering more than 500 acres, with an annual yield of...
Steamed Yellow Millet Rice is a traditional delicacy from Linfen. The preparation involves soaking freshly harvested yellow millet in cold water for ten hours, while red dates and red adzuki beans are cooked in a pot and set aside. The soaked millet is then drained, and an iron steaming tray is placed over a large iron pot. Steaming trays are lined with layers of millet, adzuki beans, and red dates, and the mixture is steamed over high heat for one hour…
Ji County is located at the southern end of the Lüliang Mountains, within the residual loess plateau gully region, with a forest coverage rate of 45%. The area features significant temperature variations, high altitude, and abundant sunlight. These unique ecological conditions make Ji County one of the best apple-growing regions in China. Since the 1980s, the wise and hardworking people of Ji County have leveraged their geographical advantages and harnessed scientific technology...
Mingzhu Township: Wood Ear Mushrooms, Red Fruits…
Mingzhu Township: Wood Ear Mushrooms…