These cold noodles are made from thin, paper-like wheat gluten sheets cut into strips, topped with shredded meat and cucumber, and dressed with a sauce made of mustard, vinegar, sesame oil, and other seasonings. The dish is sour, numbing, spicy, fragrant, refreshing, and delicious, with an appealing color, aroma, and taste. The specific method for making the noodles is as follows: First, mix flour with cold water, knead the dough evenly, then let it soak in a basin of cold water for about ten minutes. …
Large and thick in size, plump kernels, bright red color, and an attractive appearance. Rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, and various vitamins, with an oil content of about 55%, they are highly nutritious. After being finely processed—whether salty, sweet, or seasoned—they are premium-quality dried snacks. Their vibrant red color symbolizes “the arrival of good fortune,” while their abundance of seeds represents “...
Baijiu is defined as a type of distilled spirit made from starchy (or sugary) raw materials, which undergo steaming, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging, and blending, using koji or yeast as saccharifying and fermenting agents. &nb…
Venturing into the vast foothills of the Helan Mountains or along the rolling banks of the Yellow River, you’ll see flocks of sheep rolling in like white clouds, sparking poetic thoughts—the verse “The sky is vast, the wilderness boundless; when the wind blows low, sheep and cattle appear” unfolds before your eyes. The Tan Sheep are descendants of Mongolian sheep, later migrating and breeding on the grassy plains along both sides of the Yellow River in Ningxia...
The Liupan Mountains are densely forested, fragrant with blossoms and lush with greenery, making them a paradise for birds. Various chirping birds can often be spotted in the woods, but the most beloved is the vibrantly colored Golden Pheasant. The reason the Golden Pheasant stands out among mountain birds is its stunningly captivating plumage. Also known as the "Golden Rooster"...
Fragrant pears, also known as Xiangshui, Old Xiangshui, or Old Pears, are mainly produced in the river basins of Yangfang, Guanqiao, and Machun, with smaller amounts grown in other areas. A notable characteristic of Fragrant pears is that their color changes while their taste improves over time. They are suitable for long-term storage, not prone to rotting, and can withstand harsh freezing temperatures. After being picked, they can be placed casually—small quantities may be stored in boxes, baskets, bottles, or jars, while larger quantities are often piled up...
Thyme, also known as wild thyme, is a high-quality forage and medicinal honey-producing wild herb that grows abundantly in the Liupan Mountain area. Its stems are vine-like, growing no taller than a foot, sprawling along the ground. The leaves are small and slender, and the plant is known to help prevent and relieve summer heat, nourish the liver and improve vision, warm the middle energizer and dispel cold, soothe the stomach and alleviate vomiting, expel wind and relieve pain, as well as nourish the stomach and moisten the lungs. Whenever spring and summer arrive…
Main ingredients: Lamb (fat and lean) (3000g) Seasonings: Cloves (4g), Flaxseed oil (200g), Cinnamon (3g), Prickly ash powder (8g), Cooking wine (25g), Pepper (3g), Salt (12g) Preparation: 1…
Stewed lamb offal is a famous traditional snack, made across various regions in Ningxia. It is particularly renowned for its unique preparation and long history in Wuzhong City, hence also known as Wuzhong-style lamb offal. In May 1994, it was honored as a “National Halal Famous Flavor Food.” Ingredients: one set of fresh lamb offal (including sheep’s head, tripe, …
The Yellow River catfish is a native fish species in the Ningxia section of the Yellow River. For many years, it has been used as a polyculture species in lakes and ponds, serving to increase the economic returns of pond farming while also helping to control wild and miscellaneous fish in the water bodies. It belongs to the order Siluriformes and the family Siluridae. Its characteristics include strong adaptability, tender flesh, delicious taste, no intermuscular bones, and a high market price, making it…
“Ground Grain Strips” is a popular snack among the Hui people in Ningxia. The preparation involves picking plump barley spikes, placing them in a woolen sack, and shaking them repeatedly to remove awns and husks. Then, they are stir-fried in a large wok until they become edible “green grains.” Next, they are placed in a basket, rubbed, sifted, and winnowed to blow away dust and thin husks…
Lingwu Long Jujube is a unique variety from Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with a long cultivation history, superior genetics, and high-quality fresh fruits. The fruit has a delicious taste, crisp texture, abundant juice, pale greenish-white flesh, high edible rate, and rich nutritional value. Also known as "Horse-Tooth Jujube," it is an outstanding local variety with vigorous tree vigor, upright growth habit, strong branching ability,…
Produced in Ciyabao, Lingwu City, this charcoal has been mined for over 600 years. Though soft in texture, it forms solid chunks that are easy to ignite. When burned, it performs like wood charcoal—long-lasting, fierce, and leaves behind only a small amount of white ash. If buried under hot ashes, even the next day the embers remain bright red. Its appearance resembles crushed stone fragments, hence the name "Zhazi Charcoal" (meaning "fragmented stone charcoal"). (…)
Zhazi Charcoal is a type of charcoal produced in Ciyabao, Lingwu, Ningxia, and is rare in China. This kind of charcoal has a soft texture but forms solid chunks. It has a very low ignition point and is easy to burn—just a sheet of paper or a match can ignite it. When burned, it resembles wood charcoal, but it has a high carbon content, burns for a long time, produces an intense flame, and gives off a great deal of heat. A large chunk of Zhazi Charcoal burns...
As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xia Kingdom established by the Xiongnu people developed orchards in this region. The Tang Dynasty poet Wei Zhan once praised in his poem “Seeing Lu Pan off to Lingwu”: “Orchards thrive at the foot of the Helan Mountains; the frontier land has long been famed as the Jiangnan of the north,” showing the long history of fruit cultivation here. Thanks to abundant sunshine and large diurnal temperature variations, the fruits and melons produced here...
Folk embroidery is a craft form that combines both decorative and practical functions. The embroidered pieces not only feature exquisite patterns and radiant colors, offering high ornamental value, but their layered stitching techniques also enhance the durability of garments. Bearing the weight of profound traditional culture and national spirit, folk embroidery is a product of China’s agrarian civilization. For thousands of years, it has been passed down in the Xixia…
Yongning Red Globe Grapes are a specialty of Yongning County, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The late-maturing Red Globe Grapes from Yongning are large in size, with big clusters, excellent coloration, high sugar content, and good storage and transportability, making them an advantageous variety for export. The soil in Yongning County is primarily light gray calcareous soil, predominantly sandy loam, with an effective soil layer thickness of 15–80 cm, and...
Grass carp is one of the four major cultured fish species in China and is distributed throughout the country. It can be used as a companion species in lakes, reservoirs, and ponds, with an average yield of about 50 kilograms per mu; when raised as the main species in ponds and fed with complete compound feed, the yield can reach around 700 kilograms per mu.…
Sticky cake is a Hui ethnic flavor food made from processed flour of sticky yellow millet and sticky broomcorn millet. The method of making it is as follows: first mix the flour with water and knead it repeatedly until smooth, then steam it in a steamer. After steaming, the cake is sliced and pan-fried in fragrant oil. The fried sticky cake is soft, fluffy, sweet, and not greasy. It is generally most favored by elderly Hui people...
Sheep's Travel Money and Fried Pastry, like oil fragrance pastries and crisped wheaten sticks, are traditional foods beloved by Hui Muslim communities. Sheep's Travel Money, also known as "oil rings," can be fried alongside oil fragrance pastries using the same dough. Making Sheep's Travel Money is simple — just shape the dough into rings about the size of a bracelet, then slowly fry them in oil...