Braised Pork Chunks, commonly known as "shared pork" or also called "going Dutch" or "pitching in together," originates from folk lantern festivals and sacrificial activities in Yanchuan. It is typically held during traditional folk festivals such as the Dragon Heads-raising Day (February 2), Buddha’s Birthday (April 8), Dragon Boat Festival (May 5), June 6, July 12, Mid-Autumn Festival (August), Double Ninth Festival (September), and Laba Festival (eighth day of the twelfth lunar month). Whether it’s one whole pig or several sheep,...
Zhangxian enjoys a moist climate, fertile soil, abundant sunlight, and ample rainfall—ideal natural conditions for growing fava beans. The cultivation of fava beans in the region has a long history, dating back over 2,100 years. Zhangxian fava beans are renowned worldwide for their large size, white color, plump seeds, high nutritional content, and freedom from pests and diseases, making them highly favored by domestic and international merchants…
Legumes are one of the main grain crops in our region. They are cultivated in all counties, and the quality of the produce is excellent—especially the fava beans produced in Weiyuan, Zhang County, and Min County, which are large, plump, and milky white in color, enjoying an outstanding reputation in the international market. Legumes are important food and industrial materials with a wide range of uses in the food industry and brewing industry. They can be used to make pastries, …
Longxi produces over 100 types of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs and has long been known as the “Millennium Medicine Village.” Its Codonopsis, Astragalus, Bupleurum, Isatis Root, and other herbs are of high quality and large quantity, winning favor among both domestic and international merchants. The area is honored with titles such as the “Pharmacy Capital of Northwest China” and the “Home of Chinese Astragalus,” and has become a center in the northwest for the production, sales, seedling cultivation, and information services of local medicinal herbs…
Longxi boasts abundant traditional Chinese medicinal resources. Over ten types of herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula (dangshen) and Angelica sinensis (danggui) have been cultivated here for over a thousand years. More than forty kinds of wild medicinal herbs, including licorice, bupleurum, and wolfberry bark, are found throughout the county. A total of 310 varieties of medicinal materials have been identified in the county. Among the 363 major species surveyed nationwide, 96 are found in Longxi...
Black Dragon Head is a perennial woody plant with spiky stems and a crown of aconite-like leaf clusters at the top. It has a slightly bitter taste with herbal undertones. Harvested in April, it is usually boiled and can be stir-fried with cured meat or served cold. Cold salad-style Black Dragon Head is considered a unique delicacy of Gansu. Around the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, when the buds are about to bloom, it’s the perfect time to harvest. After picking, the plant is slowly boiled...
Cold mixed bracken fern is typically made with dried bracken. In spring, fresh bracken is harvested, briefly blanched in boiling water to wilt it, then air-dried in the shade and stored in a dry place. When preparing, first soak the dried bracken in cold water for several hours, then boil it until just cooked—avoid overcooking as it will lose its crispness and become unappetizingly soft. When prepared properly, the dried bracken retains the tenderness of when it was freshly picked. When mixing, add a little shredded scallion, pour hot oil over it, season with salt and vinegar, mix in mustard and mashed garlic, and stir well.
Preserved pork with fiddlehead ferns and Chinese chives. Fiddlehead ferns, annual herbaceous plants commonly found in cold and damp highland areas, are also known as "bai wei." Legend has it that during the late Shang Dynasty, Bo Yi and Shu Qi survived on bai wei while taking refuge in Shouyang Mountain. Zhang County is renowned for its abundant fiddlehead ferns, earning fame across Longdong and for export to Japan and Southeast Asia. The preserved pork from Zhang County uses “jue ma pig” (a lean pig that feeds on jue ma) as the main ingredient, specially...
Traditional Longxi banquets come in various forms, including the Eight Water Dishes, Eight Dishes, Ten-Course Full Banquet, Twelve-Course Set, Fourteen-Course Set, Eighteen-Course Set, and Twenty-Four-Course Set. With a focus on Northwest Chinese flavors, they highlight sourness and spiciness while offering a variety of sweet, salty, numbing, and umami tastes. These banquets are renowned for their excellent color, aroma, taste, and presentation. They include both meat and vegetable dishes, thoughtfully combined; a mix of steamed and stir-fried items; a balance of hot and cold courses...
“Only the peony possesses true nobility; when it blooms, it stirs the capital.” (Liu Yuxi) During the Tang and Song dynasties, peonies flourished in Xi’an, Luoyang, and Pengcheng. Later, there was the saying “Heze peonies surpass all under heaven.” As a result, people only came to know of the nobility of peonies from Luoyang, Heze, and Pengcheng, but remained unaware of the grand peonies of the vast and fertile northwest...
Buckwheat noodles, buckwheat noodles — their color a deep reddish-brown, like the weathered face of an old man. These noodles are primarily made from buckwheat flour. Let’s start with making the noodle dough: the buckwheat is lightly moistened with water, its husks rubbed off, then poured into a basin of clear water to be kneaded and slowly washed. Next, a fine sieve is used to filter out the black husks, and the mixture is left to settle in the basin. The floating water is poured off, and the remaining solids are dried to form the noodle dough. Now, onto spreading the noodles...
Mafu Jiao’er, or Hemp Paste Dumplings, are neither commonly seen nor frequently eaten these days, as fewer rural households grow hemp seeds. With the essential ingredient in short supply, what was once a humble home snack has now become a rare delicacy. The main ingredient of Mafu Jiao’er is, naturally, hemp paste. Let’s start with how hemp paste is made: select clean hemp seeds, soak them in water until they swell, then grind them using an old stone mill...
Gansu Longxi Tianfeng Native Products Co., Ltd. is located in Longxi, Gansu, in a convenient transportation hub. The company specializes year-round in hand-picked broad beans, machine-sorted broad beans, broad bean halves, and other high-quality broad beans. They serve as excellent choices for processed food and feed ingredients, with prices including delivery to the destination. Our company is situated in a prime broad bean production area, yielding tens of thousands of tons of broad beans annually. The quality is outstanding, and we can process various specifications of hand-picked broad beans to export standards according to customer requirements.
Longxi was once the seat of a commandery, prefecture, and provincial government in history, serving as the political, economic, military, and cultural center of the Longyou region and a key stop along the ancient Silk Road. The prosperity of its economy and culture enriched the local food culture, gradually giving rise to a distinctive style of Longxi cuisine, among which Chicken Noodle Soup stands out. Among the many local snacks of Longxi,…
Geographical Scope: The towns of Shouyang, Fuxing, Mahe, Biyan, Kezhai, Dexing, and Shuangquan, as well as the towns of Wenfeng, Gongchang, Caizi, and Tonganyi in Longxi County. Specific Quality: The favorable growing conditions in Longxi have produced the superior quality of White-Striped Codonopsis: it is cylindrical in shape, being thickest 3 to 5 centimeters below the root head, measuring 15 to 45 centimeters in length, 0.4 to 1.8 centimeters in diameter, featuring a "snake-like root head" with multiple wart-like stem scars and buds at the top; it is relatively soft yet tough, with tight skin, thick flesh, sweet taste, no residue when chewed, long and straight, robust, white in color and heavy in weight. Its quality far surpasses that of Codonopsis from other production areas across the country, making it a unique variety highly praised by users both at home and abroad. Rich in alkaloids, volatile oils, resins, mucilage, vitamins, proteins, starch, sugars, minerals, and various other beneficial components, it has effects such as nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the middle energizer, benefiting qi, lowering blood pressure, promoting fluid production, and fighting cancer. It is often used as a substitute for ginseng and is commonly known as "little ginseng."
Longxi Qianrou: Also known as Money Meat or Butterfly Meat, it is made by slicing cured donkey penis into thin pieces with small holes in the middle, resembling ancient coins—hence the name. It boasts rich color, delicious taste, tender yet chewy texture, and is highly nutritious. Known for its aphrodisiac properties and ability to strengthen vitality, it can treat kidney deficiency and yang depletion, earning the title “The Unique Delicacy of Longxi.” This dish has been famous since the Tang Dynasty and was often…
Cured meat is actually salted meat, named so because it is preserved during the lunar month of La (腊月). It tops the list of Longxi’s snacks and is renowned in provincial cities like Lanzhou. Thanks to this, Longxi has earned the title “Hometown of Chinese Cured Meat.” A plump pig is slaughtered—white blade in, red blade out—and the once-living hog becomes meat on the block. After removing hair and impurities, the head and hind legs are taken off. The carcass is split in half along the spine, and between the 13th and 14th ribs, a cut is made to remove the shoulder blade and front trotters. The spinal canal is smashed, the central rib bones are broken, and the meat blank is formed. Then, a blend of salt, Sichuan pepper, fennel, ginger peel, cloves, cubeb, galangal, cardamom, and nutmeg is ground into a powder seasoning—with salt making up 90% of the mix—and evenly applied all over the meat to be cured. The meat is then placed in a traditional curing pool for about 40 days before being taken out and sun-dried for several days. Thus, the cured meat is made.
Fried Broad Beans The climate in Minzhou is suitable for growing broad beans, and the broad beans produced here are of high quality. It is a local custom among the people of Min to eat fried beans, and over time, fried beans have become a specialty of Min County. …
Min County Black Fur Sheep are native to the upper reaches of the Tao River and Min River in Gansu Province. The production area is located in the northwest of the Wudu region in Gansu, situated along the middle reaches of the Tao River, at the border between the Gannan Plateau and the mountainous region of southern Gansu. The elevation generally ranges from 2,500 to 3,200 meters, with peaks exceeding 3,000 meters. The climate is cold and highland, with an average annual temperature of 5.5°C…
Lujing Township: Known for its lean-type Fritillaria pigs, which are the best raw material for "Shaanxi Ham." Geographic Scope of Min County Fritillaria Pigs: Min County is located in the southern part of Gansu Province, at the junction of the eastern edge of the Gannan Plateau, the western part of the Longnan Mountainous Region, and the southern tip of the Central Gansu Loess Plateau. It lies in the middle and upper reaches of the Tao River, where the river flows southwest through the county before turning northwest. The area spans from 34°0…