Xinglong Chestnuts

Xinglong Chestnuts

Xinglong Chestnuts is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Xinglong County is the hometown of Yanshan chestnuts, boasting a long cultivation history. As recorded in Lu Ji’s *Annotations on Plants, Trees, Fish and Insects in the Mao Poetry* during the Three Kingdoms period: “Chestnuts can be found everywhere... but those from Yuyang and Fanyang are sweet, flavorful, and long-lasting, surpassing all others.” Here, Yuyang generally refers to the area within Xinglong County. To this day, there are still 200-year-old trees in the county that remain lush and bear fruit abundantly.

　　Chestnuts are mainly distributed in towns along the Great Wall, where the natural environment is pristine and pollution-free. Tested to meet the requirements for pollution-free fruit production, the chestnuts are large, thin-skinned, brightly colored, neatly shaped, and have fine, tender flesh. They are sweet, fragrant, and sticky, offering a unique flavor that ranks them among the top edible chestnuts. Containing 17 essential amino acids indispensable to the human body, they offer high nutritional value. Additionally, Eastern Beijing Chestnuts (Dongjing Chestnuts) are sweet and warm in nature, known to strengthen the spleen, nourish the liver, and enhance overall health and bone strength, delivering notable medicinal and health benefits.

　　Xinglong County is located in northern Hebei Province, in the eastern section of the Yanshan Mountain Range, at the junction of Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, and Chengde—boasting a prime location with convenient transportation and communication. It is the hometown of Yanshan chestnuts, with a long cultivation history. As recorded in Lu Ji’s *Annotations on Plants, Trees, Fish and Insects in the Mao Poetry* during the Three Kingdoms period: “Chestnuts can be found everywhere... but those from Yuyang and Fanyang are sweet, flavorful, and long-lasting, surpassing all others.” Here, Yuyang generally refers to the area within Xinglong County. To this day, there are still 200-year-old trees in the county that remain lush and bear fruit abundantly.

　　Xinglong chestnuts are mainly distributed in towns along the Great Wall, where the natural environment is pristine and pollution-free. Tested to meet the requirements for pollution-free fruit production, the chestnuts are large, thin-skinned, brightly colored, neatly shaped, and have fine, tender flesh. They are sweet, fragrant, and sticky, offering a unique flavor that ranks them among the top edible chestnuts. Containing 17 essential amino acids indispensable to the human body, they offer very high nutritional value. Xinglong County is honored as the “Hometown of Chinese Chestnuts,” with an annual chestnut yield reaching 80,000 tons.

　　Certified by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, “Xinglong Chestnuts” have been awarded China's National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.