Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers

Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers

　　Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers

　　Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers are produced across various districts of Suiyang County and neighboring counties, and are a renowned local specialty product of Guizhou. They are listed among China's seven most famous chili varieties.

　　The small Suiyang chili pepper earns its name because its pointed tips grow upward, as if piercing the sky. Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers prefer warm, humid climates. Seedlings are raised in cold frames around the Beginning of Spring, transplanted after the Clear and Bright Festival, and harvested around Mid-Autumn. About 80% of the harvest are red chilies, which are picked and sun-dried to achieve a bright red, glossy, and transparent appearance, making them visually appealing. Each mu (about 0.067 hectares) can yield 150 kilograms of dried chilies, making them an important cash crop in the local rural economy. Analysis has shown that Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers contain vitamin C equivalent to 21 times that of apples, carotene at 19.5 times that of apples, and vitamins B1 and B2 at 4 and 3 times that of apples, respectively. In addition, they are rich in essential trace elements and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron.

　　Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers are a traditional seasoning among people in Southwest China. They stimulate the digestive tract mucosa, enhance appetite, and aid digestion. After consumption, they generate warmth, helping to ward off cold, prevent colds and flu, and also provide relief from rheumatism, lumbar and leg pain, frostbite, hair loss, scurvy, and night blindness.

　　Since the 1950s, Suiyang Facing-Heaven Chili Peppers have been exported to various Southeast Asian countries, and in recent years, to Japan and the United States. The annual production of dried Suiyang chilies ranges from 1.5 to 2 million kilograms. In 1979, 1.85 million kilograms of dried chilies were purchased, with 500,000 kilograms exported. In 1983, they won the "Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Honor Certificate" at the National Exhibition on the Construction Achievements of Specialized Export Commodity Production Factories.