Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste

Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste

　　Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste is a specialty of Ziyang County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province. Made from carefully selected high-quality organic black rice, this product is produced using advanced technology to create a highly nutritious, safe, convenient, and quick-to-prepare food. It has a smooth and delicate texture, is easy to digest and absorb, and offers balanced nutrition.

　　In the great northwest of China lies such a place—lush in scenery, rich in produce, and home to simple and honest folk—Shaanxi’s Ziyang County. Located in the southern part of Shaanxi Province, Ziyang lies along the upper reaches of the Han River, at the northern foot of the Daba Mountains. It is under the jurisdiction of Ankang City, borders Wanyuan City of Sichuan Province to the west, and meets Chengkou County of Chongqing Municipality to the southeast. The county enjoys convenient transportation and communication. Shielded by the Qinling Mountains to the north and the Daba Mountains to the south, Ziyang enjoys a warm and humid subtropical monsoon climate, free from extreme cold in winter and intense heat in summer.

　　It is on this fertile land that people have discovered various rare specialties, including tea seed oil, walnut oil, selenium-rich tea, citrus fruits, and many other unique agricultural products found almost nowhere else in the country. Among them, the most eye-catching is “Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste.”

　　Legend has it that shortly after the Qingming Festival, a villager discovered many black grains in a mountain field. After careful identification, he confirmed them to be “black rice” and brought them home. One day, his wife ground a portion of the black rice into a paste-like consistency and waited for her husband to return for a meal. Upon tasting, they found the rice to have a smooth texture with a faint wheat-like aroma. The family kept the remaining black rice as seeds for the next year’s planting. Day after day, year after year, the “black rice” deep in the mountains began its long and steady cultivation.

　　Because the black rice paste made from this rice had a delicate taste and a faint fragrance, it was primarily served to elders in the family, with the hope that it would contribute to their health and longevity. Thus, people affectionately named it Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste.

　　In 2012, when Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste was discovered and studied further by outsiders, modern medicine and biology research revealed that it contains a large amount of essential nutrients. Moreover, since the black rice used in the paste is grown in a selenium-rich belt of the northwest, it also has a high selenium content. From then on, Kangxi Shouxu Black Rice Paste stepped out of Ziyang and spread across the nation, bringing the warm regards from the deep mountains to more people.