The earliest ancestor of mankind, Huangdi tribe, first moved to Ziwuling, east of Zhengning, and the Five Emperors in Historical Records recorded that Huangdi collapsed and buried Qiao Shan. "History of Han Geography" says that "there is a tomb of the Yellow Emperor on Qiaoshan Mountain in Yangzhou County". According to National Records, the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is located in Mount Wuzi, 80 miles east of Luochuan County, Ningzhou. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor lived in Ziwuling, Zhengning, and was buried in the Qiao Shan of Ziwuling, which proved that the contribution of the early emperors to farming was in Zhengning, so the farming career of Zhengning people should be the earliest. The onion planting in Zhengning has a long history, although it is not detailed, but according to the dishes, it can be as far away as Zhou and Qin Dynasties and as close as Qin and Han Dynasties. During the Rong period in Yi Qu, when crops such as millet and glutinous rice were planted in Zhengning, fried noodles were necessary. According to Gansu government records, steamed bread and various kinds of pasta were popular in Qin and Han Dynasties. According to the customs of Zhengning and Ziwuling people, when there is noodles, there are concoctions, such as salt, spicy food and fried (onions or leeks). Pickled vegetables were preserved in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, which is a favorite dish of Zhengning people and the legacy of ancient ancestors' habit of storing winter vegetables. Pickled vegetables include leek, Chinese cabbage, cabbage (cabbage), radish, garlic and pepper, but there is no record of onion. According to the planting of these plants, there must be onion planting, because onions are not pickled vegetables, but dried or seasoned vegetables. According to the banquet of Zhengning people in various places, although the dishes are rich, there are several dishes of pickles every time. Where there are noodles, there are always a few dishes of salt, spicy, onion or stir-fry. Needless to say, pork, chicken and fish dishes always need onions as accessories for cooking. Lettuce: Originally from the gathering life of national society, it can be eaten raw without cooking. In the summer of Ming Dynasty, raw-cut radish, pepper and onion were called "three kings", and dipping onion in sauce and mixing onion with tofu was a banquet. In Song Dynasty, when Fan Zhong 'an was guarding Xixia in Huachi, he once praised the green onion in the article "Su Mu Gai Fan Zhong 'an": "Lingwutai, Xiaoguan Road, the cold wind rustling, hurting Qingzhou". It's even more unfortunate that Balingdu's oral sex is closed on the moon floor. Jiangzhou City, White Road Meeting, Ancient Drinking, Jade Wave Drunk Beijing. Use the onion and squid in Gonghe River to adjust the taste of fish in the north and south to comfort the old tears. Onion is not only an indispensable seasoning dish and a separate dish in life, but also quoted by the ancients in people's weddings and funerals, as well as in Chinese medicine. In the wedding custom, the woman's parents give her daughter some onions and a plate of dates. Onion symbolizes a lifetime of wisdom, and jujube symbolizes the hint of early maturity and early birth. At the funeral, the deceased took the onion in one hand and the steamed bread in the other, symbolizing their children's instructions to the deceased, stepping into the road of death, not hungry, and taking dry food with them. In medicine, people use onion and ginger to boil soup to treat colds, and use onion roots with other herbs to treat infantile dyspepsia. Onion is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, mainly to dredge spleen, lung and orifices. In daily life, people praise more people with onions, such as my fair lady's fingers as thin as onion roots and so on.
"Zhengning Welsh Onion" is a specialty of Zhengning County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province. It is characterized by white and tender onion, rich nutrition, and more inorganic salts such as protein, vitamins, sulfur, phosphorus and iron. Stir-fried soup is famous at home and abroad for its floating but not heavy, rich flavor, storage resistance and transportation resistance. It is an excellent seasoning food, which is favored by consumers. The main varieties are Sanyeqi, Ye Fu 1 and China Welsh onion. In 2004, it won the "National Green Certification", and the "Gonghe" brand scallion was registered as a national green certification trademark, and won the gold medal of the West Expo.
The scallion (pseudostem) of Zhengning Welsh onion is delicate in texture, tender and white, rich in nutrition, spicy and fragrant, not easy to pull out the moss and tiller, resistant to storage and transportation, and can be eaten fresh and raw.
Onion is rich in sugar, protein, minerals, vitamin C and carotene, and it is a vegetable with high nutritional value. The tissue of scallion contains white oily liquid propylene monosulfide ((ch 2ch2)2S) and allicin. It has the effects of stimulating appetite, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, and is also a good product for relieving fishy smell. Chinese medicine has long used leek and garlic extracts to prevent and treat many diseases. Onion has a strong bactericidal effect, and has the functions of promoting lactation, diuresis and treating constipation.
territorial scope
Zhengning County is located in the southeast of Qingyang City, at the west foot of Ziwuling. It is bordered by Ziwuling in huangling county, Shaanxi Province in the east, Xunyi County in the south, Binxian County in the southwest, Jinghe River in Changwu County in the west and Ningxian County in the north. The geographical location is between east longitude10756' 20 "and north latitude10838' 08" and north latitude 3514' 40 "and north latitude 3536'18". The terrain is high in the east and low in the west, wide in the east and narrow in the west, slightly triangular, with a total area of 13 19.5 square kilometers. The green onion area in Zhengning County covers 58 administrative villages under the jurisdiction of gonghe town, Zhoujia Town, Yulinzi Town, Yongzheng Township, Heshan Town, Xipo Township, He Yong Town, Qitou Township, Wu Qingyuan Township and Sanjia Township. The area of protection is mainly mountainous, with an area of 4,000 hectares, and the current production area is 2,000 hectares.
Product quality characteristics
(1) External sensory characteristics: Zhengning is white and straight, spicy and crispy, not rotten after long cooking, not dry after long storage, and the soup is floating but not heavy. General plant height 150cm, scallion is 50cm long and 2-3cm in diameter. Each plant weighs 0.5 kg; The high-yield plant weight can reach 1.5 kg, the plant height is 200cm, the onion length is 60cm, the onion leaves are bright green, the texture is crisp and tender, it will be broken when it falls to the ground, and it will be chewed without silk, with excellent quality. (2) Intrinsic quality index: Zhengning Welsh onion was also called Chinese cabbage, deer fetus and grass in ancient times, with a cultivation history of 1000 years. Onion is rich in syrup, protein, minerals and vitamins, and has high nutritional value. Onion tissue contains white oily liquids-propylene sulfide and allicin, which can stimulate appetite and promote digestion. In addition, the preparation extracted from scallion can prevent and treat many diseases in medicine, and has the functions of promoting lactation, diuresis and treating constipation. (3) Safety requirements: The production and operation of Zhengning Welsh Onion shall be carried out in strict accordance with the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Gansu local standard "Technical Operation Rules for the Production of Zhengning Welsh Onion"; Zhengning green onion inspection implements Gansu local standard "Agricultural Products Inspection Regulations"; The quality of green onions must meet the index requirements of the local standard of Gansu Province, Quality Standard of Agricultural Products in Gansu Province.