Qianxi Jingdong Chestnut is a geographical indication certification trademark.
Qianxi County is one of the main producing areas of "Jingdong Chestnut". The main chestnut producing areas in Qianxi include: Hanerzhuang, Qingshanguan, Xifengkou, Yangjiayu, etc. The output accounts for 60% of the total output in Qianxi and is distributed within 15 kilometers south of the Great Wall.
Jingdong chestnuts are famous for their bright color, high sugar content, sweet aroma and rich nutrition, and have long been famous in domestic and foreign markets. It is mainly distributed in the vast Yanshan Mountains east of Beijing, with the largest number in Qianxi, Zunhua, Changli and Xinglong. The chestnut tree is one of the earliest fruit trees cultivated in my country. It is also known as the "Five Fruits" together with peach, apricot, plum and jujube.
As early as the 19th century, Jingdong chestnuts were exported to Japan. Now, there are nearly 10,000 Jingdong chestnut sales stores in Japan. Jingdong chestnut has high nutritional value. According to measurements, the seeds of Jingdong chestnut contain protein, fat, starch, sugar, and a variety of vitamins. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, said in his famous medical book "Compendium of Materia Medica" that eating chestnuts can replenish qi and blood, nourish the stomach, nourish the kidneys, and strengthen the liver and spleen; raw food can also treat waist and leg pain and relax the muscles and activate the muscles. Chestnuts can be eaten in many ways. In addition to being eaten raw, they can also be cooked. They can also be processed into canned chestnut chicken, chestnut soup, chocolate, milk replacer powder, chestnut preserves and other flavor foods, as well as fillings for various pastries. In our province, the most common way to eat it is roasted chestnuts with sugar. The sugar-roasted chestnuts are fragrant, sweet and delicious. It contains a large amount of soluble sugar and is easily absorbed by the body. It is a traditional fruit suitable for all ages. In the Qing Dynasty, sugar-roasted chestnuts were called "flavored sugar" in Beijing.
Ripe Jingdong Chestnuts Nowadays, the Beijing generation still circulates a poem about roasted chestnuts with sugar: "Piles of sand and roasted chestnuts are deep yellow, and guests come to talk for a long time and ask for wine to taste. The cold fire is three o'clock and the lamp is half (fire is also ), shouting in front of the door: "Jingdong chestnut is an important woody grain and has always been known as the "King of Dried Fruits". It is also a "hardcore crop" that can be grown in one year and harvested in a hundred years. Jingdong’s chestnut production, quality and export volume rank first in the country.