Zhenan is the hometown of chestnuts in the country. Although the output is not as good as that of Qianxi in Hebei Province and Xinyang in Henan Province, the quality is absolutely high. What’s more important is the profound history and cultural connotation contained in it. However, we only focus on its economic value, and have not deeply explored the history, culture and modern culture of Zhen'an chestnut, have not used it widely, and have not publicized it enough. There are treasures around us but we don't know the treasures.

Zhen'an chestnut was approved as Zhen'an No. 1 improved variety by the Shaanxi Provincial Forest Variety Approval Committee in December 2005, and was approved by the State Forestry Administration in 2006 (variety characteristics: round-headed crown, multiple attributes) The main branch is naturally open-shaped, and the tree is well-opened and naturally branched. The result is that the main branch is 26 cm long, and the involucre is garden-shaped. The needles are 2.3 cm long and each 8-12 needles are in a bunch. Each bract contains an average of 2.5 nuts. The nuts are large. , oblate, reddish-brown, shiny, with astringent kernels that are easy to peel off. This variety begins to bear fruit after two years of grafting. The average kernel weight is 13.15 grams, the longitudinal diameter of the nut is 2.72 cm, the transverse diameter is 3.15 cm, and the yield rate is 35.3. %, unit crown projection yield is 0.25 kg/m2, early fruiting, high yield. The fruit contains 10.1% soluble sugar, 3.68% crude protein, 1.05% fat, and 376.5 mg/kg vitamin C. It has excellent quality and strong disease resistance. ) has many excellent characteristics and has been promoted nationwide.

In order to protect the Zhen’an chestnut brand, the Chestnut Industry Office of Zhen’an County Forestry Bureau applied to register the “Zhen’an” chestnut trademark in 2006. An organic chestnut base of 30,000 acres was established in Jiezi, Qingtong, and Chaiping. In 2005, it obtained the certification license from the Yangling Organic Food Certification Center of Northwest A&F University, making Zhenan Chestnut the first to enter the national chestnut organic food ranks. In 2010, multiple efforts were made to implement origin protection measures for Zhen'an chestnuts and establish an origin protection base of more than 200,000 acres, truly protecting the Zhen'an chestnut brand.