Ningxia is located in the northwest inland region of my country. The landform here is very complex, including plateaus, plains, and mountains. This has also created the diversity of Ningxia's products. So how much do you know about Ningxia’s specialties? But there are more than just “Ningxia Five Treasures”!

Yanchitan mutton

Yanchitan mutton is produced in Yanchi, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The meat is tender, not smelly or smelly, and is recognized as high-quality mutton. The muscles are shiny and smooth, and the red color is uniform. The carcass surface is covered with a thin layer of white fat and is evenly distributed. The muscle fibers are thin. The triangular or wedge-shaped fat tail is plump and smooth. The tail tip is thin and round to the hock, and there is no smell. The muscle fiber of Tan lamb is tender, juicy, easy to digest, and the fat content is moderate. The tail shape is long triangular, plump and smooth. The broth after boiling Tan mutton is clear and transparent, with fat agglomerated on the surface. It has the unique aroma of Tan mutton and is overflowing with fragrance. It is known as "the aroma of cooking meat inside the house and outside the house".

Lingwu Changzao

Lingwu Changzao is a unique variety in Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It has a long history of cultivation and excellent varieties. The fresh fruit produced has delicious taste, crisp texture and juice. There are many fruits, the flesh is white and green, and the edible rate and nutritional value are high. Approved as China's National Geographical Indication Product. The size is relatively neat; Lingwu Changzao is delicious when eaten fresh, with crisp texture, rich juice, white-green flesh, and an edible rate of 94.6%; it has high functional food and nutritional value. Contains a variety of nutrients beneficial to the human body. Containing a large amount of vitamin P, it has the function of keeping capillaries open and preventing the fragility of blood vessel walls. It is effective in treating hypertension, atherosclerosis and other diseases. It is rich in nutrients, has a wide range of uses, and is beneficial to human health. Jujube is made from fresh dates. , its sweet and unique taste is a good drink during the Spring Festival.

Helan screw vegetables

Helan screw vegetables are a specialty of Helan, Ningxia. The edible part of screw vegetables is underground tubers. Its meat is crisp and tender. After being salted and sauced, The taste is very delicious and is rated as a treasure among pickles. In addition, screw vegetables also contain rich nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and choline, and have high nutritional value.

Helan Inkstone

Helan Inkstone is a characteristic traditional handicraft. Produced in Ningxia Sapphire, the raw material is Helan stone. Helan stone has a uniform structure, fine texture, and suitable hardness and softness. It is a very rare stone. Helan inkstones carved with it have the advantages of producing ink, storing ink, protecting hair, and being durable. The minerals that make up Helan Stone are very fine, only a few tenths of the size of a human hair, and they are extremely densely packed with each other. On such a delicate substrate, many relatively hard quartz powder and iron mineral particles are evenly scattered, which are like "tungsten carbide" embedded in the Helan stone. Helan inkstones emit ink quickly, do not stagnate, and are durable. The covered Helan inkstones are like sealers and are known as "the ink can be stored for more than three days." It is as famous as Duanshi, the best in the world. This advantage is deeply loved by calligraphers and painters.

Zhongning wolfberry

The real name of Zhongning wolfberry is Ning'an wolfberry. It ranks first among the five treasures of Ningxia and is named after its origin in Ning'an Fort, Zhongning County. Zhongning wolfberry is a famous domestic agricultural product. It is a valuable traditional Chinese medicinal material developed in the special environment of Ning'anbao area, inheriting my country's long-term traditional experience in utilizing wild wolfberry. Zhongning has established 181 "Zhongning Wolfberry Specialty Stores" in 40 large and medium-sized cities across the country, and established stable wolfberry sales channels and outlets in 136 large and medium-sized cities across the country. Dried wolfberry fruits and their processed products are exported to more than 30 countries. and region. "Zhongning Wolfberry" has become a well-known trademark in China and has been rated as the most influential geographical indication in the country. The brand value is nearly 3 billion yuan, ranking 19th in the regional public brand value list of China's agricultural products.

Yanchi Daylily

Produced in Yanchi, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The flowers of Yanchi daylilies are 1 to 2cm longer than similar products. The petals are thicker, the stripes are clear, the color is brown and yellow, the mouth is black and yellow, and it is not oily. The strips are long and thick and even, and the fragrance is rich. It is fragrant, fresh and tender, and smooth like fungus and grass. Mushrooms have high nutritional value and are regarded as "treasures on the table". Yanchi daylily has a refreshing fragrance, fresh taste, tender texture and rich nutrition. The protein content is 12.1%-12.6%, and the calcium content is 0.35%-0.41%, which are essential nutrients for the human body.

Yanchi daylily is sweet and cool in nature and has the effects of stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation, clearing away heat, diuresis, digestion, improving eyesight, and calming the nerves. It can be used as a tonic after illness or postpartum.

Dingbei celery

Dingbei celery is produced in Helan, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The lateral roots grow quickly and are well developed, the leaves are upright, the petioles are long and fat, 3-4 cm wide, and mostly crystal-shaped. Each 100 grams of celery contains ≥94 grams of water, ≤0.7 grams of crude fiber, and ≥6 mg of vitamin C. Its color is yellow-green, the meat is fresh and tender, the taste is crisp, and the fiber content is low. In 2005, Duan Jinguo, a major vegetable seller in the village, took the lead in establishing the Celery Production and Marketing Cooperative in Changxin Township, Helan County. On the basis of retail operations, the cooperative relies on science and technology and is market-oriented, and implements "unified seed supply, unified management, and unified sales" to effectively improve the degree of organization for vegetable farmers to enter the market.

Yanchi Buckwheat

Yanchi Buckwheat is produced in Yanchi, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Buckwheat grains are brown or black and triangular. It is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and contains a variety of vitamin P, protein, carbohydrates, iron, calcium, zinc and other minerals. Buckwheat noodles, stir-fried buckwheat dough, cat ears, buckwheat noodles, etc. are served with home-pickled old pickles and mutton jelly from Yanchitan sheep, which have a unique flavor and smooth texture, as well as buckwheat noodles that can quench summer heat and quench thirst. Bean jelly and other products make buckwheat series products very popular among consumers in Yanchi and surrounding areas. Buckwheat itself has multiple effects such as lowering blood lipids, preventing venous sclerosis, and improving cardiovascular function.

Tongxinyuan dates

Tongxinyuan dates are produced in Dagouyan, Wangtuan Town, Tongxin County, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The concentric jujube tree has strong vigor, round crown, open posture, strong branching force and strong dryness. The trunk is grey-brown and the skin is split longitudinally. The cracks are shallow and easy to peel off. 1 to 2-year-old branches gray brown. The lenticels are large and dense. Grayish white, raised, with long spines. The jujube stalks are thick and conical. There are 1 to 6 jujube stems, usually 2 to 3 stems. Each jujube stem has 9 to 18 leaves. Fruit setting is mostly concentrated in the middle. The leaves are 65 mm long and 34 mm wide. The leaves are dark green.

Liupanshan Genie

Liupanshan Genie (jiao, one sound) is produced in Longde County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The plant height is 40-60 cm, the main root is thick, conical, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, twisted and not straight, with longitudinally twisted wrinkles on the surface, 10-30 cm long, 1-3 cm in diameter, with a few branches, and the surface is brown. Or gray-yellow, bitter taste. The content of Liupanshan Genidi extract is 29.1-29.8%, and the content of gentiopicroside is 4.1-4.6%. At present, the artificial planting of Genji in Longde County, Ningxia has been basically successful, so Ningxia will gradually have artificially planted medicinal materials for medicinal purposes; Genji has the effects of lowering blood pressure, slowing the heart rate, anti-inflammatory and analgesic.

Helan Mountain Donglu Wine

"Helan Mountain Donglu Wine" is a wine made from self-produced high-quality grapes in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. With its wine-making tradition and modern management methods and brewing technology, the wine produced in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain is highly praised. White wine is approximately colorless, slightly yellowish with green, light straw yellow, straw yellow, and golden color. Red wine is deep purple, deep red, or deep ruby ??red. The eastern foothills of Helan Mountain are located in the “golden zone” of grape growing in the world. It is located in the middle arid climate zone and has a typical continental climate. It is a three-step alluvial fan. The parent rock is mainly alluvial and is very suitable for the growth of grapes.

Liupanshan Astragalus

Liupanshan Astragalus is a traditional Chinese medicinal material from Ningxia. It has edible value and has the effects of replenishing qi and raising yang, fixing the surface and stopping sweating, diuresis and reducing swelling. Local people sell it as a health product. Long-term consumption can extend the life of cells and delay cell aging.

Yanchi Licorice

Yanchi Licorice is a herb from Ningxia, and it is also a traditional Chinese medicinal material. Licorice has a sweet and special taste, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Licorice can be used as medicine, made into tea, and can also be used to make various oral and respiratory cleansers.

Yanchi Erfur Fur

Yanchi Erfur Fur is produced in Yanchi, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Yanchitan sheep's second-hair fur is as white as jade, with naturally curved strands, thin and soft wool fibers, and vivid and beautiful flower spikes. It can be turned upside down vertically and horizontally, like waves rising and falling, and the shape is light and moving, luxurious and generous. The hair strand length of Tan sheep lambs is about 5.4cm when they are born, and the length of the hair strands can reach about 8cm 30 days after birth. At this time, the fur strands are long and tight, and the fur garments made will not loosen when worn for a long time.

Braised snacks

Braised snacks are a traditional and famous snack, which are made in various parts of Ningxia. Because plywood (with sand) and meatballs are the two main ingredients of the snack, it is also called braised plywood meatballs. Preparation method: wash the mutton and chop it into minced meat, mix in eggs, starch, minced green onion, minced ginger and other ingredients to make meat filling. Spread half of the prepared meat filling on the egg skin, and cover it with another egg skin. After compacting, use a knife to cut into diamond-shaped pieces, put them into an oil pan and deep-fry them until golden brown. Take them out (commonly known as splints or sand). The other half of the meat filling is squeezed into balls by hand, and fried in the oil pan until cooked. When stewing, put the mutton soup and plywood, meatballs, spinach and other ingredients in the frying spoon in sequence, bring to a boil and thicken the gravy with starch.

Nostoc

"Heibao" Nostoc is homophonic to "make a fortune". In plant taxonomy, it belongs to the phylum Orchidophyta and is a kind of nostoc algae. Growing in desert and semi-desert areas, this algae appears after spring and summer rains.

Ningxia Nostoc has long and slender filaments, bright black color and pure quality. Harvested in late autumn and early spring. The production process is to select the collected "maocai" with impurities, remove the impurities, moisten and dry them in the sun for packaging. Fresh Nostoc is blue-green or brown in color, and turns black after drying. Its shape resembles the hair of an Oriental woman, hence its name. It is a kind of high-end food. Together with sea cucumber, fish maw, bird's nest, squid, hericium, shark's fin, and bear paw, it is called the "Eight Delicious Treasures" and is an indispensable delicacy for festive feasts. Nostoc is very rich in nutrients and is easily absorbed by the human body. Its protein content is 20 times that of eggs, it also contains more sugar, fat, calcium, and is richer in phosphorus, iron and other minerals. In medicine, it has functions such as helping digestion, relieving greasiness, clearing the gastrointestinal tract, and lowering blood pressure. Post-operative patients eating Nostoc can also promote wound healing.

Ningxia Lamb Wine

The production history of Ningxia Lamb Wine lasts for thousands of years, and relevant information can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Ningxia lamb wine is made from Ningxia Lingwu's unique local lamb meat (a companion product of Ningxia Ermao fur), Ningxia wolfberry, Lingwu long red dates, etc. It is amber in color, sweet in the mouth, slightly spicy, and has no mutton smell. It has a strong taste and has high medicinal value. As a medicinal wine, it has been recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica". Emperor Yongzheng's imperial approval "A kind of lamb wine was produced in Ningxia. Some people used it in the past, and it has not stopped for twenty years now." Come in, I like to drink it very much, so I will find some and send it to you. There is no need to bring in more. When it is not enough, I will issue a decree. Do not use more than a hundred bottles. This is a special metaphor. "It proves that this wine was once the royal tribute wine." Ningxia lamb wine is brewed by pre-processing lamb meat, red dates, wolfberry and other raw materials and mixing them with glutinous rice. It uses malt saccharification to artificially control natural fermentation. The alcohol content is between 28° and 35°. The brewing technology of this wine is very strict, which mainly includes the process of making the wine, raking, pressing the wine, filling the jar with fermentation, blending, decoction, and filling the jar for aging.

The "Oil Fragrance" of the Desert

This delicious pasta is an old craft passed down by the local Hui people for many years. It is a delicious pasta made through a variety of techniques. It is very It is suitable for eating in an environment like the desert, and when you first arrive here, you will be blown by the strong wind on the ridge and take a bite of the oily aroma and you will be able to appreciate the wonderful taste.

Babao Tea

This is similar to the Babao porridge we see in the mainland, but after eating it for so many days, I have tasted a lot of different desert customs Come on, it uses red dates, Elaeagnus angustifolia, longan, tea leaves, sesame seeds, rock sugar, wolfberry and walnut kernels as the main raw materials. It is a delicacy that local people in Ningxia cannot live without.

Hand-caught mutton

Ningxia’s mutton is famous for its deliciousness, and the way of eating mutton here is also unique. You don’t need any tools to grab it directly, and the mutton here The mutton preparation technique is also very good.

Xiji Potatoes

Xiji is located at the western foothills of Liupan Mountain, in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. It is surrounded by high mountains and ridges, which changes the latitudinal distribution of temperature, and the temperature is lower than that of surrounding areas. , with an average annual temperature of 5.3°C, high altitude, cool climate, large temperature difference between day and night, and sufficient sunshine; the soil is mainly loess and gray-brown soil, with loose texture and good permeability. The cultivated layer is deep and rich in potassium. Adapted to potato plant growth and tuber formation. "Xiji Potato" has shallow bud eyes, regular potato shape, smooth skin, red skin and yellow flesh. When cooked, the aroma is overflowing, the taste is fragrant and smooth, the flavor is unique, the taste is good, and it is not suitable to break.

Nan Changtan Jujube

It has anti-allergic, liver-protective, muscle-increasing, sedative, hypnotic and anti-hypertensive effects.

Zhongwei City has a long history of cultivating jujube. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Enxi, then the magistrate of Zhongwei County, wrote in his "Zhongwei Bamboo Branch Ci", "Everyone uses their affection to convey to each other, and the fruits will be harvested every year. Yongkang wine and jujubes are delivered in bottles, and the steamed jujubes and jujube garden have long been famous." In the "Spring Travel Miscellany", it is written that "the spring travels slowly, following the horses, looking at the mountains all the way to the jujube garden", which truly depicts the avant-garde movement of more than 200 years ago. The cultivation of jujube trees and the processing of jujube fruits in Ninh Plain are prosperous.

Shallot

Shallot is a specialty of the Northwest and one of the special dishes of Ningxia. It grows in the Gobi and desert edge areas with higher altitudes. After being harvested and washed, it settles in the basin. There is a little fine sand and a slightly spicy taste, so it is called scallion. Sha scallions can be used in a variety of dishes and also have certain medicinal value. It tastes delicious when eaten cold and can be eaten with food or wine.

Ningxia Rice

Ningxia rice was once among the tribute rice. When Emperor Kangxi visited Ningxia, he ordered it as the staple food for the banquet and praised it as "Shuofang tribute rice". Ningxia rice not only has abundant yields, but also has four major quality characteristics: "round grains, clean color, oily texture, and fragrant taste", with particularly high protein and fat content. The rice steamed with it is as white as fat, with crystal-clear grains, sticky but not greasy, oily and fragrant, which is comparable to the famous Tianjin "Xiaozhan Rice".