Where are the Millennium Chestnuts from?

Produced in the area of Qianxi County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province.

Qianxi Chestnut, also known as Jingdong Chestnut, Qianxi Chestnut shape exquisite, reddish brown, with a light waxy layer, bright and glossy; kernel is beige, the inner skin is easy to peel, the meat is delicate, glutinous viscous soft, sweet and aromatic, rich in nutrients.

Produced in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, Qiangxi County, Hebei Province, is a traditional specialty agricultural products, has more than 2,000 years of cultivation history, in many ancient books are recorded. 2008 March, Qiangxi chestnuts by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Trademark Office recognized as a well-known trademarks in China.

Cultivation history.

Qianxi chestnut cultivation has a long history, "Poetry", "Strategy of the Warring States", "Zuozhuan", "Analects", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Nongzhengquanshu" and other books have records. There is a poem in the Book of Songs, "The Hazel and Chestnut Tree". The Strategy of the Warring States" recorded that Su Qin said Yan when he lobbied Yan Wenhou. South of the monumental Yanmen's spare, north of the jujube and chestnut benefit, although the people do not field work and enough in the jujube and chestnut carry on.

This so-called Tianfu also. The Han Dynasty's "Historical Records - Cargo Shik Lianzhuan" said: Yan Qin thousands of trees chestnut. This is their people are all thousand Hou Hou, etc.. Here, the "North" and Yan, that includes the area of the present Qianxi, indicating that this is a very early chestnut famous origin, by the chestnut production is relatively affluent. The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals", "Xijing Miscellany" books are also documented.