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What are the specialties of Shanxi?

Shanxi specialties are most famous for famous wine and vinegar. Fenyang Xinghuacun Fen Wine and Zhuyeqing Wine are one of the famous Chinese wines. Fen wine

Founded in the North and South Dynasties, it has been appreciated by great poets of the Tang and Song dynasties. Bamboo Leaf Green Wine is an ancient medicinal wine, which is effective for various cardiovascular diseases, arthritis

and so on, with excellent color and flavor. Shanxi famous wines are also Changzhi Lu wine, Qixian six qu Xiang wine and so on. Shanxi old vinegar is known

famous far and wide, mainly produced in Qingxu, created more than 2,400 years ago, fragrant and mellow, rich in nutrients, known as the friend of human health.

Shanxi famous vinegar and Yuji Daqu vinegar, Lingchuan Yuquan vinegar and so on. Famous foods include Pingyao beef, Taigu cake, and a variety of Shanxi noodles such as knife-shaved noodles. Fruit specialties, with jujube as the bulk. Jishan jujube with large nucleus and small sugar content is the most famous, and its production areas are all over the vast hilly areas in the east of the river. In addition, there are Yuncheng phase jujube, Linfen Yongan village jujube, Taigu shell bottle jujube, Ruicheng sugar jujube and so on. There are also Yuanping pear, Qing

Xu grapes, Yongji green persimmon, Linyi pomegranate, Fenyang walnuts, Changzhi hawthorn and so on. Agricultural specialties include "Qinzhou yellow" millet, Pingshun pepper, and the famous medicinal herbs Shangdang Dangshen (Codonopsis pilosulae) and Astragalus membranaceus (Astragalus membranaceus) from the Hengshan Mountain area. Traditional handicrafts include Pingyao lacquerware, Hezhou knives and scissors, Yangquan iron pots, and Pingding sand products. In addition, there are Chinese patent medicine specialties such as Guilingji and Dingkundan.

Shanxi Specialties

Shanxi Province is located on the Loess Plateau, with a vast area and abundant products. Famous products, to Fen wine, bamboo leaf green is the most famous. Clear old vinegar is not inferior, high visibility, and unique, famous at home and abroad. In addition, Wutaishan mushroom, Datong yellow flower, Hengshan astragalus, Jishan jujube, Pinglu lily, Puzhou green persimmons, Qiaqu kiwifruit, clear grapes, Shangdang ginseng, Jincheng red fruits, Daixian chili peppers, Qinzhou yellow millet, Jinqi Temple old vinegar is also not less famous, and unique, famous in China and abroad. "millet, Jinci rice, Taigu traditional Chinese medicine "turtle spirit set", Dingkundan, Changzhi Dafeng Pill, waiting for the horse men's treasure, Hongdong turtle, Yuncheng Yellow River carp, Gaoping silk, Pingyang woodblock prints, Datong art porcelain, copper, Pingyao push light lacquer ware are among the famous products. Important cities include Taiyuan, the capital of the province, Datong, a famous historical city and coal city, Linfen, the center of south Jin, and Changzhi, an emerging industrial city in southeast Jin. The province has more than 70% of the ancient buildings before Liao and Jin Dynasties. Sights include the Jin Temple in Taiyuan, the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, the Shuanglin Temple in Pingyao, the Hanging Temple in Hunyuan, the Yao Temple in Linfen, the Hukou Waterfalls on the Yellow River, and the hometowns of the Tang poets Bai Juyi and Liu Zongyuan, the Song historian Sima Guang, and the Yuan novelist Luo Guanzhong, etc. The topography of Shanxi is higher than that of the North China Plain. Shanxi is about 1,000 meters above the North China Plain, and is the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau. Within the territory of the famous Fen River Valley, Datong, Taiyuan, Yuncheng, Shangdang and other basins, the "Northern Mountains" Mount Everest, Taihang Mountain, Luliang Mountain, Zhongtiao Mountain, the famous Buddhist mountain Wutai Mountain, the famous passes Niangziguan, Yanmen Pass and so on.

Shanxi noodles, knife-shaved noodles, ramen, knife dial noodles, rolling noodles, pick tip, cat's ear, river fishing and other kinds of noodles, have Shanxi characteristics and attract Chinese and foreign tourists.