What are the specialties of Datong?

Yellow flower, scientific name day lily, commonly known as day lily, is a kind of vegetable with high nutritional value. Ji Kang's health-preserving theory recorded in Shennongjing that "Hemerocallis forget their worries and like to eat", and Li Shizhen also specifically discussed it in Compendium of Materia Medica, saying that it has the function of diuresis and stomach strengthening. Datong is one of the main producing areas of yellow flowers in Shanxi Province. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has enjoyed the reputation of "the hometown of yellow flowers". Datong's yellow flower has three advantages: first, it is Huang Liang in color, clean and mildew-free, golden in color, and rarely covered with black spots and mildew; Second, the angle is long and thick, the lines are thick, and the fat is neat; Third, the oil is crisp and tender, and it will not rot if cooked for a long time. Datong Huanghua can be a top-grade vegetarian food.

Astragalus Hengshan

Hengshan Mountain is most suitable for planting Astragalus, and Hunyuan at the foot of the mountain has become the hometown of Astragalus in China. Astragalus membranaceus is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with high medicinal value, and it is also a good assistant for people to cook meat, soak wine, stir-fry and make soup. It is characterized by long and straight rope, thin sheath fiber, Huang Liang color, big pink and small hollow, and it is a very popular "Zhengbeiqi" in the international market.

Datong art porcelain

Produced by Datong Meiyukou Coal Mine Ceramics Factory, the products are unique in shape, novel in design and various in variety, especially children's toys with ethnic and local characteristics, which are unique and more attractive. There are more than 130 kinds of ceramic products produced here, with hundreds of colors, many of which are rich in national traditions and myths and legends. Such as Maitreya with a Big Belly, Immortal Star, Girls Scattering Flowers, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Piggy Eating Watermelon, etc.

Tong hotpot

Datong's hot pot bronzes have a long history and exquisite craftsmanship. As early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, they enjoyed a high reputation.

Datong Copper Hot Pot has a reasonable design structure, which consists of six parts: chassis, pot body, fire seat, pot cover, fire tube and small cover. Its production process includes seven processes: molding, casting, welding, tin lining, embossing, polishing and assembly. The chassis, the pot body, the pot cover and the pot cover are respectively engraved with patterns such as "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky", "Magpie Climbing Plum Flowers", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and "Flowers and Birds Landscape". Because of its beautiful shape, exquisite craftsmanship, diverse varieties, durability and strong national and local characteristics, it is deeply loved by customers. People not only like its practical value, but also like its artistic appreciation value. During the period of 1973, when Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied French President Pompidou on a visit, he presented the copper chafing dish with the pattern of "Flying to the Moon in Kowloon" to President Pompidou, which was highly praised by him. Today, there are more than 200 varieties of craft products produced by Datong Metal Craft Factory, mainly copper chafing dish, supplemented by wine utensils, court tableware, copper plaques and bronze statues, which are very popular not only in China, but also in Japan, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany and Hong Kong and Macao.

wool carpet

Wool carpet is an authentic export handicraft in China, with a long production history and unique weaving style, and enjoys a high reputation in the international market. According to experts' investigation, fragments of Neolithic blankets were found in Qinghai Province, China, and the figure-eight "twist" weaving method is very similar to the current weaving method. Wool carpets in Datong area began to be produced as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period when Zhao Wuling and Wang Jian County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the production technology was relatively high, and various patterns could be woven with various colors such as red, brown, purple and green.

After liberation, carpet factories were established in Datong, Yin Shan and Hunyuan. Datong carpet factory is famous for its excellent wool quality, fine technology, novel design, harmonious color and durability. Datong county Carpet Factory was established in 1970, specializing in the production of carpets for export. Production of high-grade pure wool 90-machine hand-drawn flocking carpet, the product design is exquisite, the four corners are symmetrical, divided into big side, middle side and small side, and the middle pattern is often five pictures, such as landscape, exotic flowers and grass, pine crane welcoming the new, good luck and longevity. Today, the factory produces bed blankets, kang blankets, carpets, sofa blankets, car seat blankets and other products. After spinning, dyeing, weaving, finishing, flower cutting, washing and other processes, they are all of high quality and durable, with the characteristics of comfort, moisture insulation, evil spirits, warm in winter and cool in summer, which are beneficial to health, and have both use value and artistic appreciation value. Therefore, it is not only popular all over the country, but also popular in Britain, France, Japan, Canada, Hong Kong and Macao.

Yungang silk man

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Datong had the habit of buying "clay dolls" and "cloth dolls" at temple fairs. Many people come to the temple fair to ask for a "doll" for their children, so that they can live longer, avoid disasters and get rid of diseases. After liberation, "clay dolls" have been eliminated, while "rag dolls" have become more and more exquisite. Many girls and daughters-in-law like to work hard on sewing dolls and show off their intelligence.

Kang Qiaoling, a versatile silk artist in Datong, developed her artistic attainments on the basis of sewing dolls, showing the facial makeup, costumes and figures of dramatic figures, as well as the artistic modeling of various Buddha statues, mighty bodhisattvas, flying geisha and dramatic figures in Yungang Grottoes and Huayan Temple. Her spinneret is made of silk, silk, satin, yarn, silk, crepe, brocade and other materials, which has local characteristics and is praised as "Yungang spinneret" by the masses.

Kang Qiaoling began to be a silk figure from 1983. Later, with her accomplishments in Quyi and drama, the level of silk maker was quite good, but she was still not satisfied. She also humbly studied printmaking and arts and crafts, and sought advice from Buddhism, medicine and architecture. She is good at learning from others and absorbing the nutrition of various arts extensively. Therefore, the silk characters she made are not only similar in shape, but also similar in spirit, reaching the superb realm of scene blending. For example, in Guan Yunchang's Reading the Spring and Autumn Annals at Night, Guan Yu's face is long and bearded, and he is deeply meditated under the eyebrow of a lying silkworm, vividly portraying a group of virtuous characters, which is quite known as "the night caresses the knife and screams, and his ambition is endless"; In A Dream of Red Mansions and Tears of Zhenfei, the images of "Daiyu burying flowers", "Baochai catching butterflies", "Xiangyun lying on a stone", "Xifeng playing politics" and "Zhenfei's political reform" are vividly portrayed. Now the Second Light Industry Bureau of the city has built Yungang Silk Factory to mass produce silk workers. This product not only sells well in China, but also sells well in Japanese, American, Hongkong and Macau. Due to the continuous improvement of production technology and the continuous updating of products, Yungang diaosi people have developed from a single diaosi person to a large-scale light show diaosi person. Therefore, "Yungang Silk Man" can tour exhibitions all over the country, and the large-scale silk man lantern exhibitions "Datong World", "Yifeng Chengxiang" and "Light of the Coal Sea" won two special prizes of "Welcome to the Asian Games". 1995 gloriously boarded the lantern stage of the "World Women's Joint Conference".

Guangling paper-cut

Rich in content, exquisite in craftsmanship and colorful, it has a strong flavor of life and local characteristics. There are a variety of paper-cut patterns in Guangling, including figures, plants, animals and patterns that express life and symbolize good luck and happiness, such as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Water Margin, The Journey to the West, Yang Jiajiang and other complete sets of drama figures and faces.

Spectrum, flowers, birds, insects, fish, fruits and vegetables. The composition is full, complete, coherent, vivid, rough and free. Its knife technique is exquisite and its lines are smooth. ...

Bao Xiao grapes

Weijiabao Village, Dong Xiao Village by Sanggan River in Yanggao County, is a well-known hometown of grapes. Every summer here, the grapes outside the village are full of shelves and lush foliage, showing a unique style. The Jia Wei family has been growing grapes for more than 200 years. Grape has become a traditional cash crop for farmers here.

The grapes planted here not only have a large planting area, but also have a high yield.