What are the specialties in Longnan, Gansu?

Gansu Longnan specialty has sesame seed cake, eight pears, Hongchuan wine, spice honey, Wenxian green tea, hot dough, tea cans and so on.

Sesame sesame seed cake is one of the special snacks in western Longnan, which is unique in processing, delicious and crispy. Longnan green tea is a specialty of Longnan City, Gansu Province. Longnan green tea is located in the triangle of Wenxian County, Wudu County and Kangxian County in Longnan City, which belongs to the humid transitional climate zone between north subtropical zone and warm temperate zone. The high temperature, high humidity, abundant sunshine and abundant water resources here are beneficial to the production of green tea in Longnan. The raw material of Longnan green tea is a single bud or one or two leaves per bud. This product has the unique qualities of heavy bud and leaf, rich connotation, rich fragrance and foam resistance.

Lixian apple is a characteristic fruit in Longnan, Gansu. Apple was introduced to Lixian County on 1952. Its geographical environment is unique, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer, abundant sunshine, abundant precipitation and fertile soil, which is very suitable for the growth of apples. The produced apples are bright in color, moderate in sweetness and sourness, big and delicious, rich in aroma and crisp in flesh.

Longnan has a long history and is the birthplace of Qin, Qin clan and Qin culture. Qin's first cemetery, Qin Xi Huang Cemetery, is located in Dabaozi Mountain in Lixian County. Longnan is also the core area of Miao and Qiang activities in ancient western China. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Miao people established five local governments in Longnan. As the descendants of Baima Yi people, Baima people in Wenxian County were known as "the oldest tribe in East Asia". In addition, Longnan is one of the main producing areas of Chinese herbal medicine and olive in China.