The slogan of Nanyang specialty

Take a sip of salty and delicious camellia oleifera, add green chopped green onion and brown sesame seeds, and carefully taste the tiny sesame seeds. The fragrance is on the tip of the tongue and the taste is in the mouth. Chew up the fried peanuts slowly, and the teeth are too fragrant ... I wonder how many diners are attracted by the charm of Nanyang Camellia oleifera. In the past, the harsh cries of vendors selling bottled camellia oleifera in Nanyang city "drinking camellia oleifera" were a landscape of Nanyang food culture in the ancient city.

Nanyang Camellia oleifera originated in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. Before liberation, small vendors selling camellia oleifera mostly sold camellia oleifera in pots. This pot is made of long neck copper, with a long spout and a thermal insulation cotton sleeve. It is also a "landscape" to pour camellia oleifera: the peddler lifts the bottom of the pot with his feet, and the camellia oleifera spouts in an arc shape along the spout, and the aroma suddenly overflows, making the diners drool. Nanyang people also wrote a jingle for vendors selling camellia oleifera, vividly saying: "People who sell camellia oleifera are born bitter. When it is dark (at night), they carry chamber pot on their backs during the day, and their buttocks are slightly pouted, so they come to a big bowl."

The ingredients of Nanyang Camellia oleifera are flour, peanuts, sesame seeds, sesame oil, walnuts and onions. , rich in flavor, salty and delicious.

Nanyang Camellia oleifera is an exotic product, and its origin has a certain origin with Buddhist culture.

The introduction of Buddhism had a certain influence on China's food culture. Buddhism forbids slaughtering animals and vegetarianism (vegetarianism was first advocated by Liang Wudi), which promotes the rise and development of vegan cooking school.

Qing Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty of China's food culture, which created an unprecedented new situation of food culture and developed a large number of new foods. Camellia oleifera originated in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty and is a typical product of Buddhist culture. Yong Zhengdi in Qing Dynasty believed in Buddhism and liked vegetarian food. According to legend, yongzheng emperor toured Henan with a large number of troops to control the Yellow River flood. One day I came to Wudu County, and Wu Shilu, the magistrate of a county, knew that Yongzheng was a vegetarian, so he called a famous chef in the county. At that time, a chef surnamed Niu, whose ancestral home was Nanyang, worked as a policeman in Wudong. He painstakingly came up with a way to please Yongzheng: frying peanuts, removing the skin and underwear of peanuts, and dividing light yellow peanuts into two pieces; Stir-fry walnuts, cut into chunks the size of beans, and then stir-fry sesame seeds. There is also flour with a proper amount of salt and stir-fried in a pot to make it fragrant. Finally, add a spoonful of sesame oil to these peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds and flour and mix them in the container at the same time. Add water to make a paste and pour it into boiling water to cook the soup. When the soup is cooked, it smells delicious and mouth-watering. I presented a bowl to the emperor. Yongzheng praised after eating and asked what food it was. Master Niu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this is an ancestral gourmet camellia oleifera." Yongzheng ate very happily, and immediately ordered camellia oleifera as a tribute to the court, and issued a decree to open an oil tea house. Camellia oleifera became famous for Yongzheng. After Yongzheng left, Wuxianling was widely made friends according to law, and opened an oil tea shop, making a lot of money from oil tea trees. The best camellia oleifera was presented to the imperial court, the medium was sold to merchants and the low was sold to ordinary people. Camellia oleifera in Nanyang flourished after that.

Camellia oleifera is famous not only in Henan and Nanyang, but also abroad. Before liberation, students studying in Europe often carried long-necked pots and sold camellia oleifera through work-study programs. According to records, Chinese restaurants on the streets of Paris still use camellia oleifera as the first-class soup. (Zhang Wenhua)

South yellow cattle

Nanyang yellow cattle is one of the five excellent breeds in China, ranking first in the country. Nanyang Yellow Cattle is tall, muscular, compact in structure, with thin skin and capillaries, square mouth, big eyes, high fragrant nails, wide shoulders, prominent sternum, round ribs, flat back, slightly higher tail, thin tail, straight limbs, strong tendons and obvious hooves. Its coat color is divided into yellow, red and grass white, and yellow is the top. Good processability, meat quality and adaptability. Cowhide is dense and soft, which is a good raw material for leather making. Nanyang yellow cattle are mainly produced in Tang basin and Baihe basin of Nanyang basin. The state established a cattle farm in dengzhou city to study, improve and develop cattle. Nanyang yellow cattle not only provide animal power for agricultural production, but also provide a large number of livestock products such as meat and skin and a number of improved cattle.

evodia rutaecarpa

Cornus officinalis is a precious medicinal plant, and its pulp can make people glow and prolong life. Shanlaimo, produced in Nanyang, is the best product of this Chinese herbal medicine, and its output accounts for more than 50% of the total national output. Mainly distributed in Xixia, Neixiang and Nanzhao counties. Before the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), most of them were naturally propagated, and now there are more and more artificial plants. There are more than 6 million trees in the city, with an annual output of over 500,000 kilograms.

Magnolia denudata

Flos Magnoliae, also known as Primula, whose bud is a precious Chinese herbal medicine. Drugs can dispel wind and dredge orifices, and treat headache, nasal congestion, toothache and other diseases. Produced in Funiu and Tongbai Mountain areas, nanzhao county has the largest output, which not only meets domestic demand, but also sells well in Southeast Asian countries.

Orange stem

Platycodon grandiflorum, mainly produced in Tongbai Mountain, is also called Platycodon grandiflorum. Taking medicine can eliminate phlegm and concentrate, dispel pathogenic factors, avoid dampness and epidemic, and supplement internal leakage and laryngitis. Originally wild, it has been planted artificially. At the Canton Fair, Platycodon grandiflorum was praised as "ginseng" by experts and exported to Japan, the United States and Southeast Asian countries.

Xuan Miao Guan Zhai Cai

Nanyang Xuanmiao Temple, a Taoist temple, was founded in the fourth year of Ming Hongwu (A.D. 137 1). Incense reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and it was called the four Taoist jungles in China together with Beijing Baiyun Temple, Shaanxi Changqing Temple and xi Baxian Temple.

Taoist priests in Guanzhong are vegetarian according to religious rules. On major festivals or when famous flowers in Guanzhong are in full bloom, local celebrities will be invited to enjoy the flowers in the garden and hold vegetarian banquets to entertain them. The vegetarian dishes in Guanzhong are well-made and the selection of materials is rigorous and extensive. The main and auxiliary materials must be authentic, which not only selects treasures from all over the world, but also makes full use of various local specialties. Vegetables, these vegetarian ingredients, are carefully made by the methods of steak, sliding, frying, frying, stewing and steaming. The dishes made are pleasing to the eye and delicious, with good color, flavor and shape and very realistic quality. For example, "vegetarian ham", "roasted vegetarian chicken" and "vegetarian shark's fin" are all delicious and charming vegetarian dishes.

The mysterious vegetarian dishes have experienced the discussion and innovation of chefs, Taoist priests and diners, and their cooking skills have been continuously improved, and the number of famous dishes and delicacies has gradually increased. Yin Deming, the first-class chef of Nanyang Hotel who used to be the chef of Xuanmiaoguan, has compiled 55 "Xuanmiaoguan vegetarian recipes" after pondering and summarizing. In 1984, Beijing TV Center filmed mysterious and wonderful vegetarian dishes for the national audience. Henan Cuisine Association also listed it as a historical and traditional dish.

Zhenping roasted chicken

Zhenping roast chicken, also known as Zhenping Hou Shi roast chicken. Its roast chicken is bright in color, with broken tendons and bones, fragrant skin and rotten meat, fat but not greasy. Hou Xishan, the founder, was born in Linyi, Shandong Province. He studied roast chicken cooking with a famous teacher from Texas on 1928. 1942, when Japan invaded China, he moved to Zhenping with his wife and children and continued to cook and sell roast chicken. Since then, Hou Shi Roast Chicken has gained a great reputation.

Wang Boguo Kui

Wang Bo Guokui is a special food baked with white flour. It looks like a pot and a helmet, and its whole body is white, as if it had been dried. It is over a foot in diameter and two inches thick, and each weighs four pounds. Crisp, fragrant and refreshing, chewy and hungry, it won't go bad if eaten for a long time. The legend of Wang Bo Guo Kui originated in the Three Kingdoms period. After Liu Bei burned Wang Bo, Guan Yu was left to guard. The soldiers were hungry and thirsty when there was a drought and water shortage. Guan Yu wrote to Zhuge Liang asking for withdrawal. Zhuge Liang wrote back to Guan Yu, asking him to stick to it, and taught him to "make a pot of kang with dry noodles and less water, and use a lump to eat it as a helmet" in order to "make the soldiers feel comfortable." This practice of kang cake has been passed down to this day.

Chinese monkey peach

China kiwifruit is commonly known as "carambola". It is a deciduous vine fruit tree. It is produced in the Tongbai Mountain area of Funiu Mountain, Xixia, Neixiang, Nanzhao and Tongbai counties in Nanyang. Kiwifruit is rich in vitamins C, D, fat, protein, iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals as well as various amino acids needed by human body. It is nutritious and used in high altitude areas, seabed and mines. Excellent tonic for mountain special workers and the elderly, the weak and the sick. Kiwifruit seeds have high oil content, which can be squeezed dry and used in industry. Among them, the quality of kiwifruit produced in Xixia is good, and artificial planting has been carried out, and excellent varieties such as 795 1 and Huasheng No.2 have been cultivated, which have been well received by relevant experts at home and abroad, and Xixia County has become a national kiwifruit commodity production base county.

Jie zhong mi Cu

Jiezhong rice vinegar is produced in Zhong Jie Street, Wadian Town, Wancheng District. Rice vinegar in the world is dark brown, sour and fragrant, and will not rot after boiling. It is not only a good seasoning, but also has the function of strengthening the stomach. Sterilization, blood pressure reduction, detumescence and other medical effects. Spraying a proper amount of rice vinegar solution on the leaves of crops and vegetables can also increase the yield to some extent. Zhong Jie's rice vinegar originated in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and Gaoping people in Shanxi found that the local earthquake spike was very suitable for vinegar brewing. Therefore, the first workshop for producing cool rice vinegar was established with millet as raw material and Seisensui, and it has been continuously produced since then. Products are not only sold well in Nanyang, but also sold all over the country based in Wuhan in the 1930s. After liberation, the output of this product has been increasing. The annual output of street rice vinegar produced by Zhong Jie Brewing Co., Ltd. has reached 5,000 tons, and its sales market has expanded to foreign countries, Southeast Asia and other places, winning a wide reputation.

Wolong Yu Ye aged for ten years, Wolong Yu Ye Oriental Pearl wine.

Wolong Yu Ye ten-year aging system takes high-quality sorghum and wheat as raw materials, absorbs the essence of traditional technology and combines the latest modern scientific research results. This wine is fermented in the old cellar and picked according to grades. After more than ten years of storage, it is carefully prepared. After ten years of aging, Wolong Jade Liquid is deeply loved by consumers with its unique style of "rich aroma, sweet and refreshing taste and long aftertaste" and is known as "a treasure in wine".

Wolong Emerald Liquid Oriental Pearl is another exquisite work dedicated to consumers in 2 1 century. It is made of high-quality sorghum and wheat, carefully brewed and blended according to the essence of traditional technology and modern brewing technology, with outstanding cellar fragrance, sweet and refreshing taste and long aftertaste. The above two kinds of wine are newly developed and produced by Tianguan Group Co., Ltd. in recent years, which are deeply loved by consumers.

Zhenping yellow rice wine

Zhenping yellow rice wine is made of millet, glutinous rice and forest rice, and wheat is made according to a specific technological process. The wine is brown and transparent, mellow and delicious, rich and fragrant, sweet and bitter, and has a long aftertaste. Drinking it in summer can prevent heatstroke and cool down, keep out the cold and strengthen the body in winter, and also has the effects of promoting fluid production, appetizing and stimulating appetite. As a medicine, it is effective in treating traumatic injury, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis and promoting lactation of parturient. Zhenping yellow rice wine has a long history. Zhenping Yellow Rice Wine Factory was built in 198 1. At the North Yellow Rice Wine Technology Association held in Qingdao on 1983, the wine was evaluated as excellent in color, taste and quality by experts attending the meeting. At present, Zhenping yellow rice wine sells well in Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning and other provinces 1 1.

Sheqi sanfen

Sheqi Sanfen is the collective name of vermicelli, vermicelli and vermicelli, which are rich in Sheqi County, and is known as the "hometown of three points". The vermicelli produced here is like silk, vermicelli is like paper, and vermicelli is white and smooth, which is very popular. Sheqi County has a large area of cultivated land and undulating hills, which is a concentrated production area of sweet potatoes. Every winter, there are many kinds of flour processing and vermicelli making in rural areas. In recent years, this kind of production has become the main agricultural product processing industry in rural areas. "Sanfen" products are not only eaten in Nanyang, but also sold to Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other provinces in large quantities, and some of them are exported abroad.

Zhongjing brand concentrated Liuwei Dihuang pills

Henan Wanxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. based on Zhang Zhongjing's prescription "Jinbian Shenqi Pill", through derivation and perfection, produced "Zhongjing brand" concentrated six-flavor yellow wine. Samoyin, one of the most important Chinese herbal medicines in this medicine, is based on the origin of this best quality Chinese herbal medicine-Xixia County, Funiu Mountain. Therefore, this traditional Chinese medicine has excellent texture and remarkable curative effect on kidney yin deficiency. The medicine is sold all over the country, welcomed by the majority of patients, and has been selling well.