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Pomegranate is good this season! If you don't feel good enough, get some beef and mutton.

Xi 'an's famous specialties include Anchoujiu, Zhouzhi Watermelon, Lintong Pomegranate, Lintong Persimmon, An Embroidery, Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, etc. Details are as follows:

Xi anzhoujiu

It is a unique traditional product of Xi, also known as "Huang Gui thick wine". It is an ancient famous wine with a history of thousands of years. Beginning in the pre-Qin period, it was called "Laozi" in ancient times and "Bailaosa" in the Northern Wei Dynasty. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the brewing technology was further improved, and both officials and people drank it, and literati wrote many praise chapters for it. Party and state leaders, such as Peng, Guo Moruo, love to drink thick wine and use it to entertain and entertain domestic and foreign guests many times. Lao Guo once praised it as "not like wine, but better than wine". Former French President Mitterrand visited Xi 'an and ordered "Huang Gui Thick Wine".

Strong liquor is named because it is milky and viscous. Adding Osmanthus fragrans into the wine is "Huang Gui thick wine". Thick wine is a kind of raw juice wine made from glutinous rice by steaming and koji fermentation. Its color is white as jade, sweet and delicious, mellow and refreshing, and it has the effects of refreshing the brain, relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation, strengthening the spleen and appetizing.

Zhouzhi watermelon

Watermelon has been planted in Zhouzhi for a long time, especially in recent ten years. There are many new varieties, among which Zhou Zhihong, Xingcheng Red, Su Chun and Taihei are famous in Guanzhong. This kind of watermelon is a hybrid of excellent ancient varieties and foreign varieties. It has the characteristics of crisp and tender meat, less fiber, long shelf life, sweet and delicious taste and long supply period. The measured sugar content exceeds 1/3 of the old variety. "Zhou Zhihong" and "Su Chun" were rated as excellent varieties by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 1988 Newly bred seedless watermelons such as Cheng Tang 1, Xi 'an 1 and No.2 have entered the Hong Kong market. Because of its beautiful appearance, crisp and sweet taste and sugar content exceeding 1 1%, it has won praises from people from all walks of life in Hong Kong and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

Datura Gashua

Lintong has cultivated pomegranate for more than 2000 years. According to legend, Zhang Qian was introduced to China when he was sent to the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty. Today, Lintong pomegranate has a cultivated area of more than 30,000 mu, more than 50 varieties, and the highest yield is more than 6,543,800 kilograms, ranking first in the country. Xi 'an is a traditional export product, which has been developing vigorously in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao for a long time.

Lintong pomegranate is divided into sour and sweet. There are many sour juices and large seeds, which can be preserved for a long time. "Luyu Egg" and "Lintong Acid" are the best varieties, while "Dahongtian", "Sanbaitian" (i.e. white skin, white petals and white seeds) and "Pure white sweet" are high-quality varieties. It tastes sweet and is known as "rock sugar pomegranate". Whether it is sour or sweet, its pomegranate is red in skin, big in size, thin in skin and full of seeds, bright in color, fragrant and delicious. According to the determination, the sugar content is 14% and vitamin C is 1 1%, which is 1-2 times higher than that of pears and apples. It also contains minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Pomegranate seeds, peels, etc. are all good Chinese herbal medicines, which have good insecticidal, bactericidal, digestive and antidiarrheal effects. September -65438+ 10 is the pomegranate harvest season in Lintong every year.

Lintong persimmon

Huojing persimmon is named after its red, glittering and lustrous fruit. It is a unique persimmon variety in Lintong. Its persimmon is red in color, crystal clear, thin and seedless, with rich and sweet meat, which is well received by domestic tourists.

Fire crystal persimmon should be picked and eaten, and stored to remove astringency. In addition to direct consumption, it can also be used to make persimmon cakes, persimmon batter extension, persimmon noodle pot helmets and other foods.

Xi' an embroidery

Xi 'an Embroidery made bold innovations on the basis of inheriting Qin Embroidery. The design and production of double-layer spun yarn embroidery, wearing Luo Xiang and other works are vivid, colorful and unique, which are well received by foreign businessmen and are important products exported from Shaanxi. The main varieties are tablecloths, pillowcases, cushions and tourist supplies. Its manufacturers are mainly Jinjiang and Fenghuang embroidery factories.

As early as 4,000 years ago, China had embroidery technology. The "Dragon and Phoenix Picture" embroidered in the Warring States Period is the earliest existing embroidery. With the greater development of the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem praising women's embroidery skills in the Tang Dynasty: "Before sunset, the flowers were charming, vying for a small pen to draw on the bed." Embroidered into a small garden, which attracted orioles to leave wicker.

Xi's embroidery inherits the ancient traditional skills, and also incorporates the local characteristics of Shaanxi, becoming a handicraft with strong yellow soil characteristics.

Qin terracotta warriors and horses replica

With the excavation and exhibition of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the replicas of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses displayed in the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum have increasingly become souvenirs and gifts that Chinese and foreign tourists want, and also become decorations for some foreign-related enterprises and elegant public places to improve their reputation and grade. In order to meet the needs of Chinese and foreign people, Qi Xin, the cultural relics and arts and crafts department, joined forces to gather outstanding craftsmen and copied some Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in different proportions. Its varieties include large figurines with the same specifications as the original, which are suitable for exhibition in art galleries, history museums, arts and crafts museums and large hotels; There are 1: 2 and 1: 4 pottery figurines, which are used for decoration in families and gathering places; There are pocket-sized gift figurines with 1: 8, which are easy to carry and suitable for friends and relatives. These terracotta warriors and horses of different specifications met the needs of Chinese and foreign tourists, and made Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses go out of Shaanxi and travel all over the world. At the same time, Qin's bronze chariots and horses were also copied. Imitation bronze chariots and horses are lifelike and can be confused with the real ones, which meets various social needs and enriches the treasure house of arts and crafts in China.