Qianxi chestnut, also known as JD.COM chestnut, is exquisite in appearance, reddish brown, with a faint waxy layer, bright and shiny; Nuts are beige, the endothelium is easy to peel, the meat is delicate, waxy and soft, sweet and delicious, and rich in nutrition.
Produced in Qianxi County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, it is a traditional agricultural product in Hebei Province. It has a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years and is recorded in many ancient books. In March 2008, Qianxi chestnut was recognized as a well-known trademark in China by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Cultivation history of chestnut in Qianxi
Chestnut planting in Qianxi has a long history, which is recorded in the Book of Songs, Warring States Policy, Zuo Zhuan, The Analects of Confucius, Compendium of Materia Medica, Agricultural Administration and other books. There is a poem "Hazelnut on the Tree" in The Book of Songs. According to the Warring States policy, Su Qin lobbied the State of Yan, saying, "The State of Yan ... has the benefit of stone tablet Yanmen in the south and jujube trees in the north. Although people don't work in the fields, they are very satisfied with jujube trees. This so-called Tianfu also. "
In the Han Dynasty's Biography of Historical Records and Huo Zhi, it was said: "During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were thousands of chestnut trees ... thousands of people were waiting for them." The "North" and "Yan" here, including today's westward migration area, show that this area has long been a famous chestnut producing area, with abundant chestnut output. There are many records in Shan Hai Jing, Shilu Chunqiu and Xijing Miscellanies.
"Qing Louis" recorded an anecdote: when the Jin emperor pursued the enemy, the supply of rations was insufficient, and the soldiers did not enter a grain of rice for three days, and their morale dropped greatly. East of the Luanhe River in Yanshan Mountain, I saw chestnuts all over the mountain, and ordered the sergeant to steam chestnuts to eat them to satisfy his stomach. So morale was greatly boosted and the enemy soldiers were defeated. Therefore, the soldiers called chestnuts "Hedong rice".
The Records of Gan 'an County in the Republic of China recorded chestnut as follows: "The city is the richest, the city is the farthest, and it is the bulk of the city's production." The "city map" here mainly refers to today's western China. /kloc-chestnut trees from 0/00 to 200 can be found everywhere in China. There are many 300-500-year-old chestnut trees in Xinlizhuang, Hanerzhuang and Lishuwanzi, which are still flourishing today. The ancient chestnut trees in the early Ming Dynasty are still growing in Changshengyuan Village.