Analysis:
There are no five treasures in Gansu, and Ningxia, which is adjacent to Gansu, has the "Five Treasures of Ningxia".
Hongbao wolfberry
Huang baoxi
Black Treasure-Nostoc flagelliforme
White Treasure-Beach Sheepskin
Sapphire-Helan stone
Ningxia Lycium barbarum Origin: Ningxia, China
History: China has a long history of planting Lycium barbarum. In the Book of Songs compiled in the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been records of picking Lycium barbarum in the mountains. Liu Yuxi, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, once praised Lycium barbarum as "a top-grade functional manna flavor, knowing that a spoonful can prolong life". Su Dongpo, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, called Lycium barbarum "a solid foundation and nothing to give up" in his poem Lycium barbarum in a small garden. Lycium barbarum has been planted in Ningxia for four or five hundred years. Because the natural conditions here are suitable for the growth of Lycium barbarum, the quality of Lycium barbarum is better than other places in China.
Variety: More than ten kinds of new Lycium barbarum products have been successfully developed and put on the market in the whole region. Among them, compound medlar granules, medlar astragalus crystals and compound medlar ointment are pure medlar products made by scientific methods, and they are made into medicines with traditional Chinese medicines such as astragalus, yam, chrysanthemum, codonopsis pilosula, Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis.
Characteristics: Lycium barbarum is a precious nourishing medicinal material. Lycium barbarum produced in Ningxia is famous at home and abroad for its large and full grain, thin skin and thick meat, bright color, high sugar content and excellent quality. Lycium barbarum belongs to Solanaceae, deciduous shrub. Stems are clustered and have short spines. Leaves are egg-shaped lanceolate flowers in summer and autumn, lavender. Berries are oval and red.
Efficacy: Fruit (Lycium barbarum) and root bark (Lycium barbarum) are used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Lycium barbarum is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of tonifying kidney, nourishing essence, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and can be used to treat dizziness, kidney deficiency and low back pain. Cortex Lycii has the functions of clearing away heat and cooling blood, and is mainly used to treat fatigue, fever, night sweats, hemoptysis and other diseases. In addition, Lycium barbarum can also be used for brewing wine, boiling cream or making various cakes, and can also be eaten with chinese wolfberry wine or boiled soup.
Ural licorice origin: Yanchi, Ningxia
Variety: Gancao Ginger Soup, Gancao Xiexin Soup, Gancao Mahuang Soup, Gancao wheat jujube Soup and Gancao Shijiang Fuling Baizhu Soup can be prepared with Gancao as the main medicine.
Characteristics: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is a perennial herb in Leguminosae. The taproot is very long, the stem is about one foot high, with odd pinnate compound leaves, flowering in summer, butterfly-shaped corolla, purple, and flat fruit like adzuki bean. Its root skin is red, the root heart is yellow, it can be five or six feet long, with different thickness, more powder and less tendons, and fine loose skin. The deeper you go underground, the thicker you get. Because it is rich in sugar and tastes extremely sweet, it is named "licorice". Licorice. Produced in salt areas, it is famous at home and abroad for its fine skin, red color, sticky feet and pure sweet taste.
Ingredients: Glycyrrhiza contains glycyrrhizin, liquiritin and sugar. Glycyrrhizic acid is a kind of saponin, which is the potassium, calcium and salt of glycyrrhizic acid and the sweet component of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.
Efficacy: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is called "the treasure of all kinds of medicines" because of its prominent position in pharmacy and its wide use in people's lives. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. is used as medicine by rhizome, which has the functions of invigorating qi, purging fire, detoxicating and harmonizing various medicines. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, cough with excessive phlegm, sore throat, carbuncle with toxic swelling, fetal toxicity in children, etc. Glycyrrhizic acid is hydrolyzed to form sub-glycyrrhizic acid, which has the function of adrenocortical hormone and can be used to treat diffuse adrenocortical hypofunction and gastric and duodenal ulcers. Glycyrrhizin, the extract of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, has certain detoxification effect on some poisons, which can reduce blood cholesterol and increase bile secretion. In addition to medicine, licorice can also be used as raw material after refining, and can be used to make soy sauce, cigarettes, chewing gum and other foods in light industry.
Two kinds of fur of Bai Bao-Tan sheep
Stepping into the foothills of the vast Helan Mountain or rolling along the banks of the Yellow River, the sheep roll like white clouds, which makes people think. The poem "The sky is grey, the field is vast, the wind blows, but you can see cattle and sheep" is just around the corner. Tan sheep is a descendant of Mongolian sheep. After nomadic migration, it breeds on the grass beaches on both sides of the Yellow River in Ningxia and becomes a unique and excellent fur sheep in the world.
Ningxia grassland is dry with little rain, rich in pasture, slightly alkaline water and high in salt, which is the natural condition for Tan sheep breeding. Ningxia Tan sheep meat is nutritious and tender. Delicious and delicious, it is a top-grade delicacy and is deeply loved by gourmets. Nowadays, beach mutton is not only supplied to people of all ethnic groups in the region, but also transported to other provinces and cities and exporting countries.
The reputation of Ningxia Tan sheep is mainly due to the precious lamb skin. Tan sheep lambs are born 35 ~ 40 days, and the skins obtained after slaughter are fur refined by chemical agents and advanced technology, which is called "Ermao". Ermao, as thin as paper, is not only tough and soft, but also very light, and has the reputation of "light wool".
Two hairs are thin and smooth, as white as snow and as bright as jade. Hair spikes naturally become locks, and lines are like waves. There are as many as nine bends, so it is called "nine bends". If you gently shake the leather board, the hair ears will hang down in turn, just like the lake swaying and snowflakes falling, which is light and touching and makes people fondle. Men's and women's winter clothes and hunting clothes made of beach sheepskin are light, warm, comfortable and elegant, enjoying a high reputation at home and abroad, and have always been the traditional export commodities of the country. Blankets made of beach wool are famous at home and abroad for their uniform fiber length, fluffy, shiny and elastic.
Sapphire-Helan stone
Helan stone, produced in Helan Mountain, is delicate, firm but not brittle. Its color is naturally dark purple and bean green. Some structures such as jade belt, moire, eyebrow, silver line and stone eye are skillfully sandwiched, and patterns such as clouds, moon, water and mountains are elegant and natural. After carving by skilled craftsmen, it has become a good inkstone handicraft. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that there were two rivers and three Helan Mountains at one end. He Lan Yan is simple and elegant, beautiful in appearance and unique in style. It has the miraculous effect of not absorbing water, easily developing ink and not damaging ink, and staying in the inkstone for several days after stamping. It is deeply loved by calligraphers of all ages and is recognized as the best in inkstone.
There is a large vertical screen carved with Helan stone by Ningxia stone carvers in Ningxia Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. When Comrade Dong/KLOC-0 visited Ningxia in February, 963, he wrote a poem praising: "The color is as deep as purple and the grain is as thin as Venus. If it is made into Four Treasures of the Study, it should be polished without phosphorus." In recent years, with the deepening of international exchanges, He Lanyan has gone global and been widely welcomed by Japanese and Southeast Asian people.