Wushan as a famous tourist city in Chongqing, has a large number of tourism resources and specialties, of which Wushan snow jujube is one of the local specialties, Wushan snow jujube has a soothing, sweet taste, rich in snow high-quality plant protein, vitamin A, vitamin D and a certain amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron, unsaturated fatty acids and other trace elements, with lipid-lowering, heart-protecting, anti-aging effect.
Middle-aged and elderly people often consume it, which has certain benefits for preventing osteoporosis. Because of its snow-white appearance and resembling a large jujube, it is called a snow jujube! Wushan Snow Jujube originated from Wushan Dachang Ancient Town, has a history of hundreds of years, the ancient town was founded in Jin, has a history of more than 1700 years, is the only preserved historical ancient city in the Three Gorges area.
The ancient town covers an area of about 10 hectares, the east-west main street is about 350 meters long, and the north-south length is about 200 meters, which is a "pocket ancient city" with "four doors can talk, and one lamp illuminates the whole city". The founder of Wushan Snow Jujube came from a gentleman named Shen Jiewen in Dachang, who was once a military division under Shi Dakai of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and after the defeat of Luding, he was exiled to Dachang to make a living, and was named "Hong Changda" in honor of Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai. After four generations of inheritance to Shen Maoyi, he has followed twelve masters to learn the art of candy and pastry, the snow date technology was exchanged by his grandfather from the master in Jiangxi with art tuning, and it is the fifth generation in the hands of Huang Shixiong, the inheritor of the Wushan snow date.
Wushan snow jujube production is also very exquisite, all raw materials are natural ingredients, without any additives, subject to the constraints of raw materials, every year before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival snow jujube taste is the best. Wushan snow jujube raw materials selected from the finest glutinous rice, soybeans, taro, bee sugar, maltose and other Wushan green natural pollution-free grain, after nearly 20 processes handmade and processed, in order to ensure the taste of generations of transmission, known for crisp and sweet, the taste is fragrant and crisp, the skin color is white as jade, no impurities, the inner silver wire is full of belly, the entrance is melted, giving people a sweet, crisp, refreshing feeling, suitable for all ages.