Food pays attention to a region and authenticity, nature gives each land a unique character, nurturing and growing out of a unique taste, the passage of time, blink of October, is the golden autumn also symbolizes the harvest, in this season in Shaanxi one of the delicacies that must be eaten is persimmons.
Persimmon is one of the ancient fruits of China, in China has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years, cultivated in Shaanxi region, many excellent varieties are also produced in Shaanxi, Sanyuan chicken heart yellow, Chang'an fu tip, Huaxian spiral lung, Meixian erniu persimmon, Fuping's sharp lung and Shengfu lung.
Shaanxi Lintong fire crystal persimmon is the most famous, from the historical documents, the earliest cultivation of fire crystal persimmon can be traced back to Tang Taizong at the foot of Lishan Mountain to build a palace to plant persimmon trees in this place to watch, after continuous grafting and transplantation, there are now fire crystal persimmons.
The name of the fire crystal persimmon also has a legendary love story, legend, the firebird in gratitude for the life-saving grace of the four sons of Lishan, transformed into a crystal girl, and together with the four sons cultivated a fruit shaped like a lantern, the locals called "fire crystal four sons", harmonic because of the current fire crystal persimmon.
Persimmon tree transplanting is not easy to survive, need to use soft jujube trees as rootstock for grafting, once alive after the vitality is extremely tenacious, even if it is not fertile soil, do not water and fertilize, as long as the golden autumn festival, the fruit can always hang on the branches. When the grass and trees have withered, the fiery red persimmon lights up the red lanterns all over the mountains in its unique color, dazzling in the clear sky, making people unable to extricate themselves.
Fire crystal persimmon in Lintong mostly has developed into garden planting, fruit farmers in addition to the pursuit of yield improvement, more to spend their minds on the improvement of taste quality, persimmon adaptability is very strong, per acre of planting seeds up to 110 plants per acre, but want to plant a sense of sweetness, juice is full, the color of the bright persimmon also need to spend a little care, generally per mu need to apply organic fertilizer more than 3000 kg, calcium superphosphate more than 250 kg, the best planting period of fire crystal persimmon tree in mid-February every year, after thawing, spread mulch film, improve the ground temperature, To promote canopy formation, every autumn, dig a trench that is one meter wide and 80 cm deep on both sides of the persimmon, and fill in more than 25 cm of straw to improve soil fertility and improve the soil environment.
Lintong persimmon is characterized by a fine and smooth appearance, red color, a light pinch, you can burst out the fiery red sweet juice, you can also insert a straw, suck the whole juice in one breath, the locals call it "a nest of honey", these all benefit from the traditional planting methods that fruit farmers have followed for hundreds of years, insisting on artificial weeding without pesticides, and in 2003 was recognized by the state as a geographical indication protection product.
Lintong people eat persimmons can be described as a pattern of continuous, wrapped in flour and fried into persimmon cakes, mashed into persimmon sauce, steamed into persimmon cakes, some time ago the hit drama Chang'an Twelve Hours Lei Jiayin eating fire crystal persimmons Do you remember the scene? Where else have you ever eaten persimmons that you will never forget?