The top ten specialties of Suihua in Heilongjiang Province are Lanxi folk pig, black corn, hazelnut chicken, Qing'an rice, Helen beet, sea buckthorn fruit, Helen soybean, Lancia hemp, mushroom, lanxi melon. Among them, "Lanxi folk pigs" have the outstanding advantages of producing many litters, good meat quality, cold resistance and tolerance to rough feeding, and have been valued at home and abroad.
Lancy Folk Pig:
Lanxi folk pig, a specialty of Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. Lanxi County is the "Hometown of Pigs in Northeast China". "Lanxi folk pigs" have the outstanding advantages of producing many litters, good meat quality, cold resistance and tolerance to rough feeding, and have been valued at home and abroad. The coat is black. Strong physique with a medium-sized head. The face is straight and long, and the ears are large and droopy. The dorsal waist is flat, single crest, and the nipples are more than 7 pairs. The limbs are thick, the posterior body is obliquely narrow, the bristles are good, and the winter is densely brownish red fluff. At 8 months of age, boars weigh 79.5 kg and have a body length of 105 cm, while sows weigh 90.3 kg and have a body length of 112 cm. "Lanxi folk pig" has a long history of breeding, the folk pig is an ancient local pig breed in the northeast region, ranking fourth in the world's local pig breed rankings, and is a valuable gene bank for local pig breeds in China. On December 24, 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China approved the implementation of the registration and protection of geographical indications of agricultural products for "Lanxi Folk Pigs".
Black corn:
Suihua black corn in Heilongjiang Province is one of the members of the maize family and is also a relatively special variety. Black corn has a large nutritional value, a high content of trace elements, 2-8 times that of other cereals, and a lysine content of up to 0. 45%, for high-ry crops. According to expert analysis, it belongs to a variant that changes the amino acid composition pattern of corn endosperm protein, and the lysine content is significantly increased, which greatly improves the nutritional quality of its protein. Black sweet corn contains more than 18 kinds of amino acids, and its eight essential amino acid composition ratios and content are fully in line with the "ideal protein" model proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, so its nutritional value can be comparable to animal protein, and it is an ideal food for vegetarians. Moreover, black corn has a high iron content and is a blood tonic food. Iron is one of the most important elements of the human body, it is involved in the synthesis of hemoglobin, cytochrome and certain enzymes, but also related to energy metabolism, insufficient intake will cause physiological function and metabolic process disorders, causing iron deficiency anemia.
Hazel Chicken:
Hazel chicken, commonly known as "flying dragon" (northeast also known as "tree chicken", "tree hazel chicken"), is a national protected animal, there are 3 species in the world, namely flower tail hazel chicken, spot-tailed hazel chicken and shawl chicken. It is found in the northeast of Daxing'anling (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia) and Xiaoxing'anling (Heilongjiang). The Wyvern bird is very much shaped like a pigeon, weighing between six and nine, with white and tender flesh and large and plump front chest muscles. Its neck bone is long and curved, like a keel. The legs are short and feathered, and the claws have scales, just like the claws of a dragon, so it is named "Flying Dragon Bird". The flying dragon bird mostly inhabits the bush or mixed forest of pine birch trees, and the male and female are in pairs, inseparable, and are known as the "Mandarin Duck in the Forest". It was a famous dish in ancient times and was known as one of the Eight Treasures. Because of its aromatic and delicious meat, it became the main hunting bird in the northeast region, and from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was also used as a tribute bird to the emperor as a delicious dish.
Qing'an Rice:
Qing'an rice is a specialty of Qing'an County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. Qing'an County is China's high-quality rice demonstration base, enjoys the reputation of China's green food capital, has been rated as "national ecological demonstration area" and "green food A-class rice production base" and "national advanced agricultural production county", and was also awarded the title of "China's green food town". Qing'an rice due to the high protein content, amylose moderate, vitamins and trace elements rich, so the rice grain is complete, white, shiny, soft and elastic, non-sticky, slightly sweet, fragrant and delicious, not hard after cold, not back to life, is "China's top ten public area brands of rice", "national famous special new agricultural products", become the only designated rice in The West Beijing Hotel and china astronaut center. On October 11, 2014, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Qing'an rice".
Helen beets:
Helen beet is a specialty of Helen in Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, with a long history of beet cultivation, since the 1930s and 1940s began to grow beets, has a history of 70 years. In 2007, the sugar beet planting area reached 200,000 mu, becoming the largest sugar beet planting base in China. Helen City is located in the hinterland of the Songnen Plain, one of the three black lands in the world, and has unique natural conditions suitable for the growth of sugar beets. Helen beets have the characteristics of long history, excellent quality, high sugar and high yield, outstanding efficiency, mechanization, industrialization, clustering and modernization. Beetroot also contains the ingredient of iodine, which has a certain effect on the prevention of goiter and the prevention of atherosclerosis. The roots and leaves of beet root contain a betaine component, which is unprecedented in other vegetables, it has the pharmacological function of choline and lecithin biochemistry, and is an effective regulator of metabolism, which can accelerate the absorption of protein by the human body and improve the function of the liver.
Sea buckthorn fruit:
Sea buckthorn fruit is also known as vinegar willow fruit, sour thorn fruit. Sea buckthorn fruit is a small berry plant, deciduous shrub or small tree. Sea buckthorn has a well-developed root system and has the characteristics of nitrogen-fixing nodules. It is extremely drought-resistant, barren and salinity-tolerant, so it is used as an excellent tree species for wind and sand fixation, water retention and soil preservation, and soil improvement, and has been promoted and planted in many parts of the country. Where land covered by sea buckthorn, surface runoff is reduced by 80%, topsoil erosion is reduced by 75%, and wind erosion is reduced by 85%. Planting sea buckthorn will achieve three major benefits: ecology, economy and society. Sea buckthorn fruit is rich in nutrients, according to the determination of its fruit contains a variety of vitamins, fatty acids, trace elements, linolein, sea buckthorn flavonoids, superoxides and other active substances and various amino acids needed by the human body. Moreover, sea buckthorn has high medicinal value. The "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records that sea buckthorn has the effect of activating blood and scattering stasis, dissolving phlegm and widening the chest, tonifying the spleen and stomach, quenching thirst, clearing heat and stopping diarrhea, and at the same time has a certain therapeutic effect on a variety of diseases.
Helen soybeans:
Helen soybean, a specialty of Hailun City, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. Helen soybean plant has strong lodging resistance, strong disease resistance, good single plant pods, three or four pods, and strong comprehensive stress resistance. The soybeans produced are golden and bright in color, large and full in grain, smooth and shiny on the surface, and the umbilicus is light yellow and the cotyledons are yellow. The black soil in Helen's jurisdiction is almost all selenium-rich soil, rich in nutrients, and the protein content of Helen soybeans is much higher than that of imported soybeans, which has outstanding advantages compared with imported soybeans. Hailun City is the main grain and bean production area in Heilongjiang Province, Hailun City has been planting soybeans in a large area since reclamation, and has a history of more than 100 years, known as "the national soybeans look at Longjiang, Longjiang soybeans look at Helen" said. On December 29, 2015, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Helen Soybean".
Lancia Hemp:
Lanxia hemp, a specialty of Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, and a national geographical indication for agricultural products. Lanxi is located in the eastern part of the Songnen Plain and the lower reaches of the Mulan River, which belongs to the continental monsoon climate, with suitable light and large temperature difference between day and night, which facilitates the decomposition of wood during the growth of flax, and is famous as the "land of flax". Lancia hemp is a fiber with low lignin content, good fiber softness and good luster, especially suitable for the production of high-quality high-count linen yarn. According to historical records, the cultivation and utilization of flax began in ancient Egypt in Africa. At the beginning of the 10th century, flax fiber began to circulate in the market as a commodity; In 1810, the French invented the wet spinning fine expansion machine, and the first boom period of the flax textile industry appeared in the history of human textiles. In 1996, the Organizing Committee for the Naming of the Hometown of Chinese Specialties awarded Lanxi the "Hometown of Chinese Linen". In 2005, the China Textile Industry Association and the China Flax Textile Industry Association awarded Lanxi County the title of "China Flax Weaving Famous City".
Mushroom:
Mushroom, also known as pineapple fruit, girl, scientific name sour pulp, is a specialty of Suihua in Heilongjiang Province, mostly wildly distributed in the northeast region. It is wrapped in a lantern-shaped outer skin, and the fruit is red and yellow, with many seeds. The fruit on the main branch is multi-horned lantern-shaped with round balls, such as the size of a cherry, which are edible when ripe in autumn and have a sweet taste. It is also a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, with the functions of clearing heat, detoxification, diuresis, blood pressure, strengthening the heart, and inhibiting bacteria. Indications for the treatment of fever cough, sore throat, hoarseness, acute tonsillitis, unfavorable urination and edema. The sour pulp fruit is red after ripening, sweet and sour, especially harvested after frost, and the taste is pleasant, and it has been marketed as a fruit in some regions. The sour pulp fruit contains a variety of nutrients needed by the human body, of which the calcium content is 73.1 times that of tomatoes, 13.8 times that of carrots, and the content of vitamin C is 6.4 times that of tomatoes and 5.4 times that of carrots. Its unique flavor and rich nutrition make it a good raw material for processing beverages, fruit wines and other beverages.
Lancy melon:
Lanxi melon, a specialty of Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. Lanxi County is located in the middle and high latitudes, belongs to the middle temperate continental monsoon climate zone, the average annual temperature is 2.9 °C, the annual ≥ 10 °C active temperature is 2711 °C, suitable for planting melons and fruits. Lancy melons have been cultivated for 150 years. Lanxi melon, melon is mostly oval, smooth surface, flesh thickness of about 2 cm, crisp and sweet, good flavor. The refractive fruit has a high sugar content, good taste and good quality. Rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid and other nutrients. In 2005, melons produced in Kangrong Township, Lanxi County, were marked as pollution-free. On September 14, 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China officially approved the registration and protection of geographical indications of agricultural products for "Lanxi melon".