Zhao'an County (zhao'an county, formerly part of Zhangzhou Prefecture) is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, located at the southern end of Fujian and the junction of Fujian and Guangdong. It is bordered to the south by the confluence of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, to the west by Raoping County of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, to the north by Pinghe County, Yunxiao County and Dongshan County in the east, and to the west by Raoping County of Chaozhou City and Nan'ao County of Shantou City, Guangdong Province. The land area is 1293.6 square kilometers, of which the planned area of the county urban area is 100 square kilometers, the built-up area is 17.5 square kilometers, the coastline is 88 kilometers long, and the sea area is 273 square kilometers. At present, it administers 16 townships (districts), 7 state-owned agricultural and forestry farms, 1 provincial-level industrial park and 1 Jindu industrial concentration area (marine biological industrial park) under construction, 231 villages (communities), with a population of 613,000, of which the agricultural population accounts for more than 80%. Zhao'an County is the "hometown of calligraphy and painting art", "the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art (painting)," the "hometown of China's green plums", the former central Soviet district county, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian, and the ancestral hometown of important Taiwan compatriots.
Cat porridge is a unique snack in Zhao'an. It uses rice, seafood, poultry and other raw materials as raw materials, and is a representative of Zhao'an's food culture.
Qingming Is the size of a bowl noodle and resembles a turtle's back, resembling a shrunken flying saucer. The qingming kueh is made using the wild Chinese herbs "mugwort leaf" or "rat koji grass" as the raw material for the skin, and the prepared kueh is green. The custom of eating Qingming Kueh during the Qingming Festival has been followed for thousands of years in zhao'an and other southern Fujian families.
Hehe Bao is a traditional famous spot of Zhao'an, and with its shape and meaning, it is a must-have for wedding and birthday banquets. Zhao'an food and drink can not only be enjoyed in restaurants and restaurants, but also can be found in restaurant stalls along the street.
Shrimp and date soup is a common dish in the recipe Fujian cuisine, and the main raw material of shrimp and date soup is shrimp.
Eight Immortals Tea: A new clone of clone that was successfully bred in Zhao'an County, Fujian Province in 1965. The Eight Immortals Tea Series is refined by the Minnan Oolong Tea Method, combined with its variety characteristics. It was identified as a famous tea by the Tea Quality Inspection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Black leaf lychee, native to Guangdong, has been introduced to Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Zhao'an and other places for more than 1400 years. The "Chronicle of Zhangpu County" records: "The old town of Lychee Jian Lake is the most prosperous, and the lychee flavor of Wushi Village is the best", so it is also called Wushi Lychee. Mainly distributed in Zhangpu, Zhao'an, Zhangzhou and other places, planting area of 100,000 mu. Among them, Zhangpu has the largest cultivation volume, with an area of more than 60,000 mu and an annual output of more than 10,000 tons. "Double Lantern Lychee Wine" is known as "China's Champagne Wine" and is well-known at home and abroad.
The hometown of China's green plum, Zhao'an green plum taste sweet, large fruit, thin skin, shiny, thick flesh, small core, crisp and fine, juicy, high acidity, rich in a variety of amino acids required by the human body, with red star green plum unique acid with sweet fragrance, especially because it is rich in fruit acid and vitamin C, its semi-finished product - dry and wet plum is elastic, yellowish, the peel is not easy to crack during processing, the inclusions are not easy to lose, and the pickling process only needs to add an appropriate amount of salt without adding any other additives to achieve a shelf life of more than 12 months, The quality exceeds that of Nangaomei, which is popular in Japan, meets Japan's national pickling standards, is well received by the Japanese market, and is known as the "King of Cold Fruits" and "Natural Green Health Food", and is the best food for the development of children's and elderly health foods.