What are the specialties of Yangxian County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province?

Black rice has been planted in Yangxian county for more than 2000 years. According to legend, in the Western Han Dynasty, before becoming a monk, Zhang Qian studied in Chenggu, his hometown in Hanzhong (now Chenggu and Yangxian in Shaanxi). One day, he was sleepy reading in the willow forest and fell asleep under the tree. In his dream, he visited the Bullfighting Palace and asked Wen Quxing about his future. Wen Quxing told him: "The future is Wan Li." Zhang Qian asked him when he would get rich. Wen Quxing replied: "When you see black rice, you will make a fortune." Since then, in addition to studying hard, Zhang Qian often went to the river to look for black rice. One day three years later, he finally found a gray ear of rice in the wild rice, peeled off the rice husk and turned out to be black rice. Zhang Qian happened to be an official this year. It is said that the black rice discovered by Zhang Qian is the black rice in Yangxian County that has been passed down to this day. Because of its delicious taste, Yangxian black rice was presented to the emperor as Gong Mi from the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Although Empress Dowager Cixi was like a lost dog, she still remembered the fragrance of black rice in Yangxian County and ordered people to offer it.

Yangxian black rice is black in color and white in cytoplasm. The cooked porridge is dark brown, rich in flavor and high in nutritional value. According to the analysis of Shaanxi Grain and Oil Testing Station 198 1 year, black rice contains 8.5% protein, which is higher than ordinary rice 1.7%. It contains eight kinds of amino acids such as lysine, which is 15% higher than that of ordinary rice. According to the analysis of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Commerce, black rice contains vitamin B 10.2 1 mg, B20. 16 mg, contains 2.8% fat, and has high inorganic components such as phosphorus, calcium, iron and zinc. Eating Yangxian black rice often has the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, benefiting qi and strengthening body, improving eyesight and promoting blood circulation. If you use Yangxian black rice and northern Shaanxi red dates to cook porridge, it is delicious and sweet, and it is called "black and red double unique". Yangxian black rice with ginkgo biloba, tremella, walnut kernel, peanuts, red dates, crystal sugar and coix seed is a rare high-grade nourishing food. If you take it for a long time, you can live longer.