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There are a wide variety of noodles in Ji County, especially the chewy, smooth, fragrant, and bright-colored famous noodles. Minced meat noodles are also called long life noodles, which are intended to bless the elderly long life with long noodles. Mix the flour with warm water, add salt and a little alkali, and put for more than two hours after mixing, smear the oil, roll the noodles by hand, cut the noodles with a long knife, to ensure that the noodles are long and even, and the noodles are strong and chewy in the mouth.The main ingredient of the dish is diced red and white radish. In summer, you can add some green beans, cut off daylily, burn tofu, small kelp, green onion, garlic and etc. A little soy sauce and vinegar and proper amount of Chinese Sichuan pepper shall be added to ensure it is fragrant but not greasy, and the soup should be clear but not turbid. Those with meat are called minced meat, and those without meat are called minced vegetable, and they have a special flavor with toppings.
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Paper cutting is a folk art. It has the characteristics of rich content, refined composition, beautiful shape, rough lines, and fun and strong appeal. The works are based on the customs of the Loess Plateau.
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Flos Sophorae in Yanli Village, Ji County is featured with good quality, wide distribution, long flowering period, high medicinal value, and green and pollution-free. The village not only has thousand-year old sophora japonica, but also has good wild flos sophorae resources. Besides, taking the advantage of good market prospects of flos sophorae, Ji County is vigorously developing the "Flos Sophorae Economy", which extends the industry chain of flos sophorae, thereby developing various products using flos sophorae as its main ingredient,such as flos sophorae dumplings, flos sophorae balls, flos sophorae cakes, flos sophorae tea series. In addition to edible value, in mid-May each year, flos sophorae is in full bloom, covering the mountains and plains. It is white as snow, fragrant and rich, making people refreshing. It also has a high appreciation value.
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Yellow River carps in Hukou live in the dragon trough at the downstream of Hukou Waterfall. A quiet natural environment is granted in the dragon trough to the fish for living. The turbid Yellow River water contains a lot of nutrients needed by carps, which makes the fish plump. Yellow River carps in Hukou are one of the "Five Famous Carps" in the mainstream of the Yellow River. There are many restaurants selling Yellow River carps around Hukou Tourism Area on both sides of Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province. There are three kinds of methods including the braised, steamed and sweet and sour taste. It is mostly recommended to eat braised carp, crispy fish skin and tender fish meat, as well as cooked and delicious garlic cloves. The taste makes the mouth aftertaste endless. If you like, you can also make carp soup with fish heads and tails. One fish in two tastes is also a good experience.
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The kiln last is a semicircular art pattern hung on the top of the stone kiln. It is firstly nailed to the top wall of the kiln with reed rods or sorghum rods, tied up crossing left and right sides, and then framed with hemp paper, and then mounted on white newspapers to cut paper. The kiln last is made by the technique of paper cutting and pasting, supplemented by painting. In the corners, the central pattern is mostly black, which looks solemn and simple. The colorful decorations and gold and silver paper reflect light to make it gorgeous. During the Chinese Spring Festival, when the elderly mount the kiln last, the central pattern is pasted with "Five Fortunes and Longevity", and the west side of pattern is accompanied by "Flower Arrangement in a Vase", which is more concise.
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Ji County apples have beautiful fruit shape, smooth and delicate fruit surface, bright red color, crisp and sweet taste, high fruit density and storage resistance. Apple colors can be divided into strip red and slice red, and the coloring area of strip red apple is more than 85%. Ji County apples taste sweet and delicious with intoxicating aroma; the unique geographical location and natural environment have created the excellent quality of Ji County apples. It won the titles of "famous fruit of China" and "hometown of Chinese apples". On March 25, 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China approved the registration and protection of geographical indications of agricultural products for "Ji County apple".
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Ji county has high temperature and concentrated slopes, which is suitable for planting Sichuan pepper. The people of Ji county make use of this advantage to build a Sichuan pepper planting base with high standards, build an agricultural sightseeing park for Sichuan pepper planting, and form a new integrated development model of Sichuan pepper tourism, culture and tourism integrating picking experience, sightseeing and leisure, Sichuan pepper taste appreciation, etc., so as to help the people of Ji county get rid of poverty, strive for a relatively comfortable life and revitalize the countryside.
