1. Jinci rice: produced in Jinci Town, Taiyuan. This kind of rice grain is long, big, translucent and full in appearance, beige and brown, with distinct rice grains and fragrance after cooking. Eating in your mouth is sweet, tough, sticky and chewy. Jinci rice is so good in texture because of the water. The paddy field where this kind of rice is produced is watered by the old spring in Jinci. This kind of water has a low temperature and contains minerals such as alum. In addition, the villages near Jinci are fertile and the soil is dark, which is conducive to rice growth. ?
2. Qingxu Grape: produced in Qingxu County, Taiyuan. This is one of the famous grape producing areas in China, and it is known as the "hometown of grapes". Qingxu grape has been cultivated for more than 1000 years, and the grape producing areas are mainly distributed in Dingshan in the northwest of the county. The grapes produced here are of good quality, delicious and sweet taste, bright color and high sugar content. Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a grape song when he came to Bingzhou, praising Qingxu grapes. The soil, sunshine, climate and water sources in the grape producing areas are all suitable for grape growth. After years of accumulation, a complete set of cultivation management techniques and cultivation experience has been formed. There are more than 50 varieties of Qingxu grapes, among which the most famous high-quality varieties are Baipinger, Heijixin and Zi Long Eye. Among them, Baipinger grapes are the best, with large grains, about 78 cents per person and 34 cents in diameter.
3. Old vinegar: Shanxi vinegar is very famous, and old vinegar is a treasure in Shanxi vinegar. It is said that in the Zhou Dynasty, Shanxi began to produce cold salad, while in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, some workshops of Gu Jinyang began to brew mature vinegar. The first official launch of the "Shanxi Mature Vinegar" brand is Wang. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Wang came to Qingyuan (now Qingxu County) and opened a vinegar workshop. The local raw materials were sufficient and the water quality was excellent. He changed the aged white vinegar into smoked vinegar. In fact, mature vinegar was brewed much earlier than Wang. There are many kinds of vinegar in Shanxi, and mature vinegar is its representative and famous product. There are many other varieties such as mature vinegar, common vinegar, double vinegar, special vinegar, famous special vinegar, mellow and so on.