General situation of zhenba county
Zhenba county is located at the southern tip of Shaanxi Province, in the southeast corner of Hanzhong City, with latitude 32 8 ′ 54 ″-32 50 ′ 42 ″ north and longitude107 25 ′ 30 ″-10816 ′ 42 ″ east. It borders Wanyuan City and Tongjiang County in Sichuan Province in the south and is known as the "South Gate" of Shaanxi Province. It borders Ziyang County and Hanyin County in Ankang City in the east and Xixiang County in the northwest.
Zhenba county is located in the west of Daba Mountain and the east of Micang Mountain. From east to west, the main ridge of Bashan Mountain forms two geographical units, north and south, and becomes the watershed of Jialing River and Hanjiang River. The geological components are mainly folds and faults, with developed karst landforms, many caves and underground rivers, and most of the surface rocks are sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. The territory is densely covered with deep valleys, high mountains and steep slopes, and the relative height difference is large. The highest point-Jianggan Mountain, the main peak of Bashan Mountain, is 2534 meters above sea level, and the lowest point-Lanchaigoukou in Bamiao Town is 4 16 meters above sea level, and the vertical elevation difference is 2 1 18 meters. The landform is mainly Zhongshan landform, and the area of low mountains below 800 meters above sea level accounts for 8.4%, with an average height of 123 1.4 meters. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with gentle south slope and steep north slope. 84.4% of the areas with slopes above 25 degrees. The combination of different heights and slopes constitutes various landforms in this area. The county belongs to the humid area of the north subtropical zone and southeast monsoon, with strong continental nature and large annual temperature difference. The average temperature is 65438 03.8℃, and the frost-free period is 236 days. Across Jialing River and Hanjiang River, there are six large rivers with an average annual runoff of 2.55 billion cubic meters and an average annual precipitation of 1250- 1350 mm.
administrative division
Zhenba County People's Government is located in Jingyang Town, with a total area of 3,437 square kilometers. It governs 1 1 town, 13 township and 256 villages (neighborhood committees) with a total population of 280,000, of which 253,000 are agricultural, mainly Han, and other ethnic minorities are Miao, Hui, Uygur and Zhuang. The townships under its jurisdiction are Jingyang Town, Duyu Town, Yanchang Town, Guanyin Town, Bamiao Town, Xinglong Town, Changling Town, Sanyuan Town, Jianchi Town, Nianzi Town, Xiaoyang Town, Qingshui Town, Yongle Township, Chenjiatan Township, Yangjiahe Township, Chinan Township, Bashan Township, Dachi Township, Tianba Township, Maliutan Township and Ping 'an Township.
Postal code: 723600
Administrative division code: 6 10728
Telephone area code: 09 16
Chinese pinyin: zhènāXiàn
Resource reserve
Agricultural resources: corn, rice, potatoes, rape, beans, sweet potatoes, wheat and other crops; The cash crop tea garden is 35,000 mu, with an annual output of 420,000 kilograms of tea, mulberry garden 1.9 million mu, and annual output of cocoon 1.50 tons. Fruit 2 1 10,000 mu, with an annual output of 3,700 tons.
Animal husbandry resources: the available grassland area is 930,000 mu, and Xizhen cattle and Shannan white goat are excellent animal husbandry varieties in this county. Animal husbandry raises 400,000 pigs, 0/60,000 sheep and 56,000 cattle every year.
Mineral resources: 25 kinds of minerals have been discovered, with more than 10 proved. Among them, 6.5438+0.2 billion tons of coal, 300 million square meters of slate, 30 million cubic meters of marble, 52 million cubic meters of granite, 3.42 million tons of manganese ore, 65.34 million tons of iron ore, 6.5438+0.68 million tons of vanadium ore, 2.55 million tons of pyrite, 6 million tons of barium ore, 2.88 million tons of phosphate ore and 420,000 tons of bauxite. Among them, coal, manganese ore and slate have been developed and utilized. Since 2005, Sinopec has discovered a large comprehensive gas field in Zhenba, which is likely to be associated with oil and gas.
Hydropower resources: theoretical hydropower reserves 1.64 million kilowatts, of which 45,000 kilowatts can be developed and utilized, and 5 1.79 kilowatts have been developed and utilized.
Lint resources: there are 2.7 million mu of forest land, including 496,000 mu of bamboo forest with a storage capacity of 686,000 tons, ranking first among similar primitive bamboo forests in Asia. Quercus is the most widely distributed, with an area of 43 1 1,000 mu and a storage capacity of 450,000 cubic meters. Traditional local products include raw lacquer, tung oil, fungus, mushrooms, walnuts, ginkgo, millet and so on.
Medicinal material resources: "Qinba has no idle grass", with more than 0/000 kinds of medicinal plants/kloc-and 236 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, which is known as "natural Chinese medicine library".
Since the reform and opening up, Zhenba has implemented the strategy of attracting investment according to local conditions, made great efforts to open wider to the outside world, comprehensively developed superior resources, and implemented industrialized operation, and made great progress in economic construction. The rudiments of stone processing, raw coal mining, manganese mining, hydropower generation, green food processing and machinery manufacturing have basically taken shape, and the construction of turmeric, Chinese herbal medicines, flue-cured tobacco, tea and sericulture bases has begun to take shape, and a number of famous products have emerged: Qinba No.5 tea, which won the "Jinhehuai" award in China Food Expo; "6YL-70,85" screw oil press won the quality product award of the Ministry of Agriculture, ranking first among similar products in China; Bao Qin brand Xuan paper, which is favored by Chinese and foreign painters and exclusively produced in northwest China; Across the ocean, it is exported to more than a dozen countries and regions in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and is famous for its "Spring in the North" and "Terracotta Warriors" inside and outside the province. At the same time, the hard environment for investment in transportation, communication, energy and urban construction is also improving day by day.
Natural scenery
Zhenba county is adjacent to Shu and far from Qinchuan. The ancestral home of our ancestors is mostly Sichuan and Chu. Han culture meets Bachu culture here. The territory is mountainous, with rivers and ditches criss-crossing, lush bamboo and wood, rich products, cool climate, numerous original natural landscapes, and unique charm of human history and legends. It is said that "the southern boundary of Qin is the Bashan Mountain with roots, and it enters Panlong small and ends in the south; Xianju is like a mortal thing, often leaving a haze to reach the sky. "
Main attractions: daytime river scenic spot, unique Miaojiazhai in the northwest, and the largest Bashan bamboo forest in Asia. Ban Chao Stone Monument, Huanhou Shuanba Monument, Laoqi River, Shaqiba, Tushan Mountain practiced by Han Xiangzi, Inner and Outer Los Angeles, Luban Huixian Bridge, Chenjiatan to Pagoda, Cliff Stone Buddha, Chiyang Grottoes, Dahekou Ancient Tomb Stone Carving, the Army's "Hu Manor", the national first-class key cultural relics, the ancient clock of the Song Dynasty, Zhongshan Temple, and the site of Chibei Tiefoguan, a barrier between Sichuan and Shaanxi.
There are also many sites created by the Red Fourth Front Army in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area, such as Qingheguan, Pangjiayuan and Zhaojiayuan in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, as well as the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower.
Special snack
1, rice flour
Dough began in Qin and Han dynasties, with bright color, refreshing taste, fragrant smell and unique flavor. Can be eaten cold, dry fried, white and translucent, crisp and charming, comparable to the shrimp slices at the banquet, but also fried and stewed. It is a popular local snacks with unique flavor. Dough is made of rice, similar to rice flour in the south. Because tenderness and strength are like good noodles, it is named. You can cut it into noodles, pour it with seasoning soup and eat it in a bowl. After eating, the stomach is comfortable, the mouth is fragrant, oily but not greasy, refreshing and warm. Dough is a popular and popular food.
Among them, there is a history: It is said that Liu Bang and Sean traveled in Hanzhong incognito, and when they were hungry, they went to farmers' homes for dinner. The farmer took out the dough and gave it to them. Liu Bang asked what it was, but the farmer didn't know. Liu said to him, "This is steamed cake!"
2. Vegetable tofu
Vegetable bean curd porridge is a folk home-cooked dish in Hanzhong area. Although the cooking method is not complicated, it has become a local delicacy because of its convenient materials, fine workmanship, delicious taste and rich nutrition. Another important reason why this kind of home-cooked meal is regarded as the top grade of hospitality by the people is that this diet is extremely rich in nutrition. Even from the point of view of modern nutrition, soybean milk and tofu have high nutritional value, are easy to digest and are beneficial to absorption in the body. They are delicious foods with scientific formula and beneficial to human health. Eating this diet in winter is both warm and hungry, and eating it in summer is both delicious and affordable. Not only that, this kind of eat drink man woman can be eaten by all ages, strong and weak. No wonder, no matter how the society develops, this kind of vegetable bean curd porridge with easy materials and unique flavor has become a leader in home cooking from generation to generation.
3. Mud surface
Slurry noodles are made by pouring chopped green onion into a wok until it is slightly burnt, taking it out, and then frying a plate of vegetarian leek as a cooking dish to enhance the taste. After the handmade noodles are cooked, pour in the slurry, add the fried leek, chili pepper oil and salt, and serve. Zhenba's pulp is sour, spicy and fragrant, with a unique style. According to legend, it was named by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and Minister Xiao He when they were eating noodles here. It has always been a favorite pasta of Hanzhong people. Mustard (spicy cauliflower) is the best dish for serous dishes, along with Chinese cabbage and celery. When cooking, wash the vegetables, put them in boiling water until wilting, take them out and put them in a casserole, add noodle soup, wait for a day or two until the vegetables turn golden brown, then fry them with edible oil and refined salt, add garlic sprouts, add seasonings such as diced tofu, garlic flower, Jiang Mo and pepper powder, and stew the fried boiled vegetables in a wok. The pulp surface should be rolled by hand to make it wide, long and thin. Put the cooked noodles into a bowl, add the wok with boiled vegetables, and pour in the red pepper oil to eat on the water. It looks red, white and yellow, tastes sour and sweet, and has an appetizing effect. It's a famous snack in Zhenba.
Step 4: Sliced noodles
Fenpi, also known as knife peeling, is salty, sour, spicy, fragrant and dull at the entrance. Eating is cold, smooth and flexible, with a little coolness. Both cold and hot are suitable. Traditional vermicelli is made from the rhizome and starch of Pteridium aquilinum growing on the mountain. The folk production process is to dilute bracken powder, add a small amount of alum, stir it into a paste, scoop it into a small flat-bottomed ironing pot, let the ironing pot float on boiling water, then rotate it left and right to spread the paste evenly, then put it in cold boiling water to cool it, and then take it out and cut it into strips after sweating. Bright colors, smooth as thongs, good tendons and elasticity. The seasoning of vermicelli is very particular, usually with a little spinach, bean sprouts, carrots, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard, ginger and garlic juice, red pepper juice and monosodium glutamate, which can induce appetite and is most suitable for young people's appetite.
5, bean jelly
Zhenba people eat bean jelly to quench their thirst in summer, and like to eat hot bean jelly in winter, which is called strike while the iron is hot, plus various seasonings, with endless aftertaste and great taste. Bean jelly and pea jelly are the top products, followed by rice jelly.
6. Red tofu
Made of traditional folk formula and unique technology, it is slightly salty and spicy, with delicious color, long aftertaste and rich nutrition, which can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite.
7. Persimmons
Tribute to the court in ancient times. Peel the ripe persimmon and make it into dried fruit food.
8. Walnut cake
Traditional snacks are characterized by golden color, crisp and delicious taste and long preservation time. It is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and carbohydrates. Walnut also has the dietotherapy function of strengthening waist and tonifying kidney, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels.
9. bacon
Bacon is meat cooked in wax sauce. But it's not the same as dried bacon. The biggest difference between the two is that the dried bacon is smoked. It is also different from ordinary braised pork. Braised pork is marinated meat, which is made of brine, spiced or soy sauce and cooked in the brine. Bacon is not colored with ginger, onion, cooking wine or sugar, but boiled with several Chinese herbal medicines and spices.
The Chinese herbal medicines and spices used are: Gan Song, Kaempferia Kaempferia, Piper longum, Alpinia officinarum, Amomum villosum, Amomum cardamom, Asari, Angelica dahurica, Cinnamomum cassia, clove, fennel, fennel and Amomum tsaoko. These herbs are mixed together to make a medicine bag, which can be used to boil wax juice. In addition to providing special fragrance, it also has the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, moistening lung and regulating qi, dispelling cold and expelling wind, relieving pain and resolving hard mass, and inducing resuscitation and appetizing.
The method of making bacon is very simple: put the medicine bag into a clear water pot, boil it with strong fire, and then slowly boil it with low fire. After adding refined salt, you can add meat and cook together. The meat used is mainly pig viscera (that is, pig head, pig liver, pig belly, pig heart, pig trotters, etc.). ), you can also choose beef, donkey meat, dog meat, chickens, ducks and dried fish. When cooking, simmer slowly to make the meat fully colored and tasty. Don't cook the meat, it's just right. It takes about 40 minutes, and the experienced housewife will know the degree of raw and cooked meat when she smells it.
Cooked bacon is red in the dark and smells good. If you don't eat, you will drool. The most common way to eat bacon is to slice the meat and put it on a plate, then dip it in delicious dishes. This delicious dish is made of red pepper, Jiang Mo, mashed garlic, chopped green onion, vinegar and monosodium glutamate. Dip a piece of meat in a seasoning dish. There is obvious medicinal taste in the mouth, but it is fragrant, chewy, refreshing and mellow. Another way to eat bacon is to cut bacon into slices, shreds or dices, and add onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine and so on. You can fry it with all kinds of vegetables. It's delicious.
After the meat is cooked, the wax juice and medicine bag can be reused. Put them together in a crock, cool them and cover them. They can be stored for three to five years without deterioration. But when stored, the charge should not float on the wax juice, but should go deep into the bottom of the cylinder, otherwise it will be moldy. If the medicine bag is used for a long time, the taste will fade, and then a new medicine bag is needed.
10, bacon
Bacon, also known as bacon, is a local specialty in Qinba Mountain area of southern Shaanxi and a traditional gift of people in southern Shaanxi. According to legend, it has a history of thousands of years. According to records, as early as 2,000 years ago, Zhang Lu called Hanwang, and when he was defeated in southern Shaanxi, he was entertained by Hanzhong people with fine bacon. It is also said that in the 26th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi took refuge in xi 'an with Emperor Guangxu, and local officials in southern Shaanxi paid tribute to bacon for imperial use. Cixi was full of praise after eating it.
The traditional habit of processing and making bacon not only has a long history, but also has universality. Every year1February, that is, before "Xiaoxue" and "beginning of spring", every household has to kill pigs and sheep. Except fresh meat enough for Chinese New Year, the rest are preserved with fresh salt, with a certain proportion of spices such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon and clove. After 7 ~ 15 days, hang it with palm leaf rope and drip dry water to make it. Choose cypress branches, sugarcane skins, Chinese toon skins or firewood to smoke and bake slowly, and then hang them up and smoke slowly with fireworks. Or hung on the top of the stove burning firewood, or hung on the oven burning firewood and smoked slowly with fireworks. There are abundant forests and grass in Qinba Mountain area, and almost every family burns firewood for cooking or heating, which is a favorable condition for bacon. Even city people don't kill pigs and sheep, but every December, we should pick the best white pork in the market, fat or thin, buy some, pickle it at home as usual, smoke a few slices of bacon and try it. If you don't burn firewood at home, ask your relatives and friends in the countryside to smoke a few.
Smoked bacon is consistent in appearance, cooked and sliced, transparent and shiny, bright in color, yellow in red, mellow in taste, fat but not greasy, thin but not stuffed, not only unique in flavor, rich in nutrition, but also has the functions of appetizing, dispelling cold and promoting digestion. Bacon in southern Shaanxi has always maintained the characteristics of good color, fragrance, taste and shape, and is known as "one cook the meat fragrant flowers blossom".
Bacon has the characteristics of constant meat quality, long fragrance and long storage from the processing, production and storage of fresh meat. This kind of meat is smoked by cypress branches. Mosquitoes and flies don't climb in summer, but it doesn't go bad for three days. It has become a unique local flavor food. It is said that Xi's famous "Fan Ji Bacon" is a skill handed down by people in southern Shaanxi.
Sheep slaughtered in the Year of the Pig in southern Shaanxi are all self-supplied, thriving year after year and enjoyed by people all year round. Bacon is essential for eating, drinking, banquets, friends and festivals. Therefore, ordinary farmers regard this as a necessary rural food, and it becomes a local delicacy. Especially in the deep mountains, the number of bacon at home is a symbol to measure the rich and the poor. "Hanyin County Records" records: "Although the shed is Chai Men, the food must be meat." The meat here refers to bacon.