Recommended Local Specialties of Sanmenxia

Renowned at home and abroad, Lingbao apples feature large size, bright color, high sugar content and rich aroma. They are crisp, sweet, and easy to store and transport.

Nutrient-dense, the apples can be eaten fresh or processed into apple jam, preserved fruits, canned apples and fruit juices, winning great popularity among consumers.

Grown on sandy land along the Yellow River in Lingbao City, noble consort apricots are round in shape. Both the peel and flesh are orange yellow with blushes on the sunlit side. The fine, firm flesh contains no fibrous strands and is full of juice, delivering a pleasant sweet-and-sour taste and intense fragrance.

They are perfect for fresh consumption, and can also be made into preserved fruits or canned fruit in syrup. The fruit kernels taste slightly sweet, which are edible and can also be used as herbal medicine.

As one of the major local products of Lingbao, Wen lotus roots get their name from the former Wenxiang County area.

Boasting excellent color, aroma and taste, they have fine, white flesh with very few tough filaments. Crisp, juicy, sweet and subtly fragrant, they offer a wonderfully refreshing flavor.

Lingbao jujubes rank among the Three Treasures of Lingbao (jujubes, apples and gold) and have a cultivation history of over 400 years. They are mainly planted on sandy soil along the Yellow River in Lingbao, with round jujubes (also known as knotty jujubes) as the dominant variety.

The fruits are large and mostly short cylindrical. With deep red peel, they have thick flesh and small pits. The tender flesh is low in juice but sweet, soft and delicately fragrant with high sugar content, ideal for making dried jujubes and sour jujube preserves.

Also called whip-shaped scallions, Jueshan scallions are produced in Jueshan Village, Yinzhuang Town of Lingbao. Their stalks are long and sturdy, generally over 26 centimeters long, with the longest reaching 40 centimeters. The white stalk part is fine-textured, releasing a strong scallion aroma with a spicy yet sweet taste.

Apart from being a delicious condiment, Jueshan scallions are also used in herbal remedies and work more effectively than ordinary scallions.

Lushi honey falls into two categories: multi-flower honey and pagoda tree honey. Multi-flower honey, also known as native honey, is made by Chinese native bees. It is thick with a rich sweet flavor, and is further divided into white honey and red honey according to different nectar sources.

Mellow and fragrant, the honey is rich in glucose, fructose, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and other nutrients. It is a premium ingredient for pastries, biscuits, health drinks and preserved fruits. It enjoys high nutritional and medicinal value.