Chapter 89 Dunhuang wine dates

Dunhuang is a pearl in the desert and a famous historical and cultural city, famous for its Dunhuang Grottoes and Mogao Grottoes murals.Located on the Silk Road from ancient China to the Western Regions, Central Asia, and Europe, it used to have prosperous business activities. I have visited my father-in-law and mother-in-law in Dunhuang several times, and I have also roamed the countryside and scenic spots in Dunhuang. I have eaten all the delicacies in Dunhuang and enjoyed the scenery of Dunhuang. When I walk in the streets and alleys of Dunhuang in winter, I will encounter people riding tricycles. Holding a jar with a short body and a thick waist, I yelled and sold jujubes all the way. I was very confused at first, and jujubes can also be soaked in wine to eat.

Jiuzao is also called drunken jujube in the north. It is a traditional food with rich aroma, bright red color, crisp and sweet, and is very popular among children.In Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places in the north, jujube trees are all over the place. In September after autumn, the fresh dates picked from the trees can be eaten raw, steamed, dried or cooked. Mix it in noodles to make jujube cake.Red jujube, also known as jujube, is one of the five ancient fruits (peach, plum, plum, apricot, jujube). It has a cultivation history of more than 8,000 years in my country. It is called iron crops and woody grains among the people, and is known as a hundred fruits. s King.In China, jujubes symbolize happiness, joy and auspiciousness. They are indispensable decorations and food in festive banquets. They have profound meanings in wedding ceremonies. Jujubes (early) give birth to precious children, and they are all used in color, taste, shape and fragrance.As the saying goes: Eat three jujubes a day, and you will not look old for a lifetime.Become an important tonic in rural areas.

The famous Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang is located near Mingshan Village, Yangjiaqiao Township, Dunhuang City. The soil is fertile and rich in jujubes. The Mingshan jujube is produced outside the desert, and the oasis in the desert produces fine-grained sand dates.Dunhuang wine jujube is specially made from Mingshan jujube, which is sweet in taste, rich in nutrition, bright in appearance, black in red, like a ruby, and has a unique flavor. There is a popular saying in Dunhuang: Jujubes are fresh and not bad.Every year in the first ten days of September, the jujubes in Mingsha Mountain turn red, and the bright red ones hang all over the branches, reflecting the yellow land and the autumn scenery of Xiaosha, painting a beautiful western style painting.Choose a large and plump fresh jujube among the picked red dates, stir and soak it with high-grade white wine, seal it in a pottery, and unseal it in winter and spring, it will be as fresh as before. drunk.Soaked jujubes can be taken anytime you eat, and have an unusual aroma. Even if they are marinated in wine, you will not get drunk if you eat too much.

According to historical records, Li Shimin fought Xue Rengao in Qianshuiyuan (now Changwuyuan) in the early Tang Dynasty. In order to pay homage to the fallen soldiers, he made special wine dates in Bin County, Shaanxi, and sacrificed to them.Li Shimin gave the remaining jujube to his courtiers and paid tribute to his father Li Yuan. After eating, Li Yuan appreciated it and named him Jinzao. Mingshan jujube was discovered in 1979 and named in 1983. The fruit is extra large, cylindrical, with thick reddish-brown skin, green and white flesh, dense and crisp, juicy and sweet.Jujubes are rich in protein, fat, vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Jujubes are sweet and warm in nature, and belong to the spleen and stomach meridian. It can enhance people's endurance, and it has been recorded in medicine and medicine.

To make wine jujube, it is more particular. The raw materials of jujube are mainly raw food varieties, which must be large, neat in shape, loose in flesh, and high in soluble solids, such as Shanxi Jiaocheng Junzao, Shanxi Binxian Jinzao, Hebei Zanhuang Jujube, Mingshan jujube, etc. can be used. Po jujube, Tailihong, etc. should be dried. The crunchy, juicy, sweet and slightly sour fresh jujube in the crisp ripening period is the processing period. Choose no pests, no damage, no cracks 1. Fresh and clean red dates, washed and dried for later use, put them in sealed altars, vats, cans, urns, etc., pour high-quality white wine into wide-mouthed containers, the white wine is preferably 60-65 degrees, and dip the dates in the wine , and then put it into a container. After it is full, seal the mouth of the jar, airtight, and store it in a cool place. After about a month, the jujubes are ripe and ready to eat.

I'm in Dunhuang, and I like to eat two of them while walking after a meal.