Huangzhai Town, Yangqu County
Empress Dowager Cixi Xiang Xiaomi (also known as Dry Land Millet). Yangqu County, located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is a typical hilly dry farming area, which is suitable for the production of small miscellaneous grains. There are many varieties and large areas of small coarse cereals. Historically, it is a big county with small grains, and it is a well-known "kingdom of small grains". In August 2009, local millet was rich in five vitamins needed by human body, which was higher than similar products in other places.
According to legend, in the 26th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled to xi 'an, known as the "Western Boxer founding ceremony". One day, I went to the property of Shanxi Yangqu. It was noon, but it was time for dinner. Empress dowager cixi ordered Li, the general manager of ouchi, to find an inn and arrange for him to stay. Soon, Manager Li reported to the Empress Dowager that when everything was finished, she asked the Empress Dowager to move to have dinner with the Emperor. How dare the restaurant shopkeeper neglect and tidy up the dining tables when he sees that it is the Queen Mother and the Emperor? Endless food and animals. Who knows that the wife's back is as heavy as water and she doesn't move chopsticks. Just say that the emperor has food, and there is no need to mourn for his family! At that time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was sweating and shaking, and I don't know why. Hurry to find the red man around the queen mother, and Li, the manager of Ouchi, ask carefully. What is the bad service? As for this? Li told this story, but you don't know that Lafayette doesn't smell so much nowadays, and the chef's cooking is very light. Hearing this, the shopkeeper had a brainwave and quickly ordered the kitchen to cook millet porridge and present it to the Queen Mother. The queen mother was puzzled and said, what is this? An accompanying physician got up and said that the queen mother didn't know that this millet, formerly known as millet, was cool and sweet, and could be used to cook porridge, feed the abdomen, replenish deficiency and stimulate appetite. It also has the effect of protecting the face. It is really a specialty of Shanxi and a good thing in Shanxi. After listening to this, the Queen Mother looked at it again and again, only to find that Xiaomi porridge was bright and shiny, and Huang Chengcheng was golden and lovely. It's really different from ordinary millet. At present, the index finger moves greatly, which is very sweet to use. After dinner, the day after tomorrow, Yan Dayue, the shopkeeper of the restaurant, gave him five hundred and twenty phoenix trees, and listed the local millet as a tribute, which was cultivated for generations and paid tribute every year. So there is today's "Queen Mother Xiang" Xiaomi. Later generations have poems praising this story:
The millet of the Empress Dowager Jin once tasted it.
Beads are round and shiny.
Don't envy elegant taste, but admire Li Shen's busyness.
Now the Queen Mother is famous for her fragrance.
Nanfang village
Guangling Xiaomi has a nice name: Dongfang Liang. Dongfang Liangsu has been well-known in Beijing since it was dedicated to the imperial court during the Xuande period in the Ming Dynasty, and has always been the "Gong Mi" of the imperial court. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was said that every time the diligent Emperor Kangxi read official documents in the middle of the night, he used "Gong Mi" to boil rice soup to drive away tiredness until the east turned white, hence the name "Oriental Bright". "Oriental Bright" millet is golden and bright. After cooking millet porridge, it is sticky, mellow and delicious. After local women give birth, millet porridge is often regarded as the best tonic. If any new mother doesn't have enough milk and is not good enough, it's not waiting for the woman next month to be accused of not cooking enough millet porridge and not being good enough. For hundreds of years, Guangling people have always entertained distinguished guests with bright millet from the East and drank a bowl of sweet millet porridge, which makes people feel refreshed. When guests say goodbye, they always scoop bowls of good millet from the jar, so that distant guests can bring the mellow and sweet taste to all corners of the country.
1937 After the Lugouqiao Incident, the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army 120 Division entered Guangling. In order to encourage the soldiers to fight against the Japanese aggressors, the local people cooked small rice every day to receive the soldiers and cooked rice soup to feed the wounded of the Eighth Route Army sent down from the front. In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression for eight years, millet is the staple food of the soldiers and civilians in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, and Oriental Bright Millet has become the best witness of the fish and water situation of the soldiers and civilians. In the magnificent myth of "millet plus rifle", Guangling millet has become the strongest and most gorgeous touch. In 1950s, farmers in Nanfang Village (the original landmark reserve of Oriental Bright Rice) brought Oriental Bright Rice into Zhongnanhai for the first time, which was approved by Mao Zedong, then head of state.
In 2003, Guangling Xiaomi was certified as a green food. In 2008, Guangling Xiaomi passed the examination of the Olympic Organizing Committee and was selected as the special rice for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and once again entered Zhongnanhai.
mamiao town
Ma Po Jingu Xiaomi (also known as Mamiao Jingu and Jinxiang Xiaomi) is a famous specialty in Mamiao Town, Jinxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province. It is a geographical indication protection product of agricultural products in China and is known as one of the famous rice in China. Mamiao Jingu rice is golden in color, sticky and delicious, hanging but not floating, not greasy, smooth in entrance, and can coagulate rice oil layers many times. Its rice oil is extremely rich in nutrition and is known as "Daishen Decoction". Commonly known as "can pick seven layers of skin." Known as one of the "thirteen eccentrics" in history. It was listed as a tribute during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. On the anniversary of 1959 National Day 10, Premier Zhou entertained foreign guests with "golden rice". 1996 mamiao town was named "the hometown of golden valley in China" by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Mapo shrine (also known as Mamiao shrine) is rich in nutrition. According to the determination, the content of starch is 66.85%~69.76%, the content of protein is11.2% ~13.4%, and the fat content is 4.5%~5.85%, which is higher than the ordinary one 1% ~ 3%. The content of protein and fat is higher than that of rice and flour. Eight amino acids essential for human body are rich in content and coordinated in proportion. Such as lysine 0.22% ~ 5.24%, methionine 0.4%, tryptophan 0.25%, leucine 1.87%, threonine, isoleucine and valine 0.42% ~ 2.88%. The content of vitamins is also very rich, and the content of crude fiber is the lowest among several major food crops. It is a nourishing product for parturient, children and the elderly.
Ma Po Shrine and Premier Zhou Enlai.
My nephew Zhou spent New Year's Eve with the Prime Minister in the West Flower Hall 196 1. On that day, the Prime Minister invited relatives, staff and family members in Beijing to the West Flower Hall, and even adults and children were crowded with the West Flower Hall and three tables were set. Everyone sat down, only to see the staff served steaming steamed bread and Huang Chengcheng Jingu millet porridge. So the New Year's Eve dinner began. After a burst of applause, the Prime Minister greeted everyone with a big smile and thanked everyone for their hard work over the past year. Deng, the host of the banquet, said meaningfully, "Why did you treat everyone to millet porridge and steamed bread today? First, because the China revolution was made by millet and rifles; Second, this millet is no ordinary millet, but Jingu millet in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province, which is the first of the four famous millet in China. Jingu Xiaomi has always been a tribute, and it is rare to taste it. Why do you eat steamed stuffed bun? It's because China Producers' Party and Chairman Mao led us to overthrow three mountains and build a new China. People's life has improved, and we can eat meat buns today. We can't forget the kindness of China Producer Party and Chairman Mao. " As soon as Deng's words were finished, applause rang out in the hall. 1959, during the national day of People's Republic of China (PRC) 10, Premier Zhou entertained foreign guests with "golden rice".
Allusions of Ma Po Jingu and Kangxi;
1684, Kangxi and Zhang Yushu, the son of an official of the Ministry of Justice, visited the south privately, passing by Ma Po of Mamiao (Mengzhuang). It's already midnight, and almost all the villagers have closed their doors to sleep. Only a farmer on the east side of Zhuangdong still had a light on. Emperor Kangxi rode a white horse and ordered his entourage to open the door of that farmer's house. The hospitable farmhouse let Emperor Kangxi live at home, and the hostess cooked a bowl of millet porridge for him. The origin of Jingumi is also called Bai Mapo, because Emperor Kangxi rode a white horse.
Shishe town
Shishe Township, located 40 miles southeast of Qingyang City, is rich in millet, known as "Shishe Golden Millet" and famous all over the country.
Millet has been planted in Dong Zhi's hometown for thousands of years. Millet is called "five grains" in ancient times. Shuowen said: "Wo, Oracle bones also. Born in February, ripe in August, and in the middle, it is called five grains. " Or millet, later referred to as cereal crops. In fact, peeling is called millet, which is today's millet.
Shishe Township is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Spring is less affected by the north wind, sunny, the ground temperature rises rapidly, the land is fertile, and the soil organic matter content is especially suitable for millet growth. The yield of Shishe millet is not high, but its quality is excellent.
Stone house millet, Huang Liang color like golden beads, round and full particles, gives people a beautiful vision and is deeply loved by everyone. More importantly, its nutritional value is higher than that of millet in other places. According to the analysis of National Grain Testing Center and Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the nutritional indexes of Shishe millet are: protein 14% ~ 16%, fat 3% ~ 4.6%, soluble starch 37%, carotene 0. 12%, VB0.99%, and/kloc-0.
The porridge cooked by the stone house millet is orange, and the snowflake-like rice grains are evenly suspended, and the sticky and bright rice paste oil floats on the ground. Smelling the aroma makes people feel very sweet. If you put some red adzuki beans, stew them into millet porridge, and eat them with salted leeks pickled by farmers, they will taste better, have endless aftertaste, be easy to digest, be suitable for all ages, and have the effect of medicinal diet.
Stone house millet has a long reputation. According to legend, after Jiajing, Shishe Xiaomi has been a tribute to the palace and enjoyed by the royal family and the country, making Shishe Xiaomi famous in China. With the progress of the times, the development of food science and the improvement of people's living standards, people attach great importance to the pharmacological effects of millet, and the edible value of Shishe millet has been sublimated. Millet has the effects of nourishing yin, removing dampness, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, calming the heart and sleeping peacefully, nourishing the liver and generating blood. Especially, drinking a bowl of millet porridge before going to bed at night is easy for the elderly to digest, and it can promote sleep, improve sleep quality and ensure future energy.
At the early stage of millet production, industrious and intelligent working people could not scientifically analyze the nutritional value and pharmacological effects of millet, especially Shishe millet, but they had practical experience and summary. I don't know when and when it was handed down, but whenever a pregnant woman is in her confinement, her mother-in-law should cook rice porridge with assorted millet as much as possible and bake some dry steamed bread for her daughter-in-law to eat and drink. It is believed that millet porridge is easy to digest and rich in nutrition, so maternal milk can be produced quickly and with high quality, which can make babies strong and willing to grow. In addition, millet porridge can nourish the liver and replenish blood for pregnant women, and the body recovers quickly. In this way, Shishe Xiaomi has become a unique product in Xiaomi with its outstanding edible value, and it has also become a necessary gift for Shishe people to entertain and give gifts to relatives and friends.
During the revolutionary war years, the people of Shishe sent the best millet to the front to comfort the people's soldiers. At that time, many central leaders also ate Shishe millet. After liberation, Geng Biao, Zhang Caiqian and others came to Qingyang for inspection, and they did not forget to bring millet when they left.
As early as the 1970s, with the assistance of relevant scientific research departments, Shishe Township began to further improve and popularize millet on a large scale. Today, with the rapid development of commodity economy, the adjustment of industrial structure has received great attention, and the production and processing of Shishe millet has gradually pushed to industrialization and commercialization. The planting scale of Shishe millet has been gradually expanded, new and excellent varieties have been rapidly popularized, and farmers' planting income has been increasing. Nowadays, Shishe Xiaomi has appeared in the commodity markets inside and outside the region with better quality, exquisite packaging and thoughtful service, and has become a hot commodity that people are scrambling to buy.
Qin county
"Qinzhou Yellow" millet, produced in Qinxian County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, is the most famous millet in China. Qin county is located in the deep mountains, and its special geographical climate is especially suitable for the growth and development of millet. Therefore, "Qinzhou Yellow" has a strong flavor, and the contents of plant fat, soluble sugar, crude fiber and protein are better than ordinary millet and rice. Regular consumption of this rice can treat spleen and stomach weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and so on. It also has the functions of nourishing yin, strengthening yang, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. It has certain preventive and inhibitory effects on hypertension, dermatosis and inflammation. Patients with kidney disease should eat straight and often, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should eat for a long time.
"Huang", also called "Lao", was named after it was first discovered by Wu (Wang Dian), a great scholar who was an official in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. Qinzhou yellow is not only golden in shape, delicious in taste, but also rich in nutrition. The contents of fat, protein and soluble sugar were higher than those of ordinary millet. Together with Jinmi in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province, Longshan Rice in Zhangqiu County and Taohua Rice in Yuxian County, Hebei Province, it is also known as the "four famous rice" in China. Therefore, it is often exhibited in Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Hall, and it is also well received at Canton Fair and India International Expo.
In the southeast of Shanxi, there is a saying among the people: "Jinzhu, King of Jinzhu, Jinzhu will not change for Qinzhou Yellow." Qin County in the southeast of Shanxi Province was called Qin Zhou in ancient times. "Qinzhou Yellow" is a kind of millet produced here, which is small and golden yellow, and is called "Golden Pearl" by local people. It is the most special variety in the millet family, and it is precious because it refuses to exchange real gold beads.
According to legend, 300 years ago, the people were in chaos, and even the monks and ordinary people in the temple had no time to testify. In the ancient temple in Tanshan, Qinzhou, there lived a monk and several of his disciples. They were all suffering people. In order to produce food to make a living, they reclaimed barren hillsides nearby and planted "rough valleys". Unexpectedly, after several years of domestication, the rough grain has undergone magical changes, becoming beige, waxy yellow, round, crystal clear, soft and fragrant. Unusually, this kind of rice is used to cook porridge. There is no rice grain hanging on the side of the pot, and the more chewy the food is when steaming, the more fragrant it is, hence the name "rough climbing". Angkor, a North Korean official, always heard that there is a kind of "rough mountain climbing" in his hometown, so he wanted to try it himself and confirm it. After tasting it in Lu Lu Temple of Huonu, he liked it very much, so he changed the name of "Rough Mountain Climbing" to "Qinzhou Yellow" and brought it back to the palace to pay tribute, which Emperor Kangxi loved very much. Empress Dowager Cixi also likes to eat eight-treasure porridge cooked with "Qinzhou Yellow". From then on, "Qinzhou Yellow" gained great fame and became a tribute enjoyed by the imperial court almost every year.
Qinzhou yellow has a special variety and strong soil selectivity, and is only suitable for growing on barren and arid land in mountainous areas. It is concentrated in more than ten natural villages such as Tanshan, Wangchao, Shitou, Chaogou and Dongzhuang, which are secondary villages in Qin County. It is planted on about 1.333 hectares of land, with a yield of about 1.500 kg per hectare. Qinzhou yellow introduced from other places will be completely degraded every other year.
Fenzhou Xiang produced in Fenyang City is also a very good variety, with full particles, good taste and golden color. It is a millet variety planted in Shanxi Province. Millet is widely produced in central and northern Shanxi, but especially in mountainous areas. Local women often drink millet porridge every day to tighten their bodies when they are confinement.
Lu Cun Huang Xiao mi
On June 7th, 2009, 65438+February 7th, 2009, after "Visiting a Twin Family" filmed by CCTV 10 sets of "Approaching Science" was broadcast, after testing the water, soil and other related substances in Lucun, it was found that the folic acid content in millet, which is indispensable in Lucun people's daily diet, was very high, many times higher than other grains. Studies have shown that women who take folic acid are nearly twice as likely to have twins as women who don't take folic acid. As a result, Lucun and its millet earned enough attention, hence the name Lucun Xiaomi.
Lucun millet is produced in red soil in Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. The unique soil conditions, suitable temperature difference and sunshine make this product have the characteristics of high folic acid content, Huang Liang color and full granules. According to the latest detection and identification by the Grain Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, all kinds of nutrients are higher than ordinary millet, especially folic acid content is higher than other millet, which is a good food supplement for pregnant women, infants and middle-aged and elderly people.