Where Is the Production Area of Shaanxi Dried Persimmons? A Detailed Guide to the Main Producing Regions
The production area of Shaanxi dried persimmons is mainly in the Shangluo, Weinan, Fuping and other areas of Shaanxi. Shaanxi dried persimmons are the fruit of the persimmon, a deciduous tree, and there are many varieties. A famous variety is Fuping dried persimmon, whose fruit is flat and round, of excellent quality, seedless and high-yielding.
Introduction to Shaanxi Dried Persimmons
Shaanxi dried persimmons are a cake-shaped food made by artificially drying persimmons, also known as persimmon cookies or dried persimmons, and can be used as a filling for pastries. The persimmon fruit is sweet and astringent in taste, neutral in nature and non-toxic; the persimmon calyx is astringent in taste and neutral in nature, entering the lung, spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians; it has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, while dried persimmons harmonize the stomach and stop bleeding; persimmon leaves have a hemostatic effect and are used to treat coughing up blood, blood in the stool, bleeding and vomiting blood, and recent research has found that persimmons and persimmon leaves have blood pressure-lowering, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects.
Shaanxi dried persimmons have dry flesh, a clear sweet taste and do not spoil after long storage. Dried persimmons contain sucrose, glucose, fructose, protein, carotene, vitamin C, citrulline, iodine, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other components.
The dried persimmons of Caocun Town, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province originated in the Ming Dynasty. They are renowned at home and abroad for being large, soft in flesh, thickly frosted and sweet in taste, and rich in nutrients. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty they were used as a court tribute, and they once won the Houji Gold Statue Award at the Yangling Agricultural Science Expo.