Shouyang oil persimmon

Shouyang oil persimmon is a specialty of Shouyang County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. Oil persimmon is a famous food with unique flavor in Shouyang County. It is characterized by brown color, persimmon shape, crisp outside and soft inside, sweet and delicious. According to legend, Shouyang County is the birthplace of the "Old Shouxing". It is said that when the "Old Shouxing" was born, it was very weak, and it was not until the age of 12 that he could speak and walk, and his family loved him very much. At that time, there were persimmon trees all over Shouyang. When persimmon is ripe, take a bite, which is as cool as sucking honey and sugar. "Longevity" has been addicted to persimmons since childhood and has always eaten persimmons as a meal. Every year, at the beginning of winter, the parents of "Longevity" plucked persimmons, strung them together with ropes and hung them in the kiln for "Longevity" to eat. After a long time, "Longevity" became stronger because of eating persimmons, and finally became an immortal "Longevity". "Old Shouxing" achieved immortality and soared to heaven, rarely returning to Shouyang's hometown. The villagers want him to look forward to him, and on holidays, they give him the best persimmons. Later, Shouyang gradually became an alpine zone with "no flowers in the Spring Festival Evening and early frost in autumn", and persimmon trees also moved to Yuxian and Pingshan. People in Shouyang don't have persimmons to worship the "birthday girl", so they mix the noodles with rice chaff, knead them into persimmons, fry them in oil, and string them together to offer the "birthday girl". Since then, "oil persimmon" has become a high-grade offering for sweeping, and Shouyang is called "big offering", and it has also become a local famous food. Perhaps because of eating "oil persimmon" often, the longevity of Shouyang has gradually increased. Shouyang oil persimmon is also famous. In 1989, it was exhibited at the national science popularization meeting, which was well received and was rated as a famous product in Shanxi. "Oil Persimmon" has 8 production plants, including Shouyang Food Processing Factory, which are sold inside and outside the province.
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