This video documents the New Year's goods fair and the making of various local snacks in the Xinzhou Ancient City.
Xinzhou, located in the central-northern part of Shanxi Province, was historically known as "Xiurong." The region features diverse topography with mountains, rivers, and crisscrossing waterways. Since ancient times, it has been a frontier area where the northern ethnic groups and the Han people interacted. It boasts a long history and rich culture. Xinzhou is home to many famous historical sites, such as Mount Wutai, which is known as one of the "Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains" and the "Roof of North China," and the Yanmen Pass, hailed as the "First of the Nine Great Fortresses Under Heaven" and the "Number One Pass of China." The ancient city of Xinzhou is another notable relic.
Xinzhou is also known as the "Capital of China's Mixed Grains," producing a variety of crops, including millet, oats, buckwheat, sorghum, and corn. The local snacks here are not just trendy, uniform delicacies found everywhere. Instead, they are truly authentic local flavors that make one's mouth water.
Many merchants have posted guarantees at their entrances, using strong vows such as "If the ingredients are not good, we are willing to be struck by lightning or suffer poverty for life." Their simple words and actions, as well as their serious attitude towards making delicious food, have been very inspiring to me. It is definitely worth watching!
03:38 Xinzhou Fair
05:40 Xinzhou Prosperous Fire
07:42 Brooms
09:58 Market Features
17:42 Knife-Shaved Noodles
19:56 Thinner Noodles
21:33 Buckwheat Noodles
23:08 Red Noodles and Pointed Noodles
26:13 Shredded Meat and Flat Noodles
28:17 Knife-Dialed Noodles
31:18 Long Bean Noodles
35:24 Stuffed Noodles
39:46 Fried Pan-Cakes
44:04 Oat Noodles
46:17 Steamed Meat
50:53 Potato Vermicelli
52:42 Baode Fried Cake
53:22 Sauerkraut Dumplings
56:34 Pancakes
59:07 Stone-Baked Buns
01:01:41 One-Nest Noodles
01:05:26 Yellow Buns
01:06:41 Pounded Rice Cake
01:09:23 Pork Head Meat Stuffed Buns
01:11:42 Qicun Pork Offal
01:12:11 Fried Pancakes
01:13:34 Beef Potstickers