Lixian County, which belongs to Baoding City, Hebei Province, is located in the central plain of Hebei Province, the southeast of Baoding City, the hinterland of Beijing-Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Triangle, and the junction of Baoding, Cangzhou and Hengshui. The county borders Gaoyang County in the northeast, Suning County in the southeast, Raoyang County and Anping County in the south, Boye County in the southwest and Qingyuan District in the northwest.
The vertical distance from north to south is 36.5 kilometers, and the horizontal distance from east to west is 32 kilometers, with a total area of 650 square kilometers. As of 20 19, 10, Lixian county governs 10 towns and 3 townships. According to the data of the seventh census, by 2020, 1 10.
In the first month of the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Lixian was changed to Lixian in 1958 and merged into Gaoyang in 1962. Gaoyang County broke away from Lixian County in 1994, and Baoding merged with the city. Lixian county belongs to Baoding city.
Local specialties of Lixian County:
1, Lixian yam
Yam has been planted in Lixian County for more than 2,000 years, which is suitable for 250,000 mu of cultivated land with an annual output of 6,543,800+0.5 million tons. It has been rated as the hometown of Hebei yam and the hometown of China yam.
2. Corn vermicelli
When the water for making cornmeal strips is boiled, put the steamer with added materials on a pot or barrel with steam and steam for 5 minutes. When the starch is 70% or 80% mature, remove the steamer, pour the steamed starch into the running vermicelli machine, squeeze and roll, one person discharges, and the other person grabs the squeezed vermicelli with his hand, gently pulls it out with its speed, and cuts it into lengths according to local conditions.
3, bone slag balls
Bone residue meatballs are a local specialty in Lixian County. On the basis of traditional meatballs, this dish adds crisp bones to make the dish bright and red, and meatballs symbolize reunion.
4. Xiaomi noodles
People in Lixian don't make a fire during the Spring Festival. Staple food and vegetables are prepared in advance, and you can drink millet noodles and camellia noodles as porridge.
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