The specialties of Jinzhong include Pingyao beef, Taigu Huping dates, Xiyang hanging stove small sesame cakes, Pingyao facial makeup, Taigu cakes, Changshengyuan rice wine, Qixian Red Star apples, Huade pear dates, Tuiguang lacquerware, and Shouyang tea.

1. Pingyao Facebook

Pingyao facial makeup is a traditional handicraft of Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, with a long history. There are many facial makeup patterns, which can be roughly divided into forehead pictures, brow shape pictures, eye orbit pictures, nose fossa pictures, mouth cross pictures, and lower mouth pictures. The patterns of each part are varied, regular but inconclusive. For example: Bao Zheng has a white crescent on his black forehead, which means he is honest and upright.

2. Pingyao beef

Pingyao beef is one of the specialties of Pingyao, Jinzhong, Shanxi. Pingyao beef is so famous that its origin cannot be verified. In 2003, it was listed as a national geographical indication product in China. The production process of Pingyao beef is very complex and pays attention to the five-one principle: a piece of meat, a pinch of salt, a vat and a pot. The produced beef head is full of color and aroma, ruddy in color, fragrant and delicious, fat but not greasy, and rich in nutrients.

3. Xiyang hanging stove small sesame cakes

Small sesame cakes from the hanging furnace are a specialty delicacy in Jinzhong, Shanxi Province. They have a long history and originated in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. They have a history of more than 800 years. At first, people wanted to avoid wars so that they could eat well and be easy to preserve when they traveled to other places. and easy-to-carry food, so the hanging stove biscuits emerged in response to the times, and the current Xiaolu biscuits are more diversified, using high-quality white flour as the main raw material. The final biscuits are crispy, fragrant and delicious, with a very mellow taste and rich nutrition.