Dried in Zhongning
Zhongning wolfberry is a dried fruit of Zhongning County, registered in 2017 as an agricultural-product geographical indication: red, wrinkled, faintly scented, sweet and slightly sour.
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Wheels that lifted river water
At Shuiche Village in Changle, wooden wheels once lifted Yellow River water onto the fields. They were dismantled by March 2013; a 2020 decision names two to restore, but no wheel turns there yet.
Three teachings on one climb
On Zhongwei’s old street grid, Gao Temple sets Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian rooms on one axis, from a Mahavira hall up to the Jade Emperor and the Holy Mother.
A metre of straw beside the railway
Where the southeast edge of the Tengger meets the Yellow River, wheat-straw grids about one metre square let the Baotou–Lanzhou railway cross moving dunes. The line crossed roughly forty-two kilometres of sand.