The Xinyang cultivation chestnut's history is extremely long, the Xinyang area produces the chestnut in a big way to have, the meat to be tender, the taste are sweet, luster bright, full and so on characteristics.Produces in Loshan, Shangcheng two county oil Li chestnut,  the meat is thick, the fragrance is unique, and it is advantageous for the storage and transport.So the chestnut quite receives consumer's favor. The chestnut whole body is valuable, may process the make cakes and pastries, pot prime food, the chestnut soup is the old and young is all suitable, nutrition rich candy. chestnut various part may be used as medicine, the  chestnut can be good for the spleen , to eliminate hot and damp, the husk governs the gastric disorder to be called as the astringent, the bark fries the soup to wash the erysipelas, the root may govern the leaning kidney to be mad and so on sickness. The chestnut includes the massive starches, the protein, the fat, the Vitamin B and so on many kinds of nutrients, is known as “king of the dry fruit”. It also can prevent and control diseases and so on hypertension sickness,coronary disease, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis. The chestnut prolificacy in the hilly land, overseas called that it “the health food”, belongs to the superior fruits which is good for the stomach invigorates the kidney, prolongs the life.