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Top 10 delicacies in Hangzhou: Longjing shrimp, Dongpo meat, dried Bamboo shoots in Tianmu, Andian pecans

author:Ning Xiao'an

Longjing tea is known for its color, beauty, fragrance and mellow taste, and its unique "light and far-reaching" and "fragrant and clear" unique charm and extraordinary quality are unique among many teas, ranking first among the top ten famous teas in China. The color is light green, fragrant like orchid, the taste is mellow and sweet, shaped like a finch tongue, ranking first among China's famous teas. The city's major department stores or Longjing tea stores throughout the city are sold, and the goods are genuine.

Longjing tea picking has three major characteristics: one morning, two tender, three diligent. Tea farmers often say, "Tea is an hour grass, three days early is a treasure, three days late into grass." "Longjing tea is also known for its delicate picking, and the tenderness of the fresh leaves forms the basis of the quality of Longjing tea. Diligence refers to picking large and small batches of picking, and picking in about 30 batches throughout the year.

Lettuce is a perennial aquatic plant. The leaves are oval in shape and dark green in color, with a gelatinous transparent substance on the young stem and the back of the leaf. The edible part is the new leaf that has sunk in the water and has not yet unfolded. It is rich in protein, vitamins and trace iron, and has high nutritional value. The soup or soup made of lettuce is particularly delicious and is listed as a famous dish in Hangzhou, and the leaves of the West Lake lettuce are oval in shape, dark green in color, and the young stems and backs of the leaves have a gelatinous transparent substance.

The origin of "West Lake lettuce" is also a story. According to the "Biography of Zhang Han of the Book of Jin", when Zhang Han of the Jin Dynasty was an official in Luoyang, "because he saw the autumn wind, he thought of Wuzhong's lettuce, lettuce soup, and sea bass, saying: 'Life is precious, how can you be bound for thousands of miles, so as to be famous?'" 'And he returned home'. Zhang Han resigned his official post and returned to his hometown for the delicacy of his hometown, and later this story formed the idiom allusion of "The Thought of the Perch".

Hangzhou's traditional famous products. Tianmu Mountain belongs to the territory of Lin'an County under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, with an altitude of more than 1000 meters, four distinct seasons, and a subtropical monsoon humid climate, which is most suitable for the growth of bamboo. The bamboo shoots produced have the characteristics of thin shell, thick flesh, tender texture, fresh and sweet. The area and output of bamboo shoots in Lin'an rank first in the country. Dried Tianmu bamboo shoots are made of fresh and tender caryophyllus shoots, and are known for their "fresh and fresh gestapo" and "jia yu fruit sparse". Traditional varieties are "roasted, flat tip, fat stiff, bald, small straight, straight tip", etc., to maintain the characteristics of verdant, fat and tender, fragrant, delicious, and can help digestion, enhance appetite, cool and septic, known as "health vegetables", now with Tianmu cloud mist tea, Changhua pecans are the same as "Tianmu Three Treasures". The dried bamboo shoots made of it are beautiful and fragrant.

As early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang had a son, named Xiao Tong, who was later made crown prince. He was young and intelligent, and at the age of five he read the "Four Books and Five Classics" all over again. One year, his mother died, and he had a dispute with his father while discussing family matters. The eunuch Bao Miaozhi provoked him, causing him to be rebuked by his father. He was a man with a strong personality, so he resolutely left this land of right and wrong and traveled to the world's famous mountains and rivers.

Located in the foothills of Tianmu Mountain in northern Zhejiang, Lin'an has a long history of producing and processing pecans for 500 years, and its area and output account for more than 60% and 70% of the country, respectively. Among the 17 kinds of pecans in the world, Lin'an pecans have the highest composition and the best taste, and pelinas are one of the "old three treasures" in Lin'an. There are 7.8%-9.6% protein in the pulp of the pecan, the amino acid content is as high as 25%, of which the necessary amino acids of the human body account for 7 kinds; the pulp of the pecan contains 22 kinds of mineral elements, which play an important role in the human body calcium, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus, iron content is very rich, has high nutritional value, and has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and strengthening the kidneys, reducing blood lipids, and preventing heart disease. Long-term consumption also has a certain preventive effect on cancer.

Top 10 delicacies in Hangzhou: Longjing shrimp, Dongpo meat, dried Bamboo shoots in Tianmu, Andian pecans

Fuyang is the main asparagus producing area in Zhejiang Province and is a famous green asparagus producing area in China. Because of its high nutritional value, delicious flavor, aromatic and moist mouth, can enhance appetite, is a kind of anti-cancer health food, very popular in the international market. A few days ago, the "Stork Mountain" brand green asparagus declared by the Agricultural Bureau of Fuyang City, Zhejiang Province, was approved by the China Fruit and Vegetable Expert Committee and was rated as a "famous product with Chinese characteristics".

In order to better protect the local brand of "Fuyang Asparagus" and maintain the popularity and reputation of "Fuyang Asparagus", the brand guidance station of fuyang farmers' professional cooperative economic organizations has done a lot of preliminary work under the support and guidance of the Municipal Supply and Marketing Corporation, the Agricultural Office, the Fuyang Branch of the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, the Agricultural Bureau and other departments, and finally successfully obtained the identity of "certification trademark".

Xiaoshan water is rich in resources, good water quality, suitable climatic conditions, creating a unique quality of Xiaoshan turtle. Not only is the surface of the body smooth, the color is bright, the skirt is thick and wide, and the meat is tender and tender to eat, rich in amino acids and other nutrients. Since the artificial breeding and domestication of Xiaoshan turtles began in 1985, after nearly 30 years of development, Xiaoshan turtles have been well-known among the masses for a long time, and the products are exported to the whole country and even overseas, and are deeply loved by consumers.

At present, Xiaoshan turtle ecological controllable breeding area has exceeded 300,000 square meters, the annual output of commercial turtle more than 5,000 tons, has formed a seedling desalination, finished product breeding, product processing and export of integrated industrial pattern, with obvious regional industrial characteristics, has become a new round of rural economic development in Xiaoshan District advantageous industries and new growth points.

According to legend, Hangzhou chefs were inspired by Su Dongpo's words "Wangjiangnan" "and will try new tea with new fires, poetry sprinkled on the years", and selected the New Tea of Mingqian Longjing and fresh river shrimp that were "green in color, fragrant, sweet in taste and beautiful in shape". The shrimp and white jade of the adult dish are fresh and tender, and the tea leaves are green and fragrant, the color is elegant, and the taste is unique. Hangzhou Tianwaitian Restaurant is the birthplace of this dish.

Longjing shrimp, as the name suggests, is a shrimp cooked with young buds of Longjing tea, and is a famous dish rich in local characteristics of Hangzhou. Shrimp jade white, tender, bud leaves turquoise, fragrant, beautiful color, unique taste, after eating clear mouth appetizer, endless aftertaste, in Hangzhou cuisine is a must. "Longjing shrimp" is made of live river shrimp, with Longjing new tea cooked before and after the Qingming Festival, shrimp meat white, tender, tea leaves turquoise, fragrant, elegant color, unique taste, is a famous dish with outstanding traditional flavor in Hangzhou.

Top 10 delicacies in Hangzhou: Longjing shrimp, Dongpo meat, dried Bamboo shoots in Tianmu, Andian pecans

Rotten eel silk, also known as "eel paste", is a traditional dish in Tangqi and is also a major signature dish in Tangqi cuisine. Rotten eel silk to small yellow eel as the main material, color and flavor are complete, when the basin is on the table, because it has just been poured with hot oil, the eel in the pit is still "squeaky" rolling, the surrounding ham, green onion, ginger three silk, red red, green green green, yellow yellow, sound and color are good, so that diners appetite greatly increased.

Xiaoshan chicken is a meat-egg mixed breed. Also known as "Yue Chicken", "Sandy Big Breeder". It is native to Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and is distributed in Hangjia Lake and Shaoxing areas. Characteristics are large, square and rounded in shape, well-proportioned in posture, thin bones, and tight feathers. The head is of moderate size, with a slightly curved beak, a yellow front end, and a brown base. Single crown. The crown, fleshy hair, and ear lobes are red. The eyeballs are slightly smaller and iridescent orange-yellow. The rooster feathers are red or yellow, the coats on the neck, wings, and back of the rooster are darker, and the tail feathers are black. The hen's feathers are yellow or hemp-colored , with a small number of black feathers between the neck , wings , and tail.

"Dongpo meat" has a very moving legend. During the Song Dynasty (about 1090 AD), the great Song Dynasty writer Su Dongpo served as a magistrate in Hangzhou, when the West Lake had been mostly annihilated by the grass. He mobilized tens of thousands of migrant workers to dredge the West Lake, and after building a long embankment of the excavated mud, it was listed as one of the ten scenic spots of the West Lake, "Spring Dawn of the Su Causeway". Su Dongpo's achievements in harnessing the West Lake were highly praised by the people.

Su Dongpo loves to cook, with braised pork being the best, and he once introduced his experience with poetry: "Slow fire, less water, when the fire is enough, it is beautiful." "The people know that Su Dongpo likes to eat meat, and during the Spring Festival of that year, everyone invariably brought him pork and shaojiu. Su Dongpo received so much meat and wine that he felt that it should be shared with tens of thousands of migrant workers who dredged the West Lake, so he ordered his family to burn it and give it back to the migrant workers with wine. The family mistakenly thought that the wine was burned together, and the result was that the meat was particularly mellow and delicious, and it was a good story for a while.

Top 10 delicacies in Hangzhou: Longjing shrimp, Dongpo meat, dried Bamboo shoots in Tianmu, Andian pecans

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