Gucheng County is located in the northwest mountainous area of Hubei Province, with a long history and profound cultural accumulation, it is one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, with scenic spots and monuments throughout the county, including the thousand-year-old Cheng'en Temple, Shenya Catholic Church, Xueshan Revolutionary Site Community, Northwest Hubei District Party Committee and The Former Site of Ebei Hand Textile Training Institute.
Among them are famous historical figures such as Wu Zixu, a famous scholar in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Cen, the leader of the rebel army against Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty, Wang Zhiwang, a scholar (zai chancellor) of the Southern Song Dynasty, Fang Yuegong, a scholar of Dongge University in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Yuanbi, a famous anti-German general of the Qing Dynasty, and so on.
There are also many delicacies in Gucheng, what do you know? Let's take a look at it now.
Stone flower hollow quince noodles
Stone flower hollow noodles are a famous local delicacy in Gucheng and have a history of more than 250 years. According to the ancestral process, the air is kneaded into the noodles to form a hollow that is only the size of a pin. Stone flower hollow noodles are eaten in a variety of ways, and can be made into fried sauce noodles, hot noodles or cold mix noodles. This noodle is not cooked for a long time, it is clear, fresh, refreshing, colorful, fragrant and shaped, and it is a good product for the old, the young, the sick, the women and the weak to eat.
Ibaraki tofu milk
Cihe river is a small town on the Han River in Xiangyang Gucheng County, the local curd milk is different from the northern curd milk represented by Wang Zhihewei, and also different from the guilin curd milk in the south, but it is a unique flavor of Xiangyang traditional flavor curd milk in northwest Hubei, which uses fresh tofu produced by Cihe Street, which is naturally fermented and refined with more than 10 kinds of raw materials such as sesame oil, pepper, ginger, and peppercorns. Because of its bright color, delicious taste, delicate texture and long aftertaste, it is favored by our customers.
Jade belt cake
It is made of refined glutinous rice flour, high-grade white sugar, and fine sesame oil as the main raw materials, accompanied by green silk, red silk, walnut kernels, golden laurel, etc., and carefully made by special handicrafts. It has the functions of healthy spleen and appetizer, moisturizing the lungs and rejuvenating, and it is suitable for food and medicine, fragrant and refreshing, sweet but not greasy. Because the shape of the cake resembles the jade belt of the imperial robe, it is called "jade belt cake".
Zhao Wan shiitake mushrooms
Gucheng ZhaoWan climate is very suitable for the growth of edible mushrooms, production history is long, has now formed the "ten bases and ten farmers" integration model, is the county's largest edible mushroom production base. Zhao Wan shiitake mushroom is a pollution-free, pure natural health care and functional food, rich in a variety of amino acids necessary for the human body, fresh and refreshing, easy to digest and absorb, but also has a unique therapeutic effect. The "shiitake mushroom polysaccharides" rich in shiitake mushrooms have a unique preventive and therapeutic effect on liver disease, and also have a hypotensive effect.
Butter noodles
Butter noodles are a very popular breakfast for gucheng county people. The characteristics of butter noodles are one spicy, two hemp and three fresh, foreigners eat for the first time, it is difficult to feel good, after three or two times, the aftertaste is long, if you eat for some time, you will not get tired of eating for a long time, and you can't extricate yourself.
Stir-fried meat with ShengKang sauce
Shengkang is a town in Gucheng, and Shengkang sauce fried meat is a famous dish in the town. Authentic sauce fried pork pigs are best fed with local vegetables or wild vegetables, etc., without additive feed; the fava bean sauce used is from the summer, the newly harvested particles of plump fava beans are put into the jar, poured with water, sealed, fermented and dried, and set aside. A plate full of about 1 cm thick, 7 cm long, 5 cm wide fat and lean, tender yellow sauce burst meat appeared in front of the face, meat with thick sauce, fat but not greasy, really full of color and flavor.