The ten specialties of Gaoping are: Gaoping silk, ten bowls, Gaoping roasted tofu, Gaoping giant pineapple, Jiulian lamp, Gaoping Yangge, Gaoping drum book, Gaoping folk paper-cutting, Shanxi gaoping, Wu's orthopedic method. Gaoping is the hometown of Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Chinese nation' humanities, the old revolutionary area of Taihang Taiyue and the famous coal and iron town, the town of pineapple and the hometown of Shangdang Zizi opera.
1. High-level silk
With jindongnan specialty high-quality silk as raw material, with a long history, exquisite craftsmanship, known for its soft, bright, soft and light four characteristics, a wide variety of varieties, especially beautiful silk as the best.
2. Ten bowls
It is a unique bowl of dishes in Gaoping, Shanxi, with a total of 10 dishes. Very popular with locals.
3. High-level grilled tofu
Roasted tofu is a popular local specialty, and has a deep mass base in Gaoping. Whether old or young, women and children, as long as they pass by the roast tofu stall, they will stop for a few minutes to taste a few pieces of roasted tofu.
4. Gaoping giant pineapple
The fruit of Gaoping huanghuang pear is yellow, large and neat, the skin is coarse, waxy, resistant to storage, the flesh is white, juicy and brittle, and the glycic acid is moderate. Ideal for tourists to carry and buy.
5. Nine consecutive lights
Jiulian lamp is also known as "running lamp", "playing lamp", "flower and fruit lamp". Local residents perform a lantern show in the square, which is very popular with all the families.
6. Gao Ping YangGe
Originating from the southeast township of Gaoping City, Shanxi Province, when singing, there are only zizi beating festivals and gongs and drums to accompany, so it is also called "Thousand Boards Of Rice Song".
7. Gaoping Drum Book
At the beginning, it was mainly based on speaking, similar to "commentary", and there was no string accompaniment when singing, and after the Gaoping drum book was reformed, instrumental accompaniment was added, and it was changed to singing. The songbook is mostly a historical and traditional story with local characteristics.
8. Gaoping folk paper-cutting
With a long history, a wide variety and rich content, Gaoping folk artists use it to decorate food, clothing, housing, customs and festivals.
9. Shanxi high plane
The molding type is exquisite, the image is unique, the variety is diverse, and it is unique in terms of eating and use, mainly appearing in folk etiquette activities, with a strong folk color.
10. Takeshi Masane method
It is a traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic treatment, which originated in the late Qing Dynasty and has a history of 100 years.