Shou Bupleurum
The Bupleurum produced in Beishan, Shouxian County has a clear texture and good medicinal effect. It is highly praised by doctors and is called Shou Bupleurum to distinguish it from other places. Produced by Bupleurum. It was used as a tribute in the Ming Dynasty. According to Jiajing's "Shouzhou Chronicles Tribute", 9 catties were donated to Beijing and 10 catties to Nanjing every year.
Bagongshan Tofu
According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty: "The method of tofu began with Liu An, the king of Huainan." Wang Ji's "The Original Will of Things" in the Qing Dynasty 〉Said: Ancient books of the Western Han Dynasty have records of "Liu An making tofu". Liu An was the grandson of Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty. He established his capital in Shouchun (now Shouxian County) and invited thousands of guests and alchemists. Among them, the more famous ones are: Su Fei, Li Shang, Tian You, Lei Bei, Wu Bei and Jinchang. .Mao quilt. Eight people from Zuo Wu are known as the "Eight Dukes". Liu Anchang, accompanied by Hachigong, refined the elixir of immortality. Not wanting to fail, he made tofu with soybeans, salt brine (some say gypsum). There is also a legend about Bagongshan tofu: Liu An failed to make alchemy at home and was depressed. He went out to relax. Suddenly he saw eight old people coming down from the north mountain opposite. Although they were chest-length, they were full of energy and walked as fast as flying. Liu An was shocked and suspected that he was a god, so he asked for a recipe for immortality. The old man said that he had eaten food made from ground soybeans. Liu An followed the same method and got tofu. From then on, the method of tofu spread from the foot of Bagong Mountain
Zhao Kuangyin and "Dajiujia"
"Dajiujia" is a famous delicacy with a long history in Shouxian County, Anhui.
According to legend, in 956 AD, Zhou Shizong conquered Huainan, and General Zhao Kuangyin took more than nine months to attack the city before breaking through the city and achieving success. Due to excessive fatigue, Zhao Kuangyin fell ill after entering the city. He had a poor appetite and refused to eat or drink. At this time, a skillful chef carefully prepared a snack to let him eat. Use good white flour, white sugar, lard, sesame oil, green and red silk, orange cake, walnut kernels and other ingredients to make some filled round snacks. The outer skin of this kind of snack has several layers of flower crisps stacked on top of each other, with distinct golden threads, and the middle is like a rapid whirlpool. It is fried in oil and has a golden color.
Huai King Fish
Huai King Fish, also known as Yellow Croaker, is a rare fish species unique to the section from Zhongshou County to Zhengyang of the Huaihe River. It looks like a catfish, is bright yellow in color, has a flat mouth and grows on the lower part of the head, has a smooth body and no scales. It usually weighs about 2 kilograms, and the big ones can reach 20 kilograms, but it is rare now. According to "Shouzhou Chronicles", during the Western Han Dynasty, someone offered this fish to Huainan King Liu An for tasting. He thought it was delicious and named it "Huihuang". He often used this fish to entertain guests. The Huainan King liked to eat "Huihuang". When word of "yellow" spread among the people, people used to call it "Huaiwang Fish". The modern reprint of the book "Fish Breeding" renamed it "King Fish".
Huaiwang fish is a natural fish. It is mostly found in caves, stone crevices and caves in the areas of Yingshui Temple, Mohekou and Xiashan Pass. The aquatic science and technology department is currently studying the artificialization of Huaiwang fish. Breed. Soon, expensive delicacies will appear on the dining tables of more families.
Grass mat
In 1964, the long mat grass variety introduced from Zhejiang was successfully tested and later spread throughout Banqiao, Yinghe, Anfengtang and other towns. The planting area reaches 60,000 acres, with an annual output of 35 million straw mats, which are exported to 31 provinces and cities in China and countries such as South Korea, Japan, and Russia. In 1984, it was identified as one of the four major straw mat production bases in the country. In 1985, it won the Certificate of Honor for High-Quality Products from the Ministry of Commerce. Banqiao Town is known as the Straw Mat City.
The famous historical inkstone-Purple Gold Inkstone
It is a cultural treasure that has existed for thousands of years. The book "Yunlin Stone Book" written by Du Wan, a scholar who studied famous stones and inkstones in the Song Dynasty, contains "the soil in Zijin Mountain in Shouchun County, Shouchun Prefecture, is purple in color, and when cut into inkstones, it is very ink-y. There is a sound when buckled." It is said that the inkstone mentioned in "Shipu" is the purple gold inkstone.
There are no melon seeds mentioned above! But the melon seeds are so fragrant. They come from Shouxian County