Changzhou specialties:
1: Tianmu Lake "Casserole Fish Head"
Tianmu Lake "Casserole Fish Head" was founded in Tianmu Lake Hotel in Jiangsu Province. Zhu Shuncai, a super-famous chef in Jiangsu Province, has been carefully cooking it for nearly 30 years. It is now known as the best traditional dish in Jiangsu and has become a wonder in the world of Chinese food. Cooking Tianmu Lake Casserole Fish Head uses large silver carp heads naturally grown in Tianmu Lake water as raw materials, pure natural Tianmu Lake water as soup base, and is processed with unique cooking techniques. Due to the beautiful scenery of Tianmu Lake, Not only does the green vegetation on the surrounding mountains filter the lake water, but the bottom of the lake is sandy rather than silt. This unique natural environment makes the water of Tianmu Lake clear, sweet and spotless, so the fish growing in it have no earthy smell. Therefore, "Tianmu Lake" casserole fish head is highly praised by food lovers for its excellent quality of "fresh but not fishy, ??fat but not greasy".
Changzhou specialty 2: Changzhou comb
Changzhou comb (referred to as comb) is one of the eight major hair accessories in ancient my country. It has been popular since the Southern and Northern Dynasties and has a history of more than 1,500 years. It once enjoyed the title of "Famous Grate for Palace Combs".
Changzhou comb is made of natural materials with exquisite technology and beautiful appearance. It is often used and has the health effects of relieving headaches, treating insomnia, improving the brain, improving ears, and improving eyesight. It is both a daily necessity and an exquisite product. Exquisite craftsmanship.
Changzhou comb grate is famous both at home and abroad. In the past century, it has won many international and domestic gold and silver awards. In 1915, it won the silver award at the Panama International Peace Exhibition. In 1926, it won the gold award at the Philadelphia Exposition in the United States. In 1979 In 1991, he won the Silver Award for High-quality Products from the Ministry of Light Industry of my country, the National Silver Award in 1991, the longevity comb in 1990 won the national patent, and the 2nd Beijing International Expo Gold Award in 1991, and was rated as Changzhou City Top ten famous brand products. Comb grate products are exported to Southeast Asia, Western Europe, Africa and other countries. They have a good reputation and are deeply loved and welcomed by people from all walks of life at home and abroad.
Changzhou Specialty 3: Cloisonne Filigree Craft Painting
Cloisonne--in ancient times, it was called metal body enamelware and metal body filigree enamelware. It is the most precious treasure house of arts and crafts works in the world. one of the wealth.
Metal filigree painting uses traditional pure manual filigree technology to construct the picture on the bottom of the metal material. The main color and background color of the picture adopt modern new technology and color matching techniques, making the picture clear and novel. , colorful, gorgeous, crystal clear, with a strong three-dimensional effect; against the background color, the theme is prominent and the meaning is more profound, giving people a refreshing feeling
Changzhou Specialty 4: Brick Carving Screen
Brick carving screen is a kind of seal carving art, which carves Chinese stele texts and Chinese painting images on ancient bricks from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and then adds a base screen and a hanging screen made of exquisite mahogany carvings. . The brick-engraved screen is light in weight, small in size, and easy to carry. Its appearance is simple and elegant. The image has the strong masculinity of Han Dynasty inscriptions and portrait stones, as well as the metal and stone atmosphere of ancient inscriptions. It has high artistic value and is beautiful in appearance. Readers can feel the profoundness of Han Dynasty culture and art and enjoy the beauty.
Changzhou Specialty 5: Random Needle Embroidery
Initiated by Professor Yang Shouyu, a famous Chinese embroidery artist, it combines painting art with embroidery techniques, breaking the tradition of "closely connecting the needles and aligning the threads" The frame uses needles instead of pens, lines instead of colors, and long and short intersecting lines to express the depth and breadth of the object. The work has a unique artistic effect, like an oil painting or close to art photography.
Changzhou Specialty 6: Green Bamboo Carving
It is a traditional art of carving on a thin layer of green bamboo on the surface of the bamboo. Bamboo carving artists skillfully apply the skills of leaving all, slightly, not, more, and less on the bamboo basket, so that the work displays layers, light and shade, shades, and reveals a strong three-dimensional sense; because the bamboo skin is yellow, the bamboo skin is It is red, and as time goes by, the color contrast of bamboo skin and bamboo skin is very big. The color of bamboo skin gradually turns purple-red, just like first-ripe cherries or polished amber, which is pleasing to the eye and hard to put down.
Changzhou Specialty 7: Tianning Temple Suzhai
Tianning Temple Suzhai has a historical tradition. Pilgrims from all over the world come here to pay homage to the mountains, and tourists come to pay their respects. They often like to come here. When eating, one is to take advantage of the Buddhist rituals to entertain relatives and friends and taste the Buddhist delicacies to show the joy of gathering and to express sincere wishes. The other is to change the taste, have a family meal, or get together with relatives and friends, which is a good idea. A popular fashion. Especially in the hot summer days, people are tired of fishy and greasy food. Most vegetarian meals include soy products, fresh vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, fungus, nostoc and other mountain delicacies and seaweed, cooked with sesame oil. It is clean and solemn, with an elegant environment. It is indeed a pleasure to visit several times a year to spice up your life and satisfy your curiosity.
In order to adapt to economic development, improve the consumption pattern, promote tourism, enrich food culture, and enhance the temple's ability to generate income and support itself, Tianning Temple resumed and opened the "Ruyi Vegetarian Restaurant" in 1988, located in the temple On the east side of the mountain gate, there is both the simplicity and solemnity of the temple architecture and the contemporary style of modern decoration. A couplet holding pillars in the museum is fascinating: "Jinbi Yaolin Palace, practicing quietness and fasting, entering happily; relaxing and enjoying the blessed land, To prolong your life, come here for extra meals.” The couplet was written by Qian Xiaoshan, a famous calligrapher and poet in the city. The scenes blend together and the contrasts are neat. Monks and laymen alike appreciated it and made it a refreshing read. The dining room in the hotel can be divided or divided, and can accommodate more than a hundred people dining at the same time. Vegetarian food can be divided into Gongsu, Minsu and Buddha. Gongsu is the vegetarian meal served by ancient emperors and generals when they gathered for banquets. Many varieties of modern Minsu and Buddha have become famous dishes. Most of the chefs here are from Shanghai Jade. Trained at the Buddhist Temple and Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple Vegetarian Restaurant, he can cook more than 40 kinds of traditional Buddhist vegetarian dishes and Changzhou local flavor delicacies. The vegetarian meal here has Buddhist colors such as "Buddha's light shines everywhere". It is mainly made of golden millet seeds, symbolizing the Buddha's light. It is surrounded by green and tender cabbage, ocher mushrooms, and yellow almonds. It is colorful and soft and delicious in the mouth. The fragrance is fragrant; there are also various dishes that wish good luck and happiness, such as "prolonging life", "attracting wealth", "congratulations on getting rich", "abundant grains" and so on; carefully made ingots, bergamots, longevity peaches, beautiful in color, fragrance and shape , regarded as exquisite "handicrafts" and deeply loved by Chinese and foreign guests.
Changzhou Specialty 8: Money Drainage
Changzhou’s traditional specialty—Wuta Drainage. Because its vegetable slices are shaped like money, and the plants are green and full of vitality, it is customary to call it "money vegetable" in order to bring good luck and good fortune in all seasons. In the old days, the head of the vegetarian dining hall of Tianning Temple should use People can also eat this kind of "money vegetables" during the hot summer season. He studied hard and made "money vegetables" his specialty. They worked closely with the vegetable farmers in Taoyuan Village (today's Taoyuan Xincun area) across the river. A "gentleman's agreement" that does not require signing a contract - every year in the cold winter months, thousands of kilograms of Wuta vegetables must be provided to the temple. After the cooks wash and dry them, they are stored in a large container filled with soybean oil that is more than half of the "Seven Stone Jars" Here, the Wuta vegetables are not allowed to "breathe", and they are taken out during the Dog Day of the second year to serve as a rare and famous dish when pilgrims and benefactors come to the temple to perform Buddhist rituals or to treat guests to vegetarian meals. In the scorching heat of the "Fu Que" season, there are not many leafy vegetables, but you can eat "money vegetables". It is cool and refreshing, and it naturally reminds people of the white snowy winter scene, feeling cool and doubling the fun.
Changzhou Specialty 9: Silver Noodles
Silver Noodles are a specialty variety of Changzhou with a history of more than 30 years. The ingredients are exquisite and the operation process is strict. It has the characteristics of noodles as thin as silk, white as silver in color, soft and smooth, rich in toughness, and not mushy when cooked. It is one of the varieties collected in "Chinese Snacks Book".
Changzhou Specialty 10: Cannabis Cake
During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, it was created by the dim sum master Wang Changsheng of Changle Tea House beside Renyu Bridge. It has a history of more than 140 years. Its characteristics: golden color, crispy and soft, thin and heavy skin, mellow sweet filling, fresh salty filling, tangy green onion, fat but not greasy. It is one of the varieties collected in "Chinese Snack Book" and was rated as a famous special food in Jiangsu Province in 1983. In 1985, it won the title of Municipal Quality Product.
Changzhou Specialty 11: Maojian Huahong
It is said that when Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River and asked about the local specialties of Liyang, the bachelor Shi Yizhi (from Liyang) once replied: " "Maojian Huahong Tangxia Melon." It can be seen that Maojian Huahong is one of Liyang's traditional local products. Maojian has been producing bonuses for nearly six years. The hometown of Huahongshu is on the East Dongting Mountain beside Taihu Lake. There are beautiful lakes and mountains, a beautiful environment, and are rich in fruit trees, such as "East Mountain Loquat" and "West Mountain Bayberry". Huahong is also one of the products.
Changzhou specialty 12: Southern-style sesame candy
Southern-style sesame candy series products are Changzhou’s traditional local products. The main varieties include sesame candy, inch gold candy, gun tube candy, Peanut candy, poured slices, etc. Sesame candy has a bright color and a sweet, fragrant, loose and crisp taste. It was rated as a high-quality food in Jiangsu Province in 1984. Cunjin candy, also known as Dong candy, has a crispy core and white sesame seeds on the outside. It is fragrant, sweet, loose and crispy. Characteristics, it was rated as a high-quality food in Jiangsu Province in 1985; food slices are one of Changzhou people's favorite foods for a long time. It has the characteristics of fragrant, sweet, loose and crispy, and was rated as a high-quality food in Jiangsu Province in 1985
Changzhou Specialty 13: Imperial Food Fruits
When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to Jiangnan, local officials used bonus as one of the fruits supplied to the Imperial Family. Later, according to established regulations, tribute was paid to the royal family every year. "Liyang Huahong" means "once you reach the dragon gate, the price will be ten times higher".
Changzhou Specialty 14: Dried radish
It is a traditional local product in Changzhou. The product is salty and sweet, with four characteristics: fragrant, sweet, crisp and tender. After 1970, foreign businessmen often made purchases at the Guangzhou Trade Fair. In 1983, it won the title of Excellent Food in the Commercial System of Jiangsu Province.