West Lake Longjing is a kind of green tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China. Produced in the mountainous area around Longjing Village, West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, hence the name. It has a history of 1200 years. When Qing Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the Longjing tea in the West Lake and named eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple under Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea". West Lake Longjing is divided into 1 ~ 8 grades according to the order of appearance and internal quality.
Super West Lake Longjing Tea is flat and smooth in shape, light green and smooth in color, fresh and high in aroma, fresh and sweet in taste and tender and white in leaves. Longjing tea collected in Tomb-Sweeping Day before, referred to as Longjing tea before Ming Dynasty, is called Daughter Red. "The wind laughs outside the courtyard, and the Longjing tea girl is bright and red." West Lake Longjing Tea, like the West Lake, is the perfect crystallization of people, nature and culture and an important carrier of the regional culture of the West Lake.
2. Hangzhou Silk
Hangzhou Silk is a specialty of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and a symbolic product of chinese national geography. Hangzhou silk is light, soft and colorful, which plays an important role in the traditional silk weaving industry in China.
Silk products unearthed in Liangzhu 4700 years ago reveal the long history of Hangzhou silk. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Silk sleeves brocade praises persimmons, and pure gas sells wine and pears bloom", which also shows the high standard of Hangzhou silk at that time. The Silk Village in the Old Qinghe Square witnessed the prosperity of the silk economy.
3. West Lake lotus root starch
West Lake lotus root starch is one of the famous products in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Its unique flavor and rich nutrition once provided "tribute powder" for the royal family. Lotus root is the underground stem of lotus, which is specially processed from lotus root powder. It is thin and smooth, and its colors are white and red.
When taking, only a small amount of cold water is needed to be mixed, and then boiled water is used to make paste. The brewed lotus root starch is crystal clear, mellow in taste, has the effects of appetizing, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, and is very suitable for infants, the elderly and patients.
4. Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder
Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is a famous dish with high reputation. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was said that its name was related to the "Quyuan Wind Lotus" in the "Ten Scenes of West Lake". It was steamed with fresh lotus leaves from Hangzhou at that time, wrapped in fried rice noodles and seasoned pork. Fragrant, fresh, fat, soft, waxy, not greasy, very suitable for summer appetite.
The characteristics of steamed pork with lotus leaf powder are: easy to code, neat and beautiful, lotus leaf cools blood and detoxifies, the meat is crisp and rotten, the rice flour is soft and waxy, and it tastes fragrant and fat but not greasy. In a big bowl or basin, put a fresh lotus leaf at the bottom, put the meat mixed with flour on it, cover it with the lotus leaf, put it in a cage and steam it for 2 hours until it is crisp, then wrap the meat with a small piece of fresh lotus leaf and stew it in the cage for 30 minutes before eating.
5. Jinhua ham
Jinhua Ham is a specialty of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and a landmark product of chinese national geography. Jinhua ham has bright color, distinct red and white, sweet and salty lean meat and delicious fat. It is rich in protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.
After fermentation and decomposition in winter and summer, nutrients are more easily absorbed by human body, and have the functions of nourishing stomach, promoting fluid production, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, consolidating bone marrow, strengthening foot strength and healing wounds. Its appearance is thin, its skin color is Huang Liang, it looks like a pipa, its flesh color is ruddy, and its fragrance is rich. It is famous for its "four wonders" of color, fragrance, taste and shape.