What are the specialties of Dongtai?

1. Dongtai hair embroidery

Hair embroidery, also known as ink embroidery, originated in the Tang Dynasty when Buddhism was popular. Folk believers would cut their hair and embroider it on silk or silk. Embroidered with Tathagata Buddha or Guanyin Bodhisattva. Burn incense and worship as a sign of piety. Using human hair instead of silk thread is the wisdom and creation of working women in our country. Because hair embroidery does not fade or deform, but the technical requirements are extremely high, it is rarely spread.

The hair embroidery "Oriental Statue" of the Southern Song Dynasty and the hair embroidery "Maitreya Buddha" by Han Ximeng of the Ming Dynasty are collected as treasures in the London Museum in the UK and Shosoin in Japan respectively. The only hair embroidery in the collection of the Shanghai Museum, "Painting the Qin and Standing at the Moon," was also embroidered by Han Ximeng. By the Qing Dynasty, hair embroidery was on the verge of extinction. On the basis of inheriting traditional crafts, the embroidery artists of Dongtai Arts and Crafts Factory use stitching techniques such as rolling, winding, splicing, covering, and virtual and solid, and use a variety of human hair such as yellow, gray, ocher, and white, and use different shades of hair. As a color thread, add color according to the picture and combine it with painting and embroidery to create colorful embroidery with color in the ink and ink in the color.

2. Dongtai Watermelon

The watermelon produced specifically in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province is called "Dongtai Watermelon" Dongtai Watermelon (1 photo) Dongtai passed the Chinese Horticultural Society Watermelon Award in 2008 The evaluation organized by the professional committee has made it the first “Chinese Watermelon Hometown” in the country. The "Dongtai Watermelon" trademark has been approved for registration by the National Trademark Office. It is the first melon product to break through the blank of agricultural product origin certification trademarks and is currently the only melon product in China that has been approved for national registration as a geographical indication.

"Dongtai Watermelon" has a planting history of more than 800 years. Its unique geographical location, superior soil conditions, and rich planting experience have formed its own flavor characteristics. Varieties such as Te Xiaofeng and Early Spring Ruby adapt to market demand in terms of fruit size, color and intrinsic quality. The products are very popular and are sweet throughout the country.

"Dongtai Watermelon" is a real pollution-free watermelon, green watermelon, and organic watermelon. "Dongtai Watermelon" currently supplies the market with mostly small-fruited watermelons, generally weighing 1.5~2.0KG. There are two types: crystal yellow pulp and bright red pulp. The seeds are extremely small and the outer skin has light green and cyan stripes.

3. Dongtai Silkworm Cocoons

Regional scope Dongtai currently has a mulberry garden area of ??160,000 acres, with an annual output of 20,000 tons of fresh cocoons and more than 2,900 tons of white silk. This year, 193,000 spring silkworm seeds were produced in Dongtai, accounting for a quarter of the province's total. Specific Quality Dongtai City's mulberry orchard covers an area of ??160,000 acres, with an annual output of 416,000 tons of silkworm cocoons. It ranks first in Jiangsu in terms of scale and cocoon silk quality. Dongtai City's Fu'an Town's cocoon output has been the national town (township) champion for 22 consecutive years.

Dongtai City has been rated as "China's Cocoon and Silk Base", "National Science Popularization Benefiting Agriculture and Revitalizing Villages" Advanced Collective, "National Rural Science Popularization Demonstration Base", "National Top 100 Agricultural Technology Associations", "National Level sericulture standardization demonstration zone" and "National Sericulture Science and Technology Promotion Demonstration Base". Cultural Allusion Fu'an Town, Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province is located in the Central Jiangsu Plain, on the coast of the Yellow Sea, at the junction of Yancheng and Nantong City, and is the radiation area of ??the Shanghai Economic Zone.

4. Dongtai Fish Noodles

Dongtai traditional snacks have a history of more than 200 years. This white noodle soup is made with extraordinary craftsmanship and is famous far and wide. It turns out that the chef carefully made the soup using fresh crucian carp and eel bones as the main raw materials, supplemented by seasonings such as cooked lard, ginger, green onion, and shrimp. The white soup noodles made with this kind of soup are as thick as milk, dripping into beads, and the noodles are white and fine, fresh but not greasy. It would be a pity for anyone who comes to Dongtai not to eat fish noodle soup. In 1924, Dongtai Fish Noodles won the Panama International Exposition medal.

Listed in "Chinese Snacks Book". Fish noodle soup, a specialty of Jiangsu, is a famous dish in Dongtai. The preparation of fish noodle soup is very special. The fish must be cut open and cleaned first, so that no residual blood is left. Boil lard in a pot until it reaches 80%. Add fish one after another into the pot and fry until crispy. Remove and make sure not to burn. Add eel bones or pork bones to the fried fish, use river water to make a thick soup, add green onion wine to remove the fishy smell, then filter the clear soup through a fine sieve, add a little shrimp roe, and you can make noodle soup. Use a white knife to cut the noodles. Therefore, the fish soup noodles are full of color, flavor and flavor.

5. Zao broad beans

Zao broad beans are a unique specialty of Xiazao Village, Anfeng Town, Dongtai City. It was listed as a "tribute" during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This kind of broad bean has an oblate shape, as big as a thumb, with a slight depression in the middle of the bean body, resembling a cow's foot, and is commonly known as "cow's foot flat". The strange thing is that if "Niujiubian" is planted in another place, just across the border from Xiazao Village, it will be completely different when it grows out. Either the particles are smaller or the taste is not good.

The temples and nunneries here all compete to use "ox foot flat" watercress to make the soup. The soup is as white as milk and is delicious.

Li Chunfang, a bachelor from Xinghua, came to Anfeng to study under Wang Gen. Whenever green beans were on the market, both teachers and students enjoyed picking them. Later, when Li Chunfang became prime minister, he paid tribute to the emperor with "ox-foot flat" broad beans, which was praised.

From then on, "Xiazao Broad Bean" paid tribute every year, and was also assigned to purchase and transport green beans and dried beans for the royal meal. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this bean was still used. At that time, Xiazao Village became the "Royal Bean Garden".