What are the specialties of Taihu Lake?

Water shield of Taihu Lake, alias water shield, sunflower. It is a perennial lake herb. Underground stems are white, crawling in the mud at the bottom of the water, and the main stems and branches bend with the current. In April, the leaves of water shield, which are shaped like lotus leaves, gradually spread out and float on the water, with green front and dark red back and transparent glue.

During the period from Qingming to the first frost every year, young leaves can be picked and eaten. It was called spring water shield before long summer, and later it was called autumn water shield. Taking water shield as soup is crisp, tender and refreshing. Water shield was originally wild, growing in Nanjiang in Dongshan and Xiao Xia Bay in Xishan. It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that cultivation began. Water shield has high nutritional value and has the functions of enriching blood, moistening lung, invigorating stomach and stopping diarrhea. Snail cake Snail cake is a snack with Wuxi flavor. Huishan Pastry Huishan Pastry, formerly known as heavy oil sesame seed cake, is a famous specialty in Wuxi. Legend has it that it was created by the monks of Huishan Temple at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. Because it resembles the navel of the four donkey kong statues in the temple, it has been praised as the navel of King Kong by monks and has been passed down to this day.

Friend crisp is made of pure vegetable oil, refined white powder, sesame seeds, nuts, shredded melon and other raw materials through baking. Regular shape, golden color, crisp, sweet and salty, unique style. It has been popular for hundreds of years. Yixing purple sand Yixing purple sand pottery is a kind of natural five-color clay purple sand mud different from red clay. The basic colors are vermilion, purple and beige. Mud contains minerals, such as Shi Ying, kaolin, mica, hematite and various oxides. When fired at a high temperature of about 1200, the color of sand mud changes with the temperature, showing yellow as pear skin, brown as chrysanthemum, green as pine and cypress, red maple, purple as grape, white sand, red begonia and vermilion.

Huishan clay figurines Huishan clay figurines can be roughly divided into the following categories: hand-held operas, Peking Opera masks, figure animals, practical toys (with thermometers or pencil sharpeners, etc.). ).), and so on. These works are exquisite, popular and affordable, and they are the best gifts for visiting relatives and friends. Jiangyin black wine Jiangyin black wine is another southern glutinous rice wine, which is said to have been created by Du Kang. This wine is regarded as rubber ink, with strong smell, sweet but not greasy. After drinking, it can nourish blood and strengthen spleen, and is used for regulating menstruation and promoting blood circulation of pregnant women after delivery. It is listed as a famous wine in Jiangnan.