Is there any special product in Jingzhou, Hubei that can be given away?

Hubei Jingzhou specialties include Jingzhou fish cake, Jingzhou sweet and sour garlic, lead-free preserved eggs, loquat and Jingzhou embroidery.

1, Jingzhou fish cake

Jingzhou Fish Cake is a specialty of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, and a landmark product of chinese national geography.

Jingzhou is rich in fish since ancient times. As one of the eight famous dishes in Jingzhou, fish cake has a long history. According to legend, it was created by her daughter, and it was widely circulated in Jingchu. It began to be the first dish in the court of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was still a court dish until the Qing Dynasty. It is said that after tasting Jingzhou flower cake, Qianlong blurted out: fish can't eat, lily cake is lovely.

2, Jingzhou sweet and sour garlic

Sweet and sour garlic, formerly known as "sugar garlic", is one of the famous products in Shashi, Hubei Province and enjoys the reputation of "the crown of pickles in Jingzhou". The product is yellow and white, crystal clear, round, uniform in size, sweet and sour, slightly salty, crisp in texture and unique in aroma.

3. Lead-free preserved eggs

Lead-free preserved eggs are a traditional specialty of Jiangling. Jiangling has been producing preserved eggs for 100 years. Xuantongyuannian (A.D. 1909), preserved eggs in Chengdan Village, Qiuhu, Caoshi were famous both inside and outside the province.

Lead-free preserved eggs have good color, fragrance and taste, which is better than lead preserved eggs processed by traditional methods. After constant temperature at 26℃ for more than 80 days and at 37℃ for more than 50 days, no deterioration was found in the product.

4. Loquat

It blooms in autumn or early winter, and the fruit matures from spring to early summer, earlier than other fruits, so it is called "the only fruit tree with four seasons". Loquat has white or light yellow flowers, five petals, about 2 cm in diameter, and five to ten flowers in bundles, which can be used as honey source crops.

5. Jingzhou embroidery

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the level of embroidery in Jingzhou reached a very high level. Silk unearthed from the Chu Tomb of Mashan No.1 Warring States Period is known as the "Silk Treasure House", which is the earliest and most complete embroidery handicraft in China and even in the world. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the tradition of embroidery in Chu State was inherited, and the needle technique developed into straight needle, loose needle and braided needle, and the color and thread blended and the inlay became more mature.

Sericulture developed in the Tang Dynasty, and a large-scale embroidery industry appeared, which became one of the three centers of ancient Chinese embroidery. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jingzhou and Hankou were listed as two major embroidery bases in Hubei Province for the needs of courtiers, religions and operas.

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