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Bijia fish tripe

Origin: Hubei.

Allusion: There is neither this kind of fish nor "pen rack fish belly" in other waters of the Yangtze River. According to local folklore, there is a () fish palace at the foot of Bijia Mountain, where the first () fish king lived. Any fish who worships it here will get a big fish swimming in the shape of Bijiashan.

Overview: Fish belly, also known as "fish glue", is animal glue or gelatin made of fish scales, fish skin, fish bones and swim bladder. Large yellow croaker, etc. Fish glue is made by direct drying. Besides being used as industrial raw material, it is also called "fish belly" for eating. Fish belly with a stone head and a pen is a kind of precious food made from the fish bladder produced in the first section of Changjiang Stone. () fish, that is, "() fish", this kind of fish is relatively large, about one meter long, usually weighing seven or eight kilograms, and the largest one is more than twenty kilograms. The back is gray and the abdomen is white. Fish has no scales, tender meat, delicious taste and few spines, and can cook all kinds of delicious fish dishes. The swim bladder of () is big, fat and nutritious. Its shape and red texture embedded in the swim bladder are similar to the Shishou Bijia Mountain standing on the bank of the Yangtze River, hence the name "Gaby Fish Belly".

Features: the pen container and fish belly are beautifully shaped, with green in white and glittering and lovely. The sun-dried fish belly is like a jade carving. Generally, a fish belly is about two ounces, and the largest can reach half a catty. Chefs can cook a variety of delicious foods such as chicken belly, shrimp belly, sea cucumber belly and braised belly with pen holder, which are delicious and have high nutritional value.

Yuankou fragrant rice

China has always regarded fragrant rice as a treasure, regarded fragrant rice as a tribute, and called fragrant rice "Gong Mi". Yuankou fragrant rice is produced in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province. Because the special soil and water conditions are suitable for the growth of aromatic rice, it can become a rare thing. Jiangyong County is located in the south of Hunan Province, upstream of Yongming River, a tributary of Xiaoshui. Here is rich in rice, wheat, peanuts, soybeans and so on. The specialty is "rice flavor from the source". The rice grain is as high as one meter, brown and sticky, and the color is milky white. It is made into rice, which is waxy and soft, and has a strong aroma. It is a unique product in Hunan rice and is famous for its good quality and delicious taste.

Hubei turquoise

As far back as 4,000 years ago, pendants and earrings made of turquoise were one of the decorations worn by women in China. In the Shang Dynasty, turquoise was found embedded in patterns of bronze and lacquerware. In the Tang Dynasty, when Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she carried a large number of turquoise ornaments with her to decorate the famous Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, western Tibet.

Turquoise sculpture combines the characteristics of turquoise's lively posture, different hardness and bright color, and designs and creates various masterpieces. Pay attention to fullness, integrity, vividness and novelty in modeling structure. In terms of carving techniques, it combines the styles of jade carving in the north and south of China, with clean, clear, concise and delicate lines. The famous turquoise sculptor Yuan's new work Chu Tianqu is carved from a piece of original stone weighing 14.7 kg. The whole stone is exquisite in texture, pure in surface, green in color and dazzling, which is an extremely rare treasure since the mining of turquoise in Hubei. According to ancient folklore, combined with the exquisite carving characteristics of turquoise, the author boldly used the skill of hollowing out jade carving and the realistic technique of traditional ladies of Hubei school to carefully carve a perfect three-dimensional picture on this polygonal turquoise. White clouds are floating around Qiongge in Xianshan, cranes are flying, and the sky is clear on a sunny day. The white crane boy holds Four Treasures of the Study and scrolls. The image of the white crane fairy is dignified and plump, beautiful and free and easy, and its clothing is brilliant and gorgeous. With a leisurely and complacent attitude, it reveals infinite affection for people who miss you far away. The whole work adopts the general technique, and the lines are washed smoothly, which skillfully shows the sense of space and three-dimensional sense.

Mayang preserved eggs

The preserved eggs produced by Hubei Tianmen Mayang Egg Factory are of good quality, and nearly one million eggs are produced for export every year. The surface of the egg is brown and transparent, with loose patterns, and the yolk is round and soft. This kind of preserved egg is both beautiful and delicious. It also has the effects of relieving summer heat in summer and autumn, invigorating stomach and warming body in winter and spring.

Xiaogan hemp sugar

The production of sesame candy in Xiaogan, Hubei Province has a long history. According to legend, it was very famous in the Song Dynasty. Feudal society used it as a tribute. It is made of refined glutinous rice, high-quality sesame seeds and soft sugar as the main raw materials, along with osmanthus and kumquat. Through twelve technological processes and thirty-two links. It tastes sweet and delicious, does not touch teeth, has the effect of moistening dryness, warming lung and nourishing stomach, and also benefits liver and kidney.

Qingshan mahonggao

Hubei Qingshan hemp baking cake is a traditional cake famous in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which has a history of nearly 100 years. It not only has the characteristics of fragrant, loose, crisp and refreshing rice cakes, but also has the sweet and soluble style of cloud cakes. The baked sesame cake is made of glutinous rice in Yingshan county, osmanthus in Xianning city, black sesame in Huangmei county and fine sugar. It tastes like hemp seed and osmanthus, which is loose, sweet, crisp and refreshing.

Blunt snout bream

Wuchang fish is a kind of bream. Tall, flat-sided, diamond-shaped, delicious and rich in fat, it is an excellent edible fish. Ma Zuchang's poem "Don't forget Wuchang fish when traveling south" reminds guests who come to Hubei not to forget to taste this famous aquatic food.

Steamed wuchang fish generally uses about1000g, supplemented by ham, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and chicken soup, which tastes better.

Shihua Daqu

Produced in Gucheng, Hubei Province. According to legend, a meteorite fell here in ancient times, and there was a clear spring where the stone fell. The local people use Jijiaquan to brew wine with unique taste. When Xiang Yu, the overlord of the four Chu States, attacked Xianyang, he passed through the old city and got drunk.

Shihua Daqu has a unique technology in material selection, koji making, fermentation, wine making, wine raising and blending. The so-called "twice feeding, seven times distilling to get wine, eight times adding koji into cellar, grading storage, five-year aging and careful blending" is just a simple summary of this process. Small pot fermentation is another stunt in the production of Shihua Daqu. After fermentation in a small pot, the fermented mother grains are aged to the best degree. Shihua Daqu has to go through a long period of "wine storage" before it leaves the factory. Clear and transparent, fragrant and mellow, with long aftertaste, soft entrance, sweet entrance and fragrant exit.

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Produced in Fangxian County, Hubei Province. Fangxian county has rolling hills, dense forests, warm climate, abundant rainfall and abundant ear forest resources, which provides unique conditions for auricularia auricula production. "Hubei Tongzhi" said: "Auricularia auricula is most famous for its cloud producers, and it is called Yuner in the world." "Ears are the ears of the room. Over the years, the output of auricularia auricula in Fangxian county accounted for one-third of that in Hubei province. It accounts for about one-tenth of the country.

The colloid of Auricularia auricula has great adsorption, which can concentrate the dust and impurities left in the digestive system and respiratory system of human body and excrete them. Shaped like a swallow, flying, with good color and beautiful appearance; Rich in meat, good in texture, pure in taste and large in wool. Ingredients: It contains carbon and hydrate, protein, fat, cellulose, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2 and vitamin C, etc. Li Shizhen wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica": Auricularia auricula "is sweet and flat in nature, benefiting qi and not hungry, but light and strong in nature." It also has the function of treating hemorrhoids and bloody dysentery. Modern medical circles have made new discoveries about the medicinal value of Auricularia auricula, believing that it has the effects of clearing away lung-heat, moistening body fluid and removing blood stasis, and also contains anticancer substances.

Hefeng gexianmi

Produced in Hefeng, Hubei Province. According to the Book of Jin written by Fang in Tang Dynasty and Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty, Ge Hong (284-364), a scholar in Jin Dynasty, was named Ge. He did not seek promotion and fame. When he lived in seclusion in the "southern soil", he often ate Nostoc commune for lack of food. Since then, he has been called "Ge Xianmi" by the people. The color is green and round, delicate and shiny. Ingredients: Contains protein, algae starch and various sugars. It is cold in nature and light in taste, and can clear away heat and astringent, invigorate qi and improve eyesight, and is mainly used for treating night blindness, proctoptosis and burns.

Yixing zisha pottery flowerpot

Yixing Zisha Pot is made of local purple clay, which can be divided into height and size, and has different shapes and changes from Fiona Fang. The circumference of the washbasin grows to seven feet and is as small as half an inch. The high basin can be used for planting cliff-like flowers and trees, and the shallow basin is used for arranging water stones and stump bonsai, which complement each other. Beginning in the Song Dynasty and flourishing in the Ming, Qing and Yuan Dynasties, the firing process of Zisha pottery gradually matured, and the utensils were also engraved with inscriptions. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, Yixing purple sand pottery tea set was very popular. In the Qing dynasty, a new style of seal cutting, calligraphy and painting decoration was created. Yixing purple sand pottery flowerpot's unique reddish brown gives people a solemn, quaint and simple feeling. It combines decoration and carving closely, and engraves poems, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy and painting in a basin by means of lithograph carving, which is antique. The living room and bedroom are more elegant and simple. Beautiful shape, quaint and generous, good air permeability and water absorption.