What are the specialties and special things in Beijing?

Roast duck is a famous dish unique to Beijing, which is famous at home and abroad. Beijing roast duck is made from stuffed ducks raised in the suburbs of Beijing. Before roasting, wash the duck leg hair and take out the internal organs. Then air is pressed between the skin and the meat to separate the skin from the meat, and then malt syrup is coated on the duck and dried. In this way, the whole duck is dark red, as if painted with red pigment. The roasting method is to pour boiling water into the duck cavity before sending the duck into the oven, and then release the boiling water after the duck is cooked. Hardwoods such as dates, peaches and pears are used as fuel for stoves. These fuels have less smoke and incense, and their firepower is not strong. After about 40 minutes of roasting, each duck is tender and thick. Eating roast duck is exquisite: first put a pancake on your hand, put a few pieces of roast duck on it, dip it in sweet noodle sauce, add a few onions, and then roll it up to eat, which is oily but not greasy, crisp and refreshing. Before eating roast duck, the chef will also make duck loin, duck heart, duck liver, duck feet, duck wings and duck eggs into various cold pots, or use salt and pepper to make cooked food such as fried duck heart, fried duck tongue and fried duck loin. Even duck bones can be used to make soup, which is delicious. A senior chef can process more than 80 kinds of hot and cold dishes from ducks, forming a unique "whole duck mat".

Liubiju pickles

Liubiju Sauce Garden was founded in Jiajing nine years of Ming Dynasty (AD 1530) and has a history of more than 450 years. "Liubiju" was originally a small hotel opened by a businessman named Zhao in Xishe Village, Linfen, Shanxi Province. Later, in addition to brewing, a green pickle workshop was added and expanded into a sauce garden. Soon, Liubiju pickles became famous, and the shopkeeper stopped selling wine and specialized in pickles. The pickles in Liubiju sauce garden are delicious, crisp and tender, salty and sweet, and salty and sweet, which is the best accompaniment. Sugar garlic is a famous product in Liubiju pickles. They specially selected six petals of purple garlic, and after peeling, soaking, drying, boiling soup, filling jars and other processes. Sugar garlic is crisp and tender in color, sweet in taste and slightly garlic-flavored, so it is called "sweet-scented osmanthus sugar garlic" because of its fragrance. This special canned sugar and garlic is exported all over the world.

cloisonné

Cloisonne, also known as "copper tire cloisonne", is a famous traditional handicraft in Beijing. Because it was famous in the world during the Jingtai period in the Ming Dynasty, its production technology was mature, and the color glaze used was mostly blue, so it was named Jingtai Blue. Cloisonne is a collection of history, culture, art and traditional crafts. It is simple and elegant, exquisite and luxurious, with unique national artistic style and profound cultural connotation. Cloisonne originated in Yuan Dynasty and flourished in Ming Dynasty. As for its origin, due to the lack of existing literature records and the lack of reliable early products, there is no conclusion so far. As far as we know, the earliest record of metal tire enamel products in China can only be found in "Gegu Essentials" written by Cao Zhao in the twenty-first year of Hongwu in the early Ming Dynasty. The "big food kiln" recorded in the book is the "tire cloisonne" product. "Big food" was China's title to the Arabian region in West Asia in Yuan and Song Dynasties. According to the analysis of historical data, at the end of13rd century, "copper tire cloisonne" was introduced into China from Arabia. At the beginning of the introduction, there were many names such as "big food kiln" and "franc". The earliest existing enamel products in China are the products collected by the Palace Museum at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, such as the three-ring jar of animal ears, the linked tripod furnace and the lotus elephant ear furnace.

Cloisonne appellation was first seen in the archives of the "Compilation Office" of the Qing Palace, and in the "Clear Files of Various Works" in the sixth year of Yongzheng.

Cloisonne, as a kind of court art, was officially put into operation and presented to the court before the middle of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that private enamel workshops appeared, and cloisonne was circulated in the market as a commodity. According to relevant records, the export of cloisonne began in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. In 1904 and 19 15, the Baoding furnace produced by Tian won the first prize in Chicago World Expo and Panama World Expo respectively. At this point, cloisonne has gained a great reputation in the world.

Peking Opera Facial Mask Art

Like other operas, Beijing Opera attaches great importance to makeup. Using a set of exaggerated techniques to draw colorful patterns on the face is the most prominent feature of Beijing Opera. According to the characters' personality, age, physiology and other characteristics, the common facial makeup includes three tiles, six faces, wrinkled face, butterfly face, monk face, unparalleled face, crooked face, magpie face, sword eye, arch eyebrows and longevity eyebrows. The commonly used colors of Peking Opera facial makeup are red (for loyalty), pink (for honesty and old age), purple (for prudence), black (for fortitude), white (for cunning), yellow (for fierceness), blue (for arrogance) and green (for stubbornness and cruelty). So as to give the audience the enjoyment of cultural and artistic beauty.

Angong Niuhuang Pill

Angong Niuhuang Pill has excellent materials and fine processing. Sichuan Lotus, which has grown for more than 7 years, is selected in Huang Lian, and high-quality jujube nectar and Vitex negundo honey are selected as honey. The grinding fineness of the medicine is extremely high, and the finished product is wrapped with pure gold foil and sealed with wax skin, which can be stored for a hundred years without deterioration. Its curative effect is more remarkable, and it can be used to treat severe patients such as persistent high fever, coma, convulsion, encephalitis, meningitis, toxic encephalopathy, cerebral hemorrhage and septicemia.

Osmanthus fragrans aged wine

Osmanthus fragrans aged wine has a brewing history of more than 3,000 years in China. It is golden in color, glittering and translucent in Ming Che, delicious in osmanthus fragrance, mellow in wine flavor, harmonious and rich in aroma, mellow in wine flavor, slightly sour and sweet, sweet and sour to the taste, rich in aroma, long in aftertaste, elegant and pleasant after drinking, and has the effects of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, increasing calories, helping digestion, stimulating appetite and relieving fatigue.

Beijing wears a writing brush

Dai's brush is famous for its "four virtues", which are sharp, neat, round and healthy. There are many varieties, each with its own characteristics: the brush made of goat hair is soft; Purple hair made of rabbit hair is hard and healthy; Wolf writing brush made of yellow wolf hair is often neutral. There are also sheep purple wolf writing brushes made of wool, rabbit hair and wolf hair, as well as writing brushes made of mink hair and chicken feathers, all of which have different functions and uses. In addition, some fine products processed by special techniques, such as ebony inlays, jade poles or jade tops, plus brocade box packaging, are antique and particularly precious.

Beijing palace lantern

Beijing Palace Lantern has exquisite craftsmanship, which has both practical value and decorative appreciation value. Beijing Palace Lantern is exquisitely made and the materials are exquisite. The frame is generally made of precious wood such as mahogany, sandalwood and rosewood, and decorated with colored glass yarn and silk, which is elegant and luxurious. The red gauze lantern is particularly gorgeous and dignified against the golden clouds and tassels. Whenever auspicious lanterns are hung high, the atmosphere of joy and celebration doubles.

Beijing Qiuli ointment

The selection of autumn pear paste should first select autumn pears produced in that year, clean them, rub them into strips, then wrap them tightly with gauze and squeeze out pear juice. Then pour the pear juice into a special pot and boil it. The pot for boiling pear juice is made of copper, and the pot is tinned. Honey, sugar and ginger must be added in the process of boiling pear juice. Finally, according to different formulas, poria cocos, Fritillaria, bird's nest and other medicinal materials are added respectively. After the pear juice is boiled into a sticky state, it is made into autumn pear paste. Qiuli ointment is sweet and delicious, and has the functions of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, calming nerves and strengthening spleen and stomach.

Rong Baozhai —— The Art Palace of Woodcut Watermark Painting

Rong Baozhai was founded by a Guan Jingren named Zhang, who was from Zhejiang. Originally named Songzhuzhai, it mainly deals in Four Treasures of the Study. In the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), it was changed to Rong Baozhai, and gradually became a gathering place for literati and painters.

Rong Baozhai inherited the "woodblock printing" of China since the Tang and Song Dynasties, especially the woodcut watermark painting, which is famous at home and abroad. Woodcut watermark painting is a unique ancient style and art, which is completed by three basic processes: tracing, engraving and inking. You can copy ancient and modern famous paintings and achieve the miraculous effect of antique "confusion".

Babao inkpad

Babao Inpad is made of 8 precious medicinal materials, including musk, cinnabar, ruby, coral, cinnabar, red leaves, castor oil and moxa. Babao inkpad has bright and clean color, clear impression, no sealing, no oil, no sun and no fire, and keeps its true color for a long time.