What are the specialties worth visiting in Hangzhou?

Since ancient times, this area in the south of the Yangtze River has been rich, with abundant soil and water and prosperous trade. So everything is exquisite and distinctive, and it was often used as a royal item in ancient times. Today's Hangzhou is also developing rapidly and has not lost its past elegance. There are countless friends who travel to Hangzhou every year. Then, when traveling to Hangzhou, what special foods that only belong to Hangzhou can be recommended to everyone?

1, West Lake Longjing

West Lake Longjing Tea has a history of 1 in Hangzhou for more than 200 years. The traditional Longjing tea of Hangzhou West Lake includes lion, dragon, cloud, tiger and other varieties, among which Long Yun well is the best. Longjing tea is fried with tender bud leaf tea, and the picking time of tea is very particular. The tea picked before Qingming Festival is called Qian Ming, and the tea picked before Grain Rain is called Yu Qian. Tea before Qian Ming is the top grade, tea before Yu Qian is the top grade, and then ordinary tea is picked. Longjing tea has four unique qualities, namely, green, fragrant, mellow and beautiful.

2. Hangzhou Silk

Hangzhou silk is soft and colorful. As early as the Han Dynasty, it was exported to foreign countries through the Silk Road, and now it has developed to more than a dozen varieties such as silk, silk, silk, silk, silk, silk, brocade and spinning.

3. Tianzhu chopsticks

This is a specialty of Hangzhou. It can be traced back to the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, there were many people who went to the three great Zhu to burn incense. The local people provided them with chopsticks for eating, that is, chopsticks made of real Shui Xin bamboo. As time goes by, chopsticks are taken home by pilgrims and tourists as souvenirs. Now Tianzhu chopsticks have been made into decorations with landscapes and inscriptions by local people in Hangzhou. Fashionable and creative, it is indeed a specialty of Hangzhou, which is very memorable.

4. West Lake lotus root starch

One of the famous specialties in Hangzhou, lotus root is the underground rhizome of lotus, which is made into lotus root powder through special processing. The texture is smooth, the color is white and red, the flavor is unique and the nutrition is rich.

5.chrysanthemum morifolium

This is a perennial herb locally produced in Hangzhou. Chrysanthemum cultivation has a long history. In ancient times, it was dedicated to the palace as a tribute. Chrysanthemum morifolium includes tiger chrysanthemum, big smoky chrysanthemum, big pot yellow and other varieties.

6. Wang fan

Wang's fan was very famous in the Song Dynasty, and it was called Hangfan, which was a tribute from the imperial court. Wang's fans mainly include feather fan, Gong Shan, opera fan, ivory fan and sandalwood fan.

7. Bambusa Tianmu

Hangzhou Tianmu Bamboo is mainly produced in Tianmu Mountain above 1000 meters above sea level, and belongs to the humid climate of tropical monsoon. Tianmu bamboo has the characteristics of thin shell, thick meat, tender, fresh and sweet.