Shanghai Four Specialties

Shanghai's four specialties are as follows:

1. White Chicken.

White chopped chicken is a traditional famous dish in Shanghai area, with beautiful shape, yellow skin and white meat, fat and tender, unusually fresh taste, very delicious.

2, Chongming old hairy crab.

Two large chelae full of fine hair, so commonly known as the old hairy crab, its appearance has a green back, white belly, golden claw, yellow hair features, Chongming old hairy crab is small, thin shell, fine meat with flavor, female crab yellow feet, male crab fat more.

3, Nanxiang small cage.

Nanxiang Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, a traditional specialty, known for its thin skin, tender meat, juicy, fresh flavor and beautiful shape.

4, Chenghuangmiao Five-Spice Beans.

Shanghai, a traditional snack, the origin is the city temple, with materials, the fire is appropriate, the folk say: do not taste the old city temple five spiced beans, do not count to the big Shanghai.

Shanghai's city symbols:

In Shanghai's climate, magnolia blooms especially early, before the Qingming Festival, it will be in full bloom, magnolia white as jade, crystal bright, open upward, overflowing with fragrance, the Shanghai Municipal Standard 1990 by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee to consider the adoption of the Shanghai Municipal Standard, the Shanghai Municipal Standard is the municipal flower Magnolia, sandboats and propellers in a triangular pattern.

The pattern resembles the propeller of a ship, symbolizing that Shanghai is a city that keeps moving forward. The sandboat in the center of the pattern sails out to sea, which is the oldest ship in Shanghai, symbolizing that Shanghai is a port city with a long history, and in the background of the sandboat is the magnolia in full bloom in the early spring, which demonstrates the city's vitality.