What are the specialties in Yichang?

Shrimp with rice and corn as raw materials and brown sugar water as seasoning is cool and thirsty. It is a favorite drink of Yichang residents after being blended with iced brown sugar water in summer. Operated by roadside vendors, most of them are home-made, and the price ranges from 50 cents to 1 yuan a cup.

When it comes to cold shrimp, the first thing that comes to mind is Qi Baishi's shrimp painting, which is slightly turbulent, indifferent and very interesting. Cold shrimp also has this idea. Although you can't fill your stomach, you can quench your thirst. Hold it in your hand and watch the cool shrimp rippling in the clear water, as if white jade is dancing lightly, cool and slightly sweet, which can be pleasing to the eye and tea. It's really a pleasure to stop and take a nap. There is a "Zheng Xinji" on Zhifu Road, which is the leader of the shrimp industry in Yichang. There is a row of containers for cold shrimp in front of the table, like a big wine glass. Slippery are colorful varieties: golden corn, dark black rice, glittering and translucent white rice, and lemon, orange juice and grape-flavored jelly.

2. Slag

Slag, also known as lazy tofu, is a traditional snack of Tujia nationality. The production of this slag is relatively simple, but it is a little difficult in the initial stage of "pushing", so people call it pushing slag. The production procedure is as follows: wash the soybeans, swell them with water, put them in a stone mill, grind them into pulp with water, boil them with strong fire, and then add the cut fresh radish leaves to boil them to make a pot of milky white and green slag. It can be seen that "pushing slag" is much simpler than making tofu, and there is no need to filter and squeeze, and generally there is no need to order brine. No wonder Tujia people also call slag "lazy tofu". The nutritional collocation of slag is also very scientific. Protein in soybean is combined with vitamins and inorganic salts in radish vegetables to achieve the effect of reasonable diet.

3. Wufeng famous tea

There are treasures all over the world, but the most memorable one is Wufeng tea. Wufeng is the hometown of famous tea in China. Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County belongs to subtropical warm and humid monsoon climate, with the lowest elevation of150m and the highest elevation of 2320m. The mountains are surrounded by clouds all year round, with abundant rainfall, fertile soil and mild climate, forming the unique natural conditions for Wufeng's "Wu Yun Good Tea".

In addition, tea is also produced in Dangyang, Changyang, Yuan 'an, Zigui, Yidu and Yiling District (especially Dengcun) in Yichang, mainly including Chun Mei tea, Zhou Xia green tea, jasmine spring tip tea, Hongyi kung fu tea, Luyuan tea, cactus tea, Zhou Xia green tea, Dengcun green tea, silk floss tea and so on.

4. bailizhou pear

Bailizhou Shali is a specialty of Bailizhou Town, a subsidiary of Yichang City, Hubei Province, and a landmark product of chinese national geography.

Bailizhou pear contains fructose, glucose, malic acid and organic acid, and also contains nutrients such as fat, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, carotene and nicotinic acid. Its fruit was named "Top Ten Famous Fruits in Hubei" by Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture because of its big size, crisp meat and sweet juice.

5, navel orange

Causality gives birth to a small fruit at the top, which expands with the fruit and splits into navel-shaped, hence the name navel orange. Also known as steamed stuffed bun orange, seedless orange. The fruit is round when it is ripe, orange-red when it is big, crisp and fragrant, sweet and juicy, tender and without residue. Outside Hong Kong and Macao, navel oranges are also exported to the United States, Canada, Australia, Albania and other countries. Navel oranges are produced in Zigui County, Yichang, the famous hometown of navel oranges in China, and there are many other delicious orange brands.

Red orange: a new variety selected from Jincheng bud mutation. It is characterized by regular fruit shape, orange-red color, thin skin and tender meat, sweet and sour taste, and good quality. It ripens in mid-June 165438+ 10. The main producing area is Taipingxi area in Sandouping, Yidu. Won the Hubei Science and Technology Achievement Award.

Peach leaf orange: The leaves are as long and narrow as peach leaves. From 1959, excellent varieties were selected from many sweet oranges. The fruit surface is orange-red, smooth, thin-skinned, with few seeds, crisp, very sweet, fragrant and juicy. Zigui has a long history of producing citrus. Qu Yuan's Ode to Orange proves that Zigui had cultivated citrus at least two thousand years ago. Ye Tao orange was bred from the common sweet orange in Longmaxi Village, Xintan Town (now Quyuan Town) in Zigui County 1956-1965, and it is one of the three local fine varieties in China. Because its terminal leaves are as long and narrow as peach leaves, it is named "Peach Leaf Orange".

2014101,the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the protection of geographical indication products of "Baili Zhousha Pear".

Extended data:

Yichang, formerly known as Yiling, is located in the southwest of Hubei Province at the junction of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with a history of more than 2,000 years. The name "Yichang" began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the construction of the city began at the beginning of liberation. 1992 establishing prefecture-level cities. The total area of the city is 2 1 000 square kilometers, and the urban area is 4249 square kilometers. By the end of 20 13, Yichang's urban built-up area reached 150 square kilometers, and its registered population was1200,000. The city now governs five districts, three cities and five counties, with a permanent population of 4150,000.

Yichang, built by the Yangtze River, is the sub-central city of Hubei Province. The comprehensive strength of science and technology, higher education, culture, health, transportation and medical care is second only to Wuhan, and its economic strength ranks third in Hubei Province. It is an important transportation hub in Central China, including Hanyi Expressway, Hanyi Expressway, Liu Jiao Railway and 3 18 National Highway. Yichang is the location of important national strategic facilities such as the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam, and is known as the "hydropower capital of the world".

Yichang is an excellent tourist city in China. There are four national 5A-level tourist attractions in China, ranking among the top cities in China. Yichang is the only national environmental protection model city in Hubei province, enjoying the status of a national civilized city and a national garden city? , national health city, national forest city? China Piano City and so on.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yichang