What are the special snacks in Wuzhen?

1, sister-in-law cake

Sister-in-law cake, Wuzhen sister-in-law cake is a traditional specialty of Tongxiang Wuzhen. According to the record of Wuqing Township, it has a history of more than 100 years. According to the folk legend, it is made because of the fight between two people, so the shape of the cake resembles a chess piece cake and is slightly bigger than a chess piece cake.

2, smoked bean tea

Smoked bean tea, also known as baked bean tea, the main ingredient is smoked beans, auxiliary ingredients are cinnamon, fried sesame seeds, orange peel, shredded radish, soursop, fried cypress, etc., so the people of Wuzhen have a "eat tea" said.

3, Wuzhen Ding Sheng cake

Wuzhen Ding Sheng cake, it is said that the people of Wuzhen in ancient times to meet the return of the soldiers who won the war and a special snack, the color of scarlet, a symbol of the triumph of war.

Later, because Wuzhen has been proud of studying since ancient times, in ancient times, when a scholar took the examination for the top grade, his friends and relatives had to make a few cages of Ding Sheng Cake to see him off and express their good wishes for success in the examination. The cake is shaped like a lotus flower, with an outer layer of refined fragrant rice and glutinous rice flour, which is fine and even, and an inner bean paste filling, with a small amount of sugar and osmanthus mixed in the center.

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Wuzhen specialties:

1, Wujin

Wujin, Wuzhen silk old "Yidaxi Silk No." founder Shen Yongchang, Shen Xuewen's son inherited his father's business, in order to get rid of the dilemma of the traditional wooden machine silk in the market. The dilemma of lagging in the market, after a number of visits to the brocade instead of traditional products.

2, Silk Cotton

Silk Cotton, Wuzhen is the township of sericulture, silk of the center of the House, the texture of the silk produced by the firm and soft, no block, no tendons, no impurities, white color, uniformly thin as paper. The local people call silk as "big ring sheep" or "hand sheep".

3, cloth shoes

Cloth shoes are indispensable in the original life of Chinese people. Wuzhen cloth shoes are handmade thousand-layer bottom cloth shoes.

4, grate comb

Grate comb, Wuzhen bamboo, wood, goat's horn, cow horn and other products are abundant, through the selection of materials, molding, molding, planing, and other sets of technology, different shapes and functions of the grate comb will be shaped in the hands of the craftsmen, the value of the natural, and health care effects.

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