Enshi special food

Enshi specialties: Tujia Camellia Soup, Zhang Guan Residue, Tujia Bacon, Poplar Dried Bean Curd and Social Rice.

1, Tujia oil tea soup

Tujia oil tea soup is a snack similar to tea soup. It is fragrant, crisp, smooth, fresh, beautiful, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a traditional flavor food that Tujia people love. Therefore, there is a folk saying: "If you don't drink camellia soup, your heart will panic" and "Three meals and three bowls a day, it's hard".

2. Zhang Guan slag

Slag, also known as lazy tofu. Tujia people in Enshi have deep feelings for slag, especially in the years of war. Due to the shortage of food, dregs saved many people's lives. There is a folk saying that "Chili is salt and dregs are used for the New Year".

3. Tujia bacon

Tujia people are interested in feeding pigs in New Year, mainly because they want to have meat to eat in New Year. If you can't finish eating it during the Chinese New Year, Tujia people will make bacon, which is not only convenient for preservation, but also more beautiful in color. Boiled bacon in the pot is fragrant and appetizing, and it is the main course for Tujia people to entertain guests at ordinary times.

4. Dried white poplar bean curd

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Bai Yang Town in Lichuan has produced a large number of dried tofu. Among them, the dried beancurd produced by Ji Shen Haochipo's dried beancurd workshop is the most famous, which is listed as a tribute by local officials and deeply loved by the royal family. Emperor Kangxi personally gave Ji Shen Haochipo's dried bean curd workshop a gold plaque of "Strange Food in the Deep Mountains".

5. social meals

Social dinner has existed since ancient times, and it is a kind of food for Tujia, Miao, Dong and other ethnic minorities to sacrifice to the motherland. Eating club meals is mainly held on club day (the fifth day after beginning of spring), which is called "crossing the club" and "stopping the club" in folk customs. May Day belongs to the earth, so this day is a day to worship the earth bodhisattva. People pray for a smooth New Year, a bumper harvest and family harmony.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.