Ningbo, Zhejiang, can you introduce the local customs, snacks and specialties?

1 mustard seed

Ningbo has fertile land and abundant rainfall. Planting wild vegetables and pickles in autumn and winter has a long history. According to the book "Guangqun and Fangpu", "Siming has vegetables called wild vegetables, which are frozen in the snow. This dish is unique in shape and green, hence the name potherb. Slightly spicy, excellent pickling. " In winter and spring,

Two thousand layers of cake

This is a special food in Ningbo. It has been more than 100 years since Xikou was made. Square, with 27 floors, distinct layers, golden green, crisp and refreshing, sweet with salty, salty with fresh, unique flavor. It makes people feel fragrant after eating, and they can't get tired of eating it. Xikou Melaleuca Cake has won many national and provincial famous and excellent product awards, and has become a tourist food for Chinese and foreign tourists to taste and give to their relatives and friends, especially overseas tourists who have left their homes. They all like to let their relatives and friends take some home to comfort their homesickness. Melaleuca cakes are not only sold well in eastern Zhejiang, but also exported to Japan, Southeast Asian countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

3 Qiu 'ai pickles

Ningbo specialty, rich in Qiu 'ai Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, is a famous "hometown of pickles". Pickled with potherb mustard, the color is Huang Liang, fragrant, tender, fresh and slightly sour, which can stimulate appetite. It can be eaten raw or used as an ingredient. There is a folk saying in Ningbo that "if you don't eat pickles soup for three days, your feet will be a little sour", which shows the role of pickles. Qiu 'ai pickles have been processed for nearly a hundred years. With vacuum packaging and advanced preservation and storage technology, many famous brand products such as "Dali" pickles are sold well at home and abroad.

4 Qin Qing soup

Generally called evergreen dried vegetables or dried vegetables, it is a traditional specialty. In February and March, when a large number of rapeseed germinates, the tender tips of the top three or four nodes are used as raw materials, and they are blanched in boiling water for two or three minutes, and then dried after they are three ripe and seven ripe. Because of the special processing technology, most of the vitamin C and minerals in fresh vegetables are not destroyed, so the color, smell and taste are good and attractive. The general habit is to make soup. In the past, most of them were processed and eaten at home or given to relatives and friends in other places. Nowadays, Qin Qing soup is one of the "Kayizhi" green foods produced by Zhejiang Haitong Food Co., Ltd., which is supplied to cities such as Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shanghai and many overseas countries. It is also deeply loved by tourists and used as a good feed.

5 cha

There are Tiantai Mountain and Siming Mountain in Ningbo, which live near the lake. There are abundant rains and misty clouds all year round, so the quality of tea is excellent, including "Wang Fu Yin Hao", "Ninghai One Tip", "Wanghai Tea", "Waterfall Fairy Tea", "Siming Dragon Tip", "Lv Qin", "Donghai Dragon Tongue" and "Siming Twelve Thunder". Ningbo tea is best picked in front of Grain Rain, most of the time around Qingming. It is famous for its light green, fresh taste, sweet and lasting fragrance at the International Tea Expo.

6 Sanbei Bean Soup

It is a traditional famous spot in Ningbo, famous in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and overseas. Sanbei crisp sugar production has a long history, and it was first produced in Lubu Town, Yuyao more than 100 years ago. Crispy bean candy is rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and other nutrients, which can keep the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, crispness and looseness for a long time. At present, Lubu Town in Yuyao, Shenshiqiao in zhouxiang town in Cixi and Shenyang Tourist Food Factory in Ningbo are the main producing areas and production enterprises.

Yellow croaker, also known as yellow croaker, yellow croaker and river fish, lives in the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea and is produced in Xiangshan Port and Zhoushan Shengsi Islands. Because there are two small stones called fishhead stones in the fish head, they are also called stone fish. The ancients described it as "the stone flower in the building". Every spring, the yellow croaker swims back to the coast for several miles, and then swims to the deep sea in autumn and winter. It is one of the main economic fish in China and a famous Haite product in Ningbo. The body shape is conical and slightly flat, and the head shape varies with species. Common species are: hammerhead shark, tiger shark, dog shark, spiny shark, blue shark, mullet shark, spotted shark, swallowtail shark, bald shark, flat shark, white-eyed shark and so on. More than 70 species, produced in Xiangshan port and Zhoushan sea area, are unique to Ningbo sea fishing.

8 rice cake

Traditional grain replicas have been produced for hundreds of years. There is a folk saying in Ningbo that "rice cakes are rising year by year, and this year is better than last year". Ningbo rice cake takes high-quality late glutinous rice as the main raw material, which is as white as jade, soft and smooth, does not paste after long cooking, and is not sticky at the entrance. Cicheng Town in Ningbo and Sanqi Town in Yuyao are the main production bases of Ningbo rice cakes, and "Tapai" rice cakes are also exported to the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia and other countries and Hong Kong and Macao.

9. Dried bamboo shoots are one of the three famous products in Fenghua, which is as famous as peaches and taro. It is made of long-bearded bamboo shoots which are abundant locally. Because it looks like a sheep bamboo shoot, it is called "dried sheep tail bamboo shoot". Its meat color is pure yellow, delicious and nutritious, and it has the effect of relieving summer heat and appetizing. Can be used for barbecue, white cutting or soup making.

10 Fenghua taro (Luohan, Guo Sheng)

"Go through the three customs and six docks and eat Fenghua taro". People are proud of eating Fenghua taro, which shows that this taro is unusual. Fenghua taro is rich in Xiaowangmiao Town and Xikou Town in Fenghua. Its fruit is rich in starch and delicious. It can be used as a snack, snack, "taro pot dog (sheep)", "taro pot ribs" and "taro pot seafood" and so on, making it a special dish.

1 1 sanbei lotus root starch

With the same name as Sanbei Crisp Sugar, it is a local specialty food in Ningbo, which was once a tribute to the imperial cuisine. Sanbei lotus root silk sugar is produced in Cixi. There are black sesame seeds or white sesame seeds outside the column, which are crisp and sweet and have a unique flavor.

12 water milling powder

Also known as glutinous rice dumpling powder, it is made of high-quality glutinous rice, which is fragrant and smooth. It is not only the main raw material for making Ningbo glutinous rice balls, but also can be used to make replicas of glutinous rice flour such as Yuanxiao and Matuan, replacing starch as coagulant in cold drink products.

13 Ningbo Tangtuan

Formerly known as Yuanxiao, according to textual research, Ningbo Tangtuan began in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and has a history of more than 700 years. It is made of first-class glutinous rice, which is rich in local area, ground into powder and stuffed with delicate and pure white sugar, black sesame seeds and high-quality pig fat. It has the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, freshness, smoothness and waxy taste, so it enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. In Ningbo, on the morning of the first day of the first month, every family, men, women and children will eat jiaozi in Ningbo to show joy, reunion and good luck. Some overseas Chinese always like to eat bowls of jiaozi during festivals to express their homesickness. From 1982, Ningbo Tangtuan became the first snack variety exported overseas by Zhejiang Province. 1997 was selected as a famous snack in China. Ningbo has a tradition of going out to do business. As more and more Ningbo people set up shops in various places to do business, they also spread the food of Ningbo Tangtuan to various places and opened Ningbo Tangtuan Store. Now, many cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Anqing have Ningbo dumpling shops. After Ningbo opened to the outside world, Ningbo dumplings were frozen and exported.

14 selenium-enriched fragrant fish

Fuxi, one of the five major streams in Ninghai County, Ningbo, originated from the mountain streams in Dali and Ma 'ao, and flowed into Xiangshan Port from west to east. It was called Fuxi in ancient times. It can be seen that there are many wild ducks in this stream, which is a famous specialty of Ningbo-fragrant fish. Produced in this stream, it was named "Fuxi Fragrant Fish". In the Qing Dynasty Guangxu's "Ninghai County Records", it was recorded: "Fragrant fish was produced in the stream, also known as fine-scaled fish, and it was fragrant without fishy smell. July-August is 7-8 inches long, but after that, it is not good to have a baby. It is better to leave Fuxi. "

15 river crab

"The tender jade is full and the shell is red and fat." The fat season of chrysanthemum yellow crab is a good Guang Chen for crabs. Xie, a scholar in Ningbo, wrote in the poem Hairy Crab, "Xiao Wei is a fisherman at night, and he wants to pull out the tips and stay in the yellow grass system, which is the old family style of Jiuqi Village Store."

16 business trip

Dried tribute vegetables, also known as shellfish, are dried mussels, which are not only delicious, but also have high nutritional value. Fresh food can be cooked first, the shells and hairs on both sides are removed, and then radish and laver are added to cook together, which is especially delicious. Ningbo mussel meat is big and fat, which is called dried meat after processing and drying. Because it is a senior nutritional product, it has been given to the royal family as a tribute since the Tang Dynasty, hence the name "Gonggan".

17 kumquat

Kumquat is as big as litchi, round, yellow, sweet, slightly sour and full of flavor. It is a good fruit, especially in the area of Beilun Chaiqiao. There are many varieties of kumquat, such as golden bullet, tendon, golden date and golden bean. Among them, the golden bullet is the crown of oranges, with large skin, tender meat and sweet juice, which is suitable for fresh food. Kumquat is not only delicious, but also has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, appetizing and regulating qi, which is deeply loved by people.

18 oyster

Xidian area in Ninghai County is known as the "Hometown of Oysters" and has a 700-year breeding history. The oysters produced here are tender, delicious and high in protein.

19 bayberry

Myrica rubra is soft, sweet, mellow, pearl-shaped, agate-like in color, and it is a fine fruit. The hilly area about 40 kilometers from Linghu in Cixi County to Mazhu in Yuyao County is the concentrated production area of Yangmei in Ningbo. Myrica rubra in Ningbo has four categories: white, pink, red and black, each with its own characteristics. Myrica rubra can be processed into canned Myrica rubra, dried Myrica rubra, Myrica rubra sauce, dried Myrica rubra with honey, etc., which is deeply loved by Chinese and foreign people.

20 peaches

Peach in Fenghua is the first peach with thin skin and tender flesh and sweet juice. It has been planted for nearly a hundred years, and Yurutao, which is called "Qiongjiang Youlu" and "Yaochi Treasures" by people at home and abroad, is one of the best varieties and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

2 1 dried bamboo shoots

Dried vegetables and bamboo shoots are made of sauerkraut and bamboo shoots. With tender cabbage and fresh bamboo shoots, it is delicious and fragrant, and can be served with vegetarian dishes.

22 Mudnail The yellow mud snail in Ningbo tastes very good!

Second, other majors

1 double-reed bamboo carving

Bamboo carving with double spring is a traditional craft in Fenghua, Ningbo. Began in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, it is a comprehensive handicraft made by peeling off the green skin of local unique bamboo, then peeling it layer by layer, turning out the bamboo spring, and then processing it by hand, painting, carving and painting. There are many varieties of colors, such as vases, picture frames, baskets, desk lamps, pen containers, chessboards, teapots, bamboo-rooted Buddha statues, small screens and so on. , practical and beautiful, unique style, products sell well in the international market.

2 Zhu Jin woodcarving

Zhu Jin woodcarving, also known as lacquer gold woodcarving, is one of the "three golds" in Ningbo (gold and silver colored embroidery, clay gold colored lacquer and Zhu Jin woodcarving). It is made of high-quality wood such as camphor wood, basswood and ginkgo wood through relief, general carving and round carving. It is made of gold ornaments, gold placer, grinding gold, grinding silver, dipping powder, tracing gold, opening gold, spreading mica, spreading green and spreading blue, and coated with Chinese paint. Woodcarving is full of composition, simple and elegant, beautifully carved, and its contents are mostly festive and auspicious events, folklore and so on. , with a unique local style of Ningbo. The architecture and decoration of Zhao Ti Temple in Nara, Japan, was built by bamboo carving technology under the personal guidance of Jian Zhen, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty.

3 Jinnicai lacquer

Clay gold colored lacquer is made of China raw lacquer as the main raw material, wood tires as the main raw material, bamboo chips and weaving. Its modeling is vivid, three-dimensional, colorful, beautiful in layout and exquisite in shape. Production is divided into three categories: floating flowers, flat flowers and sunken flowers, which is one of the main export handicrafts in Ningbo.

4 bone wood inlay

Bone and wood inlay is one of the ancient handicrafts in China. Sui and Tang dynasties have been listed as tributes. By the middle of Qing dynasty, it had enjoyed the reputation of "simple pattern, exquisite craftsmanship, no different from Chinese painting". Bone wood inlay can be divided into high inlay and flat inlay in the form of expression. The so-called high inlay means that the pattern is raised, and the flat inlay means that the pattern is embedded with the wood blank. The materials used are processed into patterns with animal bones, Luodian, sawdust and copper sheets, embedded in wood blanks and carved with a carving knife. The combination of bone and wood inlay with architecture and furniture can not only be used for decoration, but also has practical value. At present, there are bone and wood inlaid products made in Ningbo in the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace in Beijing.

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