Where the famous handicraft-Xiang Embroidery originated from

Famous Hunan Embroidery

Xiang embroidery originated from folk embroidery and has a history of more than 2000 years. The earliest kind has been found in Changsha Chu Tomb unearthed in 1958 from Longfengtu. In 1972, Changsha Mawangdui unearthed 40 embroidered clothes and pavement embroidered brocade. Embroidery patterns up to more than 10 kinds of embroidery, embroidery threads have 18 kinds of hues, and use a variety of different needles, to achieve a neat needle, line spilling, embroidery skilled realm. In the Qing Dynasty, Changsha embroidery spread to both urban and rural areas. According to the Tongzhi Changsha county", "the capital of the district, women's work embroidery, things textile a few times, all the giants of the clan or Jintian Xiangxiang", shaping the Changsha county, the women's work embroidery. ", shaped Changsha County, Kaifu District Xia Ning along the traditional base of Hunan embroidery production, most of the peasant women in the embroidery industry, has been embroidery town "called. Many of the city's embroidery 26 to clear failures, embroidery more than 10,000, annual output of embroidery more than 20,000. embroidered quilt covers, pillowcases and other daily necessities, but also a small number of high-grade painting screen.

Shanghai embroidery art features, mainly expressed as a vivid image, realistic texture is strong, according to the drawings as a blueprint, "on behalf of the pen" needle ", line halo color, on the basis of the drawings, deliberately pursuing the original on the art of re-creation of its unique skills, are in for the "Shi needle and thread. The Xiang embroidery doped needle stitch varied, and according to different images, different regions of the natural texture of the different requirements, the development of more than 70 kinds of needle on the performance. Thousands of thread colors, according to the theme of the various attached drawings, using a variety of different stitches, matched with a variety of different levels of embroidery thread - silk or wool, by virtue of the special needle expressiveness and embroidery thread embroidered images of glossy, not only to retain the original charm of the pen drawings, and embroidery process, adding authenticity and three-dimensional images, play an artistic effect than the general drawing. Therefore, Hunan embroidery has become a school of its own, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, "Hunan embroidery was prevalent, surpassing Suzhou embroidery, along the name of Gu embroidery." Changes as a blueprint, dyeing silk, non-reusable steps are carried out. "

Since then, Hunan embroidery has attracted people at home and abroad with its unique charm of mischief in the Nanyang persuasive meeting in 1910 was called "muddy ink and brush in no trace" word grid hairpin flowers, tracking needle and thread. "Hunan embroidery shone at the 1933 International Exposition held in Chicago. Changsha Jinhua Korean exhibitions, such as the bust of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Hunan embroidery embroidery bank sent, caused a sensation. Hunan Province, the President of the key will be donated to Roosevelt rumored to be his personal name. The pictorial is in the collection of the Alexandria Museum in Chicago.

After the liberation, Xiang embroidery workers changed the traditional process of double-sided embroidery, focusing on the development of a double-sided embroidery art, at the same time created a more difficult "double-sided all different embroidery" Xiang embroidery art to a new level. The advantages and disadvantages of transparent substrate, above embroidered with two themes, ideas, colors, stitching different images. Such as double-sided "Mulan" embroidery screen, different embroidery on the basis of the famous "Mulan Diction". The side embroidery has "Miles to go to win the battle ... Cold light source iron clothes, side embroidery has clouds when the window manager, reflector applique flowers yellow. "This not only reflects the heroic image of a good Hua Mulan disguised as a man, wearing a firm grip, but also reflects the "off" wartime cells of the girls' school dressed in the daughter's loaded state, making the contrast more distinctive image. The side of the uniform, one side of the red dress is skillfully conceived and delicately embroidered, known as talent, is lovely.

Xiang embroidery is a wide range of topics of various styles and colorful embroidery. The famous traditional brand "tiger" lion "and" hundred birds towards the phoenix hanging screen, "provincial excellent products", birds, 100 fish, flowers, 100, hundred butterflies 500 "quilt surface;, there are countless double-sided different embroidery Hunan embroidery boutique.

To Tongguan Road

Tongguan Town, Wangcheng County, one of the famous "five? Pottery Capital" one of the 10-mile radius from the Changsha kiln kiln everywhere, everywhere there is pottery, known as the "Ten Mile Pottery City ceramics excavated Changsha kiln ruins proved that as far away as more than 1,000 years ago, there had been a brilliant splendor with the production of ceramics, pioneering the process of underglaze coloring, a highly skilled garden of Chinese art. There are 19 existing banks of Tang Dynasty kiln sites along the Xiangjiang River from Shifu Lake to Tongguan Town. The "Dragon Kiln" tablet on the hillside above its potentially meandering and spectacular 3.7-meter-thick pile. 1983 to clean up the Long Kiln may be the cultural relics of 1928, Yangzhou, Ningbo, as well as Japan, North Korea, Iran and other countries of the Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln porcelain had a disability. After the Changsha kiln shrank for a period of time, production resumed during the Kangxi years of the Qing Dynasty (1662-1722), evolving mainly into pottery, making thousands of potteries up to Tongguanshan in the late Qing Dynasty. After liberation, ceramics boom and process improvement, the product increasingly colorful and varied colors, glaze 7 kinds of green, yellow, black, white, etc. by the original development to the ebony glaze, glaze, black, red glaze, rabbit hair glaze more than 60 kinds. According to the use is divided into five categories of daily-use pottery, art ceramics, architectural ceramics, industrial pottery and porcelain stone, more than 360 varieties. More than 270 varieties are sold overseas in 26 countries and regions.

Modern Tongguan pottery is not only the people's familiar tanks, altars, jars, and fashionable colorful cups, plates, jugs, pots, complete tea utensils, tableware, beer tools, a variety of fine pottery every day, especially a large number of sets of stoneware tableware, tea exports, foreign investors welcome.

Tongguanshan art ceramics and architectural pottery, the traditional bulk of the typical characteristics of Oriental art, such as rich sense of humor, very good-looking mutation "longevity" quiet and elegant "Goddess of Mercy" fart "God of Fortune! "Lovely" jumping bodhisattva afraid of Ran Le Tian Haha Lohan "and hold down the altar Han Yin" Li Bai drunkenness "and so on, is beautifully modeled, lifelike. There are squatting in the courtyard in front of the green glazed seat lions, vivid, giving people the enjoyment of beauty. Architectural ceramics, golden wall glazed ceramic tiles, upright and beautiful balustrade screen, delicate and exquisite windows, classical architectural roofs forget unicorns, dragons and phoenixes and a variety of birds and beasts pottery, more than 70 varieties, more than 20 kinds of simple and elegant, style glaze, shining luster of traditional art. />

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Intricate stone carving art

Changsha region rich in rocks along the Xing, Changsha, Liuyang chrysanthemum stone carving, stone carving art ink crystal stone carving the most famous and Changsha Gushan inkstone.

According to legend, a long time ago, the town of a butterfly mountain, liuyang river yonghe old showman, planting chrysanthemums, love chrysanthemums under the mountain words chrysanthemums are neighboring. His only child named Chrysanthemum, childhood looks like a chrysanthemum, beautiful, excellent character. With the growth of age, chrysanthemum girl Ju Shijian Li childhood romance, old scholars know, but why not allowed. Eventually, chrysanthemums and chrysanthemum stone, jumped into the river to die in love. Liuyang River waves splash, Qingshi Lake, the river, blossom, a crystal white chrysanthemum flow penetration and moonlight illumination to tell a story.

The true origin of the chrysanthemum stone is due to a sea change. According to scientists, as early as 200 million years ago, Liuyang Dongxiang area of the overseas sector, after several vicissitudes of life, the natural slowly lapis lazuli siliceous flint nodules small radial assemblage, and later the replacement of calcium carbonate (calcite) filler stone chrysanthemum chrysanthemum petal-shaped white calcite. Since the sun and moon within the mill intestine, stone chrysanthemums seem to vary in pattern and splendor.

The chrysanthemum stone was discovered and handled for many years during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736 - 1795). This strange stone was found in the water and the riverbed at the edge of the town, where they canceled the spread of scholars in the hands of a family named Ouyang Xie. Ouyang scholars specialize in carving on weekdays, the stone, is a treasure to bring home, carefully speculate, according to the shape of the flower, carefully crafted. Soon, in an elegant chic chrysanthemum stone ink stone attracts the most intelligent literati in the living room to see. Clear "Liuyang County Zhi" contained: "chrysanthemum stone is known as chrysanthemum stone flower Yonghe County Yonghe town side of the large flow, mid-flow stone wall, such as continental, small flowers, look, such as the swirls of the accumulation of the concave and convex shape, carving, such as closed, the color Cangran lovely pattern crystal, chrysanthemum-like, tarsal calyx Wanran. Including style bud half spit, a very interesting task. Every fall high water fall interest exquisite delight. "

According to the "Palace Museum Academy of Sciences" records: "chrysanthemum stone inkstone more than large nearly a foot and a half, small seven inches in the range of the House of the Qing Dynasty. "The local Yang Changhou officially opened, during the Guangxu period," complementary stone "chrysanthemum stone carving workshop, shallow faceted carving ink stone, mirror screen and other products. Qing Dynasty, began to develop relief, half-relief, a hollow sculpture round of tea, wine cups, coffee tables, desktops, rockeries, vases, flower shapes, from simple to complex, such as the Four Gentlemen "Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, butterflies picking chrysanthemums, bees picking flowers, chickens picking chrysanthemums, works of art and handicrafts.

Changsha ink crystal stone carving famous. Hunan produced ink crystal stone, the ancient name "Chu stone", also known as "black jade". The stone is delicate, black and shiny hoe. Ink crystal stone carving, carved into ladies, landscapes, flowers, insects, fish, birds and beasts, and a variety of antique utensils, utility vessels and other varieties of elegantly shaped knife shuffling, lined with vibrant, brightly polished, finely carved.

Guyan Changsha valley mountain green pattern flower stone. Stone flower Qing Yitongzhi" in: "Valley Hill, in Changsha County, seventy miles west, the production of green pattern swallow. "Yan history:" Yan greedy boat valley, light green pattern, such as messy silk. Silent slow buckle. Get ink fast, hair ink bright. "

Changsha brown knitting and Wangcheng paper cutting

Changsha brown compilation and Wangcheng County paper? Cutting is a folk art widely circulated in Changsha area and a superb display of Changsha's folk artists.

Changsha Brown compiled on the basis of palm leaves compiled a small crafts. Palm evergreen trees that grow in the counties near Changsha City, folk artists acquire palm leaves woven into birds, bugs, shrimp, cranes, snakes, frogs and other insects and animals, realistic and lifelike image, known as "Jiangnan absolute. "For the fresh leaves woven than easy deformation, the artist's research and improvement of drying, fresh leaves are processed, compiled, dyed paint, durable, unique color, forming more realistic, and has participated in the World Expo in Leipzig, Germany, won praise.

Wangcheng paper-cutting is characterized by a wider range of simplicity and beauty in the neighborhood, content, style and variety, with a strong sense of life, basically representing the Xiangjiang River Xiangjiang folk art border point, Hexi, Hedong two main styles. Hexi paper-cutting and chiseling flowers, at the same time, first hit the drawings, which is to pay attention to the balance, play a great shade of influence. Many figures in paper-cutting pattern fullness, contrast, smooth lines, strong sense of dynamics, rich in decorative patterns of beauty. Hedong paper-cutting is not playing practice songs, written scissors cut a concise and clear, clean, free and easy, symmetrical and uniform characteristics, vigorously shot chapter "power, vivid and evocative, the pursuit of mood. Wangcheng paper-cutting traditionally has a wide range of themes, using allusions, symbols, metaphors, and lifting methods, based on dried common flowers, grasses, insects, fish, beasts, figures, and combining multiple levels of representation. The first wishes for a harmonious marriage relationship, a happy family life. "Dove", "integration" is a homophone of the southern dialect, symbolizing the permanent beauty of the marriage relationship, fish and water **** with mandarin ducks and hi and "two for the peace of the family in the silence of the Qing, prayers, mainly the phoenix, reflecting the Chuxiang Ancestral sun worship, folk phoenix, the sun bird "evil" and "bad" is "God Guishi's widely used Ping's auspicious motifs, drama some kind of spells to avoid evil and disaster role, which is a reflection of the concept of Wu Chong that Ghosts. I hope the couple get married more children, more blessings, people prosperous this issue has been phased out. Auspicious blessings "Carp Jump Dragon Gate", "Happiness and Longevity", "Fuping", "Longevity Three Stars", "Magpie Trouble Plum "Magpie Trouble Plum," "News Story Pearl Garden," "Eight Immortals Celebrate Longevity Wangcheng paper-cutting with scissors, paper-cutting with a carving knife, knife, scissors and use hollowing with a carving knife, line length and scissors knife, paper-cutting pictures are extensive, strict paper-cutting, beautiful, delicate outlines With a small piece, Wangcheng paper-cutting constitutes a programmed, highly decorative and handsome and beautiful artistic features on the domestic paper-cutting art scene, but also to the famous overseas passes.

Tree camphor and city flower azalea

Camphor and azalea are famous ornamental plants, they not only have a long history in Changsha, rich in number, good character and good morals Changsha's favorite.

Camphor is an evergreen tree, native to the southeastern coast of China, introduced to Changsha area in Sui and Tang dynasties. According to the garden, the cultural department census, is now the city's more than 200 ancient and famous trees, ancient camphor tree accounted for liter / 3, 86, the highest round pass (now pear town Changsha County Agricultural Machinery Factory) ancient Joe nearly a thousand years, age, diameter at breast height 2.28 meters in diameter. Liuyang City, Diamond Township, Tata powder, calmly walked two camphor trees in a stunning across the creek of the two trees are relatively tall people can embrace the acacia tree of the director of the 2 people? , known as the couple tree, also known as the "river meet" is a gypsum temple 18. Locals apartment Huang Le Xiu Hua love stories and poems, sighed and said: "A path through the temple, double camphor, the brook dry, from the neck from the branch treetops. Shadow Yingquan Bi Bridge rainbow into the flow of Qi. Love a thousand children, look at this couple. "Nostalgia camphor Shouchang, tree posture majestic crown carries beautiful green leaves, as well as symbolizes the efforts of Changsha people, indomitable spirit and mood. In addition to salinity, camphor adaptable to the soil requirements are not strict, in the graying soil, can grow - year planting season, as well as a variety of seedling transplanting root system developed, easier to survive, whether as a shade tree, street trees, landscape forest, windbreak forest and sound-proof woodland, is an excellent species. Camphor material is dense, strong aroma, can prevent insect moth is a good material for making furniture and handicrafts. Ming Dynasty Ji'an, Jiangxi camphor trunk, aroma, appearance carved with a variety of patterns, styles, world-famous practical handicrafts, Ji'an large number of settlements in Changsha, camphor trunks have become Changsha's traditional folk handicrafts products.

Azalea, primrose, gentian flower collectively known as China's three major flowers, ranked first in Changsha region's climate and soil is very suitable for the growth of azalea, every spring, suburban hills, plains covered with azalea, flowers dense, red all over the mountains, Changsha has become a major spectacle in the spring of Changsha, Changsha people's azalea "Azalea ". Tongzhi" Changsha County 34 volumes, contains Zhu Zidan "Yuelu Mountain Fugue" story, it tells the scene of the four seasons of the foothills, write a rocky cliffs of thick shadow, trees Ridge rose-colored flowers and spit Pine Court plot elements "four, stone flowers, blooming azaleas. Azalea blooming Yuelu Mountain Scenic Spot in the spring many poets marveled at the azalea. Tang Wu Rong's "Red Mountain" poem "Spring began again thanks to the autumn red counting the death of Chu Palace" line, visible soup out, the azalea has become a flower of the palace planting. Many legends of the origin of the cuckoo spread. Said: Shu King Du Yu's death, to the azalea bird azalea, late spring, one night, wailing, blood-red flowers all over the mountain, and then azalea, Li Bai "Xuancheng see azalea poem" Shu have azalea bird? The name of Xuancheng also see azalea flowers," the allusion to the name. Guo azalea poem also said: "azalea, the bird complains of any credit for the splendor, the suspect's mouth blood, drops into flowers on the branch. Azalea, especially red, especially exuberant, became self-improving hardy azalea, symbolized today has become an exquisite garden and potted flower varieties, in addition to other colors outside the red, white, orange, gold, light green and even red and light blue. From red, purple, pink, pink varieties can be colorful and beautiful.

After naming Changsha citizens, L1 30 months, the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress of 1985 adopted a resolution identifying camphor, Changsha, Changsha, Changsha, Changsha, Changsha, Changsha, and Rhododendron as the highlights of the tea.

The Changsha area is rich in tea, Tang Dynasty poets, there are Xiang Zi Pan light flowers "Wing Five Ma Chu Dynasty Changsha tea industry is very popular in the north tea trade has become one of the main sources of financial revenue in Changsha. Changsha tea famous products gathered, the most famous high bridge silver peak, Changsha jasmine tea and Ningxiang Weishan Mao Jian.

BR /> Gaoqiao Yinfeng tea production in Changsha County Qiaoxiang, located in the Jade Emperor Peak, surrounded by mountains, rivers and lakes situated in the soil layer is deep, abundant rainfall, mild climate, history has been the home of the famous tea "Changsha County; the original" in the said: 1810 (15 years of the Qing Jiaqing), where the "Leaves, tea balls, red, white and various" People's Republic of China **** and the State of Hunan Province tea industry survey said: "as early as Changsha Jinxiu town green tea (Gaoqiao) has long been famous. "Gaoqiao Silver Peak tea features: leaf practice level cords tight fine curly, color green uniform, cloud surface white hair, such as silver mountain stacked up. After brewing, the soup color of the crystals, the bottom of the leaf tender uniform luminescence after the founding of new China, Gaoqiao Yinfeng tea is listed as China's tea and tea ceremony of the foreign affairs department, in 1964, Mr. Guo Moruo taste, had to improvise "early drinking Gaoqiao Yinfeng" poem:

"Pod Rong country produces new tea, Jiuyi Xiufeng Fu 10000. The weight of the Jiuyi Xiu Feng Fu 10000. willing to let Huzhou boast purple bamboo shoots, willing to fight with Shuangjing red yarn. Snow and ice of the heart of the fiery tongue like a brain, not nail eyes do not spend. The third free to teach the world drunk, Sanlu useless sober sigh. "

Changsha Mao Jian jasmine tea has a unique flavor, tightly knotted cord, after brewing the soup color yellow tea thick and mellow, floral aroma of fresh, pure and lasting.Lvming the bottom of the leaf is bright, uniform bidding, high-impact foam, beverage and floral tea type of leader in the mouth full of fragrance. Changsha tea and jasmine production has a long history, Jiajing Changsha, Fu's, food and commodities of the commodity grocery store, "said tea (Tribute) annual tea house 60 pounds of records; Jiaqing Changsha County, the local product "also" Lai Calendar under the opening of the white elegant, while the aromatic records. Changsha tea factory jasmine flowers own processing traditional hand celling process accompanied by white fat Mao Jian tea, "Monkey King" brand Mao Jian jasmine tea was designated as a gift tea for expatriates, Hunan Province and the capital in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse banquets for foreign guests with tea. According to legend, tea

Ningxiang Weishan Mao Jian Gong Tang Dynasty Tongzhi "Ningxiang County Records" recorded: "Six degrees of Um, Weishan, Luo Xianfeng's place is the production of tea, Wei Weishan camellia known as the top grade." China's "Ningxiang County Records" reads: "Weishan Camellia sinensis picked before the rain, tender and mellow, let Wuyi County, Longjing. Commodities sold to Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces and regions for a long time with huge profits, a number of plants in the dense Indian temple preferred. Minorities in China's northwest frontier, had been under the Weishan Mao Jian tea the most precious gift tea. Liu Liu Shaoqi loved to drink this tea all his life natural basin of Weishan Mountain Weishan mountain range, the terrain is steep, surrounded by peaks, tea plantations dense forests, cloudy perennial holiday there are thousands of miles towards the side of the country, Weishan does not look at the mountain, said: "Here is a black sandy loam soil, the soil layer is deep, rich in humus, the tea tree suffers from the rainwater points, so the deep-rooted leafy, stems and buds are strong and fat, hairy hold! Tenderness is strong, is the best material to make tea, tea, leaf edge slightly rolled, flaky, shaped like an orchid, smooth color yellow, wearing white hair; after brewing the inner texture of the soup is orange and bright, strong smell of oil smoke, sweet and refreshing taste mellow, and a unique style.

Liuyang black goat and Ningxiang livestock pig

Liuyang black goat and Ningxiang livestock pig Changsha area livestock products leader. Liuyang black goat

Long-term domestication and breeding of local breeds of goat an ancient local offer holes "xanthan gum" ("Three Immortals" black goat, black cockerel, black cockerel). Due to the center of the area? Liuyang city, hence the name. Extremely high quality, disease resistance and adult sheep Liuyang black goats, often weighing more than 20 kilograms, 50 kilograms. Browse-raised black goat meat is tender, flavorful, lean, less fat, juicy, and high in nutritional value, as the province's most goat breed. Cast billet quality is also good, Liuyang coat sheepskin clothing production, won the favorite of foreign consumers.

Ningxiang livestock pig is a famous local one of the best varieties. It has a wide range of adaptability, easy to cook fat, animal fat and strong, slaughter rate, meat tender. Especially processed cured bacon color golden yellow transparent fat, unique flavor. Barbecue piglets piglets, especially delicious Ithaca. Enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad, many countries' agricultural livestock delegations visit Ningxiang pig situation. Ningxiang pig, a long history of folk culture: Qingming Festival Emperor Longyou line, Ningxiang County grass red belly hungry at home, go to the farmers, farmers of pork hospitality, the Emperor felt the pork flavor is very beautiful, the dragon's face, said: "This pork is delicious all day long pounds of it. "The emperor opened the royal mouth, so that the pig grows faster, the meat is more beautiful, the reputation of medical malpractice. Tongzhi Ningxiang County Records" reads: "Livestock pig livestock, representing the fullness of its heritage." China's "Ningxiang County" said: "Quicksand River, grass, red dozens of varieties of very benign, domestic sows litters, Xiangxiang City, Anhua County, Baoqing, Xinhua, Yiyang enameled endless." Livestock pigs Ningxiang body is divided into large pills, blessed prefix, castration decapitation 3 kinds. Ningxiang pig thin skin, thin hair, hind legs than the front torso owes plump thighs, skin folds, commonly known as "wearing pants legs", very thick tail, vertical curls, known as the "loach last"; limbs open, hoof shape such as a monkey's palm, the so-called "monkey's feet". "monkey's feet"; coat shiny forehead leucoplakia, below the chest and white belly and limbs, scapular part in front of the white ring and the rest of the cover is black, which is "black clouds cover the snow silver collar

Valley Pond Carp and Gray Soup Duck

Valley Pond Carp and Gray Soup Duck

Valley Swimming Pool Carp and duck in gray soup is one of the aquatic life in Changsha area of fame and sacrifice of poultry, vegetarian gallery treasure, said to have been the tribute of Emperor Jin Feng.

Carp is a traditional Chinese freshwater fish with a long history. Since ancient times, people carp as a symbol of good luck, scattered a large number of carp stories told. "Poetry - Chen Feng Hengmen" contains: "You are not a fish, eat carp must be river, you take the wife must be Sarkozy ginger". In choosing carp and picking Duke ultra-beautiful wife and visible high value of carp. "Family Words": Confucius planted a boy, King Carp, Confucius quoted in honor of his son named "Carp", "Lord Fish. Tao Hongjing in Nanliang said: "The carp is a variety of fish length, shape lovely, but also God changed, and even flying over the rivers and lakes, high up in the immortal piano also. Since then, the carp in people's minds, even more magical. So, faithful to love, full of justice mythological TV series "Caught Fish", "Carp Jump Dragon Gate" so widely spread. Carp is noble, the ancient carp skin jewelry is also respected as a symbol of nobility.

"Gutang carp production in Changsha County, around Gutang Township, Shanhua (now Changsha). County" in: valley pond more than fifty years, Hongwu eight years (1375), magistrate Hu two people open system structure, lotus production. Valley pond fish head small tail fine, light yellow, caudal fin golden body short, belly round solid and meat fat, delicate fishy smell. "According to legend, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, Changsha appreciated as "tribute" to the royal family. Mainland China, as "Jane Gallery, sent to Nanjing to entertain foreign guests. Its beautiful appearance and delicious flavor are popular throughout the country. Carp is a traditional fishing object and cultured fish in Hunan fishing boats. Changsha has spread valley pond carp colorful" hysteria.

Ningxiang grey soup duck pond farming Ningxiang grey soup hot springs near the water contains animals and the human body needs iron, copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, iodine, silicon, alumina more than 14 kinds of trace elements, such as fluorine, grey soup ducks with trace elements greatly more than ordinary ducks famous duck shape general water ducks with fat toe webbing, dark yellow beak, body fat, hair slides, dark brown coat.

Juicy, crispy Hexi bamboo shoots, inexpensive, meat or fish, vegetarians and flavorful, sautéed, fried, grilled, stewed, cooking safe, people and home cooking vegetables are also welcome gallery guests banquet dishes. In the Song Dynasty, was known as one of the three best of Tanzhou town". Continued bamboo genealogy: cat, Changsha wild bamboo, maple under the sharp buds are very sweet, American and weighs more than 10 pounds "of the Northern Song Dynasty Shao Sheng (1094 - 1097) years, Qin Shaoyou was relegated to Chenzhou wrote:" second rhyme Fan Zuyu Changsha cat head shot a poem, the poem Yun:

Bamboo mountain spring buds clouds empty, the northern passengers often lamented the food is not heavy! . Poor knife jade show color, fragrance off. Long Ding on the soup cooking worthy, fallacious, often with silk, Lu Feng pro delicious little thin full of Kura Rai's enemy tribute. "

Qin Guan Changsha bamboo shoots Yu Zuodong Qi "jade" and "dragon", should be regarded as dedication, "Jun", "pro". "Pro", delicious, praise is very high. Obviously, the bamboo shoots of Changsha were already a tribute. Qin is also used in this poem as an allusion. Western Jin writer Zhang Han, Wang Qi Sima with any unique fruit resources of delicious Changsha reservation

Changsha area Changsha reservation production provides favorable conditions. Over the centuries, generation after generation, continuous improvement, keeping production, resulting in many well-known varieties, such as:

Changsha plum: Changsha factor plum Beishan production of four famous fruits of plum cultivation has a long history, Changsha. Changsha's own plum fruits from the folk used for medical purposes are treated with ebony, and salted with dried plums, molasses, plums and other edible varieties.

Changsha Changsha Winter Melon Sugar Sugar Ginger

Ningxiang Sand Cake with Knife Bean Flower

Liuyang Tempeh, Fennel Cake

There are two time-honored and famous foods of the city of Liuyang, the Liuyang Tempeh and the Liuyang Fennel Cake.

The tempeh is a traditional souvenir of the famous Liuyang city, the history of Liuyang agricultural production of tempeh can be traced back to the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Fire Palace Snacks

Changsha Fire Palace was originally a temple, built in 1747 (Qing Dynasty Qianlong year), and rebuilt in 1826 (Qing Dynasty Daoguang six), is also known as the "Qianyuan Palace". After the temple was built on June 23rd of the lunar calendar temple fair, held a grand ceremony, because generation after generation, gradually formed to Shanghai City God Temple, Nanjing Fuzimiao and Beijing Tianqiao crowded, unique flavor of the snacks of the place.

BR /> 1938 fire "Wen Xi, a building was destroyed by the temple, a stone fire palace torch, left front.