What are the best specialties in Huaihua, Hunan?

Hetian Village, Huangmaoyuan Township, Xupu, Huaihua, has "white silk sticky" patties

In 2022, the planting of white silk sticky rice in Hetian reached more than 500 acres, and the output of white silk sticky patties should be around 160,000 kilograms. Hetian patties are made by purely manual craftsmanship, from glutinous rice planting to the output of patties, the whole process is manual and machine-free. "On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, patties are made". Playing patties is a traditional custom in the southern region, especially on New Year's Day, when every family plays patties. However, in Longtan area of Xupu County is different from other places.

Longtan's patties are pulled like silk, white as snow, soft as cotton, sweet and savory, and were once tribute in ancient times. Whether it is fried or steamed, the white silk sticky patties are always sweet and soft. Every time I pass through Longtan Hetian, I will bring a box of patties back to eat. Sometimes I'm lazy and don't want to cook, so I just eat one, and it's filling and lasts a long time.

In Hetian, people like to bake the patties and eat them wrapped in curd, which is salty and flavorful with soft and sweet patties, or cut the patties into small pieces and cook them with sweet wine and brown sugar, which makes the patties softer and softer, and sweet and sweet as if they melt in your mouth.