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Top ten in Beijing specialty list

1, cloisonne

The famous traditional handicrafts of Han nationality in Beijing have a history of more than 600 years.

Also known as "copper tire wire enamel", commonly known as "enamel" and "inlaid enamel", it is a vessel made by welding various patterns with soft flat copper wire on a copper tire and then filling the patterns with colored glaze of enamel? .

Because it was popular in Jingtai period of Ming dynasty, the production technology was mature, and the enamel glaze used was mostly blue, so it was named "cloisonne".

2. Ivory carving

Beijing ivory carving has been particularly popular since the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, ivory carvings were mostly made by the imperial palace, and artists came from Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other places.

On the basis of inheriting the traditional skills, they combined the techniques of round carving, relief carving and hollow carving, and absorbed rich nutrition from ancient painting, stone carving, clay sculpture and other art forms, and gradually formed Beijing tooth carving.

3, hairy monkey

The hairy monkey is a traditional handicraft in old Beijing. As an elf in nature, monkeys are alert and lively, showing a natural interest.

I'm not talking about natural monkeys here, but the unique traditional art of old Beijing. The art of hairy monkeys perfectly combines the natural interest of monkeys with the creation of artists, creating a wonderful artistic realm.

4. Beijing carved lacquer

Qi Diao is an ancient local traditional handicraft. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Different from ordinary lacquerware.

Generally speaking, lacquerware is mainly expressed by painting on the lacquer tire or painting a layer of lacquer after carving flowers on the lacquer ware, and some are inlaid with lacquer color or painted with patterns and patterns. Products are mainly indoor furniture.

Qi Diao is not like this. It is good at carving. Paint the tire with dozens to hundreds of layers of paint with the thickness of 15 ~ 25mm, and then carve it with a knife, so it is called "Qi Diao".

Carved lacquer in history books can also be called "picking red", which is a conventional saying, because in ancient lacquer products, red and green are the main colors.

5. Pinggu Peach

Beijing Pinggu District specialty, chinese national geography logo products.

Pinggu Peach is produced in Pinggu District, Beijing, and is known as "Peach Town of China". The main cultivated varieties are Okubo, Qingfeng (Jing 26), 14, Jingyan (Jing 24), Lao 24 and (Greening 9).

Pinggu peach is famous at home and abroad for its big size, bright color and high sweetness, and is favored by consumers.

6, big millstone persimmon

Persimmons abound in the suburbs of Beijing, with many varieties, but the most famous one is the big millstone, which belongs to Beijing specialty.

Persimmon fruit with a large millstone is oblate, with a constriction in the middle, a flat or concave top, a round base, a wide and deep peduncle, and large and flat sepals.

7. Walnut in Mentougou

Walnut in Mentougou is a specialty of Beijing. Because there are 27 1 village in Mentougou District of Beijing, 268 villages have planted walnut trees.

Mentougou not only has many walnut trees, but also has a long history of cultivating walnut trees.

8. Beijing Pak Lei

Beijing Pak Lei is a specialty of Mentougou District in Beijing and a symbolic product of chinese national geography.

Beijing Pak Lei, also known as Beijing Pak Lei, originated near Beijing. It is one of the best pear varieties and the only local variety with the word "Jing" in Jingguo.

9. Handmade carpets in Beijing

Also known as court carpet, it is a handicraft with Beijing regional characteristics and court characteristics.

There are many kinds of woven carpets in Beijing, such as carpets, tapestries and lying carpets. The raw materials are mainly wool and silk, and the woven fabric is firm and the carpet surface is soft.

Beijing court carpet is famous for its traditional patterns, which integrates Chinese painting, embroidery, brocade and architectural decoration art, including Beijing style, ancient style, national style, brocade style and flower-and-bird style. The pattern pays attention to the symmetry of the pattern, giving people a sense of security and stability, and has a strong flavor of China national culture.

10, Beijing Crispy Sugar

Beijing Crispy Sugar is one of the three famous sugars in China. As one of the traditional famous spots in Beijing, it has always enjoyed a high reputation, especially the red shrimp crisp candy.

The production of crisp sugar in Beijing has a long history, which originated in the Tang Dynasty. It enjoys the reputation of "a piece of candy after tea is swallowed, which tastes delicious, sweet and crisp, leaving sesame fragrance" and has been praised by celebrities in past dynasties.