Cenxi’s gourmet specialties

Fried tofu, also known locally as "stuffed tofu". There is no way to tell when this special dish started, but it has a history of at least more than a hundred years.

Cenxi rice noodles are one of the specialties of Cenxi. The Censhan stream provides excellent water quality for making rice noodles. The reason why Zhangmu Street’s rice noodles are so delicious is that they are blessed with water from large wells.

Longan meat production in Cenxi City has a long history and is one of the most important longan meat production bases in China. It is mainly distributed in Malu, Guiyi, Nuodong and other towns, especially the production in Malu Town. The largest scale, the longan meat produced accounts for about 80% of the city's total output.

Cenxi Sanhuang Chicken is a traditional famous chicken with local characteristics. It is one of the four famous chickens in the history of Guangxi. This chicken is a kind of pheasant that has been domesticated for a long time.

Baizhangou is called one of the famous dishes by Cenxi people. According to relevant historical data, the Cenxi people had the habit of eating dog meat about 1,000 years ago. It was mentioned in the published "Cenxi City Chronicle": "In the 1987 Autonomous Region Tourism Cooking Association Cooking Competition, the chef of Cenxi Hotel won the third prize for his three-flavored local sheep: dog buckle, white chopped dog, and braised dog platter. In 1991, Cenxi’s imitation civet button (dog button) won the second prize in the third cooking competition of the Guangxi Tourism and Foreign Affairs System in 1991. "

The sugar orange is a tradition in Deqing, Guangning and Sihui. As a local specialty, this variety is now introduced in Cenxi. It is also a famous variety of citrus and was praised as "unique" by the "Yangcheng Evening News". The sugar orange fruit is oblate in shape, with a tumor-like protrusion on the top, a sunken umbilical end of the pedicle, an orange-yellow color, a thin wall, and is easy to peel off. The fruit shape index is 0.78, the weight of a single fruit is 62-86 grams, the edible rate is 71, the soluble solids content is 11, and each 100 ml contains 10.55 grams of total sugar and 0.35 grams of fruit acid. The pulp is crisp, juicy, sludge-free, and tastes sweet. It refreshes the heart and soothes the throat after eating, and is intriguing. This product is well-known at home and abroad. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was sold in batches in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao.

Bamboo awning weaving, Cenxi is rich in bamboo resources. Bamboo products have become the city’s three pillar industries. As of September 2006, there were 850 processing plants in the city that use bamboo to process earthen paper. There are more than 40 Mang weaving factories, with an annual export of 20,000 tons of native paper.

Cunxi is the main economic forest species in Cenxi. As of September 2006, its products "Xijiang Gui" and cinnamon oil are sold in more than 40 countries and regions including Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad. , is Cenxi City’s flagship product for exporting and earning foreign exchange.

Star anise is the main economic forest species in Cenxi. Its main products, star anise seeds and fennel oil, are Cenxi City’s top export products for earning foreign exchange.

Oil paper is a traditional product of township enterprises in Cenxi City. It has a long production history and high level of technical equipment. As of September 2006, manufacturers are located in 17 towns and villages in the city. The largest ones are Botang, Nan There are five towns in Du, Jitai, Limu and Dalong. The products are thin, yellow, clean and soft in texture. They are the raw materials for making superstitious mouthpieces such as Yuanbao paper and sacred paper as well as sanitary napkins and health care products. They are mainly sold to Hunan, Hubei and Zhejiang. , Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and other provinces, and are exported to Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions in large quantities. The city currently has 536 large and small soil paper processing factories, with an annual output of about 200,000 tons of soil paper, a total sales volume of about 180,000 tons, an annual total output value of about 300 million yuan, and an annual tax profit of 20 million yuan.