What are the specialties of Quzhou?

Quzhou is rich in natural products and specialties, and its tourist products are cheap and high-quality. Each county has a number of famous brand tourism products, such as Kaihua paper, Kaihua root carvings, Jiangshan Western inkstones, Kechengying white porcelain, etc. Quzhou is also known as the hometown of Chinese specialties: such as Kecheng District, the hometown of Chinese flowers and special birds; Qujiang District, the hometown of ponkans and bamboo charcoal in China; Longyou County, the hometown of Chinese bamboo shoots and huanghuali; Chinese white geese, kiwi fruit, and white mushrooms. , Jiangshan City, the hometown of bees, Changshan County, the hometown of Pomelo and Camellia oleifera in China, Kaihua County, the hometown of Longding Tea, Enoki mushrooms and root carving art in China.

Quzhou's famous snacks are "three heads and one palm". The three heads in Quzhou are rabbit heads, duck heads, fish heads and duck paws. They are all Quzhou's local specialties. Rabbit head is the most representative. Its meat is delicate and loose; it is high in protein, low in fat and low in cholesterol, which is good for physical and mental health. One of them, Zhi, with three heads and one palm, is the most representative. "If you don't eat three heads and one palm in Quzhou, it's a waste of time; if you eat three heads and one palm but not one grain of ambition, you haven't figured out the way." Specialty snacks include Quzhou scones, Quzhou sesame cakes, eight-treasure dishes, Longyou rice paste, Longyou Kaiyang dried tofu, Longyou hair cake, hairy tofu, Quzhou fried fruit, mountain powder meat, Kaihua green clams, Kaihua baked Cake, Changshan Huyou, water chestnut tofu, Kaihua chestnut, Gaojia shredded radish, Quzhou ponkan, Quzhou tangerine, Quzhou tangerine, etc. Changshan Suo Noodles is a top-quality noodle. Nowadays, the craftsmanship is almost lost. The noodles are extremely thin, the quality is very good, and the flavor is unique.

Quzhou is also a tea-producing area. Longyou is one of the key tea-producing areas in the country, with a planting history of more than 1,500 years. Longyou Fangshan tea is a famous tea in Zhejiang. It was listed as a tribute to the imperial court in the Ming Dynasty and has a long history and culture. Kaihua Longding tea is a new star among teas and was once a national award-winning product. There are also famous products such as Quzhou Jade Dew Tea and Jiangshan Green Peony. In contrast, Quzhou is a treasure land for ceramic production. The famous ones include Quzhou Kiln, Jiangshan Kiln, etc.

Quzhou has three heads and one palm (rabbit head) , duck heads, fish heads, duck paws) [1] also starts with duck heads and rabbit heads! In the 1950s, there was a freezing factory in Quzhou that specialized in killing ducks and rabbits, and obtained duck feathers and duck meat respectively. If you need it, no one cares about the duck head. Because living standards were relatively low at that time, poor people would buy duck or rabbit heads home (three cents a pound) and burn them to eat. One day, an aunt put up a "spicy rabbit head" in front of her house in order to subsidize the family income. "Stall, the spicy rabbit head is cheap and delicious, and it suddenly became popular in Qucheng. Because the cost of doing rabbit head business is low and you can make some money. Nowadays, "Three Heads" is not only popular in snack bars and food stalls on the streets, but has also become a specialty or branded dish in hotels and hotels. So the habit of eating duck heads and rabbit heads gradually came from this. It was not until the early 1990s that duck heads and rabbit heads really became popular. Their popularity not only made Quzhou people feel honored, but also spread to all parts of the country and became popular.

Longyou hair cake is a specialty of Longyou County, Zhejiang Province. It is a special pastry food during the Spring Festival and a national geographical indication product of China. Longyou Fa Gao originated from a long time ago. Because of its unique flavor and exquisite production, it is also a homophone of "Fu Gao" and symbolizes good luck, so it has become a holiday gift. During festivals, every household steams and makes cakes to serve as snacks or as gifts to relatives and friends.