What is the specialty of Suzhou?

One of the top ten famous teas in China, commonly known as "horrible fragrance". Kangxi passed through Suzhou on his southern tour and praised him after drinking tea. Therefore, tea was collected in the Qingming and Grain Rain seasons, and was named "Biluochun" as a tribute.

Method of making tea: Take a little tea and sprinkle it in warm water, and its white hair will slowly dissolve and the tea will sink. At this time, the bottom of the cup is green, but the water is still tasteless. Pour out about two-thirds of the water, then pour in boiling water, and the tea will be completely dispersed. At this time, the water is light green as jade, and the tea is mellow.

Caizhizhai candy

Suzhou-style candy enjoys a high reputation in China. Ming goods, roasted seeds and nuts, soft candy and special flavor are four categories1more than 50 varieties, such as pine nut candy, zongzi candy, peanut candy, tricolor pine nut candy, crisp pine nut candy and pine nut jujube candy. Among them, the zongzi sugar produced exclusively by Caizhizhai is the most famous.

Song brocade

"Brocade" is a high-grade silk fabric. Suzhou's Song Brocade, Nanjing's Yunjin and Sichuan's Jin Shu are also called "China's Three Famous Brocades". Its weaving technology is exquisite, and the warp has double warp, so it is also called "heavy brocade".

Jin Song is characterized by exquisite patterns, elegant colors, flat and crisp, and antique. It is often used to mount precious calligraphy and painting, high-grade gift boxes, and also to make special clothes and lace.

Su-style candied fruit

The history of making candied fruit in Suzhou can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, and the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Soviet-style candied fruit, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous and has always been "court food". There are more than 60 varieties of Soviet-style candied fruit/kloc-0, among which the most famous ones are jujube, cream plum, kumquat, bayberry and Jiuji tangerine peel.

Su-style plum is sweet and sour, with a refreshing taste and a long aftertaste, which is most popular among tourists.

Su orange cake and Kumquat cake made of Dongting orange are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have the functions of appetizing and ventilation.

Suzhou embroidery

The history of Suzhou embroidery can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,600 years ago. Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Xiang Embroidery, Sichuan Shu Embroidery and Guangdong Yue Embroidery are also called "Four Famous Embroideries in China".

The themes of Suzhou embroidery are mainly figures, landscapes, flowers, birds and animals, including embroidery pieces, book covers, screen strips and screens. After the founding of New China, Suzhou artists successfully created Shuang Mianxiu, whose masterpiece is Double-faced Cat.

Taicang rousong

Taicang floss fiber is slender, soft in texture, golden in color, delicious in taste, and melts in the mouth. It is made from fresh lean meat at the back of pig buttocks through four processes: cutting, boiling, frying and kneading. Dried meat floss can be stored for 3-4 months and vacuum sealed for more than one year.

Neosalanx taihuensis

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taihu Lake was rich in whitebait. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, whitebait was listed as a tribute, and it was also called the three treasures of Taihu Lake with plums and white shrimp. Whitebait is shaped like Hosta, with ivory color, scaleless cartilage, tender meat, delicious taste and rich nutrition, and contains many ingredients such as protein, fat, iron, riboflavin, calcium and phosphorus. Japanese people call it "fish ginseng". Whitebait can be fried, fried, steamed and made into soup. Scrambled eggs with whitebait, whitebait soup, whitebait balls and hibiscus whitebait are all famous dishes in Soviet cuisine.

Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Pictures

Suzhou Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Pictures, Tianjin Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Pictures and Shandong Weifang Yangjiabu Woodblock New Year Pictures are also called "Three Woodblock New Year Pictures in China".

Taohuawu New Year pictures began in the late Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 350 years. The earliest workshop was in Taohuawu Street, Suzhou, hence the name. During the reign of Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, it was very popular, and it was also called "Southern Peach and Northern Willow" with Yangliuqing New Year Pictures.

Most of the forms and contents of New Year pictures reflect folk life and are decorative. Its rich national style has also been favored by foreigners, such as Japanese ukiyo-e painting, which was influenced by Taohuawu New Year pictures.

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