Pictures of the top ten specialties you must buy in Yunnan

The top ten specialties that must be bought in Yunnan are: wild gastrodia elata, matsutake, Dongba batik, flower cake, Pu'er tea, Huaping mango, maca, Lijiang snow tea, Lijiang snow tea, Lijiang snow peach, He keeps the silkies.

1. Wild Gastrodia elata in Yulong Snow Mountain

Wild Gastrodia elata in Yulong Snow Mountain is a specialty of Yulong County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain wild gastrodia elata is mainly produced in Ludian, the "hometown of medicine villages" on the banks of the Jinsha River. Most of its products are wild, large, thick, solid, yellow-white in color, translucent, with excellent quality, and are sold well in domestic and foreign markets.

2. Tricholoma matsutake

Matsutake, known as the "King of Fungi", has the scientific name Tricholoma matsutake, also known as Tricholoma matsutake, Tricholoma matsutake, and peeling fungus. It is also called "Yumao" in Naxi language. "Luo" is a delicacy among Lijiang's local fungi. The matsutake produced in Lijiang has large heads, thick stems, pure white and tender flesh, and a strong fragrance.

3. Dongba batik

Lijiang Dongba batik is based on Guizhou batik and Bai tie-dye techniques. The batik paints Lijiang Dongba paintings and Naxi Dongba hieroglyphs. A new national batik art. Since its inception as a local tourism product, this craft has been loved by tourists at home and abroad, especially those in the cultural and art circles, for its unique Dongba cultural heritage and unique batik art form.

4. Flower Cake

Flower Cake is a shortbread filled with edible roses unique to Yunnan. It is a representative Yunnan classic snack with Yunnan characteristics. Flower cakes are sold in most local bakery brands in Yunnan. Flower cake is also one of the classic representatives of Yunnan-style mooncakes, one of the four major mooncake schools in China.

5. Pu'er tea

Pu'er tea is a loose tea and pressed tea made from Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green tea in a certain area of ??Yunnan Province through post-fermentation. Tea is a famous local tea unique to Yunnan. It is mainly divided into raw Pu that is directly reprocessed into finished products and cooked Pu that is processed after artificial rapid fermentation. In terms of shape, there are two types: dispersed tea and pressed tea.

6. Huaping Mango

Huaping Mango has the excellent qualities of bright color, rich flavor, high nutritional content and extremely late maturity. In addition to being sold to large and medium-sized northern cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenyang, the mangoes produced in Huaping can also be sold back to mango-producing areas such as Guangdong and Hainan. Huaping County is located in the hot dry valley of the Jinsha River. It has sufficient sunlight, rich heat, and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is very suitable for the growth of mangoes.

7. Maca

Maca is not only a nutritious food, but also a medicinal herb with a variety of magical effects. It is a unique and rare cruciferous plant used both as medicine and food. According to modern scientific research, maca has a variety of nutrients.

8. Lijiang Snow Tea

Lijiang Snow Tea, also known as ground tea and Taibai tea, looks like white chrysanthemum petals and is as white as snow, hence the name Lijiang Snow Tea. It grows at an altitude of 4,000 meters. The above snowy alpine bryophyte belt is naturally wild and cannot be cultivated artificially.

9. Lijiang Snow Peach

Lijiang Snow Peach in Yunnan is made from the unique red-heart beech peach near Jade Dragon Snow Mountain under the unique soil, air, water, climate and other natural conditions of Lijiang. Rootstock, a new extremely late-ripening winter peach variety carefully cultivated over many years.

10. Tarliu Silky Chicken

Taliu Silky Chicken is produced in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. It originates from the three villages of Yingshan, Shuanghe and Yushui in Liude Lisu and Yi Township, Yongsheng County, Lijiang City. It is also named after being raised by Taliu people, a branch of the Yi ethnic group.