What are the tourist souvenirs and local products in Rizhao City, Shandong Province?

The egg glands of squid [used as food]

Industry: Livestock, poultry and aquatic products representative area: Rizhao

Mullet eggs are unique seafood in Donggang District, with a long history and well-known at home and abroad. It is said to be the food of feudal emperors. Mullet eggs are made of egg-wrapping glands of Rizhao specialty squid. It is milky white and egg-shaped, and can be processed into high-grade food that looks like petals and is as thin as paper. According to the Records of Rizhao County in the fifty-fourth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, "Mandarin fish has eggs in its mouth and is one of the eight treasures in the sea". Until the end of Qing Dynasty, mullet eggs were always listed as tributes.

gingkgo

Ginkgo biloba is an ancient and precious tree species in China, and is known as a "living fossil". Modern science has proved that its leaves, fruits and skins have high medicinal and edible values. Flavonoids glycosides and terpene lactones extracted from leaves have special effects on the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and have anti-aging, antiviral and anticancer effects. The medicines, foods, health products and cosmetics they developed are very popular in the world market. "The best ginkgo tree in the world" grows in the territory of Fulaishan Town. For thousands of years, this 4,000-year-old "Ginkgo King" has been proved to be the oldest tree in the world, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists. Since 1996, the town of Fulaishan has invested100,000 yuan to build a 10,000-mu ginkgo garden under the "world's first ginkgo tree" in Fulaishan, forming a 10,000-mu ginkgo garden scenic spot with "Ginkgo King" as the leader, ginkgo garden as the main body and mountains alternating with mountains, which has become another new landscape in the famous tourist area of Fulaishan. Relying on the 10,000-mu ginkgo base, the town has now built a ginkgo tea factory and a ginkgo health care product factory. With the development of science and human progress, the intrinsic value of Ginkgo biloba will be further developed and utilized, and the Ginkgo biloba industry has a broader development prospect.

green tea

Starting from 1966, Rizhao successfully moved Nancha northward. The existing tea garden area is120,000 mu, and the annual output of tea is 1500 tons, accounting for more than 50% of Shandong Province. It is the largest green tea production base in Shandong Province, ranking first in the province for six consecutive years, and is known as "the first tea in the north". Among them, Jufeng Town 1000 mu of organic tea in Donggang District has passed the certification of EU International Organic Food Development Center and obtained the EU market "passport".