Where does Daocheng go shopping? What are the specialties of Daocheng?

The first choice for shopping in Daocheng is Aochu Street, where you can buy Tibetan silver ornaments. But many silver ornaments are fake, so you must pay attention when buying them. Besides, pure Sangji Zhuo Ma highland barley wine (Cordyceps wine and Fritillaria wine), as well as ghee products, air-dried meat and wild mushrooms, you might as well buy some to take home after tasting.

If you are lucky, you can meet Tibetans and sell their medicines such as Rhodiola, Saussurea involucrata, Cordyceps, Fritillaria, Snow Tea, Ganoderma lucidum, Saussurea involucrata and so on. Go to the shop along the street. Most of them are genuine and cheap, so we must take the opportunity to buy some. Besides, bells, earthenware jars and simple Bazin boxes are very unique decorations to take home. Sang Zhuo Ma highland barley wine is made from five crops, such as gentian flower, cauliflower, buckwheat leaf and so on 15, by fermentation in a clay pot. Sangji Zhuo Ma highland barley wine is white in body, peculiar in smell, soft and sweet, sweet and refreshing. It is a typical representative of Tibetan highland barley wine, which fully embodies the brand characteristics of Kangba wine culture.

Butter products The butter products in Daocheng mainly include the following categories: butter is cream extracted by heating milk; Abel Camellia oleifera is made by repeatedly stirring big tea, ghee and salt. Milk cake is called milk cake after ghee is extracted, filtered and dried with gauze. These things can be tasted in Tibetan restaurants or Tibetan homes. Don't miss them. Tibetan residents in Dried Meat Daocheng like to make fresh beef and mutton into small pieces and eat them after air drying. They have a strange smell. They are crisp and can be dipped in salt and pepper or sauce. Imagine that you are eating meat and drinking butter tea. What a cool word! Dried meat is usually produced from June 165438+ 10 to March this year.

Daocheng Street also has a lot of dried meat and yak meat, so you can buy some to take home. Needless to say, the benefits of Cordyceps sinensis are in May and June every year. Every morning there is a market by the river, where you can buy and sell Cordyceps sinensis. At this time, you should be careful when buying Cordyceps sinensis, because some Cordyceps sinensis look big and empty, haven't completely dried, and will rot on the way home, so it's better to buy it from the previous year. Tricholoma matsutake is a mushroom that grows under a pine tree at an altitude of about 4000 meters. It tastes very delicious. Fresh Tricholoma matsutake can be enjoyed all year round after it is baked into dry slices. Stewed chicken and soup are very delicious.

You can eat fresh Tricholoma matsutake in Daocheng in July and August. Otherwise, you can buy some dry films. But the dried matsutake chips sold in general stores are mixed with ordinary mushrooms. There are two kinds of real dried Tricholoma matsutake, one is peeled and the other is peeled. It is recommended to buy. First, it is easy to distinguish authenticity, and second, nutrition is not lost. The top of the real Tricholoma matsutake is dark brown, and the umbrella stem is very light yellow. The thickness of the top is about 2-3mm, and the taste is very strong and it looks stiff. Honey is produced in the mountains of Dongyi Township. It is pure natural and does not contain any additives. It's usually hard to buy in shops. It was brought by Tibetan relatives in the countryside. Saussurea involucrata is produced in Sala Township, and Tricholoma matsutake is harvested in the same season. Saussurea involucrata is unique to plateau mountainous areas and has a good nourishing effect. The point is that it's all real and natural. Ginseng Fruit Ginseng Fruit is a trifoliate tuber of Rosaceae, which grows on alpine meadow above 2800 altitude. Tubers are purplish red, round, bean-sized, and sweet.

Ginseng fruit contains a lot of starch and vitamins, and is rich in nutrition. Mushroom Tricholoma matsutake (also known as Acanthopanax senticosus) grows in the mixed forest of Abies, Acanthopanax senticosus and Betula platyphylla at an altitude of 2500 ~ 4000 meters. Delicious in taste, tender in meat, and containing a variety of essential amino acids, it is a fungus with anti-cancer and anti-radiation functions. Tremella fuciformis, which grows in the grassland above 3800 meters above sea level, is an edible fungus with high nutritional value, white color, delicious taste and fresh quality. Daocheng County also produces dozens of wild mushrooms such as Morchella, Egg Mushroom and Swertia, all of which are delicious dishes on the table. Crystal is also called transparent mineral. In ancient times, there were many kinds of crystals in Ganzi, both at home and abroad, which were colorful because of impurities. According to their colors, they can be divided into amethyst, topaz, smoky crystal, Barasuishou and molybdenum crystal. Crystals with good colors can be processed into gems, and glasses made of crystals or carved figures, birds, animals and flowers are deeply loved by tourists.

Snow beans, commonly known as snow beans, are produced in Ganzi Prefecture at an altitude of 2000-2800 meters, mostly in Luding. It's in the shape of a pig's waist, and it's very big. It is the best food with high nutritional content. One hundred grams of dried beans contain 20% protein, 63% carbohydrate, calcium, fat, vitamin B and other nutrients 10 mg, which is the king of nutrition among beans. Snow Mountain soybean also has its medicinal value. Regular consumption has a certain effect on hypertension and heart disease, and it is a real green and healthy food. Rhubarb is also known as raw rhubarb and raw army. It is about 2 meters high and has a membranous leaf sheath on the stem node. Deep roots, large leaves, long petioles, fleshy leaves, round or wide heart-shaped, 3-7 palmately parted, lobes often pinnately lobed, cauline leaves alternate, stems are small and short, with panicles of flowers, dense inflorescences, clusters of small flowers, purple or green-white, triangular, winged fruits and brown when mature. Rhizomes are thick and bitter. The root is used as medicine, and it is usually used as a laxative.

It grows in alpine forests or grassy slopes and is wild in Ganzi Prefecture. Rhubarb is picked in August, washed and dried; Dig roots in September, wash away dirt, remove rough skin, slice, dry, collect and process. Cordyceps sinensis, also known as Cordyceps sinensis, is a precious Chinese medicine in China's medical treasure house. Together with ginseng and velvet antler, it is listed as three major supplements. Cordyceps sinensis has peculiar morphological characteristics and is a complex of bacteria and insects. In autumn and winter, the mycelium of the fungus Cordyceps invades the larvae of Lepidoptera bat moth living in the soil, absorbs nutrients, and causes the larvae to be covered with mycelium and die. In early summer, from the head of the bug, it emerged from the ground. The seat is grass, slender like a baseball bat.

The head is slightly enlarged and oval, and the base is left in the soil and connected with the top of the larva. The larva is dark yellow, slender and narrow, slightly like an old silkworm that sleeps for three times. Dig grass in April-May every year, combine with bacteria, dry it until it is half dry, brush off the black skin outside, and dry it in a ventilated place. Or drying Cordyceps in the sun, spraying wine to soften, brushing off black skin, and drying. Cordyceps sinensis tastes sweet, thick and nourishing; Treat tuberculosis, nourish lung and tonify kidney. The best products are those with short base, golden yellow or tan appearance, plump body, obvious stripes, pink interior and solid texture. About 2500-3600 yuan per kilogram. Cordyceps sinensis grows on the plateau grassland at an altitude of 3000-4700 meters.

The price is expensive, reaching several thousand yuan per catty. Tibetan wooden boxes and bowls are generally made of precious wooden carts such as bent-eye wood and shadow wood. The workmanship is particularly exquisite, the wood is exquisite and the lines are beautiful, and some bowls are inlaid with silver. Even among local Tibetans, it is very expensive.