What are the specialties in Suzhou? It's better to classify them.

It is one of the top ten famous teas in China, and its common name is "Scaring people and making them fragrant". Kangxi passed through Suzhou on his southern tour and praised it after drinking tea. Therefore, tea was collected from Qingming and Grain Rain seasons, and was given the name "Biluochun" and listed 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 off about two thirds of the water, and then pour it into boiling water, and the tea will spread out completely. At this time, the water is light green as jade, and the tea is fragrant.

Caizhizhai Candy

Suzhou-style candy enjoys a good reputation in China. There are more than 15 varieties in four categories: Ming goods, roasted seeds and nuts, soft sweets and special flavors, such as pine nut candy, dumpling candy, peanut candy, tri-color pine nut candy, crisp pine nut candy, pine nut jujube candy, etc. Among them, the dumpling candy exclusively produced by Caizhizhai is the most famous.

Song Brocade

"Brocade" is a kind of high-grade silk fabric. Song Brocade produced in Suzhou, Yunjin in Nanjing and Shujin in Sichuan are also called "Three Famous Brocade in China". Its weaving technology is exquisite, and the warp yarn has double warps, so it is also called "heavy brocade".

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

Suzhou-style candied fruit

The history of Suzhou's candied fruit can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, and the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Suzhou-style candied fruit, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous and has always been "court food". There are more than 16 varieties of Soviet-style candied fruit, among which the most famous are golden jujube, buttered plum, golden kumquat, white sugar bayberry and nine-system dried tangerine peel.

The flavor of Su-style plum is sweet and sour, with one grain in the mouth, refreshing and lasting, which is the most popular among tourists.

Su-orange cake and Kumquat cake made from Dongting oranges are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have appetizing and ventilation functions.

Suzhou Embroidery

The history of Suzhou Embroidery can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,6 years ago. Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Hunan Embroidery, Sichuan Embroidery and Guangdong Embroidery are 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 floss

Taicang floss has slender fibers, soft quality, golden color, delicious taste, and melts in the mouth. It is made from the lean meat of fresh pig's rear buttock tip as the basic raw material, and is made by four processes: cutting, boiling, frying and rubbing. Dried pork floss can be stored for 3-4 months, and it can be preserved for more than one year by vacuum sealing.

whitebait in Taihu Lake

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, whitebait was abundant in Taihu Lake. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, whitebait was listed as a tribute, and it was also called the Three Treasures of Taihu Lake together with plum 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. The Japanese 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 Woodcut New Year Pictures

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

Taohuawu New Year pictures began in the late Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 35 years. The earliest workshop was on Taohuawu Street in Suzhou, hence the name. During the reign of Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, it was very popular, and it was also called "Southern Peach and Northern Willow" with Yangliuqing New Year Pictures.

The forms and contents of New Year pictures mostly 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.

Suzhou wedding dress

Suzhou Huqiu wedding dress is located in the north of Suzhou, known as the "first scenic spot in Wuzhong". Huqiu is a production base specializing in wedding dress manufacturing and wholesale in Suzhou, and it is one of the two largest wedding dress production bases in China. In recent years, Suzhou wedding dresses have not only affected the Yangtze River Delta, but also increasingly affected all parts of the country, and their products are exported overseas. The products produced include wedding dresses, dresses, cheongsam, ornaments, wedding photo albums, wedding department stores and other tens of thousands of wedding products. With the promotion of Suzhou Municipal Government and Suzhou Huqiu Wedding Network, Suzhou Wedding Street has expanded from the initial stores to more than 5 now.

marinated bean curd

marinated bean curd is a famous specialty of Suzhou bean products, which can not only be tasted as candied fruit, but also be used as a home-cooked dish or a feast. It is red in color and sauce, unique in fragrance, full of marinade, fresh, sweet and soft, and has two flavors of marinated vegetables and candied fruit.

Water shield in Taihu Lake

Water shield is a perennial aquatic plant. The leaves of water shield are oval and dark green, and the back secretes a mucus similar to agar, which is rich in protein, glucose and other ingredients. It can be cooked and fried. It is not only a precious vegetable with unique flavor, but also has the functions of clearing heat, moistening lung, diuresis, detumescence, detoxification and so on.

Taihu whitebait

Taihu whitebait is about 1 cm long, with delicate meat, white and tender, and no bones. It is known as one of the three treasures of Taihu Lake, and its whole body is as white as silver, and its small eyes are like white jade inlaid with two grains of black sand.

Baisha loquat

The yield of loquat is the highest in Dongting East and Xishan Mountain. Baisha loquat is light yellow in color and sweet in taste. There are more than 1 varieties such as Zhaozhong, Qingzhong, Grey and Zaohuang Baisha. It is famous for its seeds, thin skin and thick flesh, fresh and sweet and refreshing. Green seed, uniform size, yellowish flesh and easy peeling. Gray species, skin with ochre spots, single core and thin skin, the sweetest taste. Early yellow and white sand, early maturity, white and tender pulp.

Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish

This fish is red in color and sauce, crispy outside and tender inside, sweet and sour, which is greatly appreciated after being dried and eaten, and the squirrel fish has become famous. Nowadays, squirrel fish use mandarin fish as raw material. The flesh of mandarin fish is tender, and its bones are sparse. After being cut and fried, its head is wide open, its tail is tilted, and it looks like a squirrel inside. When it is poured with shrimp, dried bamboo shoots and tomato sauce, it will make a sound of sneering like a squirrel.

Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab

Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab is the most famous freshwater crab in China. It is a big fat crab with a green back and a white belly and yellow hair and a golden hook, so it is also called "golden hook crab", and people are known as "the king of crabs". Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs can be steamed, boiled, fried, dragged, drunk and pickled, and are often used as raw materials for making delicious dishes and crab banquets, such as crab oil crystal balls, snow crab fights, pot-cooked crab powder, fried crab boxes and fried crab powder.