What are the specialties in Yichang?

Yichang, as its name implies, is livable and prosperous. Beautiful scenery, moist river water and the infiltration of Bachu culture make it beautiful from ancient times to the present. When you travel to Yichang, you must know what special products Yichang has!

Yichang specialty 1: Tujia bacon

First, pepper, star anise, mountain pepper and other condiments are fried with salt and ground into powder. After washing and crushing pigs and sheep, cut off their heads, legs and forearms, put them in a jar for pickling, and cut the rest into strips according to five or six kilograms, pickled one by one, and put them layer by layer. Sprinkle salt and seasoning on each layer, take them out and put them on the kang for about ten days.

Yichang specialty 2: Yichang red orange

Yichang red orange is a special fruit in Yichang, Hubei. Yichang tangerine has regular appearance, orange color, thin skin and tender meat, sweet and sour taste, good quality and maturity in mid-November. It has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, stimulating appetite, regulating qi, helping digestion and preventing constipation. Normal people eat oranges or drink orange juice after meals, which has the functions of relieving greasy food, resolving food stagnation, quenching thirst and sobering up.

Yichang specialty 3: Maojian tea with flower picking

Maojian tea is a famous tea with a long history in Yichang, Hubei. The county is known as "the hometown of famous tea in China" and "the back garden on the south bank of the Three Gorges", with green mountains and green waters, misty clouds, fresh air and abundant rain. The tea produced here is famous for its Qing Xiang, mellow taste, strong juice and good health. The produced flower picking hair tips are delicate, beautiful, even and straight, with green and oily color, rich and lasting aroma, fresh and sweet taste, clear soup color and green leaves.

Yichang specialty 4: Qingjiang stone

Qingjiang stone is a handicraft in Yichang, Hubei province, with a very long history. Strange stones in Qingjiang River refer to all kinds of strange stones bred in Yu Qingjiang River Basin, which reflect the needs of human nature with natural and humanistic attributes, and have both explicit and potential values. This is a masterpiece of nature. It can bring people archaeological value, ornamental value, economic value, collection value, health care value and so on.

Yichang specialty 5: chilli shrimp

chilli shrimp is a famous dish with thick juice, spicy shrimp flavor and tight, tough and crisp meat. From the very beginning, spicy crab, to the spicy shrimp and spicy snails derived today, has become the favorite on the dining table in the north and south of the Yangtze River. The essence of chilli shrimp lies in its meat quality and the blending of various special spices when frying, which makes people memorable.