When traveling to Shanghai, what should you bring back to your children?

What specialties or unique gifts are there in Shanghai that you can take home for your children?

1. Jiading Bamboo Carving

Jiading Bamboo Carving is one of China’s outstanding national traditional crafts. In 2006, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Jiading bamboo carving artists use knives as their writing tools, integrating calligraphy, painting, poetry, literature, and seal art, giving new life to bamboo, giving bamboo carvings the spirit of books and the taste of gold and stone. The elegant play of scholar-bureaucrats.

2. Gu Embroidery

Shanghai traditional folk art. On May 20, 2006, Gu Embroidery was approved by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China and included in the first batch of national-level arts. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Gu embroidery originated during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Miao, the famous concubine of the owner of Luxiang Garden, was good at embroidering figures and Buddha statues. Gu's daughter-in-law, Han, also imitated the paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in embroidery. The silk was finely split and the embroidery was vivid and charming. So he became famous for a while. Gu's embroidery is exquisite and skillful, and his peers cannot compare to it. Man's craftsmanship is so ingenious that it makes mistakes. Most of the Gu embroidery products are made by women in the family, known as "Han Yuan embroidery" in the world, and are basically used for family collections or gifts.

3. Wunijing handmade cotton textiles

Wunijing handmade cotton textiles, local traditional handicrafts in Xuhui District, Shanghai, May 20, 2006, Wunijing handmade Cotton textile skills were approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

Wunijing handmade cotton textile technology has a very long history in China. Cotton and linen textiles first appeared in the Neolithic Age. Handmade cotton textile technology was significantly improved in the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty.

4. Chongming Cake

Chongming Cake is one of the traditional pastries and specialty snacks in Chongming area of ??Shanghai. There are two kinds of sponge cake and hard cake. The sponge cake is usually eaten cold; the hard cake is usually eaten after being heated, sometimes it is steamed and heated, and some fermented rice can also be added to make fermented rice cake soup. Pay attention to the selection of ingredients, reasonable proportions, moderate sweetness, appropriate amount of pulp, scientific cooking, fragrant and loose mouth, glutinous but not sticky, and are popular both inside and outside the island.

5. Yipinsu

Yikousu is one of the three famous traditional snacks in Gaoqiao area of ??Shanghai. It is originally in powder form and can be eaten with a spoon as a tonic snack in winter. Later, in order to facilitate sales, it was made into a pinch shape, so it was called a pinch cake.

The appearance of the product is like pinching it with one hand, the fingerprints are clear, complete, and not loose. The entrance is as loose as snow and as crisp as frost. It is oily but not greasy, sweet and delicious, and rich in nutrients. It is especially suitable for children and the elderly.