Are there any special products or unique gifts in Shanghai that you can take home?

Shanghai has specialties such as Shanghai pear paste sugar, Jiading bamboo carving, Shanghai spiced beans, Shanghai crab shell yellow, Wunijing handmade cotton textile skills and so on, which can be taken home to send to relatives and friends.

1, Shanghai pear paste sugar

Shanghai pear paste sugar is a traditional famous spot in Shanghai, one of the time-honored products in China, and a famous specialty. Pear paste sugar is made of pure white sugar (excluding caramel, essence and pigment) and 4 kinds of self-made drugs (grinding) such as almond, fritillary bulb, Pinellia tuber and Poria.

2. Jiading bamboo carving

Jiading bamboo carving is one of the excellent traditional national crafts in China. The main feature and traditional skill of Jiading bamboo carving is to use a knife instead of a pen and carve bamboo with calligraphy. Jiading bamboo carving artists use knives instead of pens, integrating calligraphy, painting, poetry, literature and printing, giving bamboo a new life. Therefore, bamboo carving works have gained the charm of calligraphy and stone, elegance and chic, and become the elegant drama of civil servants in past dynasties.

3. Shanghai spiced beans

Shanghai spiced bean, also called butter spiced bean, is a very famous traditional snack in Shanghai. This dish was initiated by Ji Guo Xinglong Spiced Bean Shop in Shanghai City God Temple, so it is also called "City God Temple Cream Spiced Bean". Before 1930, Shanghai used cinnamon, fennel and other spices to make bean food, which was deeply loved by the public.

4. Shanghai Crab Shell Yellow

Shanghai crab shell yellow belongs to Shanghai cuisine. Founded in the early 1920s, the crab shell yellow made by Luo Yong and Wuyuan bakers is the most famous. It uses cakes and yeast as blanks to make flat round cakes. The cake is covered with sesame seeds, which are baked on the furnace wall. The stuffing is salty and sweet. Salty ones include scallion oil, fresh meat, crab powder and shrimp. Sweet ones are sugar, roses, red bean paste, jujube paste, etc.

5, Wunijing handmade cotton textile skills

Wu Nijing's handmade cotton textile skill is a local traditional handicraft skill in Xuhui District, Shanghai, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Wunijing handmade cotton textile technology has a long history in China. Cotton and linen fabrics first appeared in the Neolithic Age. The manual cotton spinning technology in the Tang Dynasty made remarkable progress, and the Qing Dynasty entered a prosperous era.

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