What specialties of Wuhu can I take away

As a local city in Anhui Province, Wuhu can be said to be the maker city of Anhui. When you come here, you can not only see the advanced city beauty, but also many magnificent natural landscapes. Of course, various Wuhu delicacies are also indispensable. If we cannot stay in this beautiful city of Wuhu for a long time, then when we leave, we must not forget to bring some local specialties back. So, what are the Wuhu specialties that we can take away?

Wuwei Duck

Also known as "Wuwei Smoked Duck", it is a traditional halal delicacy in Wuwei County with a history of more than 100 years. It uses Chaohu Mallard duck as the raw material, generally using fat ducks weighing more than 4 jin of the same year, and is matched with about 30 kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs and seasonings such as Jquegua, star anise, pepper, cloves, cumin, etc. It is first smoked and then braised. It has a golden and shiny color, thick and moist skin, tender meat, mellow and delicious flavor, and a long aftertaste, and is famous throughout the country.

Each piece of land has its own culture and history. According to the Wuwei County Annals, pressed duck was already famous during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. Goose was often used in folk wedding banquets, but later it was changed to duck. The custom of giving pressed duck as a gift when a man and a woman get engaged remains unchanged to this day; this is called the Super Festival. As long as the engagement is done, the man has to give extra gifts to the woman during every festival, and even her aunts and uncles cannot be left out. Although the expenses are not small, the man is always smiling when it comes to marrying a wife. But pressed duck is more often used in daily entertaining guests. Whenever there are guests, pressed duck is bought. This practice has become a convention and is the same in urban and rural areas. When pressed duck is bought, the host feels that he has done his best to entertain the guests, and the guests also feel treated with courtesy, and the hearts are shortened. The same goes for humans and ducks, they all need help to become famous. I have always felt that pressed duck was born in the wrong place. If it was born in southern Anhui, it would have been more or less blessed by celebrities and perhaps would have become a royal tribute long ago. However, pressed duck was born in the water town of Wuwei, and is still being made among the people. It has not really entered the mainstream. It is a real commoner's duck. Even the cooking method is purely handmade and not on a large scale. There have been attempts to produce it on an assembly line, but it failed because the taste could not compete with handmade ones. This shows that everything should be done less but better, and more should be mediocre. As for buying and selling, pressed duck has always been sold at stalls instead of in shops, and is run on a small scale. Zhang Ji, Wang Ji, Li Ji, each of the pressed duck stalls are like pearls scattered in the ancient alleys and old streets of Wuwei, spreading their fragrance throughout the small town.

Wuhu Iron Painting

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Wuhu Shrimp Noodles

Wuhu shrimp noodles are a specialty snack in Wuhu City, Anhui Province. Wuhu shrimp noodles are made with the roe of Yangtze River green shrimps, mixed with a variety of seasonings to make a paste soup, then topped with hand-kneaded knife-cut noodles and cooked. The noodles are chewy, delicious and have high nutritional value.

Wuhu people love to eat shrimp noodles the most. In the past, during difficult times, being able to eat a bowl of shrimp noodles was a real luxury. People often sighed when they were sick or on their birthdays: It would be nice to have a bowl of shrimp noodles. Now, shrimp noodles have become an affordable snack that everyone can afford, but the quality and details are as exquisite as before. Therefore, it has become a representative food in the hearts of Jiangcheng people and has also been selected as an intangible cultural heritage of Anhui Province.

For a bowl of authentic shrimp noodles, only green shrimps from the Yangtze River Basin can be used as ingredients. The noodle soup is made purely from bones. Although it does not have the aroma of broth with additives, it leaves an endless aftertaste after drinking it. The noodles are pressed three times with high-quality flour, and even the chopped green onions sprinkled on the noodles must be finely chopped shallots and must not be replaced by scallions, garlic or golden onions.

Wuhu Knife Fish

Knife fish, also known as knife anchovy and hairy anchovy, has fine white scales that sparkle like silver. It is generally about 30 cm long. The female is larger than the male, and its body is narrow, long and flat like a knife. According to the "Cihai", in spring and summer, they live in groups upstream of the river or at the river mouth to spawn, forming fishing seasons, and then return to the sea after spawning. The waterway in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Nantong is usually the best place for knife fish to enter and exit. Jiangyin is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River where it meets the sea. It is a golden waterway for fish migration. It has a river bank of hundreds of miles and a considerable fishing capacity. Therefore, the output of knife fish put on the market every year ranks first among the counties and cities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Often after the Spring Festival, fishing boats set out in a race and the fishermen's baskets are filled with silver. When the peak season comes, the streets and alleys will be crowded with people rushing to buy as soon as the hawkers attract people, and the people weighing and collecting money will be busy as hell.

As a local city in Anhui Province, Wuhu can be said to be the maker city of Anhui. When you come here, you can not only see the advanced city beauty, but also many magnificent natural landscapes. Of course, various Wuhu delicacies are also indispensable. If we cannot stay in this beautiful city of Wuhu for a long time, then when we leave, we must not forget to bring some local specialties back. So, what are the Wuhu specialties that we can take away?

Wuwei Duck

Also known as "Wuwei Smoked Duck", it is a traditional halal delicacy in Wuwei County with a history of more than 100 years. It uses Chaohu Mallard duck as the raw material, generally using fat ducks weighing more than 4 jin of the same year, and is matched with about 30 kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs and seasonings such as Jquegua, star anise, pepper, cloves, cumin, etc. It is first smoked and then braised. It has a golden and shiny color, thick and moist skin, tender meat, mellow and delicious flavor, and a long aftertaste, and is famous throughout the country.

Each piece of land has its own culture and history. According to the Wuwei County Annals, pressed duck was already famous during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. Goose was often used in folk wedding banquets, but later it was changed to duck. The custom of giving pressed duck as a gift when a man and a woman get engaged remains unchanged to this day; this is called the Super Festival. As long as the engagement is done, the man has to give extra gifts to the woman during every festival, and even her aunts and uncles cannot be left out. Although the expenses are not small, the man is always smiling when it comes to marrying a wife. But pressed duck is more often used in daily entertaining guests. Whenever there are guests, pressed duck is bought. This practice has become a convention and is the same in urban and rural areas. When pressed duck is bought, the host feels that he has done his best to entertain the guests, and the guests also feel treated with courtesy, and the hearts are shortened. The same goes for humans and ducks, they all need help to become famous. I have always felt that pressed duck was born in the wrong place. If it was born in southern Anhui, it would have been more or less blessed by celebrities and perhaps would have become a royal tribute long ago. However, pressed duck was born in the water town of Wuwei, and is still being made among the people. It has not really entered the mainstream. It is a real commoner's duck. Even the cooking method is purely handmade and not on a large scale. There have been attempts to produce it on an assembly line, but it failed because the taste could not compete with handmade ones. This shows that everything should be done less but better, and more should be mediocre. As for buying and selling, pressed duck has always been sold at stalls instead of in shops, and is run on a small scale. Zhang Ji, Wang Ji, Li Ji, each of the pressed duck stalls are like pearls scattered in the ancient alleys and old streets of Wuwei, spreading their fragrance throughout the small town.

Wuhu Iron Painting

Wuhu iron painting is a unique arts and crafts product in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, with a history of more than 300 years. The iron surface draws on the composition method of traditional Chinese painting and the craft techniques of gold and silver jewelry, paper cutting, sculpture, etc., using low-carbon steel as raw material, iron instead of ink, hammer instead of pen, and finely crafted into landscapes, figures, flowers, fish, insects, flying... Huangshan Green Peony

Specialty craft tea. Huangshan Green Peony is produced in Nanyunjian, Daguyun Township, She County, at an altitude of more than 1,400 meters. Nanyunjian is an area of ​​mountains with overlapping peaks, crisscrossing gullies, shrouded in clouds and mist, with abundant rainfall, which is extremely conducive to the growth of tea trees. The tea here not only has strong buds and plump leaves, but also has a unique flavor due to the abundance of fragrant grass and orchids... Huizhou Woodcarving

Huizhou woodcarving is one of the four traditional Huizhou carvings. The mountainous areas of Huizhou are rich in timber, and most of the buildings are made of brick, wood, and stone, with wood being the most common material. This provides an opportunity for woodcarving artists to display their talents and ingenuity. In the old days, Huizhou woodcarvings were mostly used to decorate buildings and household appliances. They were widely distributed in...

Huangshan Maofeng is one of the top ten famous teas in China. Its predecessor was the Yunwu Tea produced in the Lianhua Temple area of ​​Huangshan Mountain. The mountains here are high and the forests are dense, with shade and humidity, and a sea of ​​fog and clouds. The tea trees here are protected from the cold wind and scorching sun, and the tea buds are fresh and tender. Historically, Huangshan Maofeng was a tribute tea specifically requested by emperors of all dynasties. After 1949,... Shexian Hui Ink

Hui ink is one of the four treasures of Chinese study. It is named after the ancient Huizhou Prefecture where it is produced. Today, Tunxi District and She County of Huangshan City are the manufacturing centers of Hui ink. There are many varieties of Hui ink, including lacquer smoke, oil smoke, pine smoke, full smoke, pure smoke, reduced glue, and added fragrance. High-grade lacquer smoke ink is made of tung oil smoke, musk, borneol, gold foil, pearl powder, etc.

She Inkstone is one of the four famous inkstones in China and is a treasure in the history of inkstones, as famous as Duan Inkstone.

Wuhu Shrimp Noodles

Wuhu shrimp noodles are a specialty snack in Wuhu City, Anhui Province. Wuhu shrimp noodles are made with the roe of Yangtze River green shrimps, mixed with a variety of seasonings to make a paste soup, then topped with hand-kneaded knife-cut noodles and cooked. The noodles are chewy, delicious and have high nutritional value.

Wuhu people love to eat shrimp noodles the most. In the past, during difficult times, being able to eat a bowl of shrimp noodles was a real luxury. People often sighed when they were sick or on their birthdays: It would be nice to have a bowl of shrimp noodles. Now, shrimp noodles have become an affordable snack that everyone can afford, but the quality and details are as exquisite as before. Therefore, it has become a representative food in the hearts of Jiangcheng people and has also been selected as an intangible cultural heritage of Anhui Province.

For a bowl of authentic shrimp noodles, only green shrimps from the Yangtze River Basin can be used as ingredients. The noodle soup is made purely from bones. Although it does not have the aroma of broth with additives, it leaves an endless aftertaste after drinking it. The noodles are pressed three times with high-quality flour, and even the chopped green onions sprinkled on the noodles must be finely chopped shallots and must not be replaced by scallions, garlic or golden onions.

Wuhu Knife Fish

Knife fish, also known as knife anchovy and hairy anchovy, has fine white scales that sparkle like silver. It is generally about 30 cm long. The female is larger than the male, and its body is narrow, long and flat like a knife. According to the "Cihai", in spring and summer, they live in groups upstream of the river or at the river mouth to spawn, forming fishing seasons, and then return to the sea after spawning. The waterway in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Nantong is usually the best place for knife fish to enter and exit. Jiangyin is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River where it meets the sea. It is a golden waterway for fish migration. It has a river bank of hundreds of miles and a considerable fishing capacity. Therefore, the output of knife fish put on the market every year ranks first among the counties and cities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Often after the Spring Festival, fishing boats set out in a race and the fishermen's baskets are filled with silver. When the peak season comes, the streets and alleys will be crowded with people rushing to buy as soon as the hawkers attract people, and the people weighing and collecting money will be busy as hell.