For friends and family?
There are many kinds of local products in Yunnan.
But there are many choices, many friends from all over the world.
I don't know what specialty to buy,
In this regard, we have selected some Yunnan native products that are most worth seeing.
Friends who travel to Yunnan must not forget.
Take some back to your relatives and friends!
1, Pu 'er tea
Pu 'er tea is a kind of loose tea and pressed tea, which is made of sun-cured green tea, a big leaf species recognized in Pu 'er tea producing areas in Yunnan. The appearance color is brownish red, the soup color is red and bright, the aroma is unique and mellow, and the taste is mellow and sweet. "The older the tea, the more fragrant it is" is recognized as the biggest feature that distinguishes Pu 'er tea from other teas. Pu 'er tea is an "edible antique". Different from other teas, it is old and new, and it tends to appreciate gradually as time goes by.
2. Flower cake
Flower cake is a kind of shortcake for eating roses, which is unique to Yunnan, and it is the representative of the most classic snacks with Yunnan characteristics. Excellent taste, sweet but not greasy, with a hint of rose fragrance in the mouth. All visitors to Kunming will take some flower cakes with them when they leave.
3. Xuanwei ham
Xuanwei ham is produced in xuanwei county, Yunnan Province. Its main feature is that it looks like a pipa, with only big bones and small skins, thick meat and moderate fat. Cut into sections, with rich aroma and bright color, lean meat is bright red or rose red, fat meat is milky white, bones are slightly pink, and blood gas looks moist. The quality is good enough to represent Yunnan ham, so it is often called "cloud leg".
Xuanwei ham has a long history, which started in Ming Dynasty at the latest. At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Zaiting and others raised funds to set up Xuanhe Ham Company, introduced machinery and equipment to make canned ham, and then "Yunnan Xuanwei Pu Zaiting Brothers Canned Food Co., Ltd." was established. Its products participated in competitions in Guangzhou and other places on 1923, and were well received by all walks of life. Dr. Sun Yat-sen wrote his inscription "Drinking and Eating Virtue", and since then his reputation has spread far and wide, and he has been exported to Hong Kong, Singapore and other places.
4. Wild mushrooms
Yunnan wild edible fungus is a natural green food, rich in vitamins, high-quality protein and other ingredients beneficial to human body, with rich nutrition and unique flavor. Some edible fungi also have pharmacological effects in treating cancer and various diseases.
5. Wenshan Sanqi
Panax notoginseng is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, which has magical effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain, nourishing and strengthening the body. It has been used in China for nearly a hundred years, and Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "gold does not change".
Panax notoginseng is widely distributed in Yunnan, with Wenshan counties as the main producing areas, and has been cultivated for 300 to 400 years. Wenshan is the main producing area and origin of Panax notoginseng in China, and is known as "the hometown of Panax notoginseng in China", with the highest quality and output in China.
6. Lijiang Maca
Maca is a nutrient-rich plant, rich in 55 kinds of nutrients, known as the world's top tonic, which has a magical effect on improving human skills. Although Maca is not from Yunnan, only Lijiang, Yunnan, has reached the highest level of Maca introduced to China from Peru. Maca is deeply loved by consumers after a large number of listing, and is recognized by the market as a more precious nutritional supplement.
7. Zhaotong Gastrodia elata
"Gastrodia elata is the first tonic medicine", and Gastrodia elata has been listed as the "top grade" of herbal medicine in past dynasties, and it is considered that Gastrodia elata has high medicinal and edible value. Zhaotong Gastrodia elata, also known as "Yun Gastrodia elata", is famous at home and abroad for its big size, hypertrophy, transparency and the highest content of gastrodin. It is a "tribute" in the early Tang Dynasty, the main producing area and origin of Gastrodia elata in China, and a "rare brand" protected by the state.
8. Dendrobium candidum
Dendrobium nobile (scientific name: Dendrobium nobile), also known as bearded, chlorophytum, cymbidium, Dendrobium nobile and so on. The stem is erect, fleshy, slightly oblate and cylindrical, with a length of 10~60 cm and a thickness of 1.3 cm. Medicinal plants are sweet and slightly salty, cold in nature, and enter the stomach, kidney and lung meridians. Benefiting stomach, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Used for yin injury, body fluid deficiency, dry mouth, polydipsia, retching, asthenic heat after illness, and blurred vision. Dendrobium is known as one of the "four ornamental flowers" because of its elegant appearance, exquisite and lovely appearance, bright color and fragrant smell.
Dendrobium candidum is the best for nourishing yin and tonifying the five internal organs in traditional Chinese medicine, and has unique medicinal value, commonly known as "life-saving fairy grass". Dendrobium officinale was listed as the first of the nine immortals in China in the Tang Dynasty.
Yunnan is the origin and main distribution area of wild Dendrobium candidum in China, and it is also the most suitable gold producing area for the growth of Dendrobium candidum. Yunnan Dendrobium candidum is a good raw material for processing Dendrobium candidum products with strong viscosity, sufficient polysaccharide content and high nutritional value.
9. Yunnan Xiaoka
1892, French missionaries successfully planted coffee in a place called Jukula in Yunnan, and this popular drink in the western world took root in Chinese mainland.
Yunnan small coffee is famous at home and abroad for its strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, small and symmetrical particles, rich flavor and rich fruit flavor. After investigating the coffee planting and primary processing bases in Yunnan, the tasting experts of the International Coffee Organization rated Yunnan coffee as a kind of small coffee processed by Colombian wet method, which is the best coffee in the world.
10, Yak Ganba
Yak meat is rich in protein, amino acids, carotene, calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements, with extremely low fat content and extremely high calories. It tastes delicious, mellow and delicious, and it is the best choice to buy it home or give it to relatives and friends.
1 1, carved plum in Dali
Carved plum is a delicious and beautiful food with sweet and sour taste and unique shape. At first glance, it is round and flat, just like the watery relief of a man named Qiu Hua. Although these casual snacks are unremarkable, I believe they will be very popular if you take them home and give them to your aunts and grandmothers.
12, Yangbi Walnut
Yangbi Walnut is mainly produced in Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Yangbi County, located in the west of Dali Prefecture, is famous for its rich walnuts. Tan Cui, an Anhui native in the Qing Dynasty, said in Zhi Heng, Yuhai, Yunnan: "Walnuts are topped by Yangbi River, and their shells are thin and can be crushed."
Walnut in Dali Yangbi is one of the important export commodities in Yunnan Province, with large fruit, thin shell, good quality, fragrant taste and high oil yield. Moreover, dried walnuts are easy to store, and can be cracked as snacks when you have time.
13, Jianshui Zitao
Jianshui Zitao is a traditional handicraft with a long history. In history, there are theories of Song celadon, Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, Ming coarse porcelain and Qing purple pottery. Purple pottery has a history of more than 900 years. At the National Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition held in Beijing from 65438 to 0953, Jianshui Zitao was listed as one of the four famous ceramics in China by the Ministry of Culture, along with Yixing Zitao in Jiangsu, Nixingtao in Qinzhou, Guangxi and Tao An in Rongchang, Chongqing.
Jianshui Zitao is made of five-color clay in the suburb of Jianshui. After painting and calligraphy, carving, scraping, burning and polishing, the pottery is dark purple in color, white in pattern and rock-like in percussion. Among them, white characters on a black background are especially top grade.
14, Yunnan jade
Jade has not been included in the craft history of China for a long time. When the ancient tea-horse road brought back a piece of original jade in the southwest mountainous area, its natural beauty was discovered by Yunnan people, and soon a group of people gambled, carved and traded around jade, forming an early jade distribution center.
Although Yunnan does not produce jadeite, it has a long processing history and many jade carving masters because it is adjacent to Myanmar, the country of origin. Compared with the mainland, Yunnan's jadeite is more cost-effective and has a wider range of choices.
15, white tie dyeing
Tie-dyeing is an ancient textile dyeing technology in China, which is called "twisting valerian" and "tying valerian", and Dali calls it knot cloth and knot flower. Because the main producing area is Dali, and most of them are Bai people, so people call it Dali tie-dyeing and Bai tie-dyeing.
There are many kinds of tie-dyeing materials of Bai nationality, and the mountains and rivers of Dali are often used as creative materials. Their patterns are colorful clouds in Cangshan Mountain, water waves in Erhai Lake, butterflies in tower shadows, myths and legends, ethnic customs, flowers, birds, fish and insects, which are full of fun and varied.
Synthesis: Network, Xudong Dictionary