1, Changsha stinky tofu Changsha stinky tofu is a traditional specialty of Changsha, Hunan, and Changsha locals also call it smelly dried fruit. Black in color, tender outside, fresh and fragrant. Crisp but not sticky, tender but not greasy, smell the stench at first sight, smell the fragrance at first sight. Stinky tofu is made of high-quality soybeans. The production process is complex, and soybeans have to go through ten processes, such as screening, hulling, soaking, pulping, filtering, cooking, pulping, forming, dicing and fermentation. Chenggong stinky tofu is soft and smooth, emitting a special fragrance. Grandfather praised the cloud: the taste is more beautiful, and the jade food cannot be passed on. It not only has high nutritional value, but also has good medicinal value.
2. Changsha Pastry Changsha has a long history of making cakes with a wide variety and strong Hunan flavor. For example, Changsha Rice Cake, Changsha Milk Cake which is easy to digest and absorb, Changsha Qiao Cake which is sweet and slightly spicy, and Changsha Milk Cake which is suitable for all ages are all good choices. Recommend the products of local time-honored enterprises such as Changsha Xuekai Grain and Oil Food Company and Sullivan Food Factory. You can usually buy it in the supermarket.
3. Chopped peppers In Changsha, Hunan, almost every household will make a big sauce jar and chop peppers. Wash the red pepper with cold well water, then dry it, then put the chopped pepper into the seasoning and mix well, then put it in the sun for one day, and then seal it. Chopped peppers can generally be eaten for a whole year. For most Hunan people, chopped pepper is an indispensable protagonist at the dinner table. Can be eaten directly, very delicious, very spicy; It can also be used as seasoning, not to mention the taste. The fiery red color alone can decorate the dishes more beautifully. You can usually buy it in supermarkets or markets.
4. Duck in sauce Duck in sauce is a delicious dish with duck and sauce as the main ingredients. It is made by slaughtering the duck, unhairing it, rubbing the salt, re-salting it, lighting it with straw, scattering chaff shells, and repeatedly smoking it until it is golden. Hunan spicy duck is a famous dish in Hunan province. It is prepared by soaking more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese medicines and 10 kinds of spices, air drying, baking and other 15 processes. The finished product is deep red in color, crisp in meat, rich in sauce flavor and long in aftertaste. Has the effects of promoting blood circulation, promoting qi circulation, invigorating spleen, nourishing stomach and beauty beauty. It is a popular traditional flavor in Changsha.
5. Anhua Black Tea Anhua Black Tea is produced in Yiyang, Hunan. The tea soup is transparent and clean, and the leaves are as elegant as new. A classmate of Yiyang used to bring it to us when he was at school, and he fell in love with the taste of black tea from then on.
Anhua black tea is better than nourishing the stomach, and drinking too much will not cause insomnia. This is a healthy gift for the elders.
6. Junshan Silver Needle Junshan Silver Needle is one of the famous teas in China. It is located in Junshan, near Dongting Lake, and belongs to yellow tea. Junshan Silver Needle has a very long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, when Princess Wencheng got married, she brought Junshan Silver Needle to Tibet as a gift, which was very high-grade.
7. Dongting whitebait is a well-known species at home and abroad, with high nutritional value and the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. It is said that Yongzheng and Qianlong tasted Dongting whitebait when traveling in Jiangnan incognito, and they spoke highly of it.
8. China ceramic art has a long history. Changsha Kiln, which flourished in the middle and late Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago, became the pioneer of colored glaze, especially red glaze in the world. The China red ceramics displayed here successfully applied big red to big vases, all of which are national treasures. Nowadays, China Red Ceramics has been officially designated as a national gift for international friends, which has also attracted the attention of collectors. Ceramics is a great invention of China and a precious wealth of the Chinese nation. Red is one of the favorite colors of all mankind, because it symbolizes the sun, life, harvest, good luck, wishful thinking and all other beautiful things, and is a good gift for friends.
9. Xiang Embroidery Xiang Embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China. It originated from Hunan folk embroidery and absorbed the advantages of Suzhou embroidery and Guangdong embroidery. It has a long history and can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago. Xiang embroidery has beautiful composition, exquisite embroidery skills, strong expressive force and strong texture. There is also a Xiang embroidery museum in Changsha, which is used for research, visit and sales.
10, chrysanthemum stone carving and chrysanthemum stone carving is a unique handicraft in Liuyang, Changsha. It is carved with chrysanthemum stone generated more than 200 million years ago, and it is one of the three famous stone carvings in China. This kind of stone, like chrysanthemum, has single core, double core, three core and no core, and there are similar patterns such as bamboo leaf chrysanthemum, hydrangea chrysanthemum, cattail leaf chrysanthemum and money chrysanthemum. Sculptors use these characteristics of chrysanthemum stone to carve, arrange petals, add branches and leaves, and embossment into clusters of chrysanthemums. Break through the plane modeling, develop a multi-layer flower, and make the characters enter this unique handicraft, such as carving into fairy tale works such as Huang Chao's chanting chrysanthemums and Tiannv's scattering flowers. Liuyang chrysanthemum stone has exquisite carving technology and ingenious conception, and won a medal in Panama World Expo.