The specialties that can be taken away from Yangzhou include Qinyoudong candy, Yangzhou pickles, Jiangdu square cakes, Yangzhou jade carvings, Yizheng green Yangchun tea, Shuangma shortcakes, Yangzhou paper-cuts, kraft candy, and Yangzhou lacquerware.

Yangzhou Specialty 1: Qinyou Dongtang

Qinyou Dongtang is a traditional snack in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, with a history of more than 600 years. Qinyoudong candy is hand-refined using raw materials such as glutinous rice flour, sesame seeds, white sugar, and malt. Each piece is composed of 48 layers of soft slices, with uniform thickness and distinct layers. It has a pure taste, is soft in the mouth, is delicious and sweet, and is suitable for all ages. It is the first choice gift for friends on New Year's Day, Spring Festival and other festivals. However, this product has certain seasonality and is not suitable for storage and transportation in areas or seasons with high temperatures.

Yangzhou Specialty 2: Yizheng Green Yangchun Tea

Green Yangchun Tea is a famous local specialty with a very long history. It became one of the famous tea producing areas as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. Tea was listed as a tribute in the Song Dynasty. Yangzhou has a very superior environment and its production technology is very sophisticated. The green poplar spring tea produced is shaped like a new willow, green and delicate. The internal aroma is elegant, the soup color is clear, the taste is fresh and mellow, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and even. It is also a rare product.

Yangzhou specialty three: Yangzhou paper-cutting

Yangzhou is one of the earliest areas in China where paper-cutting became popular. It has a very long history. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was a custom of "paper-cutting to announce spring". . By the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou's business was booming, and the number of paper-cutting artists also increased greatly. Yangzhou's paper-cutting artists also created embroidery samples according to needs, ranging from door curtain edges, quilt pillowcases, to mirrors, sachets, silk handkerchiefs and pencil cases. Embroidery must have paper patterns. Yangzhou people call artists who cut paper patterns "pattern cutters". On May 20, 2006, Yangzhou paper-cutting was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.