What are the specialties of Wuhu, Anhui?

Introduction: "The clouds are opening to see the colors of the trees, and the river is quiet to listen to the sound of the tide." She is like a bright pearl, embedded in the Wanjiang River and Qingyi River. The intersection of rivers. The following are the specialties of Wuhu, Anhui that I will share with you. Welcome to learn from them!

1. Wuwei Salted Duck

Also known as Wuwei Smoked Duck, it is a traditional halal food in Wuwei County with a history of more than 100 years. Chaohu shelduck is used as the raw material. Generally, fat ducks weighing more than 4 kilograms that year are used, and about 30 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines and seasonings such as jellyfish, star anise, pepper, cloves, and fennel are smoked first and then brine. The color is golden and bright. The sebum is thick, the meat is fresh and tender, the flavor is mellow and the aftertaste is lasting, and it is famous throughout the country. (Chaohu) During the Guangxu period, more than 50 Hui households who moved to Wuwei County from Xinjiang and other places pioneered the creation. The production has a history of more than 200 years, and the salted duck operated by Lin Hongxing in Guloukou is the most famous. Wuwei salted duck is carefully made, with the first choice being high-quality shelduck, weighing around 2 kilograms. After slaughtering and cleaning, make a two-inch long knife under the wings to pull out the internal organs, wash them with water, add salt, pour in salt water and shake, then put it into a vat for marinating. Marinate the duck body first, and then put the duck head down after two hours. , marinate for another two hours, and hang in the air outlet to dry the moisture.

2. Nanling Wei Pig

Wei pig is produced in Xuancheng area of ??Anhui Province. The central production areas are Wenchang in Xuancheng County on both sides of the Qingyi River and Yijiang and Xijiang in Nanling County. Tan, Taifeng, Donghe, Xianfang, Jiulian, Dongtang and other places. The production area includes polders and hills, with an average annual temperature of 16.1°C, annual precipitation of 1,608 mm, and a frost-free period of 230 days. The Wei area has criss-crossing rivers, dense ditches and ponds, lush aquatic plants, and many fish, shrimps, snails, and clams. The level of agricultural production is high, and it is known as the "Food and Rice Town in the South of the Yangtze River." Both sides of the Qingyi River are rich in rice. Historically, they have been used to cultivate both early and early droughts. They mainly grow rice in the middle of the season, and also grow dry grains such as barley, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and mud beans, providing abundant feed resources for pig raising. The hilly areas are mostly yellow sand and red sand, while the polder areas are mostly sandy soils that lack organic matter. In addition to planting green manure in winter fallow land, they mainly rely on pig raising to accumulate fertilizer, so pig raising has always been a habit. Physical distribution: The polder pigs are medium to small in size and are distributed in the polder areas around Qingyi River and Zhanghe River in Nanling County and Shuiyang River and Wuwei and Songyang in Xuancheng County.

3. Nanling milkvetch Yijiang seeds

The scientific name of milkvetch is Astragalus sinicus L, the English name is Chinese milk vetch, and its other names are Qiaoyao, red flower grass, grass seed, etc. It was called in ancient times Zhufu, rocking cart, and tilting cart were recorded as early as in "The Book of Songs Erya Shicao". Its stems are called "Xiaochaocai" and "Yuanxiucai" when used as vegetables, and its seeds were called "Piaoyaodou" in ancient times. The history of planting milkvetch is very long. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jia Sixie introduced it in "Essential Art of Qi Min"; Su Shi in the Northern Song Dynasty once said: The beauty of vegetables is the nest of Shuxiang. The old friend Chao Yuan was fond of it, so he called it Yuan. Repairing vegetables; the preface to Lu You's poems in the Southern Song Dynasty also mentioned that milkvetch was widely planted in rice fields in Wudi (Shu vegetables have two nests: the big nest is the false one of peas. The small nest grows in rice fields, and there are also many in Wudi); Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen also recognized the medicinal value of milkvetch and included it in the 27th volume of the vegetable department of "Compendium of Materia Medica" as the second dish.

4. Nanling Rice

Nanling County is known as "Wuhu Rice Market, Nanling Granary", and is known as "the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River" and "the granary in the south of the Yangtze River". It is the main grain-producing area of ??"Wuhu Rice Market", one of the four major rice markets in China. Nanling County has simple folk customs and hard-working farmers. The double-cropping rice area accounts for more than 70% of the rice field area. Since 1985, the county has been recognized as "National High-Quality Rice Base County" and "National Commercial Grain Base County", and has been awarded the title of "National Advanced County for Grain Production". According to research, the history of rice planting in Nanling can be traced back to the late Western Zhou Dynasty in the 9th to 8th centuries BC. Poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties such as Jia Dao and Mei Yaochen all left famous works on it. According to statistics in 2010, Nanling has 200,000 acres of green food rice standardized production base and 300,000 acres of pollution-free rice standardized production base, with an annual rice output of 350,000 tons.

Nanling Rice has registered a collective trademark, an Anhui Provincial Famous Trademark, and a Chinese Well-known Trademark. It has obtained the national "Agricultural Products Geographical Indication" and has "Anhui Provincial Famous Brand Products" and "Yungu Gong" represented by "Wuxiang" rice. Approved as "Anhui Province Famous Brand Agricultural Products" and "Anhui Province Famous Trademarks". Nanling rice is known for its "good appearance, good gloss, light gummy texture, and fragrant smell" etc...[Details];