Xiangfan has ten specialties
Laohekou sand pear, Xiangyang yam, Laohekou whitebait, Laohekou wood New Year pictures, Laohekou sand pear,
Zaoyang Physalis noodles, Cihe fermented bean curd, Wudi sugar cane, Yicheng Songhua preserved eggs, Shihua hollow Kui noodles.
1) Laohekou Sand Pear
Laohekou Sand Pear is a specialty of Laohekou City, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. There are six or seven varieties of Laohekou sand pears, including Cuiguan, Huanghuang, Yuanhuang and Fengshui. They are not only sweet in taste, but also large and bright in color. "Hanshui" brand high-quality sand pears were rated as "Hubei Famous Brand Products" by the Hubei Provincial Famous Brand Strategy Promotion Committee.
2). "Xiangyang Yam" has also become the fourth geographical indication certification trademark in Xiangyang City.
The Xinjian Village in Wolong Town, Xiangcheng City is close to the south bank of the Han River. The terrain is flat, the soil is loose, and the drainage is good. It is a typical sandy soil, which is very suitable for yam cultivation. Historically, local people have had the custom of planting yams. The yam produced here is of the Hanjiang yam medicine type, with thin skin and white flesh, crisp, tender and delicious. It is mainly used as a dish and has medicinal value as a tonic. "Big Ginseng" has a very broad market prospect. In 2005, the Xiangcheng District Wolong Yam Professional Association was established. The association has recruited more than 2,500 yam growers and improved planting varieties. The annual planting area is about 15,000 acres, the total annual output is about 50,000 tons, and the annual output value is more than 300 million yuan.
3) The whitebait and aquatic products cultured by Laohekou Yinkang Aquaculture Co., Ltd. are harmless aquatic products and are exported to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries and regions, and the whitebait industry has initially formed. Transplantation, breeding, fishing, processing and sales are one-stop, and the introduction, breeding, demonstration and promotion of famous, special and high-quality aquatic varieties are integrated.
Whitebait, commonly known as noodle fish or noodle fish, belongs to the order Salmoniformes and the family Whitebait. Distributed in affiliated lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Although whitebait is small, the whole fish body is edible. The meat is fine and delicious, fragrant and refreshing, rich in nutrients, easy to cook, nourishing and strengthening the body, and has brain strengthening, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and enhanced immunity. With special functions, it is a delicacy, ideal health care and medicinal food that is very popular among consumers at home and abroad. According to measurements, the protein content of fresh whitebait is 10.75% and the fat is 1.37%; the protein content of dried whitebait is 76.76% and the fat is 9.75%. It is one of the key freshwater aquatic products that my country exports to earn foreign exchange and has high economic value.
4) The woodblock New Year paintings created by Mr. Chen Yiwen of Laohekou, who is known as the successor of the "Southern School" woodblock New Year paintings, participated in the "Hubei Folk Art Exhibition" in 1986 and the "First China Art Festival" in 1987. Three works have been exhibited abroad in Southeast Asian countries. One work has been selected into the Hubei version of junior high school art textbooks, and a large number of works have been collected by many provincial museums.
Chen Yiwen’s woodblock New Year paintings are not only rich in color, but also characterized by fine, dense and complex lines and meticulous expression. Because the works retain the original local folk colors and fragrant earthy smell, the historical value in the original sense it embodies is not possessed by any other sect's New Year pictures and cannot be replaced.
5) Danhe thick wine is made from high-quality glutinous rice that is pollution-free and pollution-free, and is brewed with Danhe water from the source of the "South-to-North Water Diversion" using a unique process. There is no blending, no auxiliary materials, and no additives. It is pure. It is original juice. Tested by the authoritative department, the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, Danhe thick wine is rich in oligopeptides (0.9g/100ml) and 18 kinds of amino acids. Peptide is a new nutrient that is the most active, easiest to absorb, and has high physiological functions between macromolecular proteins and amino acids. It has anti-viral and anti-tumor effects, improves physical fitness, enhances immunity, lowers blood pressure, regulates blood lipids, and dissolves thrombosis. Professor Xu emphasized that the peptides contained in Danhe Chojiu are biological peptides naturally produced in a special production process. This peptide is the most easily absorbed by the human body and is the most beneficial peptide to humans.
6) The flavor of physalis noodles is sour, fragrant, spicy, oily but not greasy, suitable temperature, white and delicious, sour and delicious, especially after summer food, it has the effect of relieving heat and appetizing, becoming a popular choice in summer. Best food.
Physalis noodles are a unique pasta from Zaoyang, Xiangyang City. It originated in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. According to legend, a snack bar in the mid-Qing Dynasty was mainly engaged in the noodle business. Green vegetables harvested in summer and autumn were often fermented in tanks to become sour, and were reserved for winter consumption. One day, they ran out of vegetarian dishes to accompany the pasta, so the Peng family used pickled cabbage water as a soup to accompany the pasta to make sour and fragrant physalis noodles. Unexpectedly, as soon as this bowl of noodles was taken out, it was immediately sold out by the guests. Guests from all over the world were full of praise after eating, and the physalis noodles became a unique snack in Zaoyang.
7) For old Xiangyang people, eating rice porridge in the morning and noodles in the evening are inseparable from fermented bean curd as an appetizer. In terms of taste and reputation, Xiangyang fermented bean curd is the best in Cihe. Nowadays, Cihe fermented bean curd soaked in thousands of years is popular in Jingchu. It is no longer a side dish that goes through winter and summer, but has gradually become a gourmet business card of Xiangyang.
8) Wudi sugarcane is a specialty of Wudian Town, Zaoyang City, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. Wudi Town, Zaoyang City is a famous sugarcane planting town in Hubei Province. Wudi sugarcane has good color, thin skin, crisp stems, juicy, sweet taste and rich nutrition.
Wudian sugarcane has high yield, generally 8-10 tons per mu, and the highest can reach 12-13 tons; it has good color, thin skin, crisp stems, juicy, sweet taste and rich nutrition; The plant is taller, with thick stems and long internodes. The plant height is more than 1.6 meters after the top tips are removed. The stems are upright, which is convenient for storage and transportation. It can be directly eaten fresh, or squeezed into juice to make a drink, which can produce body fluids and quench thirst, and is suitable for all ages. It can also be used to feed dairy cows, which has a great effect on increasing milk production. The earliest time to market is mid-October, usually after mid-November, and the peak period is December to January before the Spring Festival.
9) Preserved Egg (Preserved Egg) Yicheng Preserved Egg is a geographical indication certification trademark.
10) The production process of "Stone Flower Hollow Kui Noodles": It is a unique phenomenon in the food culture created and inherited locally in Gucheng. Its process features: excellence, each hollow, as thin as a hair, nourishing the skin fitness. The production process of "Stone Flower Hollow Kui Noodles": It is a unique phenomenon in the food culture created and inherited locally in Gucheng. Its process features: excellence, each strand is hollow and as thin as a hair, which is good for beauty and fitness.