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Lili Town

The ancient town of Lili is located 30 kilometers southeast of Wujiang, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and Tongli, Wuxing Zhili, Guli in Changshu, is officially known as the "Four Miles" of Jiangnan. It is 90 kilometers away from Shanghai in the east and 45 kilometers away from Suzhou in the north. It has very convenient water and land transportation. Lili was a village in the Tang Dynasty and a market in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was upgraded to a large town in the south of the Yangtze River during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. It has preserved more than 90,000 square meters of ancient dwellings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as ancient wells from the Song and Yuan Dynasties and archways from the Qing Dynasty.

The T-shaped river in the ancient town is more than 2,000 meters long. The ancient revetment built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is more than 4,000 meters across. It spans 10 ancient stone bridges built from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. There are many types of river ports. , including dripping type, double falling water, single falling water and cantilevered type. Double falling water and single falling water are divided into concave type and convex type. Various cable boat stones are carved on the revetments and river ports, including the Dark Eight Immortals, the Brush Ingot, the Ruyi, the Rhinoceros Horn, the Double Peach, the Double Orange, the Ruyi Deer, the Vase-born Loris, the Vase-born Trident and the Five-Colored Flag, etc. 254 It is the most ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The former residence of Liu Yazi, a key cultural protection unit in Jiangsu Province, was originally the private residence of the minister of the Ministry of Industry during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has six entrances and is named after the word "福" inscribed by Qianlong and a plaque inscribed by the great scholar Ji Huang. In the hall, there are dragon and phoenix tiles left by the generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, lifelike brick-carved gate towers, a plum blossom stele from Qianlong, and a picture of blessings that Liu Yong collaborated with a famous painter. The former residence of Liu Yazi houses 120 national first- to third-level cultural relics, 152 cultural relics in waiting, and more than 500 other calligraphy and painting cultural relics.

In addition to the former residence of Liu Yazi, a provincial cultural protection unit, there are also Hongshou Hall, Luoya Thatched Cottage, Duanben Garden, Shuiyun Building, Xinyong Building, Zhou Gongfu Ancestral Hall, Juyiyiyichu and other places in Lili. There are 8 national-level cultural relic units and 18 municipal-level controlled cultural relic units. The 18 circular cone-shaped wooden foundations in Hongshou Hall are special remains of ancient Jiangnan architecture in the early Ming Dynasty and are of great research value.

The lanes in Lili are one of the best in the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. 85 of them are still intact, of which 70 are secret lanes and 57 are named after surnames. Most people are named by their last name. Most of the lanes are over 60 meters long, and 5 of them are over 100 meters long. The alley is a successful living practice of Lili people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 600 years. Due to the needs of life and the accumulation of history, the structure of the alley has undergone various changes. There are double alleys, some alleys within alleys, and some hidden alleys followed by open alleys. Sanqiang.

Lili has always been blessed with talents. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was one special scholar, 26 Jinshi, 61 candidates, 43 tribute students, and numerous scholars. During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were Zhao Fenlao and Wei Xian. The East Holy Church that remains today was built in memory of Zhao Fenlao. In the Ming Dynasty, Ling Xin, a young minister from Taichang Temple, sent Annan as envoy to appease King Annan through diplomacy. In the Qing Dynasty, there were Zhou Yuanli who was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Kuai Shixiang, the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang Province, and Zhang Yao, who was promoted to the rank of Minister of the Ministry of War for his military exploits against Tsarist Russia. Xu Dayuan compiled the first "Li Li Zhi", and Cai Bingqi compiled "Li Li Zhi". "Li Xuzhi", in 1903, Ni Shouzhi founded the first new school and created a generation of study style. After the Revolution of 1911, more celebrities emerged. During Yuan Shikai's restoration, Yin Peiliu, who declared Wujiang independent to challenge Yuan, patriotic poet Liu Yazi, and female revolutionary Zhang Yingchun, etc. There are also figures from Nanshe and Xinnanshe, the more famous ones include Cai Yin, Mao Xiaocen, Zhu Jianmang and more than 20 people. There are more contemporary celebrities, including famous doctors Jin Yixin, Zhu Lianfang, Jin Songpan, the first-generation movie star Yin Mingzhu, international justice Ni Zhengoh, water conservancy expert Ruxian, translator and publisher Kuai Sihuo, world-famous educator Liu Wuji, Ru Xin, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, etc.

Liu Yazi Memorial Hall

The Liu Yazi Memorial Hall is located at No. 30 Zhongxin Street, Lili Town, covering an area of ??nearly four acres and a construction area of ??3,513 square meters. It faces the river in the south, the Hou River in the north, and is adjacent to residential buildings in the east and west. The whole building has three roads and six entrances, and the front and rear are connected to each other. It was originally the residence of Zhou Yuanli (1706-1782), Minister of Industry of Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty - Cifu Hall. In the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922), Liu Yazi rented the fourth and fifth houses of Cifutang from the descendants of the Zhou family. From then on, it became the place where he lived and engaged in revolutionary activities.

It was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Wujiang County in 1980. It was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province on March 25, 1982. It was opened as a Liu Yazi Memorial Hall in May 1987. In 1995, it was listed as a patriotic education base in Jiangsu Province. On September 10, 2001, Liu Yazi Memorial Hall was rated as a national AA-level tourist attraction.

The memorial hall consists of a foyer, a teahouse, a main hall, a living building, a library and a stele gallery. The "Liu Yazi Memorial Hall" in the foyer is inscribed by Qu Wu. The white marble statue of Liu Yazi is displayed in the preface hall. On the walls on both sides are Mao Zedong's poem "Spring Snow in Qinyuan" and Liu Yazi's handwriting of singing and lyrics. Zhou Enlai gave Liu Yazi an inscription as a couplet, "Iron shoulders carry moral principles, and thorns carry articles". In the main hall, with the title of "Troublesome Years, Glorious Life", it is divided into five parts: "Youth Era" and "Nanshe Revolutionary Literature Period", using more than 150 historical documents and objects to systematically introduce Liu Yazi's life story. The living building and library form the "Zou Ma Tang Building". Upstairs is a restored scene of Liu Yazi's family's daily life in the 1920s. The living room of the library is where Liu Yazi and his friends discussed state affairs and poetry. The sword grinding room is located at the east end, where Liu completed nearly 2 million words of articles and poems. The library once held more than 44,000 volumes. There is a "complex wall" on the west side of the building. On the night of May 8, 1927, he hid here to escape the authorities' search. There is a gallery of Liu family tree tablets in the back courtyard, with 36 square meters of writing stones, providing important physical information for the study of the Liu family. The memorial hall is a special memorial hall that collects, preserves, researches and displays cultural relics of Liu Yazi and Nanshe, with a collection of nearly a thousand pieces.

Ciffu Hall was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1161~1722) and rebuilt in the Qianlong period (1736~1796). Ji Huang (1711-1794), a great scholar, inscribed a plaque on the Blessing Hall. The main structure is regular in layout, large in scale, and well preserved. The interior decoration of the hall integrates carving, sculpture and painting. The four gatehouses are exquisitely constructed, embodying the essence of folk sculpture art. The "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" gatehouse in front of the hall was moved to the Jiangsu Museum in the 1950s for its rich composition and exquisite carving techniques. The thin brick wall door in front of the library has the inscription "Heaven-given Chungu" written by Xu Rulin, a scholar of the Kangxi Hanlin Academy, which provides evidence for the dating of the building.

Lili Park

Lili Park is located in Lixin Community. In November 1992, the construction project of Lili Park started, and a new permanent fence of 240 meters was built that year. At the end of the year, due to the start of the Taipu River dredging project, the back yard was turned into a mud dump for water surface lakes, so the construction of Lili Park could only proceed slowly. In 1995, Lili Park used the silt accumulated by dredging the Taipu River to transform its terrain. That year, a 1,179-meter embankment was built. In 1997, substantial progress was made in the first phase of the Lili Park project, with bulldozers mounding earth to transform the terrain and a new 480-meter main road. In October, the Lili Municipal Engineering Team undertook the construction of the park gatehouse. The gatehouse was designed to be square on the outside and round on the inside. The top of the round gate was inlaid with the cursive copper characters "Lili Park", which was inscribed by Ru Liugen, then Secretary of the Wujiang Municipal Party Committee. In November, 17 park business storefronts invested by the Urban Construction Development Company and constructed by the Third Construction Company broke ground. In 1998, all the internal terrain transformation of the park was completed, artificial earth hills were piled up, and two ancient pavilions were built on the top of the mountain; the store business room (600 square meters) was completed; five glass greenhouses of 118 square meters were built in the northwest corner of the park; rockeries, artificial hills and Waterfalls, lotus ponds, pools and small lakes have been built one by one; river channels and bridges have been completed; 650 meters of main roads and some pebble paths have been laid; and a parking lot has been built in front of the park. In 1999, 1,200 meters of road construction was completed, and all the main roads and winding paths in the park were connected; 90 supporting street lights, bridge lights, lawn lights, wall lights, and projection lights were built; 1 pavilion with double eaves was built. A 30-meter grape trellis corridor is built on the south side. In the same year, the teahouse (can be enjoyed by 100 people at the same time), children's playground, fishing pond (south of the teahouse), gateball court (two blocks) and the town cultural activity center were completed. The children's paradise is a garden within a garden, covering an area of ??about 2,000 square meters. It has 10 sets of children's entertainment facilities such as large slides, various swings, swivel chairs, jumping beds, and moon boats. This year, 13,400 trees were planted, 32,000 square meters of various types of lawns were laid, and 15,000 pots of various potted flowers were cultivated; the garden is full of lush greenery.

On June 1, 1999, Lili Park, with an investment of approximately 3.6 million yuan, was officially opened to the public. On October 1, the cultural activity center was completed and opened.

In August 2000, a national-level national fitness project was built in Lili Park. The main leaders of the Provincial Sports Commission and the Suzhou Municipal Sports Commission attended the unveiling ceremony. The total investment in the comprehensive fitness project is 211,000 yuan, of which the national, provincial, Suzhou and Wujiang city sports administrative departments invested a total of 160,000 yuan. In the same year, in addition to managing the flower production area in the park, Lili Park also developed a seedling production base of about 60 acres (in the north of Lili Middle School) with the support of the town government. In 2002, Lili Park invested another 250,000 yuan to complete the Taihu stone stacking and landscaping project on both sides of the 173-meter river in the park; it also painted all the cast iron railings, children's playground equipment, teahouses, pavilions, and leisure cast iron stools in the park. New; that year the park attracted 23,000 visitors. In 2003, 8,000 square meters of high-wool lawns were renovated and more than 5,000 pots of four-season flowers were cultivated.

Lili Ancient Bridge

In Jiangnan towns, there are many bridges as well as water. Lili is such an ancient town with many bridges. Listen to the old saying, "There are two bridges when you go out" and " Three steps up and down two bridges", which shows that there are many bridges in the ancient town. To this day, Lili Ancient Town retains 12 ancient bridges, 8 of which are original.

Jindeng Bridge

Jindeng Bridge, also known as Xiajia Bridge, is in the middle section of the city river, spanning Zhongchen Street and Jianxin Street. It is a single-hole beam stone bridge running from north to south and built with granite.

There was no test for its initial construction, and it was built in the seventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign, the people rebuilt it. In the first year of Guangxu's reign, local people donated money for renovation. In the 20th year of Guangxu's reign, local people donated money to rebuild it.

Tiyun Bridge

Tiyun Bridge, also known as Tang Bridge, is in the middle section of the city river, spanning Zhongchen Street and Jianxin Street. It is a single-hole beam stone bridge running from north to south and built with granite.

There is no test for initial construction. It was rebuilt in the 38th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty. In the 20th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty, local people raised funds for reconstruction. It was rebuilt in the second year of the Republic of China.

Daonan Bridge

Daonan Bridge is on the lower bank of the old street. It crosses the city river and branches into the Nangang River. It is a single-arch stone bridge running from east to west. There is a single falling water slope and the bridge stones are all made of granite. It was built in the 51st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

In the 23rd year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, the people rebuilt it.

Qiuhu Bridge

Qiuhu Bridge, also known as Jigu Bridge, is located next to Qiuhu Taoyuan in the northwest of the old street, across the "Dingzi-shaped" Hebei Gate exit of the city, and runs east-west in three directions. Hole beam stone bridge.

It was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the 13th year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

Wangen Bridge

Wangen Bridge, also known as Tingzi Bridge, spans Lihua Street and Xixin Street. It was built in the fifth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the fifth year of Jiaqing in the Ming Dynasty, and the Xianfeng Bridge in the 53rd year of Kangxi. It was rebuilt in two years. It is made of three kinds of stones: Wukang stone and bluestone granite. The bridge deck has reincarnation and it is an arch bridge.

Yingxiang Bridge

Yingxiang Bridge, also known as Rujia Bridge, spans Pinglou and Jiunan Street. It was built in the sixth year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt in the fourth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, and in the eighth year of Tongzhi Build again.

Beam type with three holes and brick railings.

Qingfeng Bridge

Qingfeng Bridge, also known as Xinfeng Bridge, spans Lihua Street and Xixin Street. , granite material, beam type three holes.

Qinglong Bridge

Qinglong Bridge, also known as Xiangjia Bridge, spans Pinglou Street and Jiunan Street. It was built in the 18th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the 18th year of Qianlong. It was rebuilt in 2010. It is made of Wukang stone, bluestone and granite. The bridge deck has reincarnation patterns and stone railings. It is an arch bridge.

Food:

Lili Youdun

Youdun is originally a famous Lili snack. It is golden in color, shaped like a paper lantern with three waists, and has a crispy texture. Soft inside, extremely delicious, mellow and refreshing.

In my memory, the majestic wind of the morning wakes up the willow trees by the lake, the wooden doors of the front houses on the old street have been moved away, and the steaming oil dumplings have long been sitting quietly next to the black flat pots. Lying down, waiting for customers to enjoy. Next to them, their brothers and sisters, flatbread and strips, are still waiting for their arrival one by one in the pot and on the oven.

It is said that once again, Emperor Qianlong passed by Wujiang and continued southward to Zhejiang for inspection. The dragon boat came to a place with very wide waters and saw a watchtower disappearing and appearing in the mist in front, which was better than in a fairyland. Yuyu Qionglou. Qianlong asked in surprise: "Where is this place?" The local accompanying officer told the emperor: "This is Tangjia Lake. There is a small island named Shengdun in the lake. There is a tall watchtower on this island named Tunhai. Building. "Originally, the dragon boat was going to stop at Pingwang for dinner and stay overnight, but unexpectedly, we got lost and hungry all night. At this time, a group of people found a temple on the island in the middle of the lake. Little did they know that this temple had been neglected for a long time. The abbot had to ask the Shaohuo monk to wrap glutinous rice flour with bean paste filling, knead it into balls, put it in an oil pan and cook it into snacks, and then served it bravely. Go up. Qianlong was hungry and did not choose food. After eating, he was very impressed and asked his courtiers: "What is the name of this thing?" The courtiers did not know, so they asked the abbot quickly, and the abbot told the truth: "This is the first time I have made this cake, and it has no name yet." Qianlong saw what he was eating. The object was round and flat, just like the Pudun in front of the Bodhisattva incense table in the main hall, so he smiled and said: "This object really looks like the Pudun in the oil pan, so let's call it Youdun."

Production method

First, put yeast dough, alum and soda ash into a basin, add 3500 grams of water, stir well and dissolve, then add flour and knead evenly, sprinkle with 250 grams of water, let it sit for 15 minutes, and knead repeatedly with your hands. When it is smooth and not sticky, let it ferment until the dough becomes bubbly. Then, put the pan on a high fire, pour in the sesame oil (the oil level in the pan should not exceed half the height of the oil mound), and when the oil is cooked to seven degrees, use bamboo chopsticks with both hands to pick out some noodles. , add refined salt and chopped green onion, scrape it flat with the bamboo chopsticks of your right hand, roll the two bamboo chopsticks into the noodles along the edge of the basin, twist them 3 times, and pull the noodles into pieces. Then, shake the chopsticks with your right hand into a round noodle tube with a diameter of about 17 centimeters. Place the noodles on the left chopstick on the right chopstick to make a lamp-shaped mound. Put it into the pot along the edge of the pot for frying. Follow this method. Pick each one and put it into the pot. Fry until the oil mounds float and turn yellow. Turn over and fry again. Fry until both sides turn golden brown. Remove from the pot and serve.

If you want to make sweet and delicious oil dumplings, then you need to pay special attention to some details during the production process: 1. Use skill when making the dough dumplings and use two chopsticks. Only by doing so freely can the shape be beautiful; 2. Add appropriate amount of oil to the pot, it is better to half-fry and half-fry, and fry both sides until they are cooked.

Youdun usually has two types: bean paste filling and meat filling. Lard, sugar, pine nuts, and osmanthus are carefully added to the stuffing. This kind of oil has a very strong aroma. It is not only soft and sweet, but also has a lingering fragrance that penetrates the heart and spleen. Even gods refuse to let go after eating it.

In Lili today, the ancient snack Youdun still occupies an important position in the hearts of people in the town. Youdun is still sold at the entrance of the Lili market every morning at around 5 o'clock. The store ends at lunch time. In Lili, the snacks that people will remember are not only the spicy chicken feet, but also the local, round, golden, steaming and fragrant Lili Youdun.

Lili Sausage

Saurus is a specialty of Lili and is famous for its fragrant, glutinous and chewy taste. From the selection of ingredients, cleaning, sausage making, cooking and slicing, the steps are perfectly combined to produce fragrant and tender sausage. When finished, top with chopped green onion and seasoning soy sauce. Cut the sausage into finger-wide slices, and the rings inside are immediately revealed in front of you. The snow-white and tender sausage immediately becomes three-dimensional against the background of chopped green onion and soy sauce. When you bite it gently, the tender and smooth large intestine is revealed. A refreshing mellow fragrance, full of elasticity.

Method: First, choose the ingredients. Use large and small intestines from local pigs. Local farmers are more careful about raising their pigs. The pigs have not been frightened and fatigued by long-distance transportation, and their intestines are of better texture and cleaner.

Secondly, clean. Cleaning pig intestines takes a lot of effort. If you want the finished product to be non-greasy, you must remove the oil attached to the intestines. Try to remove as much fat as possible from the large intestine. When tearing the intestinal fat from the small intestine, try to be as gentle as possible to avoid tearing the intestines. Just leave a little bit. After removing the oil, soak it in hot water, add flour and vinegar and scrub it repeatedly to remove the mucus and fishy smell in the intestines. Then wash it repeatedly with clean water until it is very clean.

Third, cover the intestines. Use bamboo chopsticks to stuff the small intestine into the large intestine. A dozen small intestines can be stuffed into the thick large intestine. An average large intestine can fit seven or eight small intestines.

When inserting the intestines, the outer skin of the large intestine should be stuffed so thin that the small intestine inside can be vaguely seen, but the outer skin of the intestine should not be broken. Doing it just right is the real way to "set" the intestines.

Fourth, cook. Put the stuffed intestines into the pot, add water, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, salt, and ginger. Bring to a boil over high heat first, remove the foam, and then simmer over low heat.

Finally, slice. Cut the sausage into finger-width slices and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

The source of the following text: Gusu Evening News Author: Gao Jian

At the entrance of Xinkuaijia Alley in Lili Ancient Town, there is a very inconspicuous small restaurant. Almost every diner will order the same dish, "Tao Sausage", and this small shop is also named after this dish and the owner's surname, called "Awang Tao Sausage". What exactly is a "set sausage"? Why does it attract so many diners? Boss Wang Liping fished one out of the iron pot and showed it to reporters. From the outside, the "set sausage" is not much bigger than ordinary boiled pig intestines. There is a difference, but after cutting it open, there is another mystery inside - there are small intestines inside the large intestine. From the cross-section, it looks somewhat similar to lotus roots. "The sausage is a famous snack in Lili Ancient Town, with a history of at least hundreds of years." Wang Liping told reporters that the materials used for the sausage are very particular. They must use the large intestine and small intestine of pigs raised by local farmers after being slaughtered on site. "It's not that the meat quality of foreign pigs is not good, but that foreign pigs cannot be fed during long-distance transportation. When pigs are hungry, they will secrete bile, and bile will make the taste of the intestines bitter." In addition, it must also comply with The intestinal wall is thick, meaty, and smooth.

The key to making sleeve sausage is cleaning. Wang Liping said that when cleaning the small intestine, you must first clean the surface, then turn it over and apply flour on it, and then clean it repeatedly. In addition to the above steps, cleaning the large intestine must also remove all intestinal oil with blood tendons.

After cleaning, stuff the small intestines into the large intestine one by one. "It should be stuffed very tightly. For a thicker large intestine, at least seven or eight small intestines should be stuffed." Then, put the raw sleeve intestine into boiling water. Boil it in the pot, take it out and wash it; then take another pot of water, add salt, green onions, ginger, cooking wine and secret spices, bring to a boil and simmer for about two hours, and you're done. The sausage must be eaten while it is hot and served with soy sauce, green onions, sesame oil and other seasonings. The sausage on the plate is like slices of white lotus root, paired with green onion. Pick up a piece and chew it carefully. It feels crisp but not rotten, fat but not greasy. It has a strong texture and mellow taste, and it does not taste like pig. The smell of sewer.

Lili spicy chicken feet

Lili spicy chicken feet, a famous Han snack in Jiangsu, is derived from Sichuan pickled pepper chicken feet and requires more than a dozen condiments. Sugar, vinegar, shallots, ginger, garlic, chili, salt, cooking wine, etc. Each condiment and the amount that should be added determine the taste of spicy chicken feet. Sour and sweet, sweet and spicy, it tastes crisp and delicious. This is the unique feature of Lili Spicy Chicken Feet.

The delicacies and snacks with place names above are either unique to the local area or extremely delicious, such as Nanjing salted duck or Wuhan duck neck. In Wujiang, snacks named in this way are very rare, and Lili Spicy Chicken Feet is a special case.

According to senior local foodies, Lili Spicy Chicken Feet originated in the 1980s and is an exotic product. Its prototype is chicken feet with pickled peppers, but the chicken feet with pickled peppers were too spicy, so the local The braised vegetable chef then improved it, and Lili Spicy Chicken Feet was born.

In Lili Ancient Town, Wangji Spicy Feet Shop is the most famous for making spicy chicken feet. The owner, Wang Zhanxiu, is a native of Wujiang, Anhui Province. He is a chef. He came to Lili many years ago to work in a braised vegetable restaurant. After learning the craft, he started his own business. He also registered the trademark "Wang Ji Spicy Feet". It is said that now his braised vegetable restaurant It sells 500 kilograms of spicy chicken feet every day, and there is often a queue in front of the small store.

Wang Zhanxiu told reporters that the raw material he chose was high-quality frozen fresh chicken feet. The first step in the production process was to boil the raw chicken feet in water, then cut off the toenails and trim the chicken feet. Leave the mouth open so that the flavor can be absorbed during brewing. After cutting, wash repeatedly with cold boiled water until no oil stars can be seen on the water, then remove and drain.

The washed and drained chicken feet enter the marinade soaking process.

The main raw materials of marinade are marinade and cooking wine as well as sugar, salt, vinegar and other ingredients. The most important ones are spices. According to Wang Zhanxiu, there are more than ten kinds of spices in marinade. As for what spices they are, it cannot be determined. "In addition, the chili sauce is also developed by myself." After soaking in the marinade for two or three hours, the spicy chicken feet are done.

What does Lili Spicy Chicken Feet taste like? A local foodie commented that compared with pickled pepper chicken feet, Lili Spicy Chicken Feet is so "gentle" that you can taste it in your mouth. Chew and taste it, it's not as spicy as the pickled pepper chicken feet, which makes you gasp. "Its taste is slightly spicy, slightly numb, slightly salty, and slightly sweet. It has all five flavors but each taste is very peaceful. Just like the character of our people here, it tastes very fresh, very tender, and very crisp. , It’s very refreshing. The girls here eat it as a snack and can eat a pound of it in an hour.”

Begonia cake

Begonia cake is a traditional pastry in Suzhou, not just in name. It sounds good, and it's delicious. Lili Ancient Town in Wujiang District gathers all kinds of famous snacks with Jiangnan characteristics. Of course, this flavor snack is indispensable.

In the golden autumn, the old street (Hujing Street) of Lili Ancient Town smells sweet. It turns out that Zhangji Begonia Cake has opened. Begonia cake is made and baked with ingredients such as flour, sugar, bean paste, sesame, and caramel. It has a soft texture and can be used as breakfast or leisure snack. Zhang Ji Begonia Cake was originally a small stall. Due to the traditional production process and the perseverance of three generations, it sells thousands of cakes every day. The business is very good and it is deeply loved by the general public.

Begonia cake was created in the Qing Dynasty. It is named after the shape of the cake resembles a crabapple flower. It later gradually became one of the local snacks in Suzhou and Wuxi. It mixes flour and yeast into a slurry with cold water, brushes a little water and oil into a special mold, injects the batter into fillings such as bean paste, fresh meat, vegetable lard, etc., then covers the surface with batter, and adds sugar. Dice lard, red and green melon shreds, melon seeds, sesame seeds, etc., cover it with an iron plate sprinkled with sugar and bake it on a coal stove. Begonia cake is sweet and delicious, especially when eaten hot.

Production process

1. Use 50 grams of water to alkalize it into alkaline water. Inject 50 grams of water into 25 grams of peanut oil to mix into water and oil.

2. Make a wet bean paste filling from adzuki beans, 750 grams of white sugar and 50 grams of peanut oil.

3. Cut the lard suet into 80 dices, add 100 grams of sugar to make sugar suet dices.

4. Pour the flour into the mixing bowl, mix it with cold water to form a slurry, add the yeast, add an appropriate amount of alkaline water and mix well until the batter is non-acidic and not yellow in color.

5. Heat the crabapple cake molding tool in a special fire, brush it with a little water and oil, inject the batter into half the depth of the mold, put 20 grams of bean paste into each mold, and add it again. Pour in the batter and cover the bean paste to the surface of the model. Add a diced sugar suet on top, sprinkle some cucumber shreds around, and bake for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle some white sugar on another iron plate, pick out the cake in the mold, put it on the iron plate with the surface facing up, and place it on the stove. After the white sugar on the iron plate has deepened, use an iron plate to turn the cake over. for the finished product. ——Information comes from small town micro-newsletter