Ningbo Tangtuan was originally named Yuanxiao. According to research, Ningbo Tangtuan began in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and has a history of more than 700 years. It is made of first-class glutinous rice, which is rich in local area, ground into powder and stuffed with delicate and pure white sugar, black sesame seeds and high-quality pig fat. It is fragrant, sweet, fresh, smooth and waxy. Bite open the skin, fragrant and glutinous, fresh and delicious, making people famous at home and abroad. In Ningbo, on the morning of the first day of the first month, every family, men, women and children will eat jiaozi in Ningbo to show joy, reunion and good luck. Some overseas Chinese always like to eat bowls of jiaozi during festivals to express their homesickness. From 1982, Ningbo Tangtuan became the first snack variety exported overseas by Zhejiang Province. 1997 was selected as a famous snack in China. Ningbo has a tradition of going out to do business. As more and more Ningbo people set up shops in various places to do business, they also spread the food of Ningbo Tangtuan to various places and opened Ningbo Tangtuan Store. Now, many cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Anqing have Ningbo dumpling shops. After Ningbo opened to the outside world, Ningbo dumplings were frozen and exported. Shuimo powder, also called Tangyuan powder, is made of high-quality glutinous rice, which is fragrant and smooth. It is not only the main raw material for making Ningbo glutinous rice balls, but also can be used to make replicas of glutinous rice flour such as Yuanxiao and Matuan, replacing starch as coagulant in cold drink products. Xikou Melaleuca Cake is a special food in Ningbo. It has been more than 100 years since Xikou was made. Square, with 27 floors, distinct layers, golden green, crisp and refreshing, sweet with salty, salty with fresh, unique flavor. It makes people feel fragrant after eating, and they can't get tired of eating it. Xikou Melaleuca Cake has won many national and provincial famous and excellent product awards, and has become a tourist food for Chinese and foreign tourists to taste and give to their relatives and friends, especially overseas tourists who have left their homes. They all like to let their relatives and friends take some home to comfort their homesickness. Melaleuca cakes are not only sold well in eastern Zhejiang, but also exported to Japan, Southeast Asian countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Sanbei University Crispy Sugar is a traditional name in Ningbo, which is famous in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and overseas. Sanbei crisp sugar production has a long history, and it was first produced in Lubu Town, Yuyao more than 100 years ago. Crispy bean candy is rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and other nutrients, which can keep the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, crispness and looseness for a long time. At present, Lubu Town in Yuyao, Shenshiqiao in zhouxiang town in Cixi and Shenyang Tourist Food Factory in Ningbo are the main producing areas and production enterprises. Sanbei lotus root shredded sugar. With the same name as Sanbei Crisp Sugar, it is a local specialty food in Ningbo, which was once a tribute to the imperial cuisine. Sanbei lotus root silk sugar is produced in Cixi. There are black sesame seeds or white sesame seeds outside the column, which are crisp and sweet and have a unique flavor. Fenghua Taro (Luohan Guo Sheng). "Go through the three customs and six docks and eat Fenghua taro". People are proud of eating Fenghua taro, which shows that this taro is unusual. Fenghua taro is rich in Xiaowangmiao Town and Xikou Town in Fenghua. Its fruit is rich in starch and delicious. It can be used as a snack, snack, "taro pot dog (sheep)", "taro pot ribs" and "taro pot seafood" and so on, making it a special dish. Tea. There are Tiantai Mountain and Siming Mountain in Ningbo, which live near the lake. There are abundant rains and misty clouds all year round, so the quality of tea is excellent, including "Wang Fu Yin Hao", "Ninghai One Tip", "Wanghai Tea", "Waterfall Fairy Tea", "Siming Dragon Tip", "Lv Qin", "Donghai Dragon Tongue" and "Siming Twelve Thunder". Ningbo tea is best picked in front of Grain Rain, most of the time around Qingming. It is famous for its light green, fresh taste, sweet and lasting fragrance at the International Tea Expo.