Zhanjiang, formerly known as Guangzhou Bay, is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland. This is a beautiful subtropical coastal city. It now governs Leizhou City, Lianjiang City, Wuchuan City, xuwen county and Suixi County, Chikan District, xiashan district, Potou District and Mazhang District, with a total area of 1247 1 km2 and a population of about 7130,000. The municipal government is located in Chikan District. Zhanjiang is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a long coastline of 1556 km. It is located in the east of South China Sea, the west of Beibu Gulf, the south of Hainan Island and the southwest and north of China. She lives at the junction of Guangdong, Qiong and Guangxi provinces, and is the only place where Hainan Island passes to the mainland. Zhanjiang is located in the low latitude zone south of the Tropic of Cancer and belongs to the subtropical maritime monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is about 22.8℃, the average temperature in the hottest month (July) is 28.7℃, and the average temperature in Leng Yue (65438 0.6℃) is 65438 0.6℃. There is no cold in winter, no heat in summer, and the four seasons are evergreen. Its unique tropical plants, magical volcanic lake "Huguangyan", 1.556 km long coastline and 1.004 island shoals form many seaside tourist attractions, which make tourists linger. There is also a red soil cultural landscape centered on Leizhou, which contains profound historical and cultural heritage. Nearly two thousand years of cultural relics include Leizu Ancient Temple, Sanyuan Ancient Pagoda and Tianning Temple. Coupled with Wuchuan's floating colors, clay sculptures, flower bridges, East Island Dragon Dance, Leizhou Lei Ju and other folk customs, it is full of fun. Cunjinqiao Park in Sanlingshan Forest Park, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Bay, the former site of the French Embassy, and the Western Guangdong Cultural Relics Library-the Municipal Museum, are full of vitality-Cunjinqiao, a particularly majestic island-Nansandao Port, and Lanhaisheng Zhanjiang. The local people's diet is authentic Cantonese cuisine, but due to the different environment, climate, phenology and customs, they have formed their own flavor food. The following is a small selection: White-cut Chicken White-cut Chicken Many places in Guangdong have the habit of eating white-cut chicken, but Zhanjiang people especially like white-cut chicken, which is the first course of Zhanjiang people's vegetable feast. Local people make boiled chicken, double choice chicken, double boiled chicken and three flavors. The chickens selected are local fine-boned farm chickens, and feed chickens and big-boned chickens are absolutely useless; Roast chicken needs slow cooking and soaking, and it can be cooked to 80%. Use ginger and garlic as ingredients. The local boiled chicken is tender, smooth and fragrant, which is very delicious. The price of boiled chicken sold in markets and hotels ranges from 30 to 50 yuan per kilogram. People in Zhanjiang love dog meat, but the way they eat it is very special. They like to cut it into white and eat it all year round. The method of making white-cut dogs is: selecting tender dogs, washing their hair and internal organs, cooking them in an enlarged pot, picking them up and chopping them as needed. Cut the dog with minced garlic and Chili sauce. In the urban areas and streets of Xuwen, Leizhou, Suixi and other places, whenever night falls, at the fragrant cooked dog meat stalls, people are seen squatting around the small round table in groups, asking for a plate of boiled dog meat, adding a few cannons and rice wine or spirits, and slowly sipping and chatting, which surprises many foreigners. Dog meat is cut for nothing. It looks primitive, but it retains its original flavor and is very distinctive. Therefore, it is loved by more and more people. Many foreigners are willing to try its unique flavor when they come to Zhanjiang. The market price of white-cut dogs is 25 ~ 40 yuan per kilogram. Boiled Flower Crab Boiled Flower Crab Zhanjiang people eat flower crabs, and the special way to eat them is to boil them. The method is to wash the crabs, put them in the pot and cover them. Don't go into the water, cook slowly and eat when you smell the fragrance. This kind of crab keeps its own flavor, so it is especially delicious. Eating crab must be seasoned with sweet vinegar, because there is a parasitic fungus in crab, which will die when it meets vinegar. The price of flower crabs in urban areas is generally per kilogram 10 ~ 30 yuan, which is the cheapest in summer and autumn every year. If there is a big tide, you will hear the sound of selling crabs in the market. All restaurants sell boiled crabs. Worm soup, worm soup, snail soup and worm snail are all famous local seafood, which have the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. The local people like eating worms, snails, soup and porridge very much. White striped worm is a famous dish in hotels and restaurants. Fried shrimp cakes are distributed in urban areas and towns of Zhanjiang, and their fragrance is overflowing. Its preparation method: add chopped green onion to rice flour, put it in a small iron pot, add two shrimps, fry it in an oil pan until golden brown, then take it out, and add a little salt and a piece of lettuce, which is attractive. Participated in the Guangdong Food Festival and was well received by Chinese and foreign guests. There is a saying in Leizhou Peninsula that Leizhou White (Miyi) worships Sanyuan Temple and eats Leizhou White (Miyi). It can be seen that Leizhou White (Miyi) has long enjoyed a high reputation. Its production method is to take high-quality glutinous rice flour as skin, shredded coconut and sugar as stuffing, and steam it over high fire. It is characterized by its sweetness and smoothness. There are no fewer than 30 or 50 white sugar vendors in Leizhou, with daily sales of tens of thousands, and more sales on polder days and festivals. Attended the Guangdong Food Festival, which was well received. Leizhou Big Tangyuan Leizhou Big Tangyuan has a long history and was once known as the best in the south of the Yangtze River. The method is to use glutinous rice as skin, lotus seeds, pork, red dates, mushrooms and so on. As a filling, it is wrapped with Hainan zongzi and steamed for 4-5 hours. People in Leizhou often eat zongzi with beef soup, called beef zongzi. On holidays, locals like to make cakes and visit relatives and friends. Yezhi is the most popular variety. There are two kinds of konoha leaves, fragrant and sweet, which are made of glutinous rice flour. The fragrant ones are mixed with peanuts, loach, fish, shrimp and salted radish. Sweet people use sugar, shredded coconut, sesame seeds, peanuts and other mixed stuffing. After cooking, use two loaves of pineapple leaves or banana leaves and steam for about an hour. Sweet glutinous rice has a long history and is very popular in the local area. The production method is to cook glutinous rice into rice, then add wine cake, put it in a relatively sealed container, heat it at a certain temperature in winter and ferment it for 36-48 hours. These sweet grains are mellow and sweet, and most people can drink them. If you add a small amount of brown sugar and eggs to cook and eat, it will have more fitness effect. The confinement of local urban and rural women must be both sweet and bad. Most of them are made one month in advance, soaked with a small amount of rice wine, and eat several bowls every day to nourish the body, enhance vitality and promote blood circulation. Make a full moon, make a birthday, serve a bowl of sweet and unpalatable food as soon as the guests enter the door, and then cook. Historically, the sweet grain produced in Wushi, Leizhou City is the most famous, and it is sold in various farmers' markets, with 3 ~ 5 yuan per kilogram. Sweet potato porridge sweet potato porridge was originally the staple food of Zhanjiang people who have always been short of food, but it is almost extinct because of its rich rice. But in recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards, sweet potato porridge has become people's favorite food. Lianjiang Liancheng and Anpu first introduced sweet potato porridge, which was then popular in the city. High-end hotels also sell sweet potato porridge, and foreigners come to Zhanjiang to taste its flavor, especially in summer. Nowadays, boiled chicken and sweet potato porridge is a great pleasure for Zhanjiang people. Eating in Zhanjiang is famous for its rich seafood, which is fresh, high quality and cheap. There are many seafood dishes in hotels, restaurants and street snack bars. Therefore, Zhanjiang is an ideal place for people to taste and buy seafood. In recent years, it has been said that "Zhanjiang wants to eat seafood". Shrimp: The coastal area of this city is rich in shrimp, and it has always been a famous shrimp producing area in the whole province, with an annual output of more than 2,000 tons, with the largest number of Penaeus monodon and Penaeus penicillatus. In the early 1970s, shrimp was successfully planted in the suburbs. After 1985, shrimp farms were built on a large scale in urban coastal areas. By 199 1, the shrimp pond has been built180,000 mu, and tens of thousands of mu have been stocked, with a total output of 9,824 tons. Lianjiang, Leizhou, Potou and Mazhang are the main producing areas, including Longying, Gao Lei, Qishui and Nansan three or four ten thousand mu shrimp farms. It is better to use natural seafood prawns, which are fresh, tender and nutritious. Boiled shrimp and salted shrimp are local famous dishes. Most farmed prawns are purchased and exported. Lobster: mainly produced in the southeast of Naozhou Island. Every family in Tanjing Village on the island catches lobsters and is known as the "hometown of lobsters". You can eat fresh lobster in Naozhou Island and high-class hotels in the city. The lobster specimens made in Naozhou Island are also very distinctive handicrafts, and the products are exported at home and abroad. Crab: produced in coastal areas, mainly blue crab, cream crab and flower crab. High-quality blue crabs are called cream crabs, among which the cream crabs produced by Min 'an in Donghai and Liao Zhi in Wuchuan are famous for their yellow cream, tender fat and delicious taste. In recent years, cream crab has become a valuable export seafood, which is sold in restaurants and major markets in the city. Flower crabs are inexpensive and can be tasted by ordinary people. Jellyfish: It is a kind of high-protein seafood with high nutritional value and can be sold at a higher price in international markets such as Japan. Mainly produced in Huangpo area of Wuchuan and Gan Tang sea area of Potou area, there are varieties such as red thorn and plum thorn, especially red thorn, with high quality, delicious and crisp taste and unique flavor. Wuchuan usually produces hundreds of tons a year, and in recent years, it has been processed and salted in large quantities for export. Jellyfish salad is a famous local dish. Catfish: the famous high-grade marine fish in this city is rich in meat and delicious. Steamed live catfish is a famous high-class dish. Yellow croaker: It is a special product in the fishing area of this city. The main producing areas are Naozhou Island, the eastern coast of xuwen county and the coast of Leizhou. Yellow salted fish is a treasure in provinces, Hong Kong and banquets. Anguilla japonica: It is produced in the coastal areas and has been farmed artificially in recent years. They are sold in all markets and hotels, and they are cheap and good. Steamed live eel and grilled eel skewers are local famous dishes. Sea cucumber: A famous aquatic product in this city, with high protein content, high quality and low price. Fried sea cucumber is a famous dish in this city. Babylonia: It is a kind of shellfish seafood, which looks like a snail. In Guangzhou, they eat like snails. Stir-fried Babylonia is a famous local dish. Jiang Yaozhu: High-grade seafood, abundant in Suixi and its suburbs. High-grade hotels can taste fresh Jiang Yaozhu. In addition to the above seafood, there is also a famous aquatic pearl in this city. The coastal area of Leizhou Peninsula is famous for producing "Southern Pearl" in history. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, Suixi still has the site of Lemin Pearl City. In recent years, various counties have developed artificial breeding, and there are more than 700 farms in the city, accounting for about two-thirds of the national output. Leizhou, in particular, has the largest population. Every household in Liusha Port of this city breeds pearls and processes pearl handicrafts, becoming a well-known and wealthy "hometown of pearls". To ward off evil spirits in the seaside park of Times Square —— A trip to Jin Lu Garden in Jiaoyun Ancient Zhang Shen Forest —— Thunderstorm Culture in Lianjiang City, Tea Culture in Huang Ming, Grand View Garden —— A vast mountain area —— a memorial site of the folk lion dance south road —— a rare wild litchi forest —— a strange tree on the sea of Xiexieshan Youth Canal overpass —— mangrove high. Introduction to the Green Lianjiang River of Ocean River Bottom Reservoir Suixi Style in Tianxian Jiulongshan Nature Reserve The most beautiful village in Zhanjiang-Guling Village, Shi Lang flies to the most beautiful fishing port in Jizhaowan Beibu Gulf-the ancient bunker (tower) of Wuyang Town Changzhuyuan, the hometown of Wushi champion. The hometown of historical celebrities and folk art-Bangtang Ancient Village, the couplet gallery of Jinghai Palace in Yinglilan Peak, wuqi, the hometown of enriching the people in ancient times, the West Lake Park of Tianning Ancient Temple in Kezanji Temple-Sanyuan Tower Park of Celebrity Memorial Park-Cultural Relics Park Vientiane Heron Home Mysterious Stone Dog Wang Leiji Store Leizu Temple Leizhou City-Baozhai Eco-tourism Village, Chloe Wang's hometown, is full of tropical agriculture and the only train ferry Xuwen Museum in China. Travel around the Peony Pavilion of Tang Xianzu in Baishawan and Xuwen, the site of the starting port of the Maritime Silk Road in Han Dynasty-the southernmost Cape of Good Hope in Chinese mainland, a vast offshore coral area-Huguang Jingyue-Huguangyan Weizhou Island-the East Island Maritime Corridor where fire and water blend to make waves.