Yixing produces three kinds of bamboo shoots, one kind of bamboo shoots, one kind of summer (autumn) bamboo shoots and one kind of winter bamboo shoots. In spring, bamboo shoots are everywhere, which is very spectacular. Spring bamboo shoots are big and have high yield.

When bamboo shoots grow, one kind is dug out for food, and the other kind is kept to grow into bamboo.

In summer, bamboo shoots generally grow horizontally in the ground, about the size of bamboo shoots. Because it has been rampaging underground, the shell and meat quality of bamboo shoots are much harder than bamboo shoots.

Winter bamboo shoots are a very popular dish. Most winter bamboo shoots don't grow directly on the ground, but because they rise vertically, so the cracks will be much bigger and more obvious, so they are easier to find than whipping bamboo shoots. Winter bamboo shoots are delicious, and dried bamboo shoots are known as "Yulan tablets". Dried bamboo shoots are the best in dishes. There are two kinds of common dried bamboo shoots. One is to cut bamboo shoots open and cook them, and then cut them into thin slices in batches to dry. After drying, carefully tie it with a rope and store it. The most delicious way to eat this dried bamboo shoot is to steam it with bacon, which is extremely delicious. Another kind is to cut bamboo shoots into small pieces, cook them with soybeans, and then dry them. It is called "Boiled bamboo shoots with soybeans", which is a good appetizer. Bamboo shoots are fat, cylindrical, pagoda-shaped, round at the top and knotted in the middle; The veins and shell hairs of bamboo shoot shells are yellow; Bamboo shoots are white or yellowish in color, fresh and tender in texture and delicious in taste.