1, Dongtai hair embroidery, also known as ink embroidery, originated in the popular period of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Folk believers cut off their hair and embroidered it on silk books or silk to become Tathagata or Guanyin Bodhisattva. Burn incense and worship to show piety. Replacing silk thread with human hair is the wisdom and creation of working women in China. Because hair embroidery does not fade or deform, it has extremely high technical requirements and is rarely circulated.
2. Dongtai watermelon, a specialty of Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, is called "Dongtai Watermelon". Dongtai Watermelon (1 block) passed the evaluation organized by Watermelon Professional Committee of China Horticultural Society in 2008, and became the first "Watermelon Town of China" in China. The trademark of "Dongtai Watermelon" has been registered by the State Trademark Office, taking the lead in breaking through the blank of the certificate of origin of agricultural products and becoming the only melon product registered with geographical indications in China.
3, Dongtai cocoon, geographical scope Dongtai existing mulberry garden area of 65438 0.6 million mu, with an annual output of 20,000 tons of fresh cocoons and more than 2,900 tons of white silk. The number of spring silkworms in Dongtai this year is1930,000, accounting for a quarter of the province. The specific quality of mulberry garden in Dongtai covers an area of 6.5438+0.6 million mu, with an annual output of 4.65438+0.6 million tons. The scale and cocoon quality are the first in Jiangsu, and the cocoon output in Fu 'an Town of Dongtai City has been the national town (township) champion for 22 consecutive years.
Dongtai fish noodle soup is a traditional snack in Dongtai, which has a history of more than 200 years. This kind of white noodle soup is famous for its extraordinary technology. It turns out that the chef takes fresh crucian carp and eel bones as the main raw materials, supplemented by cooked lard, ginger onion, shrimp and other condiments, and carefully cooks them into soup. The white noodle soup made of this soup is as thick as milk, dripping into beads, and the noodles are white and thin, fresh but not greasy. Unfortunately, people who come to Dongtai don't eat fish noodle soup. 1924 Dongtai fish noodle soup won the medal of Panama International Expo.
5, kitchen broad beans, kitchen broad beans are a unique specialty of Xiazao Village, Anfeng, Dongtai City. It was listed as a "tribute" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This kind of broad bean is flat and round in shape, as big as a thumb, slightly concave in the middle of the bean body, and shaped like a cow's foot, commonly known as "flat cow's foot". Strangely, if the "horn edge" is planted in other places, it will be separated from Xiazao Village by a ridge, but it looks beyond recognition, either with small particles or bad taste.