Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of peppers in China". Shizhu Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a long history of planting, excellent quality and rich nutrition.

2. Tujia bacon

Shizhu Tujia people generally use traditional folk methods to make bacon. According to different tastes, the slaughtered local fresh pork is pickled with salt, white wine, spiced powder and pepper.

Tujia villagers have firewood stoves with shelves in their homes. After entering the twelfth lunar month, hang the bacon on the shelf at the mouth of the stove and smoke it with the fire temperature in the stove, which will get twice the result with half the effort. Some villagers also added cypress branches, orange peels and grapefruit shells. Into the stove, so that bacon has a special flavor and taste.

3. Selenium-enriched black gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is the best of Gastrodia elata. Gastrodia elata is produced in Qiyaoshan (called Qiyaoshan in ancient times). It is an authentic medicinal origin with an average altitude of 1600 meters. The unique original ecological natural environment, climatic conditions and selenium-enriched soil make Sewang Gastrodia elata rich in selenium and high in polysaccharide and gastrodin.

4, Tujia flower socks pad

Tujia insole, commonly known as Tujia flower sock pad, has a long history and is very famous in Kyushu. Flower socks pad is a representative embroidery, and its pattern is "octagonal back" and "four-leaf clover" embroidered for friends; Embroider "red bean flower" and "dragon and phoenix auspicious" for lovers; The "Wanzi" and "Yuanyang playing in the water" embroidered for her husband are the crystallization of Tujia women's wisdom and emotion.

5. Tujia people suck up wine

Shizhu Tujia mixed liquor, a specialty of Shizhu, originated in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties and has a long history. It is a "festive wine" for Tujia people to celebrate festive festivals and welcome distinguished guests. It is fermented with glutinous rice or sorghum, corn and wheat as raw materials and stored in a crock.

Shizhu Tujia smashed wine with low concentration and sweet taste. Suck it with bamboo, wheat and reed tubes, and the wine will be clean and transparent. You can add boiling water and suck it again until there is no smell of alcohol. Now Tujia miscellaneous liquor has developed into a characteristic tourist commodity of Shizhu, which is deeply ignorant by tourists.