Five must-buy specialties in Chengdu: chafing dish base, Dengying beef, Pixian bean paste, Sichuan tea and Shu embroidery.
1. Hot pot bottom material
Chengdu hot pot specializes in rapeseed oil. There are many brands and tastes of hot pot bottom material, so it is recommended to choose a solid hot pot brand. The raw materials and tastes of hot pot bottom material are basically the same as those of physical stores, so it is not easy to step on the thunder when buying.
2. Dengying Beef
Dengying beef originated from Dazhou, Sichuan, and its biggest feature is that it is as thin as paper, bright red, crisp and spicy. The name of light shadow beef comes from shadow play, which means that beef is as thin as the curtain in shadow play, and it can be penetrated by light irradiation.
3. Pixian bean paste
Pixian bean paste can be described as the "soul of Sichuan cuisine" and is an indispensable condiment for making Sichuan cuisine. Pixian bean paste is good in color and taste, and its petals are crispy.
4. Sichuan tea
Sichuan is rich in green tea, which belongs to sun-cured green tea. There are many kinds of Sichuan tea, such as bamboo leaf green, snow bud, Mao Feng, jasmine tea and manna, which have strong selectivity and different tastes.
5. Shu embroidery
Shu embroidery and Shu brocade are both called "treasures in Shu". Shu embroidery is based on pure cloth, linen, satin, silk, silk and other materials, and uses silk thread to embroider patterns or characters, which is as famous as Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery and Yue embroidery, and is known as the "four famous embroideries" in China.
Shu embroidery has a long history, which can be traced back to Sanxingdui civilization. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has been called "the treasure of Shu" together with Shu brocade. Shu embroidery takes soft satin and colored silk as the main raw materials, and its stitches include 122 kinds in 12 categories. It has the characteristics of rigorous needling, even stitches, rich variety, vivid image and three-dimensional sense.