Yixing specialties:

1. Yixing lily

Yixing, Jiangsu Province is close to Taihu Lake, with a mild climate and fertile land. The lilies produced not only have high yields, but also have high quality. It is also the best in the country and has a cultivation history of three to four hundred years.

2. Heqiao Dried Tofu

In Yixing, there is a food on the "Wuxi Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage List" called Heqiao Dried Tofu. The taste is dry but not stiff, salty but not astringent, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not tiresome, chew carefully, hard but chewy, fragrant, sweet and salty.

3. Yixing glutinous rice

Pound the freshly picked black rice grass into juice and dye the glutinous rice black. After cooking, the rice will be fragrant and glutinous, with a long-lasting fragrance and endless aftertaste. It not only has nutritional tonic effects, but also has cultural significance. It is an iconic tourist specialty.

4. Hufu Yangmei

Hufu Yangmei is a specialty of Hufu Town, Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu. Hufu Town has more than 12,000 acres of bayberry planting area, of which more than 8,000 acres are in production, with an annual output of about 8,000 tons. It is the bayberry producing area with the largest planting area in southern Jiangsu.

5. Yixing purple clay pottery

Yixing ceramics have a history of four to five thousand years, among which purple clay pottery is the most distinctive. Its unique shape, exquisite craftsmanship, simple color and excellent practical functions enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad. There are thousands of varieties of purple clay pottery such as pots, cups, bottles, and basins. Among them, purple clay teapots not only have high artistic value, but also have unique advantages such as no odor when brewing tea, no discoloration when storing tea, and no rancidity in midsummer.