The top ten must-buy specialties in Xichang include smoked bacon, Zhangfei beef, Zhaopo tea, pickled cabbage, Yi lacquerware, matsutake mushrooms, Xichang alpine black pig, Xichang steel goose, Daxing garlic sprouts, Liangshan bitter Buckwheat tea.

1. Smoked bacon:

Smoked bacon is a special traditional dish that is found in Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine. Every winter, people pickle bacon and smoke it to protect it from deterioration and give it a special smoky flavor. The smoked bacon can be steamed and eaten after washing, or stir-fried with garlic sprouts, Houttuynia cordata, and chili peppers.

2. Zhangfei beef:

Zhangfei beef is produced in Xichang City, Sichuan and is a specialty with a strong Sichuan flavor. The surface of Zhangfei beef is brownish-red. When cut, the meat is tightly textured. It is not dry, dry, soft or hard. It is salty and palatable. It is suitable for banquets and wine.

3. Zhaopo Tea:

Zhaopo Tea is a famous Chinese historical tea and a famous traditional Chinese tea. It has a history of more than a thousand years and its origin is Zhaopo, Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province. Tea Fairy Valley has green tea, scented tea, black tea and other teas.

4. Round-root pickled cabbage:

There are more than 120 kinds of Longnan-style delicacies made from round-rooted pickled cabbage. Lao Yuan, who is as honest as Longnan sauerkraut, said with great pride that Yuangenxiang sauerkraut has entered the supermarkets of big cities from ordinary farmers in Longnan. It has been reborn from an ugly duckling to a beautiful white swan and has become a local business card of Longnan.

5. Yi lacquerware:

Liangshan Prefecture is the largest Yi inhabited area in my country, and Xide County is the birthplace of Yi lacquerware. Liangshan National Craft Company is a national craft enterprise founded in 1982 on the basis of state investment and employing folk artists. It pioneered the industrial production of Yi lacquerware. After more than ten years of development, the Yi lacquerware it produces has become famous at home and abroad.

6. Matsutake:

Matsutake is a fungus in the family Trichodermaceae. Fruiting bodies are scattered or clustered. The diameter of the cap can reach 25 cm. Oblate hemispherical to nearly flat, dirty white. It has yellowish brown to chestnut brown flat ciliated scales, with a dry surface and white flesh, which is tender and has a special fragrance.

7. Xichang Alpine Black Pig:

Xichang Alpine Black Pig has thinner muscle fibers, higher intramuscular fat content, tender and juicy muscles, moderate marble distribution, and good pork flavor. .

8. Xichang Steel Goose:

Xichang City belongs to the tropical plateau monsoon climate zone, with an average temperature of 17.1°C and an average annual temperature range of only 13°C. The accumulated temperature is 5934.2℃-6539.3℃, and the annual sunshine is 6206.2℃. Suitable for the growth of geese. Xichang steel geese are large and fat.

9. Daxing garlic sprouts:

Daxing garlic sprouts have a thick and long shape, a white base, a dark green upper part, and no bran center at the end. The plant is upright and refreshing, and the color is bright green. ; The meat is thick, with less fiber and crumbs in the mouth, and has a spicy and slightly sweet aroma.

10. Liangshan Tartary Buckwheat Tea:

Liangshan Prefecture is an important base for the production of pollution-free, pure natural tartary buckwheat in China. The tartary buckwheat planting area is about 938 square kilometers, and the annual output is about 140,000 tons, accounting for about half of China’s tartary buckwheat production. Liangshan tartary buckwheat tea has two types: granulated tea and whole-wheat tartary buckwheat tea. The granulated tea is yellow-brown, yellow-green or dark brown in color, and the whole-wheat tartary buckwheat tea is in the shape of round or broken wheat grains.