1. Diet: 1. Brief introduction

Nanjing cuisine is called Beijing-Suzhou cuisine, while chefs call themselves "Beijing-Suzhou Gang".

Nanjing is famous for its Beijing-Suzhou cuisine (Jinling cuisine) and Muslim cuisine. The four famous dishes of Jinling cuisine include squirrel fish, boiled eggs, beauty liver and anchovies. Famous restaurants that make Jinling cuisine include Lvliuju Restaurant and Maxiangxing Restaurant.

Because Nanjing people are fond of ducks and geese, the most popular foods in Nanjing are all kinds of foods made from ducks and geese, including sweet-scented osmanthus salted duck, Nanjing salted duck, duck blood vermicelli soup, dried duck, Dongshan roasted goose and so on. Another feature of Nanjing people's diet is that all kinds of wild vegetables are very popular, including Artemisia selengensis, chrysanthemum brain, Malantou, wolfberry head, shepherd's purse, purslane, goose intestines and Toona sinensis head (also known as dry eight fresh). In addition, there are the so-called eight fresh waters, which refer to fish, water chestnut, lotus root, water melon, fennel, cockscomb fruit, lotus root and cress. There are many kinds of snacks in Nanjing, including boiled eggs, live beads, duck blood vermicelli soup, beef vermicelli soup, duck oil crisp sesame cake, kai yang dried silk, dried chicken juice, stewed tea eggs, Yin's chicken soup packets, glutinous rice lotus root, spiced quail eggs, plum blossom cakes, sweet-scented osmanthus taro seedlings, bean curd, sweet-scented osmanthus red bean dumplings, bean jelly, spiced beans and so on. Nanjing snacks are mainly concentrated in Confucius Temple, Lion Bridge (near Hunan Road) and Ganjia Courtyard, among which Qifang Pavilion, Kuiguang Pavilion, Jiang Youji, Yongheyuan and Liufengju in Confucius Temple area are all traditional famous shops of Nanjing snacks, and the special snacks made are called "Eight Unique Scenes of Qinhuai". Liu Changxing noodle restaurant is a famous noodle restaurant in Nanjing. Han Fuxing, a century-old brand, is a famous salted duck and dried salted duck shop in Nanjing. Nanjing duck dishes

Nanjing's duck-making technology has a long-standing reputation, which was recorded as early as 14 years ago in the Southern Dynasties. Nanjing's duck dishes are famous all over the country. Besides Jinling roast duck, salted duck, roasted duck, Jinling sauce duck, crispy duck, eight-treasure pearl duck, salted duck gizzard, Jinling sliced duck and duck blood vermicelli soup also have their own characteristics. [13] Eight Unique Scenes of Qinhuai

The so-called "Eight Unique Scenes of Qinhuai" refers to sixteen famous spots in eight snack bars in Nanjing: spiced tea eggs and spiced beans in Kuiguang Pavilion;

crab shell yellow sesame seed cake and kai yang dried silk in Yonghe Garden;

Duck oil crisp sesame cake and sesame oil dried silk in Qifangge;

scallion cake and bean curd in Liufengju;

jambalaya Bao and shredded chicken noodles in Qifangge;

Jiang Youji's beef pot stickers and beef soup;

Thin bag dumplings and fried fish noodles in red soup in Zhanyuan noodle restaurant;

Five-color cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus-filled dumplings in Lianhu Pastry Shop. 2. Special snacks

Dashiba Street in Confucius Temple and Lion Bridge in Hunan Road are famous food streets, with many special snacks, such as vermicelli with aftertaste duck blood, lion head in Lion Palace, Yin's chicken soup packets, Lianhu Pastry Shop, "unforgettable" pickled fish, green willow house and so on. In addition, many gourmet shops scattered around Xinjiekou and Nanda are also recommended by many netizens. Nanjing snacks are famous all over the country. 5. other snacks

steamed buns, boiled dried silk, duck blood vermicelli, ruyi braised dried noodles, assorted tofu waterlogging, zhuangyuan beans, salted duck, steamed dumplings, hard-boiled eggs, stinky tofu, live beads and so on. 2. Craft: There are many kinds of handicrafts in Nanjing, among which the famous ones are Yunjin, Jiangning gold foil products, velvet, antique tooth carving and wood carving. In addition, the yuhua stone produced in Liuhe District of Nanjing is also a tourist souvenir worth collecting.

Nanjing Yunjin, together with Chengdu's Shu brocade, Suzhou's Song brocade and Guangxi's Zhuang brocade, is also called "Four Famous Brocades in China", ranking first among the four famous brocade. Nanjing Yunjin is an outstanding representative of China's excellent traditional culture. It is named after its colorful and beautiful clouds in the sky. It has a history of nearly 1, years and is the first of the three famous brocade in ancient China. Yunjin, which was called "inch brocade and inch gold" by the ancients, was produced by the cooperation of upper and lower two people with a wooden jacquard machine with a length of 5.6 meters, a height of 4 meters and a width of 1.4 meters.

The weaving technology of Yunjin is superb and exquisite. Apart from "picking flowers and binding books" and "weaving warp and weft", weaving silver with gold is also a major feature of Yunjin. The fabric looks elegant and resplendent, which meets the needs of royal articles. Yunjin is sometimes used as a court gift to foreign monarchs and envoys, as well as to ministers and meritorious people.

Nanjing brocade evolved from colorful brocade in the Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, Nanjing brocade production reached its peak, with a large number of machine operators gathered around Qinhuai River, and the sound of machines kept on all night, resulting in unprecedented production of brocade. Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, was a weaving official in Jiangning in Qing Dynasty for 65 years.

After the founding of New China, under the care and attention of the Party and the government, Nanjing Yunjin Institute was established, and Nanjing Yunjin was listed as the object of protection and development. Over the past 4 years, with the care and support of relevant ministries and commissions of the central government and relevant provincial and municipal departments, Yunjin Research Institute has made many scientific research achievements, filled many domestic gaps and made outstanding contributions to the inheritance and development of Yunjin. Wait a minute.