What are the specialties in Fuzhou?

Generally speaking, specialties refer to agricultural and forestry products or processed products of excellent quality originating from a specific area. Specialties can be directly harvested raw materials, or Products processed by special processes. Below is the content I compiled about Fuzhou’s specialties. What specialties are there in Fuzhou 1

Specialties of Fuzhou include olives, oranges, longans, lychees, hibiscus plums, jasmine tea, bodiless lacquerware, wood paintings, wood carvings, paper umbrellas, shell carvings, porcelain, etc. Fuzhou’s specialties: olives (Big World), meat swallow silk and other olives are also called blessed fruit and green fruit.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, "Nanzhou Foreign Objects" was recorded, and its cultivation has a long history. The main producing areas are Minhou, Minqing, Yongtai, etc. There are famous species such as sandalwood, clove, Huiyuan, Zi Laiyuan, and Changying.

1 Olives are spindle-shaped, green, and light yellow when mature. The fruit has beautiful shape, fresh color, thick flesh and small core. It tastes astringent at first and then sweet. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. It has an endless aftertaste and has the effect of digestion, clearing the lungs and throat. In addition to being eaten raw, olives can also be pickled with salt to make salty olives, and processed with sugar, honey, spices and other seasonings to make sweet and delicious spiced olives, sandalwood olives, clove olives, flat olives, licorice olives, candied olives, etc. Salted fruits, etc. are sold at home and abroad.

2. Fuju Suburbs and Minqing are the main producing areas. It was very famous in the Ming Dynasty. It was called Zhuju at that time. The fruit is oblate and weighs about 100 grams each. It is bright red in color, has thin skin and lots of flesh, has a sweet and slightly sour taste, is smooth and can be stored well. In addition to being beautiful, sweet and refreshing, it also contains glucose and a variety of vitamins, especially vitamin C. It is a good supplementary food for the sick and weak. Its skin, core, and collaterals are all traditional Chinese medicines and have medicinal effects. The made orange cake has the effects of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen. Because it is named after the Chinese character "福" and orange has the same pronunciation as "lucky", it is very popular. It was a custom in Fuzhou in the old days that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, every house would put a few lucky oranges outside the door for the children to pick, which symbolized good luck in opening the door.

3 Longan, also known as longan, is one of the six famous fruits in Fujian together with lychee, loquat, orange, banana and olive. Longan has been cultivated in Fuzhou for thousands of years. The tree is evergreen and has a tall crown. Fresh longan is "round as a pearl, as red as a golden pill, the flesh is like glass, and the core is like black paint." The flesh is fresh and tender, the juice is sweet, and it is rich in nutrients. The "Red Kernel" in the suburbs and the "Bianxia Hazel" in Changle are famous varieties. It is abundant in Fuqing, Minhou, suburban areas and other places. Longan meat made from fresh longan is a valuable tonic. It has the effects of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, tonifying deficiency and improving intelligence. It can treat post-illness weakness, anemia and chlorosis, neurasthenia, and postpartum anemia.

4 Lychee, also known as Danli, is one of the six famous fruits in Fujian. The tree has a long age, high yield, canopy of green leaves, beautiful crown, and the fruit has thin skin, small core, thick flesh, juicy, sweet and refreshing taste. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been listed as tribute in all dynasties. Song Caixiang's "Lychee Spectrum" states: "Fuzhou has the most, and Xinghuajun (today's Putian City) is the most unique, and it is also famous in Quanzhang." Fuzhou has the most lychees planted, with dozens of varieties including Lianggong Red, Red Green, Chen Zi, etc. Famous species. The market is most popular during the Great Summer Festival. What are the specialties of Fuzhou 2

"Yongtai persimmon" is a traditional agricultural product in Yongtai County. It is made from the local specialty pearl persimmon. The persimmon produced is of excellent quality and is very popular in the market.

Yongtai persimmon is a famous and high-quality agricultural product in Fujian Province. It is made from the local specialty pearl persimmon. The persimmon produced is of excellent quality and has the effects of clearing away heat and moisturizing the lungs, producing fluid and quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen and reducing phlegm. , this kind of green and health food has been favored and accepted by the public over time. Yongtai persimmons are sweet but not greasy. It is one of the must-have delicacies as a gift to relatives and friends. It is also a regional delicacy in Yongtai!

Yongtai persimmon cakes have won the national geographical indication trademark protection

"Yongtai persimmon cakes" are traditional agricultural products in Yongtai County. They are made from the local specialty pearl persimmons. Popular with the market.

The production area of ??persimmon products using the trademark "Yongtai Persimmon" is within the administrative area of ??Yongtai County, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China (118°23′ to 119°12′ east longitude, 25°28 north latitude ′ to 26°05′) 10 towns along the Dazhang River, namely Chixi Township (including some villages in Fuquan Township), Wutong Town, and Songkou Town (including parts of Gaiyang Township, Fukou Township, and Changqing Town) Village), Geling Town, Chengfeng Town (including some villages in Qingliang Town), Linglu Township, Baiyun Township, Hongxing Township, Tong'an Town (including some villages in Dayang Town and Pangu Township), Xiaba Township (including some villages in Dongyang Township) Village), hills, flats, and sandbanks with an altitude between 50 meters and 600 meters and a slope below 25 degrees are the production areas of Yongtai persimmons. What are the specialties in Fuzhou 3

Yuxi Town is not only known as the "Land of Fish and Rice", but also known as the "Land of Longan". According to legend, between the 10th and 20th years of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1884-1894), the people of Yuxi grafted improved varieties from the Xinghua area with local varieties, thus producing excellent fruits that were passed down from generation to generation. It is the harvest season for longan right now. Longan is everywhere in the mountains and fields of Yuxi Town, on the edge of Xitou and in front of and behind the houses. It is really lovely.

Yuxi longan is famous for its thin skin, small core, crispy meat and good taste. It has been talked about by the people of Yurong for hundreds of years. According to the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the sugar content of Yuxi longan reaches 20-21%, among which the sugar content of Dabilong is as high as 23%, which is seven percentage points higher than that of longans in other parts of the province and Guangdong.

Therefore, Yuxi longan is unforgettable for almost everyone who has tasted it.

In Yuxi Town, longan trees have a high survival rate, fast fruiting, high yields, and a long fruit period of more than a hundred years, making them the first choice for farmers. According to reports, a longan tree planted locally will produce fruit in three years. It will produce 10 kilograms in the fourth year, 30 kilograms in the sixth year, 80 kilograms in the seventh year, and a stable yield of 150-200 kilograms after the eighth year. The output increases year by year. There is an old tree at the bottom of a ridge in Shuangdun Village, with a yield of 1,355 kilograms of first-grade longan per unit area, making it a veritable "King of Longan." There are many old trees like this in Yuxi Town.

Why can the longan tree in Yuxi grow fruits with such a unique flavor? It is understood that this is due to the local unique geographical and climatic advantages. Yuxi Town has high groundwater levels, sandy loam soil, and mostly coarse and skeletal red soil in the mountains, which ensures ventilation and adequate supply of water for plants, making it very suitable for the growth of longan fruit trees. At the same time, Yuxi is located at the intersection of the southern subtropical zone and the northern subtropical zone, and the effective accumulated temperature in the air is high, making the sugar content of longan fruit superior.

Due to the advancement and development of agricultural science and technology, the harvest period of Yuxi longan has been extended from one month to two months in the past. In order to stagger the sales peak and allow more people to taste longan during the traditional non-longan season, even in the cold winter, fruit farmers in Yuxi Town have improved the varieties of longan trees and transformed the traditional one-season fruiting into early , mid and late seasons.

Nowadays, the main types of Yuxi longan seen on the market are "Big Nosed Dragon", "Youyi" "106", "Jiuyuewu", "Shunfengben", "Dongbao" and "Red Core" , "Lidongben" and other excellent varieties. According to the growth characteristics of its varieties, the approximate order of the Yuxi longan's release time is: "Dabilong" is an early-maturing variety, and its release time is from the end of August to mid-September, ending one week after "Bailu"; after that, "Shunfeng Ben", " "Dongbao", "Red Core" and others took over the market, forming the second wave; the third wave occurred in early October, Friendship "106" (maturity period is October 6), followed by "Jiuyuewu" and so on Varieties are coming one after another, and they are on the market from late September to early October; the late-maturing variety is "Lidong Ben". As the name suggests, its maturity period is around the "Beginning of Winter" season in early November, and it is on the market from late November to the winter solstice.

Yuxi longan is on the market and lasts for two and a half months. Its growth period is unmatched by many fruits that do not grow all year round. Looking at Yuxi longan, its most attractive properties are crispy meat, sweet taste, juicy, sweet but not greasy, and good taste. In addition, different varieties have their own advantages.

According to local fruit farmers, "Big Nose Dragon" is characterized by good taste, high yield, and adaptable to public tastes. Its flesh is pale white, as transparent as gelatin, thick, tender and crisp, sweet and fragrant. "Big Nose Dragon·" is the mainstream and pillar variety of longan in Yuxi, accounting for about half of the total longan in Yuxi area.

"Jiuyuewu" has the characteristics of wide adaptability and good yield. The fruit is large, oblate, yellow-brown, uniform in size, with a single fruit weighing 14-16.5 grams, the largest being over 19 grams. The flesh is thick and crisp, juicy and sweet, and is good for eating fresh or dried.

"Red-core longan", this species has tall trees. The flower spike is large and the fruit ear is large, but the fruit bearing rate is low and it is easy to break when exposed to rain. The flesh is milky white, translucent, tender and crispy, juicy, honey-sweet, rich in flavor, and the seeds are large, flat and red (hence the name red core). .

The "Lidongben" variety is characterized by cold resistance, high fruit bearing rate, thick flesh with high sweetness, large fruits, and its flesh is crystal clear, thick, tender and crisp, and has an excellent taste.

During the longan fruit harvest season, the entire Yuxi Town is excited. If you come to Yuxi and walk into farmyards and orchards, you will feel the joy of harvest firsthand. Every morning, when the earth is still immersed in the darkness before dawn, the longan trading market is already bustling with people and traffic. The fruit farmers picked the fresh longans still with dewdrops, carried them on their shoulders, and rushed to the morning market by the load and the car. It was very lively! What are the specialties of Fuzhou 4

1. Fuzhou olives

Olives are a fruit with a special taste. When you first eat it, you only feel bitter and astringent, but after the aftertaste, you feel fragrant and refreshing. Sweet. Olives are also called "green fruits". This is because most fruits are green when first born and change color when ripe; while olives change color from raw to ripe. Always a verdant color. Olives are also called "loyalty fruit" and "remonstration fruit". This is because its special flavor of first bitter and then sweet is similar to the character of ancient loyal ministers who bitterly remonstrated. Olives are also known as the "fruit of blessing". This name was given by overseas Chinese, which not only shows that Fuzhou has a large olive output in history, but also expresses the attachment of the overseas Chinese to their hometown (Fuzhou). "Peach three plum four olive seven", olives need to be cultivated for 7 years before they bear fruit, and the maturity period is usually around October every year. New olive trees initially produce very little fruit, with each tree producing only a few kilograms. After 25 years, the fruit increases significantly, and can reach more than 500 kilograms. Every time it bears fruit, the production will generally be reduced the following year and the rest period will be one to two years. Therefore, olive production varies from year to year. There are many varieties of olives in Fuzhou, including more than 10 varieties, including Sandalwood, Huiyuan, Changying, and Yangshi.

2. Fuzhou Orange

Fuzhou Orange is Fuzhou City’s municipal fruit, with an annual output of nearly 100,000 tons, accounting for about half of the city’s fruit output. Lucky oranges are on the market around the Lunar New Year. They are popular among the public because of their bright red color, sweet fruit and sweet juice, and are homophones for "luck and good luck".

The production areas of Fu oranges are mostly distributed on both sides of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River. In late autumn and early winter, there are layers of green trees on both sides of the Minjiang River, and their branches are covered with red fruits. The colors are gorgeous, and people call it "the red withered seeds of the Minjiang River." Most of Fu oranges are sold to Northeast and North China. Through preservation, the market period can reach up to half a year. Due to the abundance of oranges, Fuzhou often made orange lanterns in ancient times, which meant good luck and promotion. The method of making orange lanterns is to cut a large orange near the pedicle flatly, take out the flesh and leave the orange shell, pass the red silk thread through the orange shell embankment and hang it, then tie it into a candle holder with a small steel wire and put it in the lamp. Plug in a small candle and light it to create a novel, unique, small and exquisite orange lantern. The ancients had many poems about orange lanterns, such as "Anong skillfully made the red balls light, and the round eyes were particularly bright. Remember that the season for watching lanterns is approaching, and the high red silk threads illuminate people walking." The famous female writer Bing Xin once wrote an essay " "Little Orange Lantern" expresses the longing for hometown.

3. Fuzhou fish balls

Fuzhou’s famous snack. Generally, fish meat such as eel and mackerel is mashed into a paste, mixed with high-quality potato starch as the skin, and meat, shrimp, etc. are used as fillings and shaped into balls. After cooking, soak in delicious stock, add chopped green onion, and float on the soup surface, called "Seven Star Fish Balls". It has the characteristics of white color, elastic texture, fragrant meat filling, refreshing taste, etc., and is well-known. It is said that this seven-star fish ball was created by a fisherwoman at sea and was learned by a businessman who went abroad to do business. After returning to Fuzhou, he followed the same method and opened a "Seven Star Snack Shop" to exclusively sell "fish ball soup". Later, a Juren who went to Beijing to take the exam came to the restaurant for dinner. After eating the fish balls, he was amazed and wrote a poem: "The stars are dotted in the night sky, and the sweet fragrance of jade dew attracts tourists. Although there is a drink for thousands of years in southern Xinjiang, it is rare for seven stars to refresh the poem's spleen." "The shop owner framed the poem on the shop hall. From then on, the shop was filled with customers and the business was booming. "Seven-star fish balls" got its name from this poem. Nowadays, there are fish ball stalls everywhere in the streets of Fuzhou. Changle, Fuqing and other places in suburban counties also have the custom of eating fish balls. In addition to shop sellers, there are also hawkers who walk around the streets and attract customers by tapping small bowls with spoons. As a local specialty, many outsiders enjoy eating fish balls when visiting Rong.

4. Fuzhou taro paste

Taro paste is one of the traditional sweets in Fujian cuisine, among which Fuding’s eight-treasure taro paste is the most authentic. Its reputation is closely related to its selection of materials. Fuding Babao Taro Puree is made from Fuding Taro, a local specialty of Fuding, the provincial famous agricultural product. Fuding taro is famous for its large size, loose texture and fragrant taste. It is the top quality for making eight-treasure taro paste. This dish is delicate, soft, sweet and delicious. It looks like a cold dish but is actually hot in the mouth. It has a unique flavor. It is auspicious and festive, and it is often served at banquets. There is an interesting story behind its fame. In the 17th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1839), Lin Zexu went to Guangzhou as an imperial envoy to ban smoking. In order to ridicule Chinese officials, the consuls of Britain and the United States specially prepared Western cold dishes in an attempt to make Lin Zexu look embarrassed when eating ice cream. Afterwards, Lin Zexu hosted a sumptuous banquet to "return the favor". After several cold dishes, a plate of dark gray and shiny, dark brown and smooth, not steamy, like cold dishes was served. A foreign consul took a spoonful and put it into his mouth. His eyes were so hot that the other guests were shocked. At this time, Lin Zexu casually introduced that this is a famous dish in Fujian, China called taro paste. What are the specialties of Fuzhou 5

1. Fuzhou Jasmine Tea

Fuzhou is the birthplace of jasmine tea and has a history of nearly a thousand years. Jasmine is one of the four sacred flowers of Buddhism. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Buddhism was introduced to Fuzhou, a Buddhist country in the southeast, and Fuzhou gradually became the capital of jasmine. Due to the popularity of aromatherapy in the Song Dynasty, Chinese medicine fully understood the health-care effects of tea and jasmine. Fuzhou jasmine tea was produced in this environment. Many historical materials in the Song Dynasty record the process of picking, making and tasting Fuzhou jasmine tea. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Fuzhou jasmine tea began to be produced on a large scale as royal tribute tea. In "China's Famous Tea Chronicles", Fuzhou Jasmine Tea is the only Chinese historical famous tea in the jasmine tea category.

2. Fuzhou Lianjiang Abalone

Lianjiang Abalone Lianjiang County is located on the eastern coast of Fujian, with a mid-subtropical climate and a mild climate. The county's coastline is 238 kilometers long, with a sea area of ??3,112 square kilometers. The coastline is tortuous, there are many harbors and islands, the offshore terrain is flat and open, and the currents are smooth, creating unique conditions for Lianjiang's fishery production, especially abalone breeding. It is my country's second largest province in the same sea area. Breeding comes from the most suitable areas for abalone species in different geographical zones and countries.

3. Pingtan Narcissus

Pingtan Narcissus refers to the variety of narcissus produced in Pingtan County, Fujian Province. It is a national geographical indication product of China. Due to the suitable climatic conditions, especially the characteristics of the island, it has created a special plant shape and rich fragrance. It enjoys the reputation of "King of Narcissus" and has become the spring flower and welcome flower used in China's large-scale national celebrations and when leaders receive foreign guests.

4. Yongtai Furong Dried Plums

Yongtai Furong Dried Plums, a specialty of Yongtai and one of Fujian’s famous products, is made from ripe fresh Furong plum fruits and is made using traditional techniques. Fu'an City, Fujian Province is the hometown of Furong Plum. The area and output of Furong Plum rank first in the country, and its cultivation has a history of thousands of years. Furong plum is a kind of plum fruit, as well as rouge plum, prunus plum, etc. The processing and sales of dried plums and candied fruits has become the "top priority" of Yongtai's agricultural industrialization.

5. Yongtai Furong Plum

Fuzhou is most famous for its Yongtai County. It is sweet and sour, with high quality. It can be eaten fresh or processed into Huaxingzi, plum slices, Li Xian, Li cakes, etc. are traditional export commodities of the county's foreign trade. Yongtai Furong Plum, also known as Lady Plum, Pu Plum and Yongtai Plum, is a famous brand agricultural product in Fujian Province and belongs to the Rosaceae and Prunus genus.

Furong plum, also known as Chinese plum, is a specialty of Fujian Province and has a cultivation history of 700 years.

6. Changle Zhanggang sea clams

Changle Zhanggang sea clams are a specialty of Zhanggang, Changle City, Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Sea mussels are a treasure among my country's seafood products. Their meat is crisp and tender, and their color is white and transparent. Their shells are slightly triangular and very thin. They only grow in the fine sand of seawater at the intersection of fresh and salty water. The ones produced in Zhanggang, Changle are of the best quality. . It is as famous as Italian clams and is famous both at home and abroad.

7. Fuzhou Orange

Fuzhou Orange is Fuzhou City’s municipal fruit, with an annual output of nearly 100,000 tons, accounting for half of the city’s fruit output. Lucky oranges are on the market around the Lunar New Year. They are popular among the public because of their bright red color, sweet fruit and sweet juice. They are also homophones for "luck and luck". The production areas of Fu oranges are mostly distributed on both sides of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River. In late autumn and early winter, there are layers of green trees on both sides of the Minjiang River, and their branches are covered with red fruits. The colors are gorgeous, and people call it "the red withered seeds of the Minjiang River."

8. Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware

One of the three treasures of Fuzhou, it is light and strong in texture, simple and elegant in shape, and rich in decoration. Its products include polished lacquer paintings, screens, vases, tea sets, and smoking sets. , stationery, etc. Since 1898, it has won many gold medals at international expositions such as Panama, Chicago, and Paris. Fuzhou lacquerware began in the Southern Song Dynasty.

9. Fuzhou Chakou dried powder

Chakou is a village at the source of Meixi River. Because the well water in the village is fragrant and delicious, like fragrant tea melted into it, it was named "Chakou". Chakou Village has produced dried powder for more than 800 years. Due to good water quality, fine workmanship, excellent material selection, and natural air-drying methods, the powder produced is white, even, long, fine, moist, and pliable, and does not rot when cooked for a long time, and does not stick or break when stir-fried. It is famous for a long time, and is included in the " "Chinese Food Encyclopedia". With the improvement of production technology and production procedures, the quality and taste of Chakou powder are becoming increasingly perfect.

10. Fuzhou Qijing Tea

"Qijing" is located in Xilan Township, a mountainous area in the west of Luoyuan County, with an average temperature of 18 degrees, abundant rainfall and mist all year round. The unique natural geographical advantages have produced the best tea "Qijingtang", which is known as "Luoyuan Jianzi" in history, also known as "Yuanming Green", referred to as "Qijing Tea". The earliest Qijing tea was found in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" in the Tang Dynasty. It was listed as a palace tribute during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was quite famous. In recent years, Xilan Township has renovated 160 acres of tea gardens by introducing excellent varieties such as Huangdan and Taiwan Tea No. 12, and has been listed as a pollution-free cultivation and production demonstration base by the Provincial Department of Agriculture. It produces a series of products including Qijing Fried Green, Longjing, and Bianzhen. , Oolong tea, etc. Due to its fine harvesting, exquisite craftsmanship and outstanding fragrance, it has the four unique characteristics of "high fragrance, refreshing taste, green color and resistance to foaming".

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