Nanyue Hand-rolled Sesame Candy

Nanyue Hengshan is famous for Buddhism and is mainly vegetarian. Nanyue Hand-rolled Sesame Candy is one of the local tributes for blessing in ancient times. It uses Nanyue Gaoshan Shoumei and It is fermented from Nanyue's natural pollution-free spring water without adding any preservatives, sugar, or sucrose. It is made through more than a dozen purely manual processes from fermentation to molding to maintain its unique original ecological flavor. It is crispy and delicious, and it is instant in your mouth. It is suitable for people of all ages, and it is really a souvenir for traveling to Yue to pray for blessings.

Nanyue Vegetarian Restaurant

Nanyue Hengshan is a Buddhist and Taoist resort, so the dishes are naturally mainly vegetarian. Nanyue vegetarian food began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Over the past thousand years, the techniques have become increasingly sophisticated, and it has developed from ordinary vegetarian food to high-end vegetarian banquets. All major temples and restaurants are good at making it.

Nanyue's fasting banquets usually include "one product of incense, two degrees of plum (mold), three fresh soups, four seasons green, five deng (stewed) meetings, six sub-links, seven floors, eight large bowls, and nine ruyi , "Ten Scenes".

Guanyin Bamboo Shoots

Guanyin Bamboo Shoots are a kind of small bamboo shoots unearthed around the 19th day of the second lunar month, the birthday of Lady Guanyin, with tender meat. It tastes delicious when eaten fresh; it has a special aroma when eaten dry. The monks and Taoist priests on Nanyue Mountain are very particular about the method of eating dried Guanyin bamboo shoots. Dig small bamboo shoots, be sure to pick them a few days before and after Guanyin Bodhisattva's birthday. Choose those that are tender and thick. Remove the shells and boil them over fire until they are not fully cooked. Then take them out and dry them in the sun. Then place them in tea oil and store them in an altar. The longer it takes, the stronger the aroma will be. When you take it out and eat it, add a little salt and pepper, and the taste will be incomparable. It does not need to be soaked in oil and is processed by the ordinary method of soaking silk. It also tastes better than other ordinary dried bamboo shoots. Guanyin bamboo shoots are a delicacy used by temples to entertain guests.

Tofu pudding

Nanyue’s tofu pudding has a wonderful taste. Although the workmanship is not much different from that of other places, the important thing is the raw materials. Don't look at that inconspicuous bowl of tofu curd. It is made from the finest soybeans carefully selected by the tofu master and the sweet spring water from the mountain. It is tender, smooth, and sweet, and you can't bear to eat it. But not eating will only make you want to eat more. It would be a pity to go to Nanyue Hengshan without trying the local tofu, just like going to Xi'an and not seeing the Terracotta Warriors, going to Beijing and not seeing Fragrant Hills, going to Tianjin and not buying cannabis flowers on the 18th Street, and eating Sichuan spicy hotpot without adding Sichuan peppercorns. . If you don’t try the tofu curd here when you come to Nanyue, you will always feel that something is missing.

Nanyue Rice Noodles

There is a rice noodle shop on Duxiu Road. Several shops are open side by side, but that one is always full of customers. Friends who go to Nanyue must remember to try it. !