There is also an Ancient Tea Horse Road built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties near Chaixi Grand Canyon.

The ancient road is 100 kilometers long, and the bluestone slabs are shiny, showing the prosperity back then.

Chaixi Grand Canyon is one of the few places where you can play and enjoy outdoor activities in summer.

The main theme here is Tujia style.

In Chaibu Xi, there is always a way to travel that suits you.

Food recommendations include Gejiu, stir-fried bacon with black beans, crispy pepper leaves, mushroom and chicken hot pot, salted bacon, and potato pancakes.

Chaixi cuisine belongs to Tujia style.

If you want to experience the "home" of Tujia people, you can go to Xiulou Tujia Restaurant, located on the observation deck of Dawankou Scenic Area in Chaibu River.

Xiulou is a typical Tujia wooden building on stilts.

Its buildings are scattered among the mountains, with winding corridors, shady trees and beautiful environment.

The main focus here is Tujia classic dishes, which maintain the emphasis on the authenticity of ingredients in Tujia cuisine.

The main specialties include pig trotters stewed with radish skin, mushroom and chicken hotpot, black bean stir-fried bacon, etc.

Xiulou Tujia Restaurant If you want to experience Tujia farm cuisine, we recommend the Tangjia Courtyard located near the gate of Dawankou Scenic Area of ??Chaibuxi Grand Canyon.

Tangjia Courtyard is the only large-scale original ecological farmhouse near Dawankou Scenic Area that integrates catering, accommodation, shops, and entertainment.

The fruits and vegetables here are all grown in our own vegetable garden, which is green and pollution-free.

The firewood cauldron and stove are full of peasant characteristics, including ten bowls and eight buckles, a lifting grid, waxed pig's trotters, etc.

What delicacies of Tujia people in Tangjia Courtyard are not to be missed?

Gezi Ju is the highest standard feast for Tujia people to receive guests.

In the past, it was only eaten when pigs were killed every year.

Fresh ribs, pork belly, old pumpkin, corn flour, etc. are steamed on the grill. The steamed meat is fragrant but not greasy, melts in your mouth, has a long aftertaste, and is extremely delicious.

Sautéed Black Beans and Bacon.

The flavored black beans are made from fermented soybeans from local farms, plus the fat and lean quality bacon, stir-fried slowly over a slow fire, so that the rich flavor of the black beans and the bacon are completely integrated. It is an indispensable dish on the Tujia table.

A meal.

Salted bacon is one of the top ten dishes on the Tujia dinner table.

The bowls are arranged neatly, and the meat is steamed and pickled vegetables are soaked.

In this way, the meat is not greasy and tastes delicious. It is a classic dish in Tujia cuisine.

Potato cake is equivalent to Han Chinese rice cake.

Tujia people are good at cooking with potatoes.

Cake made from potatoes tastes great, both in color and taste.

Crispy Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves are made from the original Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves that are picked, wrapped in flour, mixed with water, and then fried in rapeseed oil.

The golden aroma hits your nostrils and whets your appetite.

Doubanjiang Chili Every place has some special delicacies. Even if it is separated from the local soil and water, the same taste cannot be made with the same method, such as Chaibuxi’s bacon, black beans, and chili sauce.

Tempeh is the specialty here.

Small soybeans produced by farmers are used, steamed and fermented for seven to ten days, and then mixed with pepper, chili powder, ginger powder, garlic powder, salt, cinnamon powder and other spices.

After being sealed on the altar for three days, they are opened and dried until semi-dry.

Stir-fried meat, vegetarian stir-fried beef, steamed fish, etc.

It is an indispensable dish on the Tujia dinner table.

Sauce chili peppers, also known as "mibo", are made from local chili peppers produced by farmers, rinsed with water, dried, cut into pieces, and marinated with secret recipes such as ginger, garlic, salt, white wine, soy sauce, and wild honey.

Chaibu Xi Grand Canyon Scenic Area Chaibu Xi Grand Canyon is located in the eastern part of Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Hubei Province, with Wulingyuan in the south, Qingjiang River in the north, the Three Gorges in the east, and the Western Hubei Mountain Village in the west.

It is a valley 30 kilometers long from east to west and 2 kilometers wide from north to south.

Because of its rare karst landforms and typical valley-peak forest landscape, it belongs to the same Wuling Mountain area as Zhangjiajie and is known as "Zhangjiajie to the south and Chaibu River to the north."