What are the specialties in Yiliang County? Yiliang county specialty: The main products are gastrodia elata, konjac and bamboo shoots, among which gastrodia elata is the most distinctive and promising one. At present, a series of products such as Gastrodia elata capsules and Gastrodia elata pieces have been developed. Xiaocaoba Gastrodia elata is well-known at home and abroad, and Yiliang County is known as the origin of Gastrodia elata in the world. Gastrodia elata is mainly planted in Long 'an, Xiaocaoba, Lianghe and other towns. At present, the planting area is nearly10.3 million mu, and the output is nearly 2.5 million kilograms. The market price of fresh gastrodia elata is 50- 100 yuan/kg, and that of dried gastrodia elata is 200-600 yuan/kg. Xiaocaoba Gastrodia elata is big, plump, full, translucent, solid and hollow, with excellent quality and world-class medicinal value. It is the representative of Zhaotong Gastrodia elata and Yunnan Gastrodia elata, and is known as "Yun Gastrodia elata". 1950, in the exhibition of agricultural products held in Yunnan Province, Gastrodia elata in Yiliang Xiaocaoba won the prize. The "Wild Gastrodia elata Wine" and "Hardcover Wild Gastrodia elata" of Xiaocaoba in Yiliang won the gold medal and the silver prize in the "Food Expert Appraisal Meeting" of 1993 respectively. Xiaocaoba Gastrodia elata is famous at home and abroad for its excellent quality and unique variety, and is known as the "hometown of Gastrodia elata". Compared with gastrodia elata in other places, Gastrodia elata in Xiaocaoba has three advantages: Gastrodia elata in Xiaocaoba contains higher essential trace elements and lower trace elements harmful to human body. Secondly, the content of amino acids is high. In addition, gastrodin in Xiaocaoba Gastrodia elata is far superior to other places. According to experts' determination, the quality of Gastrodia elata in Xiaocaoba ranks among the best in China. Some people call Xiaocaoba Township "the gastrodia elata capital of China", which is quite famous.

Famous specialty dishes and snacks in Yiliang County: Tongzi Baba, Zhuerba, Baishuijiang clear soup fish, Ba Huang, lotus brain, bean curd, lobster sauce, fried lobster sauce with bacon, blood bean curd, steamed chicken with Tianma, tuorou, bowl-covered meat, beef fried noodles, etc.