The local cultural characteristics of Anqing, Anhui Province are Huangmei Opera and Hui Opera.

Huangmei Opera: Anqing is known as a "state of culture and a hometown of drama". It is one of the birthplaces of Peking Opera, the quintessence of Chinese culture, and the birthplace and inheritance of Huangmei Opera, one of China's five major opera types.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, tea-picking opera originated at the junction of Anhui and Hubei and spread to the Anqing area. Later, it was combined with the local dialect and inherited and carried forward by Yan Fengying and other older generation artists, and gradually became a famous opera type at home and abroad - Huangmei Opera.

It grew up and flourished in Anqing area.

Among them, famous songs such as "The Fairy's Match" and "The Consort" are so popular that they were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists with the approval of the State Council on May 20, 2006.

Hui Opera: The formation of Hui Opera combines Qin Opera from the west and Yiyang Opera and Kun Opera from the southeast.

In the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1790), the "Four Major Anhui Troupes" came to Beijing one after another, making Hui Opera take root in the capital, then become popular all over the country, and eventually evolved into Peking Opera.

Cheng Changgeng, a native of Qianshan, is the main figure in promoting this evolution and is known as the "originator of Peking Opera".

Food features include Hu Yumei broad bean chili sauce, Mozi Su, Bai Zhaoji, Tianzhu Jianhao, Huaining tribute cake (Shipai tribute cake), etc.

1. Hu Yumei Broad Bean Hot Sauce: A century-old Chinese brand, in the 32nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1906), Hu Yumei Sauce Garden used the flavor of Sichuan hot sauce to trial-produce "Hu Yumei Broad Bean Hot Sauce", which won a gold medal at the Panama International Exposition.

It has received the International Quality Medal of Honor, and has won the "Guoguang" Silver Medal at the Shanghai International Exhibition and the West Lake Expo, and has been rated as a quality product of Anhui Province and a quality product of the Ministry of Light Industry.

"Zhenfeng Brand" Hu Yumei Broad Bean Chili Sauce is a famous brand food that sells well at home and abroad.

2. Mozi Su: a traditional specialty of the famous pastry shop "Mailongxiang" in Anqing.

The production of Mailong Xiang Mozi Cake requires nine processes and careful ingredients.

The main raw materials are fine black sesame seeds, finely ground sesame oil, fine white sugar, etc.

The product looks like black ink, is oily but not greasy, sweet and refreshing, and has the effects of moistening the lungs, tonifying the kidneys and promoting the liver.

3. Bai Zhaoji: It is an old store specializing in halal cakes and pastries founded by Bai Shaoqing in the late Qing Dynasty. Founded in 1904, it is the only enterprise in Anhui Province that specializes in processing and producing halal food.

Its founder, Bai Shaoqing, started with a pole, a furnace of cakes, a pot of pulp, enjoying the breeze and stepping on the bright moon, with simplicity and sincerity.

In the end, the century-old brand "Bai Zhaoji" was achieved.

4. Tianzhu Jianhao: a special green tea with leaves covered with pekoe and shaped like a sword. It grows in Tianzhu Mountain, Qianshan County, Anqing City.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, Tianzhu tea enjoyed the reputation of "sweet and fragrant tea".

It was rated as one of the "Top Ten New Famous Teas" in the country by the National Famous Tea Competition and won the title of Ministry of Excellent New Product.

?5. Huaining tribute cake (Shipai tribute cake): It is a famous traditional cake product of the Han nationality in Shipai area of ??Anqing City. It is said that this cake was served as a tribute to Emperor Zhu Di during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty because its color is like a mountain.

The top is covered with snow, hence the name Dingxue Gong Cake.

Extended information: Introduction to Anqing: Anqing is located in the southwest of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the Wanhe River enters the river. It borders Hubei to the west, Jiangxi to the south, the main peak of Dabie Mountain to the northwest, and the remaining veins of Huangshan Mountain to the southeast. It is known as "the throat of the Yangtze River for thousands of miles.

It is known as the first state in the Wu-Chu border area.

The city currently governs 7 counties (cities) including Huaining, Tongcheng, Wangjiang, Taihu, Yuexi, Susong and Qianshan and 3 districts: Yingjiang, Daguan and Yixiu.

The city's total area is 13,589.99 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 821 square kilometers.

At the end of 2015, the city's total population was 5.241 million, of which 800,000 were urban permanent residents.

In 2015, it was a national historical and cultural city, a national garden city, China's outstanding tourism city, a national forest city, and a national greening model city. It was rated as one of China's "most internationally influential cities" by the China Cities Association (2010); it is

It is the only "second batch of national public cultural service system demonstration zone creation cities" in the province and one of China's top ten green cities. It actively promotes the creation of a national environmental protection model city, a national land and resource conservation and intensive model city and a national civilized city.