1. Gaoyou Lake Hairy Crab

Gaoyou Lake Hairy Crab is a specialty of Gaoyou City, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Gaoyou lake wetland is rich in biological resources, the most prominent of which is Gaoyou Lake hairy crabs, which are pure natural and can be called the best in the world. When you come to Gaoyou to play, you must watch the lake light and eat hairy crabs. Gaoyou lake, with a water area of 76 square kilometers, is the third largest lake in Jiangsu Province, with Huaihe River in the north and Yangtze River in the north. Gaoyou lake has vast waters, excellent water quality, unique ecological environment and abundant aquatic products, especially lake crab, which became one of the royal tributes as early as the Northern Song Dynasty. In Song Dynasty, Su Shi greatly admired gaoyou lake crab. He wrote "Yangzhou sends a little tour with local things", in which this "local things" refers to gaoyou lake crab.

2. Yangzhou lacquerware

Yangzhou lacquerware has a long history of production. As early as the Han Dynasty more than 2, years ago, it was well-known in the world. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yangzhou lacquerware technology was particularly exquisite, and the number of metal inlaid products increased day by day. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the prosperous periods of Yangzhou lacquerware. Besides painting and carving lacquer, new techniques such as flat grinding mother-of-pearl, bone and stone inlaying and treasure inlaying were also exhibited. Traditional Yangzhou lacquerware is made of 8 precious materials such as jadeite, agate, coral, jasper, white jade, ivory, rosewood, mica, luminous snail, gold and silver on the basis of exquisite lacquerware. The decorative patterns of lacquerware imitate a large number of famous paintings and calligraphy of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics, which further improves the artistic appreciation value of Yangzhou lacquerware. Lacquerware is an important tribute of salt administration in Yangzhou and Huai Dynasty.

3. Shao Boling

Shao Boling, Hong Ling in Taihu Lake and Fengling in Jiaxing are listed as the three famous Ling in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Shao Boling has four horns, the upper and lower horns are slightly longer, sharp and upturned, and the left and right horns are curled and ribbed, which is like a horn. Therefore, Shao Boling is commonly known as "Yangjiaoqing". Compared with other kinds of water chestnut, the shell of Shao Boling is thinner, and the fresh water chestnut is tender green, which turns orange when cooked. Tender ling is a good fruit, which is characterized by freshness, sweetness, crispness and tenderness. Compared with raw pears and apples, tender ling has a unique flavor. It can dispel cold and fire, promote fluid production and quench thirst; After cooked, the old chestnut is delicious and My Sweetie, crisp and powdery, which can be compared with the chestnuts in Liangxiang. The peeled raw water chestnut looks like an ingot, and it is braised with chickens and ducks. It is cool but not greasy. It is a delicacy that everyone likes to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival when relatives and friends gather.

4. Shatou Green Shell Egg

Shatou Green Shell Egg is a specialty of Guangling District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. Shatou green shell egg comes from Xijiang Ecological Park, Shatou Town, Guangling District, located in the southern suburbs of Yangzhou City. As an ecological park with environmental protection, green and health as its management concept, Xijiang Ecological Park organically combines ecological agriculture with tourism. Green shell grass eggs, grass chickens and pollution-free vegetables are all special delicacies here. Green-shelled eggs are ideal natural health food with high vitamins, trace elements, amino acids, low cholesterol and low fat. Although it is different from ordinary eggs in color, there are many main nutrients in eggs. Selenium, zinc and iodine are higher than those of ordinary eggs, with low cholesterol and high protein content, and are also rich in lecithin, cephalin, neuropeptide, high-density lipoprotein, vitamins A, B, C, E and trace elements.

5. Yangzhou fried rice

Yangzhou fried rice, also known as Yangzhou fried rice with eggs, was originally spread among the people, and it is said that it originated from the broken gold rice that Yang Su, the Duke of Yue in Sui Dynasty, loved to eat, that is, fried rice with eggs. When Emperor Yangdi visited Jiangdu (now Yangzhou), he also introduced fried rice with eggs into Yangzhou. After that, he gradually innovated on behalf of kitchen masters, and softened into Huaiyang cuisine with the characteristics of "strict selection of materials, meticulous production, exquisite processing, attention to color matching and original flavor", and finally developed into one of Huaiyang's famous staple foods. Yangzhou-style restaurants in Europe, America, Japan, Hong Kong and other places have also listed this food, which is quite popular. There are many kinds of fried rice with eggs in Yangzhou, such as fried rice with clear eggs, fried rice with golden eggs, fried rice with crescent eggs, fried rice with shrimp eggs, fried rice with ham eggs, fried rice with three fresh eggs, fried rice with assorted eggs and so on.