When it comes to Anhui, the first reaction of most people is Huangshan Mountain. As for other cities, there seems to be no concept. In fact, Anhui is really underestimated. The scenery and food of many cities here are not lost to other popular tourist cities, and there are many things worth digging. Not long ago, I introduced the delicious Wuhu to everyone, and this time I want to be a treasure city in Amway-Xuancheng.

Most people may feel strange when they hear the name Xuancheng, but if you ask me, you have already known Xuancheng. "I never get tired of looking at each other, only Jingting Mountain" and "Peach Blossom Pond is deeper than thousands of feet's, not as good as Wang Lun's". Both Jingting Mountain and Peach Blossom Pond mentioned in these two poems, which have been memorized by heart since childhood, are in Xuancheng.

For those who have studied calligraphy, they should be more familiar with Xuancheng, because Jingxian, the birthplace of Xuanbi and Xuanzhi, and Jixi, the birthplace of Huimo, belong to Xuancheng, which is the "hometown of Four Treasures of the Study in China".

For outdoor lovers, the ancient road of Huihang (from Yuchuan Village, Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province in the west to Zhejitian Village, Lin 'an City, Zhejiang Province in the east) is certainly no stranger. This ancient road, which is as famous as the Silk Road and the Tea-Horse Road, is a commercial road that Huizhou people have trafficked salt, tea and mountain products for generations. Now it is also "one of the top 1 hiking routes in China".

In addition, there are many famous people coming out of Xuancheng, such as Hu Xueyan, a representative of Huizhou merchants, Mei Wending, the "first master of calendar calculation" in Qing Dynasty, and Hu Shi, a modern thinker in China ... all from Xuancheng. This may also be because Xuancheng has always attached great importance to learning, which is the place with the largest number of academies in Anhui.

Therefore, Xuancheng is worth visiting, whether you are for natural scenery or Huizhou culture. Of course, I am also very concerned about whether a city is delicious or not. Fortunately, Xuancheng has not let me down. Huizhou cuisine, pasta and various snacks can definitely convince you.

I saw that it takes only 5 minutes to get to Xuancheng by high-speed train from Hangzhou, and it takes just over 2 hours by car, so it is more suitable as a weekend place. Not much to say, come with me to see the beautiful scenery and find delicious food in Xuancheng!

Shuttle between ancient towns and mountains and rivers

Chaji ancient town

To tell the truth, I am a person who is not very interested in ancient towns, because I always feel that ancient towns all over the world seem to have converged, and similar buildings sell wholesale specialties, but Chaji ancient town is an exception. There are 8 buildings in Ming Dynasty and 19 buildings in Qing Dynasty, which is the largest existing ancient village in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

the business atmosphere of chaji ancient town is very weak, but more is the life atmosphere. The quaint village is built along the stream, and people are living their own lives. In the early morning, maybe you can see many old people washing clothes by the stream. Because of the beautiful scenery, many art lovers come here to sketch every year.

Jingting Mountain

Jingting Mountain in "Never tire of seeing each other, only Jingting Mountain" refers to this place. Li Bai, a great poet, has been to this "Jiangnan Poetry Mountain" seven times.

Jingting Mountain is actually not high. Even if you climb slowly, it only takes one or two hours. But the scenery here is particularly beautiful, and there are tea gardens and bamboo forests all over the mountain.

when you climb to the top of the mountain, you will find that there are no obstructions in front of you, and you can see the downtown area of Xuancheng at a glance. And this is especially suitable for watching the sunrise and sunset. If you want to see it, remember to pick the right time.

Taohuatan

Taohuatan is actually not a "pool", but a section of Qingge River. If I come here, I think I can choose to go rafting on a bamboo raft. If you meet the morning fog, the fog fills the air, people are on a bamboo raft, and the mountains on both sides of the river are just like ink painting. "thousands of feet is full of smoke, and peach blossoms are like rain and willows are like cotton", as if you were in a poem.

And Taohua Town, where Taohuatan is located, still has more than 7 ancient buildings here. It is pleasant to walk around in such a real and lively ancient population in southern Anhui.

Longchuan Scenic Area

If you come to Longchuan, you will mainly see ancient villages and rape blossoms. As soon as spring comes, the rape blossoms in the farmland in the south of the village will bloom, and they will blend in with the ancient village, so any shot will look good.

Although the ancient village is not large, the scenic spots in it are very well-known. For example, Yishi Shangshufang is the authentic stone carving archway in Ming Dynasty, which is regarded as the most stone carving of Huizhou school.

The Hushi Ancestral Hall, which was built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, is the first ancestral hall in the south of the Yangtze River. The wood carvings in the ancestral hall are very fine, and besides wood carvings, there are stone carvings and brick carvings. The details of Huizhou architecture alone are worth seeing for half a day.

China Xuan Paper Cultural Park

If you want to know the mystery of Xuan paper, you might as well come here. The three-foot, three-foot, three-giant propaganda workshop here has once made "three-foot, three-foot" huge rice paper, which is the largest handmade rice paper in the world. In the China Xuan Paper Museum, you can learn about the history and technology of Xuan paper.

The strongest experience in the cultural park is the Xuan Paper Technology Experience Park, where you can see that the production process of Xuan paper, from pulping to paper making, is operated according to the traditional technological process. Of course, you can also experience the process of copying paper yourself. It is still a great sense of accomplishment to have a piece of rice paper made by myself.

Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory

Hu Kaiwen was a master of ink making in Qing Dynasty, which was regarded as a golden signboard in the history of ink making in China. In the workshop of the ink factory, you can see a series of complicated processes, such as cigarette refining, blending, pestle ramming, ink making, die pressing, ink drying, edge filing, water washing and gold tracing.

It is this tedious and pure manual skill that has preserved the tradition, and time seems to have stopped here. You can also personally experience the patterns on the carved inkstone and feel the charm of Huizhou ink.

how come Anhui cuisine and snacks smell so good

Stinky mandarin fish

I remember when I was at school in Hefei, every time I went to a restaurant for dinner, adults would order a stinky mandarin fish. At that time, I didn't have any concept of Anhui cuisine, except that the fish smelled bad, but it was really delicious!

Later, I learned that the stinky mandarin fish was actually developed by Jixi people in Xuancheng, who are good at "eating stinky", and the steps to do it were much more complicated than expected. It is necessary to pickle the fresh mandarin fish for a week. When the fish is smelly, it will be slightly fried in the oil pan. Generally, pork slices, bamboo shoots and small fire will be added to braise until the soup is thick.

delicious snakehead fish not only has a firm and elastic taste, but also has a freshness beyond the fish itself. Friends who eat for the first time, believe me, as long as you cross the threshold in your heart, the stinky fish will become really fragrant, and you can eat an extra bowl of rice with the soup of the stinky fish.

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The environment in Wansi Home Cooking Restaurant is average, but the taste is online, so Xuancheng locals often go to have a meal.

The stinky mandarin fish in Grandma's House Huizhou farm food is delicious, and the dishes are full. If there are few people, it will be awkward to order. It is best for four or five people to eat together.

Hu Shi's Yipin Pot

Hu Shi's Yipin Pot is simply a hodgepodge. There must be a layer of chicken, a layer of duck, a layer of meat and a layer of oily tofu in the pot, radish and vegetables under it, and some egg dumplings are decorated, and the soup is braised, so that the taste of each layer of ingredients will gradually sink, and finally all the ingredients will be intertwined and merged into a pot.

As a "spokesman", Hu Shi often used this dish to entertain his friends, even when he was an ambassador. If you come to Xuancheng, you must try this kind of "Anhui cuisine version of Luzhou-flavor hot pot".

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The atmosphere and service in Jiangnan Yard are very good, just like going home for dinner, it is a real restaurant.

if you want to eat Anhui cuisine in the restaurant of China Anhui Cuisine Cultural Exchange Center, you can punch in directly. There is also a Huizhou cuisine chef school next to the store.

Three Treasures of Shuiyang

The three treasures of Shuiyang refer to Shuiyang qianzi, duck feet bag and duck wings. I don't know which chef's brain hole is. I stewed these three things together and made a pot of pot. At first glance, it seems a bit like Tongxiang pot.

qianzi and duck wings are common, but duck feet bag is amazing. Every salted duck's feet must be wrapped with duck heart in the middle and wrapped with duck intestines outside. After some stewing, the sticky duck feet, tight duck hearts and crispy duck intestines can be eaten in one bite, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it is.

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See also that the private kitchen for cooking smoke is near Jingting Mountain. The environment in the store is very good, and the products are stable, so it is not easy to step on thunder.

spicy vermicelli

@ Zhu is very thin!

when foreigners see spicy vermicelli for the first time, they are somewhat puzzled. If it isn't casserole vermicelli, how delicious it can be. In fact, the key to Xuancheng spicy fans lies in the secret soup base of each family. Boil all kinds of vegetables in a casserole with a secret soup base for a certain period of time, and then add vermicelli to simmer for a while, so that vermicelli can cook soft and suck up the soup, which is really delicious!

If you want to eat spicy vermicelli, Orchid qianzi must also order one. Qianzi, a savory orchid, is soaked in soup, gently pulled into his mouth with his teeth, and even whipped up juice!

@ Zhu is very thin!

If you ask Xuancheng people where to eat spicy fans, they will probably recommend you to the Broadcasting Courtyard. The spicy fan shop there can be said to be a fairy fight, and even the name of the shop is very interesting.

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The Aqing family has been making spicy fans for more than 9 years, and many Xuancheng people have grown from snacks to adults.

The old impression fan word-of-mouth shop is near the broadcasting compound. I heard that the boss has a bad temper.

Tim Koufu's spicy vermicelli is the shoulder of Xuancheng's spicy vermicelli shop. The environment in the shop is very clean and the taste will be salty.

25 meaty noodles

Friends who heard 25 meaty noodles for the first time may be a little confused. What does this 25 mean? In fact, it is because there used to be a noodle restaurant in Dangtu section of National Highway 25, and its customers were mainly sports car drivers on the road, so the reputation of 25 meat noodles spread in southern Anhui.

In a bowl of authentic pork noodles, pork belly should be marinated first and then braised, and the heat must be well controlled to ensure that it tastes like rotten. You said that such a piece of pork belly is directly used to make topping noodles, which is not fragrant!

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Master Ding's 25 old noodle restaurant has a good business, and there is a long queue when it comes to meals. Its pork belly noodles and orchid qianzi are standard.

side dishes

what is side dishes? You can understand noodle soup as a side dish buffet, which is a unique form of eating noodles in Xuancheng. Generally, after ordering a vegetarian noodle that is no more than 1 yuan in Xuancheng noodle shop, the side dishes on the table can be added for free.

@ Innocent Year

At first I thought it might be a side dish like mustard tuber, but I didn't expect this side dish to have both stir-fried and cold-stewed vegetables. My mother made a big table of side dishes with various ingredients to coax you to eat.

@ Auntie Baoge

So many small dishes are made into a topping on the smooth and wide noodles. Even if you have no appetite, you have no reason to refuse such a bowl of small noodles.

@ Hi, eat and drink

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Fat aunt's spicy noodles have been an old shop for decades, and many regular customers have watched it change from a roadside stall in those days to a store today.

759 There are many choices of side dishes in the old noodle shop, and residents living nearby often come to his house for a bowl of side dishes for breakfast.

fried noodles

although fried noodles are found all over the country, for Xuancheng people, fried noodles in other cities are almost boring compared with Xuancheng. Xuancheng's fried noodles should be steamed in a steamer before frying, and then fried with kelp, onions, vegetables and shredded pork, so that the fried noodles can be oily, crisp and crisp, with a pot atmosphere.

@ Gao Da C

I still remember my friend from Xuancheng said that it was only after going to school in other places that I realized that not all fried noodles had kelp. For Xuancheng people, a fried noodles with kelp and a large cup of red bean wine are the signs of home.

@ Stubborn Banana

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Sanzi is lined up in an alley, and the environment is a fly restaurant, but the taste is absolutely convincing.

Shuangqiao Old Street fried noodles | It has been an old shop for more than 2 years, and the residents nearby know its home, so they go to eat a bowl from time to time.

Ningguo Baba

I have to say that the word "Baba" is really amazing, and different places have different understandings of it. The glutinous rice Baba eaten in Enshi before is similar to corn-flavored hair cake, while Ningguo Baba in Xuancheng is pie-like.

@Zn Xiaozhuang

Ningguo Baba can be said to cover everything, including pickles, cowpeas, radishes, dried bean curd, bamboo shoots, pumpkins, leeks, and even eggs. Of course, the most classic is pickled meat stuffing.

@ miss echo

Just fried Ningguo Baba. If you eat it while it's hot, the outer belt is crispy but tough, and the oily and salty stuffing is added. Eat it up.