In addition, there are many specialty shops in Shennongjia, mainly concentrated in Baisong Town and Muyu Town. There are many shops and stalls in the streets of the two towns and scenic spots, mainly dealing in local tourist commodities and local products in Shennongjia.
1, mushroom
Log mushrooms in Shennongjia mountain area of Hubei not only smell delicious, but also taste delicious. Generally, mushrooms bought in the market are grown in bags, while log mushrooms are naturally grown on wood in Hubei mountainous areas and naturally dried, so they are more delicious than mushrooms sold in the market.
2. Chinese herbal medicine
The vast and primitive Shennongjia is rich in Chinese herbal medicine resources and is known as the "Kingdom of Chinese Herbal Medicine". In addition to a wide range of commonly used traditional Chinese medicines, there are also folk herbs with peculiar curative effects, such as Gastrodia elata, Trillium Trifolium, Hedysarum Japonicum, Polyporus umbellatus, Coptidis Rhizoma with chicken feet, winter flowers, Bupleurum, Platycodon grandiflorum and Pinellia ternata.
There are four famous folk herbs in Shennongjia, namely "a bowl of water by the river" to treat falls and stomach diseases; "a pearl on the top of your head" cures headaches; "Seven leaves and one flower" can cure sore throat and mastitis, or soak medicinal liquor; Wen Wang Ti Bi treats nosebleeds and women's menstrual bleeding. These medicinal materials are sold in towns and tourist attractions, and they can also be bargained.
3. Shennongquan yellow rice wine
The local high-quality glutinous rice in the Qingfeng short crack zone at the northern foot of Shennongjia is used as the main raw material and natural mineral water, which has perfect wine body, bright color, golden transparency, sweet and mellow taste and unique flavor. Shennongquan yellow wine is not only natural, but also a rare health wine with low alcohol content and high nutrition. It contains a variety of amino acids, higher alcohols of organic acids and lipids, vitamins and trace elements that are necessary and easily absorbed by human body. Moderate drinking has the effects of dredging menstruation, caring skin, nourishing spleen and liver, relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, nourishing and protecting stomach, stimulating appetite, relieving fatigue, resisting vascular aging and prolonging life.
4. Wild Lily in Shennongjia
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is sweet and bitter, non-toxic and enters the heart and lungs. It can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten the lungs to quench thirst, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, and treat pulmonary tuberculosis with chronic cough, hemoptysis due to yin deficiency, lung abscess due to hot flashes, residual heat after fever, insanity, insomnia and dreaminess, beriberi edema, etc. Lily soup used to relieve summer heat in summer and autumn can be described as a top-grade tonic in summer and autumn. If you take lily regularly, it can strengthen your body and prolong your life.
5. Folk embroidery
Shennongjia is located in a remote mountain, and most of the folk customs maintain their inherent simplicity and strong local flavor. Unique embroidery is a vibrant artistic flower in Shennongjia.
Shennongjia has folk embroidery products of rural women that have been preserved for half a century, mainly including daily pillow towels, handkerchiefs, headscarves, insoles, tobacco bags and waist seals. These embroideries are not made of expensive fabrics. They are made of relatively simple fabrics of various colors and skillfully match the lines of various colors according to the patterns. Their colors are thick but not thick, gorgeous but not vulgar, complicated and not chaotic.
6. Earth honey
Wild bees in the forest near Shan Ye in Shennongjia build nests in caves in the mountains and collect pollen from wild flowers in the mountains (these wild flowers are not mixed with pesticides and fertilizers). The brewed honey is pure natural honey, which is the top grade of honey. Honey is an orange, shiny, translucent and viscous liquid. This is earth honey, which is not processed when it is taken out of the honeycomb; After a long time or cooling, white granular crystals gradually precipitate, and the entrance is fragrant and extremely sweet.