Pingtan's specialties include Pingtan fish balls, Pingtan oil soup, Pingtan narcissus, Pingtan clove fish, Pingtan shell carving, Pingtan laver, grass swallow and so on. Pingtan is a coastal area. The local seafood is very rich, and there are many unique local specialty dry goods and special foods.

Pingtan specialty

Dried butterfly is a specialty of Pingtan, also called dried mussel. After the mussel meat is spread out and dried, it looks like a butterfly, so it is called dried butterfly.

Many people have never heard of grass swallows. In fact, it is a kind of cauliflower, which grows on rocks and is transparent when cooked. After being placed, it tastes like jelly and is very refreshing.

The shell carving of Pingtan is a unique artistic handicraft made of the original materials, primary colors and original patterns of various shells through various processes, which is very ornamental.