they are available in supermarkets.

Yichang specialty:

1. Citrus

Yichang has a long history of producing citrus. Biography of Huo Zhi contains the record of "Thousands of Trees and Oranges in Jiangling, Shu Han". Navel orange is an excellent variety of citrus in Yichang, and its fruit bears a small fruit at the top, which cracks into navel shape after the fruit expands, hence its name, also known as Baozi orange. This kind of citrus is sweet and fragrant, and its juice is rich and residue-free, and it has won many gold medals.

2. Osmunda japonica

is a precious wild vegetable, also known as Guangxiangtai, which was born in wetlands and gullies and was picked during Qingming to Grain Rain. The tender moss is smooth, purplish red and cyan, with a spiral top and white hairs. It is rich in protein, vitamins, iron, etc. It can prevent cancer if eaten frequently. It is said that the activity of "picking Wei" by working women in the Book of Songs refers to picking this plant.

3. Xiazhou Emerald Tea

has a thin strip shape, green color, light green soup color, slightly ripe chestnut fragrance and sweet aftertaste. It is produced in the alpine tea areas on both sides of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, where the soil layer is fertile, the clouds are lingering, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the tea grown is very thick and durable.

4. Cactus tea

is palm-shaped, hairy, and the soup is clear and fragrant. Tea is produced in dangyang yuquan temple, which started in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,2 years. It is a famous local tea in Hubei.

Yichang snacks:

1. Radish jiaozi

Yichang's famous flavor snacks. The main raw materials are rice, soybeans and radishes. The method is: soak 9% rice and 1% soybeans for 4-5 hours and grind them into pulp. When the radish is cut into shreds, mixed with spices such as pepper noodles, pepper powder, garlic (onion) seedlings and refined salt, and fried, the bottom slurry is first put in a special meniscus iron spoon, and then the mixed shredded radish is put as stuffing, then covered with the slurry, and fried in an oil pan until golden brown. It's crispy outside and soft inside, spicy but not prickly, and delicious.

2. Top cake

Rice flour, glutinous rice flour and brown sugar are used as raw materials, put in a special wooden lattice, steam on fire for 1 minutes, and then take out the cake with a wooden top. It is characterized by softness and waxy taste, and it is sweet and upright, which is most popular among the elderly and children.

3. The cool shrimp

is cooked with rice pulp and leaked into a cold water basin with a colander. Because the head is big and the tail is thin like a shrimp, it is named. Mix it with brown sugar water, it is a good product to quench thirst in summer, sweet and tender, and the entrance is cold.

4. Yiling Spring Roll

Made of eggs and flour, it is mixed with a little stir-fried leek, bacon, dried bean curd, fragrant mushrooms (or mushrooms) and fried until golden brown. This dish is crispy and tender on the outside, soft and delicious, and is generally made by families during the Lunar New Year, which is very popular among Yichang citizens.

5. Dried sweet potato

Yichang is called a sweet potato locally. The specific method is to cook (steam) the sweet potato, cut it into strips, and then dry it in the sun. It can also be baked and fried with clean coarse sand in an iron pan, and after it becomes brittle, the sand can be filtered in a screen. The color is orange, crispy and delicious

6. Crispy oil < P > is one of Yichang-style snacks. It is made by steaming glutinous rice, filling it with white sugar and sesame seeds, making it into a prismatic shape, and frying it into golden brown. It's crispy outside and soft inside, sweet and delicious.

7. Cold cakes

Grind polished rice into pulp, add white sugar, soda, plaster of Paris, raw fermented grains (rice wine), alkali and other auxiliary materials to make pulp. Put it for 4-5 hours, put it on a plate, steam it in a cage, and cut it into prisms after coming out of the cage. It is a good summer product.