Suzhou is the center of eastern food culture and the birthplace of Suzhou-style food culture, one of the three major food cultures (Beijing style, Soviet style and Cantonese style). Famous Soviet-style signature dishes include: squirrel mandarin fish, eel paste with oil, crab meat and tendons, clear shrimps, braised glutinous rice, whole chicken with mother oil, Taihu water shield soup, snowflake crab bucket, cherry meat, sauce meat, smoked fish, (Yuba) lung soup, three pieces of meat, dense sauce fire recipe, hot pot, jujube mud pulled cake, etc. Suzhou snacks are also famous all over the world, such as Jinjin dried tofu, pine nut candy, rose sauce rice dumpling candy, watermelon seeds, shrimp roe fish, jujube paste sesame cake, square cake, Dingsheng cake, crabapple cake, plum blossom cake, lard rice cake, etc., are all The popular delicacies are a must-try. The noodle shops all over Suzhou show that Su-style noodles with a variety of toppings and exquisite soups are a popular snack. Suzhou snacks are one of the four major snacks in China (Nanjing Confucius Temple Qinhuai snacks, Shanghai City God Temple snacks, Suzhou Xuanmiaoguan snacks and Hunan Changsha Fire Palace snacks are also called the four major snacks in China). "Deyuelou" and "Songhelou" are time-honored Suzhou-style restaurants; "Old Suzhou Tea Restaurant" is famous for traditional Suzhou cuisine; "Zhu Hongxing Noodle House" and "Luyang Wonton" are high-quality and low-priced, more suitable for the public Consumption. The main food streets in Suzhou include: Eunuch Lane, Shiquan Street, Xueshi Street, Li Gongdi, Fenghuang Street, etc. Bifengfang and Ligongdi are famous streets for Chinese catering culture. Biluochun tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China, with a common name of "frightening fragrance". Kangxi named it "Biluochun" and listed it as a tribute. In addition, Changshu Jianmen Green Tea and Zhenhu Tribute Tea are also Suzhou specialty teas. Caizhizhai Candy's Soviet-style candies are well-known in China, with more than 150 varieties in four categories: plain goods, roasted seeds and nuts, soft candies, and special flavors, such as light pine nut candies, rice dumpling candies, poured slices, three-color pine nut soft candies, crispy pine nut candies, and pine nut candies. Nanzao candy, etc., among which the rice dumpling candy produced exclusively by Caizhizhai is the most famous. Suzhou-style preserves The history of making preserves in Suzhou can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period. The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Su-style preserves, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous and has always been a "palace food". There are more than 160 varieties of Su-style preserves, among which the most famous ones are golden candied dates, cream plums, golden kumquats, white sugar bayberry and nine-system tangerine peel. The history of Su embroidery can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,600 years ago. Su embroidery, together with Hunan embroidery, Sichuan embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery, are known as the "Four Famous Embroideries in China". And it is the first of the four famous embroideries. The themes of Su embroidery are mainly figures, landscapes, flowers, birds, and animals, and there are embroidery pieces, album surfaces, screen strips, screens, etc. After the founding of New China, Suzhou artists successfully created double-sided embroidery, and their representative work is "Double-sided Cat". Taihu Whitebait During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taihu Lake was rich in whitebait. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, whitebait was listed as a tribute, and together with plum bream and white shrimp, it was known as the three treasures of Taihu Lake. Silverbait is shaped like a hosta, ivory-like in color, has cartilage without scales, tender meat, delicious taste, and is rich in nutrients. It contains protein, fat, iron, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients. The Japanese call it "fish ginseng". Whitebait can be fried, fried, steamed, or made into soup. Whitebait scrambled eggs, whitebait soup, whitebait meatballs, hibiscus whitebait, etc. are all famous dishes in Suzhou cuisine. Taohuawu Woodcut New Year Pictures Taohuawu Woodcut New Year Pictures in Suzhou, Yangliuqing Woodcut New Year Pictures in Tianjin and Yangjiabu New Year Pictures in Weifang, Shandong are collectively known as the "Three Major Woodcut New Year Pictures in China". It started in the late Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 350 years. The earliest workshop was on Taohuawu Street in Suzhou, hence its name. It was very popular during the reigns of Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and together with Yangliuqing paintings, it was called "South Peach and North Willow". Suzhou Wedding Dress Suzhou Huqiu Wedding Dress is located in the north of Suzhou City and is known as "the first scenic spot in Wuzhong". Huqiu is a production base specializing in wedding dress manufacturing and wholesale in Suzhou, and is one of the two largest wedding dress production bases in China. Jinjin Dried Tofu Jinjin Dried Tofu can be eaten as preserves, home-cooked dishes or banquet stews. It is a famous specialty of Suzhou soy products. It is red in color, has a unique aroma, is full of marinade, is sweet and soft, and has both the flavors of braised vegetables and candied fruit. Squirrel Mandarin Fish is red in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour. Emperor Qianlong greatly appreciated it after eating it, and squirrel fish became famous. Today, squirrel fish uses mandarin fish as raw material. Mandarin fish has tender meat, sparse bones and few spines. After being grilled and deep-fried, the head is wide open, the tail is raised, and the inside looks like squirrels. The sound of a squirrel. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs The three treasures of Yangcheng Lake are Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, river shrimps and mandarin fish. Zhang Taiyan’s wife, Ms. Tang Guoli, said: “I don’t know why Yangcheng Lake crabs are so good, why should I live in Suzhou in this life?” Beggar's Chicken Beggar's Chicken is a famous dish in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, also known as yellow mud braised chicken. Changshu lace, Suzhou sandalwood fans, mahogany furniture and carvings, jade carvings, mud inkstones, Jiang Sixutang traditional Chinese painting pigments, silk clothing, Suzhou-style lanterns, etc. are all Suzhou specialties. They are well-known at home and abroad for their exquisite production and rich cultural atmosphere. .