the four wonders of guangde are four special dishes in guangde county, Anhui province. they are: the rare tung flower fish on the imperial table, the delicious pheasant on the Hengshan mountain, the rare bamboo shoots on the mountain, and the rare Shahe turtle.

Tonghua Fish

Tonghua Fish, a specialty of Guangde, is a kind of wild fish with strong land selectivity, which is only found in the waters of Tonghe River about 7 kilometers from Wuxiqiao to Yangshuqiao in Yangtan Town. It is said that one day in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), the 88-year-old Emperor Tai Shang's Emperor Qianlong made a big calendar, and after bathing and changing clothes, they chatted with He Shen.

In a short while, the maid served the first dried snack, Lord Long's favorite snack: roasted "Tong Hua Fish". Hongli called He Shen to sit down, pointed to the snacks on the plate and said, "Try it." He Shen looked into the dish: the food kept its original shape intact, with bright color and fragrant smell. He ate nervously with chopsticks, chewed slowly, and recited "Good".

Hengshan pheasant

In the northwest of Guangde County, there is a mountain named Hengshan, so it is named because it is "horizontal in all directions". This mountain is 135.3 meters above sea level, and it is covered with bamboo and lush green onions. Hengshan Pheasant, which was built as a national forest park in 1994, is called "unique". < P > First, it is beautiful in shape. Pheasants are small in size and weigh about two pounds. The cock is covered with gorgeous and beautiful feathers: the head feather has a light green metal flash, the neck is a circle of white feathers about seven or eight minutes wide, the chest feather has a bright yellow-brown luster, and the tail feather is about one foot and five inches long; The female chicken's feather color is monotonous, and her whole body is fluffy and chestnut. The strangest thing is that both male and female chickens have scarlet fleshy double crowns on their heads, which look like horns from a distance, so the locals call them "Hengshan Horn Chicken", which is also recorded in the ancient "Guangdezhi", which is extremely rare among pheasants.

secondly, it is delicious. As game, Hengshan pheasant has different excellent qualities from other pheasants. It has thin skin, tender meat and hard bones; The meat is tight but not woody, fine but not greasy, tender but not slippery, and very delicious.

winter bamboo shoots in Mount Ci

Mount Ci is located 15 kilometers south of Guangde County, which belongs to the end of the northwest residual vein of Tianmu Mountain. The so-called Tianmu Mountain is a place where the essence is gathered and dispersed, such as the growth of trees, the accumulation of top advantages, the absorption of the moisture of the earth, and the beauty of the end, which are all due to this. The ancients regarded the mountain as a woman's bun and called it the mountain.

mount ci is also called "chicken cover mountain". The basic condition for the growth of winter bamboo shoots in Gaishan Mountain is mainly soil medium, which plays a decisive role. The region is mostly yellow loam with deep soil feet and high water content. The organic humus on the soil surface is rich in nutrients and slightly acidic, with a PH of about 4.9, a moderate proportion of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and a low tannin content. Therefore, the real winter bamboo shoots in Xieshan are not astringent. The winter bamboo shoots in Xieshan Mountain are thin in shell, hairless, tender in meat and sweet in taste. There are more than seven taels of meat per catty of bamboo shoots, and generally only six taels of bamboo shoots can be peeled.

Shahe Turtle

vows that the peaks in Jiezhen are surrounded by natural barriers, and it has unique natural conditions and characteristics of mountains, hills and fields. It is suitable for mild climate and fragrant and beautiful mountains and rivers: it creates three rivers, Sihe Township, Baidian Town and Yangtan Town, and people call it "Tongbian River". This Tonglu River is clear. The riverbeds are all paved with yellow sand, and the sand is soft, which is the best water area for the reproduction and growth of soft-shelled turtles. It is precisely because the river in this area is crystal clear and rich in water resources.

The rare Shahe soft-shelled turtle in Shijie is famous for its tender meat, clear stew and delicious meat, and is known as one of the "Four Musts of Guangde".

soft-shelled turtle, commonly known as soft-shelled turtle, water fish, tuanyu and tortoise. It is a kind of aquatic food welcomed by consumers, a delicious food on the table, and a widely used tonic, and the whole body of turtle can be used as medicine.