Lotus Blood Duck is a specialty of Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province.
Lotus blood duck belongs to the Gan cuisine Pingxiang cuisine, is a special dish of Lotus County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. Lotus blood duck because of the "color, delicious aroma, tender and delicious" characteristics and was included in the "top ten Gan dishes" one. 2009 declared the success of the provincial intangible cultural heritage. 2018 September, was named "Chinese cuisine In September 2018, it was named as one of the "Chinese dishes" of the top ten classic dishes of Jiangxi.
On February 1, 2021, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Commerce officially released the Gan cuisine "ten famous dishes" "ten famous snacks" list, Lotus blood duck on the list. Blood duck is locally called duck cubs, for the summer and fall rituals, hospitality, festival dishes. According to the season, the region and with different materials, and divided into flower duck, earthworm duck, duck, autumn duck, Longxi wine duck, on the stream salt duck. Duck is cool, summer and fall food is the best.
South Tang Jizhou Peng _ dependent on Ma Yin, by the Lotus retreated into Hunan, the descendants of the Xiangxi Tushi, Xiangxi occupied for hundreds of years, moved into the caste breeding into a large family, its farming practices and local integration, Xiangxi now also have blood duck.
Late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Lotus Fan family in Hunan Xiangtan duck store, Lotus Baima, Mao family in Xiangtan, some people learn from the master, hatching duck skills back to the suburbs of the county, from which Lotus there are three duck hatching store.
The end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yijun, Xiangxi, Chenyuan Yongjing Bingduo, live in the Phoenix Hall, he served as Hunan Province, Hunan Province, the governor and the governor. Dragon boat in Phoenix Dragon Boat Festival, the military defense will be thrown into the river ducks, the city's elite into the river to catch the ducks, is to have fun with the people, and its habits continue to this day. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor Zhu Yifan dedicated this dish to the Qing court, thus on the palace menu.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Lotus Blood Duck