The main tourist attractions in the city are dongchang lake, Guangyuelou, Shanshan Guild Hall, Song Dynasty Iron Tower, Ancient Canal, Jiangdi Paradise, Phoenix Garden Science and Technology Sightseeing Park, Dream Paradise, Changdong Park, Majiahe Leisure Resort, Linqing Canal Banknote Pass, Jingyanggang Longshan Cultural Site, Cao Zhi Mausoleum, Jingyanggang, Haiyuange, Relic Pagoda, Ao Tou Ji Ruins, Lion Building, Haihui Temple, Gu 'ajing and Comrade Kong Fansen Memorial Hall.
smoked/black jujube
The traditional local products of Yanggu and chiping counties are also called smoked dates and burnt dates. It is made of cooked fresh jujube, which is refined by boiling in water, kiln smoking and cooling. Only kiln fumigation 1 process will be repeated for three times, lasting six days, and it can only be done after "three times in the kiln and six times in the water". After the jujube is made, the color is dark purple and bright, the pattern is fine, and it has a special sweet smell. The old county annals record: "Yi is a jujube-producing area. Smoked with fresh dates and fire, the operation is very refined, and it is exported to southern provinces, with tens of thousands of bags per year, which is very profitable. " Products are not only supplied locally, but also sell well in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia and other countries and regions.
Carve gourd
Carved gourd: also known as the gourd. Unique traditional handicrafts flourished in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, the atmosphere of keeping Polygonum cuspidatum in Liaocheng was very prosperous, and the sales of Polygonum cuspidatum gourd were very large. Most villages that plant, produce and sell gourds are concentrated in Liaocheng Chengguan, Yansi Town and Liangshui Town. The carved gourd is exquisite in design and smooth in knife cutting. Although it is expensive, it is in short supply. 1978 Since then, artists have made bold innovations on the basis of inheriting the traditional techniques, combining the gourd cutting into various shapes, changing the flat carving into the through carving, making the patterns three-dimensional, creating many new products with their own characteristics, making them a good gift.
Liaocheng writing brush
Liaocheng brush: Liaocheng brush manufacturing industry has a long history, and there were more than 1000 pen makers in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Fu Yijian, the first scholar in the Qing Dynasty, took an examination in Beijing, that is, he chose the first-class brush in Liaocheng. Emperor Kangxi once wrote poems with Liaocheng brush, and inscribed the plaque of "Shenguang Bell" for Guangyuelou, which shows that Liaocheng brush was famous at that time. There are more than 200 kinds of brushes produced in Liaocheng, with different sizes. According to the specifications, there is a "grab pen" with the largest length, which can be written in 3-foot characters; There are also small-headed pens that can write bean-shaped fine print. According to different raw materials, it can be divided into "sheep hair", "wolf hair", "doubled both brush", "seven purple three sheep" and so on. Liaocheng brush, except a few pure sheep brush, is basically made by the "Wei Birthday Method" in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is finished after 72 processes. It is characterized by beautiful appearance, combination of rigidity and softness, strong ink absorption and durability. It has the unique virtues of "sharp, neat, round and healthy" of fine brush, and is a good product of calligraphy and painting. 1955 was rated as the first of its kind in the whole province. Not only sold well in China, but also sold to Hong Kong, Japan and other places through Qingdao, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other ports five times. Famous calligraphers Shu Tong and Yang Xuanting have written many excellent works with Liaocheng brush.
processed bean curd
Gaotang famous food, also known as tofu brain. Fine production, unique ingredients and unique flavor. Its characteristics are: tofu is white and bright, tender but not loose, bittern is clear but not light, oily but not greasy; The aroma of food is tangy, meaty but not fishy, spicy but not choking. Old tofu is made of selected fine soybeans. Peel and crush soybeans, soak them in stored water (purified Yellow River water is the best) that is exposed to sunlight, and grind them into slurry with a stone mill after they are full. After foaming, packaging (filtering residue), boiling in a pot to make bean juice, cooling, putting into a barrel or vat, adding gypsum, sealing for 20 minutes to make tofu, and adding ingredients such as halogen and oil to eat. Those who like spicy food can add fried red pepper.
Laowangzhai donkey meat
Laowangzhai donkey meat: a traditional famous food in Gaotang. Gaotang donkey meat is famous far and wide, and Laowangzhai donkey meat in Yinji Township of Gaotang is better, and its donkey meat processing has a history of more than 300 years. Because the local people commonly call donkeys ghosts, they call donkey meat "devil meat". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was exported to Japan and Southeast Asian countries, and it was also presented to the court as a tribute. The processing method of "devil meat" in Laowangzhai is unique, with complete medicinal materials and exquisite technology. Its product is sauce purple, fragrant and delicious, fragrant but not greasy, rotten but not scattered, and has the functions of promoting blood circulation, lowering blood pressure, nourishing and benefiting the body. Donkey whip is called "golden money meat", which has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. When local people entertain guests, there is a saying that "there is no feast without donkey meat".
Wu Dalang sesame seed cake
Wu Dalang sesame seed cake: a famous food in Luxi. It originated in the Jingyou period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Originally called "Cooking Cake", it was later renamed "Wu Dalang Sesame Cake". It is famous all over the world because it is described in two classical masterpieces, Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei. Wu Dalang sesame seed cake is golden, crisp and fragrant, with beautiful appearance and attractive appetite. Over the years, through the continuous innovation and improvement of chefs of past dynasties, it has become a fine work, crispy and delicious, easy to carry and a good gift for relatives and friends.
Tofu with pallet
Linqing traditional famous food. Because the seller always cuts it and sells it on a special rectangular board, it is called "pallet tofu". In Linqing, every day from morning till night, you can see a handcart, a bicycle or a small shoulder, with a large piece of trembling, watery and warm tofu wrapped in white cloth, which men, women and children compete to buy. Especially in the morning, you can see customers holding pallets of tofu everywhere in the streets and lanes, who are full of sweetness and relish. Water tofu is made of superior soybeans, which are peeled and soaked, ground into juice, filtered out with cloth, boiled in a pot, and carefully ordered with brine. Its characteristics are tender, delicate, sweet and rich in nutrition, which is convenient for human digestion and absorption. It is a convenient and delicious fast food.
Eight batches of fruit
Eight batches of fruits are traditionally famous in Liaocheng. Eight batches of fruit is a kind of fried snack. Because the fried fruit is divided into eight strips with two ends connected, it is oval, so it is named "Eight batches of fruit". When making eight batches of fruits, the dough is mixed with alum, alkali and salt, and the oil consumption is large when frying. Each batch of dough fried by hot oil swells due to bubbles, and its color is golden yellow, and its crispness can not be picked up when it falls to the ground. Eight batches of fruits are one of the main breakfast foods for Liaocheng residents. And can be store for a long time, and is a delicious breakfast food.
Liaocheng guda
Liaocheng Guada Liaocheng traditional famous food. Created in the Qing Dynasty, it has a history of more than 200 years, and has been included in the book "China Famous Foods". Yes, it's a kind of fried stuffing snack, especially Shazhen Gua Ta. There are many kinds of fillings, such as meat stuffing, egg stuffing and mixed stuffing of meat and eggs (also known as "wind stirring snow"). When making, the instant noodle and the instant noodle are prepared in different proportions according to the seasonal changes, rolled with the prepared stuffing, compacted at both ends, rolled into a rectangle, and then fried in an oil pan. The food is crisp and delicious, and it is popular with the masses because of its stuffing and noodles. In downtown towns and rural areas, there are stalls all the year round.