Dunhuang’s specialties include handmade carpets, colored sculptures, craft camels, luminous cups, crystal cups, craft calligraphy and painting, batik, Dunhuang apocynum tea, Dunhuang melon, Dunhuang grapes, famous mountain jujubes, Dunhuang Li Guangxing, Yangguan Grapes, Li Guangtao, Zhubingxiang pear, Dunhuang Cynomorium cynomorium, jujube, Dunhuang apocynum, donkey meat yellow noodles, fruit pulp noodles, air-dried buns, Yu Qian rice.

Dunhuang Specialty 1: Dunhuang Melon

Dunhuang Melon is a specialty fruit of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, with a long history. According to historical records, it has become a tribute as early as the Han Dynasty. Dunhuang has a unique geographical environment, abundant sunshine, and four distinct seasons. It produces a variety of melons, including Cannonball Melon, Weimihong, Kekeqi, Yellow River Honey, Golden Queen, etc.

Dunhuang Specialty 2: Donkey Meat Yellow Noodles

Yellow noodles are also a kind of wheat flour product. They are as thin as dragon whiskers, as long as gold threads, elastic and tensile. After cooking, mix it with soup or add vegetables to eat. It is fragrant and has a unique flavor. The technology for making yellow noodles is extremely sophisticated and the operation is very difficult.

Dunhuang specialty three: slurry water surface

The third of the eight Dunhuang monsters, slurry noodles, to make slurry noodles, first make slurry water. Put celery, white cabbage, and lotus root into the noodle soup, add the slurry fermentation agent, put it in a jar, and ferment it in a warm place for three days to make a sour and delicious slurry water. Contains a variety of beneficial enzymes, which can clear away heat and stimulate appetite. It is a good product in summer. After the hand-rolled noodles are cooked, boil them in cold water and place them in a bowl. Add the slurry, pour in the chopped green onion, and sprinkle with coriander powder to form a slurry surface.