Yangzhou cuisine belongs to the Huaiyang cuisine. Its main characteristics are: strict selection of ingredients, fine knife skills, outstanding main ingredients, attention to the original flavor, attention to fire work, good at stewing, clear and mellow soup, thick but not greasy. , light and tender, unique shape, salty and slightly sweet, suitable for both north and south. Yangzhou chefs are good at carving fruits and vegetables. Huaiyang cuisine is as famous as Beijing, Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine, and is known as the "Southeast Delicious Food".
The famous dishes in Yangzhou include eight-treasure gourd, grilled pig head, flying colorful butterflies, Yangzhou Wuting Bridge, Pipa prawns, chrysanthemum conches, etc. Red Mansion Banquet, Three Head Banquet, and Whole Lotus Root Banquet are the three pearls of Yangzhou cuisine.
The Red Mansion Banquet is an innovation of the dishes written in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions". The author Cao Xueqin once stayed in Yangzhou for a long time. When his grandfather Cao Yin went to Yangzhou to pick up Emperor Kangxi, he also hosted a banquet in honor of the Sixth Division and the Hundred Palaces. The famous Red Mansion scholar Feng Qiyong said: "Red Mansion cuisine is really the system of Yangzhou cuisine."
The three-head banquet is a banquet developed from three traditional famous dishes in Yangzhou: braised silver carp head, stewed lion head, and grilled whole pig head. The lion's head is tender and not greasy; the silver carp head has a mellow taste; and the whole pig's head is fragrant, all with a strong local flavor.
The Whole Lotus Root Banquet is a unique feast created by Baoying, which has always been known as the "Hometown of Lotus Roots", based on the preparation methods inherited from its ancestors and innovating more than 50 kinds of lotus root dishes.
In addition, Yangzhou snacks are also very famous. For example, Yangzhou dried tofu: a piece of dried tofu can be divided into seventeen layers and then cut into shreds, which are as thin as hair. Crab roe buns: It is best in October every year. It is made from plump crab roe and mixed with refined white flour. It is the best snack in Yangzhou. There are also Yangzhou spring rolls, sandwich buns, dried vegetable buns, etc., all of which have a strong local flavor. Almost all of these famous snacks can be tasted at Siwangting Food Street or Yechun Garden Food Street. In addition, some time-honored hotels: Fuchun Teahouse, Caigenxiang Restaurant, Yangzhou Hotel, *** Hechun Restaurant, Luyang Village, Fumanlou, etc. also provide various snacks, Qionglinyuan, Xiyuan Hotel, Zhenyuan Hotel, Dongyuan Hotel, New World Restaurant, Qionghua Building, Yangzhou Building, and Palace Restaurant also have all kinds of exquisite snacks. It seems that "eating in Yangzhou" is really well-deserved.
Top ten famous dishes: Sanding buns, Thousand Layer Oil Cake, Shuangma Crispy Cake, Jade Shaomai, Dried Vegetable Steamed Buns, Wild Duck Vegetable Steamed Buns, Glutinous Rice Steamed Steamed Dumplings, Steamed Crab Roe Steamed Dumplings, Cheji Shaomai, and Shredded Chicken Rolls.
Top Ten Flavor Snacks: Bamboo Shoot Pot Stickers, Yangzhou Cake, Crab Shell Yolk, Egg Burnt, Salty Pot Cake, Radish Crisp Cake, Shredded Chicken Rolls, Three Fresh Pot Cake, Osmanthus Sugar Lotus Root Porridge, Three Colors Oil dumplings.
Top ten specialty snacks: Sixi glutinous rice balls, raw meat and lotus root clips, tofu rolls, bamboo shoot meat dumplings, red bean yuanxiao, five kernel cakes, scallion pancakes, Huangqiao Shaobing, shrimp roe dumpling noodles, bamboo shoots Meat Ravioli.
Attractions:
Slender West Lake
“The weeping poplars are constantly picking up the remaining weeds, and the Yantooth Rainbow Bridge is like a painting. It is also a pot of gold, so it should be called Slender West Lake. West Lake."
Slender West Lake is located in the northwest of Yangzhou City. It has been a scenic spot since the Six Dynasties. It flourished during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and became a symbol of Yangzhou's elegance and splendor.
The beauty of Slender West Lake mainly lies in its twists and turns. Compared with Hangzhou West Lake, one looks like a plump and graceful young woman, and the other looks like a slender and graceful maiden. The ten-mile Slender West Lake has twenty-four bridges, Wuting Bridge, White Tower, Dahong Bridge, Xiaojin Mountain, Xu Garden, Chuitai, Moon View and other scenic spots. Slender West Lake is characterized by its "thinness". The lake surface is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, with sparse trees on both sides and simple and colorful garden buildings. During the boat ride, the scenery is constantly changing and fascinating.
Transportation: You can take No. 21 or No. 22 to get there. It is located opposite Daming Temple.
Ticket: 80 yuan
Combined ticket for attractions: 120 yuan (including Slender West Lake, Ge Garden, He Garden)
Daming Temple
Shugang Zhongfeng, located northwest of Yangzhou City, is an ancient temple built in the Liu and Song Dynasties of the Southern Dynasties. Master Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty once presided over this temple and taught scriptures and laws. There is a nine-story Qiling Pagoda in the temple. The great poets Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, etc. all visited the site to compose poems, which became a legend. Jianzhen traveled eastward to spread the Dharma and was a pioneer in Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. The Jianzhen Memorial Hall in Daming Temple today is a Tang Dynasty-style building. The foundation stone was laid in 1963 on the 1,200th anniversary of Jianzhen’s death and completed in 1973. The seated statue of Jianzhen made of dry lacquer is enshrined on the Xumizuo in the main hall. It has its eyes closed in meditation, with an expression Perseverance and tranquility. In the front yard there is a precious Qionghua tree that is more than ten feet tall. It has lush leaves and flowers that bloom as white as a jade plate in spring. It is known as "Yangzhou Qionghua, unparalleled in the world".
Pingshan Hall is located in the "Old Immortal Hall" on the west side of the Main Hall of Daming Temple. It was built by the Northern Song Dynasty writer Ouyang Xiu when he was the prefect of Yangzhou. There are also plaques in this hall with the words "Merry Wan Zai" and "Sitting on Flowers and Carrying the Moon", and on the north eaves of the hall there is a plaque inscribed by Lin Zhaoyuan "The distant mountains come to this hall to make peace". When visitors come here, they feel nostalgic for the past.
Transportation: Take bus 21 from the bus station and bus 22 from West Bus Station.
Ticket: 45 yuan
Ge Garden
Located on Dongguan Street, it was built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. It was the private garden of Huang Zhiyun, the then Lianghuai salt merchant. . There are many kinds of bamboo in the garden, and the owner of the garden especially loves bamboo. He believes that bamboo is solid, has a weak heart, has a straight body, is chaste, and has the style of a gentleman. The shape of the bamboo leaves is similar to the character "ge", hence the name "Ge Garden".
Ge Garden is famous for its exquisitely stacked rockeries.
The rockery adopts the technique of dividing peaks and stacking stones, using different stones to express the scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It is known as the "four-season rockery". A week in the garden will allow you to experience the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It is actually the most local characteristic scene in Yangzhou gardens.
Transportation: Take bus 1 from the bus station and bus 8 from the West Bus Station.
Ticket: 40 yuan
Coupon ticket for attractions: 120 yuan. (Combined ticket for Slender West Lake Scenic Area, Ge Garden, and He Garden)
He Garden
He Garden is also known as Jixiao Villa. Built during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, it is a representative work of garden architecture in the late Qing Dynasty. The garden's boat hall, corridors, fish ponds, rockeries, flowers and trees are well-proportioned, and the layout is so profound that the scenery changes with each step. Although this garden is located in an urban area, the cool breeze and green smoke remain within one wall, so it has the reputation of "urban forest".
Transportation: Take No. 1 from the bus station and No. 19 from the West Bus Station.
Ticket: 40 yuan
Combined ticket for attractions: 120 yuan.
(Combined ticket for Slender West Lake Scenic Area, Ge Garden, and He Garden)