Yueyang Tower, located in Dongting North Road, Yueyang District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, is located on the west gate wall of Yueyang Ancient City, adjacent to Dongting Lake, overlooking Dongting and Junshan ahead; It was founded in the 20th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (2 15).
1, lotus seeds produced in Hunan
Xianglian is one of the famous products in Yueyang. It is big and full, white and round, delicate in texture, sweet in fragrance and rich in nutrition. It is a must-have for Yueyang banquet. Zhou Dunyi, a famous philosopher in the Northern Song Dynasty, called the lotus a gentleman in the article "Love Lotus", praising it for being muddy but not stained, clear but not demon. The fruit of lotus is a popular food-lotus seed. Lotus seeds are divided into white lotus and red lotus. White lotus is the top grade of lotus seeds, with large particles, oval shape, white flesh color, tender and soft. Red lotus granules are small and sharp, long in shape, reddish in color, rough and hard.
2. Yueyang Sanzheng
Yueyang Sanzheng is a special food in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Yueyang Sanzheng is a famous traditional dish of Han nationality unique to Yueyang, Hunan Province, which belongs to Hunan steamed cuisine. There are three flavors in the three steamed dishes, beef is a home-cooked dish, meatballs are salty and delicious, and pumpkin is original. The method is simple, but the idea is novel. Yueyang Three Steaming Method: Raw materials: beef tenderloin, peeled pumpkin, rice each150g, lean pork powder100g, and glutinous rice 50g. Seasoning: 20g douban, 5g soy sauce, 8g monosodium glutamate, 5g pepper, 3g salt, ginger rice, garlic rice and chopped green onion10g each, 8g sesame oil, 20g cooking wine and 2 eggs.
3, Dongting 1 seedless melon
Dongting 1 seedless watermelon, also known as "Xiang Watermelon 1 1", is a new watermelon variety successfully selected and studied by Yueyang Agricultural Institute for many years. It has high sugar content, excellent quality and strong market competitiveness, and is deeply loved by consumers. The main economic characters of Dongting 1 seedless watermelon are: "high yield, large and uniform fruit." The SLR weighs about 5 kg, and the maximum can reach 10 kg or more. Results The index was 1.36— 1.7, with an average yield of about 3,500 kg per mu and a high yield of 5,000 kg. Good quality, bright red flesh, tender and refreshing meat, less fiber, high edible rate, high sugar content and good flavor. In normal years, the content of soluble solids in the center can reach more than 12%, and it is 8%-9% near the skin, with few white dents and no colored dents. Strong stress resistance, high resistance to anthracnose, epidemic disease and Fusarium wilt, strong resistance to damp heat and wide adaptability.
4. Yueyang tortoise and snake wine
Yueyang Tortoise and Snake Wine is known as "Baling Treasure" and "Fairy Wine", and has enjoyed a good reputation in China since ancient times. Authentic Yueyang tortoise and snake wine is made of Dongting fragrant glutinous rice and clear spring water from Liuyi well, and distilled by ancient stone retort. Then, the scarab, tortoise, cobra, bungarus multicinctus and bungarus multicinctus were soaked in a wine jar, and more than 20 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, such as Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Lycium barbarum and royal jelly, were mixed, sealed in Chen Fang, stored underground and taken out one or two years later. Yueyang tortoise and snake wine has an alcohol content of 38 degrees, a transparent liquor, a deep red color, a soft and sweet taste, a mellow taste and a strong aroma, and contains 18 amino acids needed by human body. It is nutritious, has the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting qi and blood circulation, refreshing the brain, strengthening tendons and bones, and is a precious tonic.
5. Monopterus albus slices
Braised fish fillets are mainly made of eels. Monopterus albus, also known as Monopterus albus, is commonly known as long fish and scalless fish. Hunan is one of the main producing areas, with the largest output in Dongting Lake area. Every100g of eel contains17.2-18.8g of protein and 0.9-10.2g of fat, in addition, it also contains minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is sweet and warm, and has the effects of tonifying deficiency, removing rheumatism, strengthening bones and muscles and strengthening kidney yang. Compendium of Materia Medica records that eel blood can cure earache and nosebleed. Eel meat is tender, with less thorns and thicker meat. Eels are the fattest from May to June every year. It is made by stewing, and the eel slices are fresh, tender, moist, mellow and soft. There is also a folk saying that "Monopterus albus competes for summer ginseng". This dish is a traditional dish in Hunan.