Ningbo glutinous rice balls, also known as Ningbo lard glutinous rice balls, are mainly made of glutinous rice, black sesame, lard, sugar and osmanthus. In this method, glutinous rice is made into dry and non-sticky water milling powder by using slurry hanging technology; Then, black sesame seeds are ground into powder, and sparerib oil and sugar are added. Mixing to form stuffing; Take water mill powder as the skin blank, wrap it with stuffing, knead it into a circle, cook it in a boiling water pot, and sprinkle a little sugar, osmanthus fragrans and red and green silk. Ningbo tangyuan is white and bright, waxy but not sticky, with smooth skin and moist stuffing, and sweet taste. Since 1990s, new varieties such as "Ma Tang Rong Tuan" and "Quick-frozen Tang Tuan" have been introduced and exported to Japan, Hongkong and Macau, which are very popular.
To this day, Xikou people still have the traditional custom of getting together to eat jiaozi on the morning of the Spring Festival. The Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and the winter solstice also require the whole family to eat jiaozi, which means reunion and beauty. Youth League is a festival food in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Xikou, and it is also one of Xikou people's favorite snacks.
Qing Tuan is a kind of green cake made of grass head juice. The method is as follows: firstly, prepare glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, bean paste stuffing, wormwood and other materials. Wash the wormwood and blanch it with water. When blanching, you can add a little lime water to remove bitterness. You can wash it several times if you don't add it. Then add some water and break it with a household blender to get wormwood juice. Mix glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour according to the ratio of 3: 1, add wormwood juice to make dough, then add stuffing to make fist-sized jiaozi, and the last step is steaming on fire. After steaming, let the green balls cool and you can eat them. Validity of tickets: one day for scenic spots and two days for unified tickets.
Unified ticket for Xikou Scenic Area -230 yuan/person (unified ticket for Xikou Scenic Area+traffic ticket for Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area)
Unified ticket for Xikou Scenic Area -200 yuan/person
Jiang's hometown scenic spot-120 yuan/person
Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area-120 yuan/person
Xuedoushan scenic spot traffic ticket
Travel in Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area, sightseeing bus-30 yuan/person (visitors can take any sightseeing bus Xiaxuedou Mountain).
Sightseeing train single ticket 45 yuan/person, cableway single ticket 35 yuan/person, cableway and sightseeing train single ticket 50 yuan/person.
Ticket information of other scenic spots
Shangshanggang Scenic Area -50 yuan/person
50 yuan/People Airlines: ningbo lishe international airport has opened more than 50 domestic and international civil aviation routes with direct flights to Hongkong, Xiamen, Beijing and other cities. The airport is 20 kilometers away from Xikou scenic spot, and it can be reached in 20 minutes by car.
Railway: Xikou Scenic Area is 32km away from Ningbo Railway Station, which can be connected with the national railway through Xiao Yong Railway, and can directly reach all parts of the country through transit. The newly-built 1 hour railway traffic circle shortens the time from Ningbo to Hangzhou to 1 hour, and the time from Ningbo to Shanghai is shortened by two and a half hours.
Highway: Xikou Scenic Area is 30 kilometers away from Ningbo. The Yong Lin Line (provincial highway) leading from Ningbo to the south and Fujian and Guangdong and the coastal passage from Tongjiang in Heilongjiang to Sanya in Hainan (Tongsan Expressway) are adjacent to Xikou Scenic Area. The Jiangba Line (provincial highway) and Jinyong (Ningbo Jinhua) Expressway (under construction) in the east of Zhejiang and the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains pass through the territory. The three links between Tongsan, Jinyong and Shanghai-Ningbo will cross Xikou Scenic Area, which will bring great convenience to cities all over the country to visit Xikou Scenic Area.
The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which was opened to traffic in May 2008, starts from Cixi, Ningbo in the south and ends at Haiyan, Jiaxing in the north, shortening the expressway distance from Ningbo to Shanghai to170km, making it the longest bridge in the world. After the opening of 5438+0 on May 6, 2008, a two-hour "Golden Triangle" traffic circle was formed between Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo. It takes only 2 hours from Shanghai to Ningbo by Hangzhou Bay Bridge.
1. There is a special bus from Shanghai Tourism Distribution Center to Xikou. Depart from hongkou football stadium at 6: 30 am on Saturday, depart from Shanghai Stadium at 7: 00 am, and return from Xikou at 16: 00 pm on Sunday. The tour package includes round-trip air tickets and scenic spot tickets, totaling 335 yuan.
2. Take the bus to Xikou at the South Bus Station next to Ningbo Railway Station every 6 minutes. The fare is 1 1.5 yuan, the whole journey is 35km, and it takes more than half an hour. There is a shuttle bus from 6 am to 19 am. Lishe airport, Ningbo is only15km away from Xikou. Take a taxi from 40 yuan. In addition, there are a lot of buses running between Xikou and Fenghua, Yuyao and Xinchang.
3. Drive from downtown to Fenghua, Ningbo, and take the county road to Xikou along the highway signs. Internal transportation: as soon as you arrive at Xikou bus station, you can buy the bus ticket for the day. For each 50 yuan, the ticket price for this day is all-inclusive, and then you can take the bus of any ticketing company in the scenic spot and then transfer to the next scenic spot.
4. You can go north along Wenfu Railway or go south from Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo bullet train, get off at Fenghua Station of Yongtaiwen Railway, then take Fenghua bus to Fenghua South Station, and then take Fenghua bus to Xikou. When you arrive at Xikou, you can take a tricycle to visit Chiang's former residence in the town. If you want to go up the mountain, you can take the bus of Xuedou Mountain Travel Company in Xikou, and the fare is included in the joint ticket.