Special snacks in Huadu include: Jingtang lotus root, Yanghe lychee, Xintang red honey star fruit, Xintian Ercun radish, Shiqian chicken, etc.

1. Jingtang lotus root

The Jingtang lotus root in Huadong Town covers an area of ??80 acres. It grows purely naturally and does not require artificial sowing. It is harvested by people in late autumn and early winter every year. No need to plant, it is inexhaustible. Jingtang lotus root is slender and longer than ordinary lotus root, about 1.5 meters to 2 meters long and weighs 1.5-2 kilograms. After being boiled or stewed, it becomes fragrant and mellow.

2. Yanghe lychee

"Yanghe lychee" has been planted in Huadu for hundreds of years, with a planting area of ??about 5,000 to 6,000 acres, and its varieties include Guiwei and glutinous rice. Branches and locust branches are mainly old locust trees. The best time to harvest fresh lychees is from the end of June to the beginning of July every year. Suitable for eating fresh or dried. The flesh of Sophora japonica is milky white, soft and juicy, sweet and sour in taste, with large and long cores and occasionally small cores.

3. Xintang Red Honey Carambola

The "Red Honey Carambola Base" is located in farmland without environmental pollution, with a planting area of ??about 100 acres. It is open every May, June and New Year's Day. Harvest before and after. Red honey star fruit is bright in color, golden with reddish color, and has a unique honey-like flavor. The fruit is plump, juicy and less residue, and the meat is crisp and delicious. It is rich in vitamins and soluble sugar. It has the functions of clearing and moistening the throat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, producing body fluid to stop drinking, sobering up and detoxifying.

4. Xintian Ercun radish

Xintian Ercun radish is divided into two types: "early white" and "late flowering white". They grow in the sandy soil formed by the alluvial flow of the Liuxi River. . Its quality skin is smooth and white, large in size, less in crude fiber, crisp and sweet, with good taste and thin skin and tender meat. It can be eaten raw or cooked.

5. Shiqian Chicken

The "Shiqian Village" in Huadong Town is surrounded by national ecological public welfare forests. The trees on the mountains maintain the water source of Jiulongtan Reservoir. There are many pheasants on the mountain, as well as many rare birds, as well as yellow pheasants, wild boars and other animals. The chickens raised in this village are very famous, and many people come here to taste the "Shiqian Chicken".

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