The mountain city of Suichang is a city of gourmet food. Tasting a signature dish is to reminisce about a period of history. With one bite of the many authentic snacks, you can feel the enthusiasm, honesty and simplicity of the locals.

Those taste bud classics that have gone through the years have preserved the culture and memory of this city.

The long-lasting rice dumplings, the soft and chewy yellow rice cakes, the crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the lifelike sugar paintings... Come to Suichang and start a journey of intangible cultural heritage food.

Suichang yellow rice cake is a magical combination of plant ash and japonica rice, creating a delicacy that lasts year after year.

From finding plants, to steaming, to making dough balls, the unique flavor captures the stomachs of people in the mountain city of Suichang.

The bright yellow, tender and delicious yellow rice glutinous rice can be boiled, stir-fried, hot pot or grilled. It is a delicacy that makes people give thumbs up.

@南TriangleStudio Suichang Youtong Kueh is the most familiar local snack in the streets and alleys.

The golden and crispy skin is wrapped with salty and thick shredded sauerkraut and radish, which is shaped like the "Pudun" in the temple. Once you take a bite, your lips and teeth will be fragrant after eating, and you will have endless aftertaste. It has become a market delicacy that brightens the daily life of Suichang citizens.

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@Southern Triangle Studio When drawing the shapes of sugar paintings, Suichang artists scoop up the melted sugar juice with a small spoon, quickly cast it back and forth on the oil-brushed stone slab, draw the shape, and then use a small spatula to melt the sugar.

The painting is scooped up and bamboo sticks are glued on.

The process of making sugar paintings requires skillful craftsmen. According to the drawings in their minds, they can finish the work in one go while the sugar is hot before the sugar juice solidifies.

Sugar paintings have a wide range of themes, mostly auspicious patterns popular with the general public such as opera characters, ancient totems, birds and animals.

In addition to some common flat paintings, there are also three-dimensional sugar paintings of different styles such as exquisite flower baskets, which look like decorations and are hard to bear to eat.

@Southern Triangle Studio Suichang, long rice dumplings are also long-lasting love rice dumplings. During the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will wrap long rice dumplings at home, waiting for their children and grandchildren to come home to reunite and maintain family ties; similarly, there is still a popular saying among the people: new people and new people.

It is a custom to "send Dragon Boat Festival" after marriage. On Dragon Boat Festival, the man sends long rice dumplings to his mother-in-law's family. The longer the rice dumplings, the stronger the friendship. It means the longevity of the newlyweds and the longevity and happiness of the elders.

Among the soft glutinous rice dumplings in Suichang, some are wrapped with classic prunes, which you will never tire of eating; some are wrapped with oily salted egg yolk, which is rich in flavor and meat; some are wrapped with dense bean paste, which is sweet but not greasy;

Others are wrapped in red dates and fresh meat, a perfect blend of sweet and salty.

@Looking for Planet As the saying goes: Children watch the New Year, and adults watch farming; because only during the New Year can you eat fish and tofu for a few days.

The children are very excited, counting down with their fingers every day, looking forward to that day coming soon. Even if the beautiful life in a year is so short, it is enough to make people yearn for it.

New Year Tofu, which means "New Year's wealth", is an indispensable dish during the Chinese New Year, and now it is also a daily home-cooked delicacy.

@南Triangle Studio Suichang rice (baiqu) wine is an extremely important flavor in the New Year.

After winter, almost every household in Suichang has the habit of brewing their own rice wine. Over time, the brewed rice wine turns amber-colored, as gentle as jade, has a rich, delicate and smooth taste, and exudes an alluring and fragrant aroma.

After drinking it, a warm current flows from the throat to the stomach, dispelling all the coldness of winter.