First, Tongan sealed meat
Tongan meat seal is a unique dish in Xiamen. It is said that "Tongan Fengrou" is a dish made to commemorate Wang as the "King of Fujian". It is called "sealed meat" because the whole meat is mixed with chestnuts, mushrooms and shrimps, and then put into a bowl and steamed in a steamer until the lid can be lifted after serving. Tongan meat is very soft and waxy, even people who don't like it can eat it. Therefore, it is very popular in the local area, and many tourists from other places will take some home.
Second, Xiamen School
Xiamen pie is a traditional snack in Xiamen, with a history of 100 years. This is a pie snack made of high-quality flour, lard and mung beans. It is also divided into sweet cake and salty cake, which can satisfy different tastes. It has also become a famous local specialty in Xiamen.
Third, the ginger duck
Ginger duck is a famous traditional dish in southern Fujian and one of Xiamen's special cuisines. Ginger duck was originally a court dish, and later spread to the people. In Xiamen, ginger duck is also a necessary dish for holiday reunion, which is very popular.
Fourth, Nanputuo vegetarian cake
Nanputuo vegetarian cake has the reputation of "the first vegetarian cake in Xiamen" and won the Jinding Award, which is well-known at home and abroad. Fragrant and sweet, lingering flavor, the pie is golden in color, small and exquisite, with no oil stains on the surface, refreshing and clean. All the ingredients are high-quality refined white flour and mung beans, which are easy to melt at the entrance, resulting in a cold feeling and the effect of eating without being greasy.
Five, sweet potato powder.
Sweet potato powder is the staple food for Xiang 'an people to entertain guests. Xiang' an people like sweet potato flour dumplings so much, except for their own beauty, there are historical legends.
It is said that Hong Chaoxuan, a scholar of Jiajing, came from a poor family. On the eve of going to Beijing to take the exam, his mother wanted to cook a delicious meal to see her son off, but there was only a little porridge, sweet potato powder and oysters and amphioxus sent by others at home. Mother mixed the sweet potato powder and porridge with water to make a paste, then put it in a pot and baked it into a thin sweet potato powder crust. After taking it out of the pot, she cut it into strips. After adding Shanghai oyster and amphioxus, she cooked the sweet potato powder crust, which made Hong Chaoxuan unforgettable.
Six, Shoukaku Golden Green Fruit
Shoukaku Golden Green Fruit, also known as Olive, was spread by Yan Jiachun candied fruit in Xiamen, and made into licorice candied fruit, which can be used as medicine and edible. Since then, it has also become one of the specialties of Xiamen, Fujian. Golden olive is made from fresh green olives by peeling and removing stones. It tastes sweet and sour, delicious and chewy. It is very appetizing and a traditional local snack suitable for all ages.
Seven, Tongan Fenglisui longan
Tongan Fenglisui Longan is a famous fruit in Tongan District of Xiamen. It matures at the end of August and the beginning of September every year. Mature fruits have bright and sweet flesh and small stones, which can be used as snacks, snacks and medicines.
Eight, Ma Xiang amphioxus
Maxiang amphioxus is a rare specialty in Xiamen. Xiamen amphioxus is very small, only 3-4 cm long, but its nutritional value is very rich. It is rich in 70% protein and various inorganic salts. It can be used as our snack or fried into small dried fish. It's very crisp and delicious.
Nine, Xiamen nougat
Xiamen nougat is one of the famous local specialties. Nougat has a very rich milk flavor, and there are many nuts with different flavors. There are many nougat shops in the local area, and there are many choices of tastes. It is very good to eat or give away.
X. Huang Shengji Dried Pork
Huangshengji Dried Pork is a famous specialty in Xiamen with a history of 170 years. Huang Shengji's meat floss is exquisite in materials and exquisite in craftsmanship. Because of its unique and delicious taste, it sells well every year.
In fact, there are many specialties in Xiamen: Xiamen Pie, Pork Breast, Fish Skin Peanut, Yellow and pineapple cake, Crocodile Island Oyster Sauce, Gulangyu Pie, Shacha Sauce, Egg Crisp and so on. You can try it yourself if you have the chance.
Xiamen climate environment
Xiamen has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate [42], which is mild and rainy. The annual average temperature is about 2 1℃, and there is no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. The annual average rainfall is about1200mm, with the maximum rainfall from May to August every year, and the wind is generally 3-4, and the northeast wind is the dominant wind. Due to the temperature difference airflow in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by 4 ~ 5 typhoons on average every year, and most of them are concentrated in July ~ September.
Xiamen topography
Xiamen is dominated by coastal plains, terraces and hills. Xiamen's topography inclines from northwest to southeast, with various types of topography, including Zhongshan, low mountains, high hills, low hills, platforms, plains and beaches. There are many middle and low mountains in the northwest, among which Genting Mountain, located at the junction of Tongan and Anxi, is the highest mountain in the city at an altitude of 1 175.2 meters. From northwest to southeast, there are high hills, low hills, terraces, marine plains and tidal flats in turn, and Xiamen Island and Gulangyu Island are in the south. Genting Mountain [40] is the highest peak in Xiamen, Genting Rock is the highest peak in Xiamen Island and Sunlight Rock is the highest peak in Gulangyu Island.