1, Beijing Roast Duck

Roasted duck is a world-renowned Beijing's famous dishes, originated in China during the North and South Dynasties, "Food Jen Records" has been recorded sizzling duck, at that time is the court food. It is made of high-quality Peking duck, roasted over charcoal with fruitwood, with reddish color, fat but not greasy meat, crispy outside and tender inside.

The Peking Duck is divided into two schools, and the most famous duck restaurants in Beijing are representatives of the two schools. It is known as "the world's delicious" for its red color, tender meat, mellow flavor, and fat but not greasy.

2. Monkey

Monkey is a traditional handicraft in old Beijing. Monkeys, as nature's little elves, are sensitive, lively and have a natural flavor. Here we are not talking about monkeys in nature, but a kind of traditional artwork unique to Old Beijing. The art of woolen monkeys perfectly combines the natural interest of monkeys with the creations of artists, creating a wonderful artistic realm.

3. Sugar Blowers

Sugar blowers were an industry in Beijing in the olden days, known as "Sugar Blowers" in Peking dialect, and one of the folk handicrafts in China. The vendors walked along the streets with picks on their shoulders, and one end of the picks was a rectangular cabinet with a shelf, and under the cabinet there was a semicircular open wooden cage with a small charcoal stove, and a big spoon on the stove was filled with sugar (obtained by dissolving maltose).

According to legend, the ancestor of the candy blower was Liu Bo Wen, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

4. Beijing Lacquer Carving

Beijing lacquer carving is an ancient local traditional handicraft. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is different from general lacquer ware.

Generally known as lacquerware, the main expression is to paint lacquer on the lacquer tires or carve flowers on the lacquerware and then coated with a layer of lacquer, but also inlaid or painted with lacquer colors on the design, patterns, etc., the variety of products is mainly indoor furniture.

Beijing carving lacquer is not, it is to carve the specialty. In the lacquer tire coated with dozens of layers to hundreds of layers of lacquer, 15 to 25 millimeters thick, and then carve with a knife, so it is called "carved lacquer".

In the history books carved lacquer can also be called "tick red", which is the customary name, because in ancient times in the carved lacquer products, mainly in red and green colors.

5, donkey roll

Donkey roll, is one of the Northeast, Beijing and Tianjin Wei traditional snacks, the finished product of yellow, white and red colors, is very beautiful. It is named "Donkey Roll" because the soybean flour sprinkled on the final product is like the yellow soil raised by wild donkeys rolling around in the countryside of old Beijing.

The raw materials of "donkey rolls" are yellow rice flour, soybean flour, clarified sand, sugar, sesame oil, cinnamon, green and red silk and melon seeds. The production of donkey rolls is divided into three processes: making blanks, stuffing and molding.

Doing a good job of "donkey rolls" outer layer of sticky soybean noodles, was golden yellow, sweet soybean filling, soft in the mouth, distinctive flavor, bean filling melt in the mouth, sweet into the heart, soybean noodles into the mouth can be not chewed, carefully taste, is a traditional snack for young and old alike.

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