Duck Asleep on Snow is one of the most famous delicacies of Weishan Lake. The dish is made by steaming and deep-frying a local duck breed called "ma ya," then seasoning it with yellow bean paste, chili oil, and pepper. It is served on a plate lined with steamed egg whites. Commonly known as Crispy Aromatic Duck, the dish features a light coffee-colored crispy skin, tender flesh that is pale red tinged with white, with a crispy exterior and tender interior—delicious and refreshingly flavorful. …
【Four-Nose Carp】 Primarily found in Weishan Lake and the Wei River. This type of carp features bright red dorsal and caudal fins, golden-yellow scales along its sides, and a row of dark brown spots in the middle resembling a silver thread—making it very beautiful. Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, one day as he sailed through Weishan Lake, he stopped at the bow to admire the lake and mountain scenery...
"Shuiboliangshan" cuisine features novel and beautiful presentations, embodying the characteristics of Shuiboliangshan, and can be described as excellent in color, shape, and taste. The preparation method is as follows: remove the skins and pits from jujubes, thicken with starch, then deep-fry until the skin hardens; prepare a glossy sugar syrup, pour it while slightly warm onto a large plate to form the shape of "Liángshān," using fruit juice as water to create a reflection of mountains and water. Then, use a variety of...
Liangshan Sesame Cake, also known as charcoal stove horseshoe-shaped sesame cake, was created by a person surnamed Chen in the mid-Qing Dynasty and is one of the famous flour-based delicacies. It uses high-quality flour, sesame seeds, vegetable oil, and maltose syrup as ingredients. The round cakes are made with their backs attached to the inside of an upside-down iron pot and then baked over a low flame using charcoal. Its characteristics include: round shape, thin in the middle and thick at the edges…
Jinxian Roast Lamb originated during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of several hundred years. The selection of ingredients and preparation methods for Jinxian Roast Lamb are extremely strict, with meticulous craftsmanship ensuring excellent color, aroma, and taste. It is delicious, pleasant to eat, highly nutritious, and renowned for its nourishing properties, making it a famous local dish in the food industry of Jinxian. …
Yanzhou has a long history and is a land of outstanding people. The area is rich in underground coal resources, with high-quality coal and a geological reserve of 3.35 billion tons, of which 2.031 billion tons are recoverable. The coal produced here is mainly high-quality gas coal and fat coal. What is commonly referred to as "Yanzhou Coal" is primarily gas coal, one of the main types of coal in the Shandong Carboniferous-Permian coalfield...
"Sun Paper" is a general term for various types of paper produced by Shandong Sun Paper Co., Ltd. As an enterprise honored with titles such as "One of China’s Top Ten Most Economically Efficient Papermaking Companies," "AAA Top Credit Enterprise," and "Famous Enterprise Group of Shandong Province," Shandong Sun Paper boasts production lines that meet international and domestic advanced standards and an annual production capacity of…
Among the famous local specialties in Yanzhou, pepper soup stands out as the top choice. There’s a saying that goes, “If you haven’t had pepper soup, you’ve never truly known flavor.” This soup is so aromatic that “its fragrance drifts ten miles from the pot, intoxicating all who catch a whiff.” It boasts a delicious taste, a spicy kick, and a clear broth—refreshing to the palate, soothing to the liver, and beneficial to the intestines. The people of Yanzhou simply love their pepper soup…
Sesame twists have long been a common sight across both urban and rural areas of Yanzhou. Their strands are evenly thin, filled with sesame seeds, and boast a crisp, flaky texture. Take a big bite, and the aroma fills your mouth; take another, and the lingering fragrance stays with you, lingering for three days without fading. According to *The Chicken Rib Compilation* by Zhuang Jiyu of the Song Dynasty, “sesame twists” are also known as “ring cakes” or sometimes called “cold treats.” When Su Shi was exiled to Hainan Island, he once wrote a poem praising them: “Delicate hands...
"Cool, cool, so cool, wheat pancakes with cucumber salad." Long ago, this folk rhyme was widely circulated in Yanzhou. It is said to have been composed by a farmer with literary talent. As he emerged drenched in sweat from the sorghum fields and felt a refreshing breeze, invigorating his entire body, he was also served fragrant wheat pancakes and cold cucumber salad...
Cuisine: Shandong cuisine. Features: Stuffed eggplant pan-fried to a golden hue, tender, aromatic, and uniquely flavorful. Main ingredients: 400g eggplant, 200g deboned fish fillet. Secondary ingredients: Dried starch, wet starch, fine salt, MSG, sugar, cooking wine, pepper, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, and lard, all in appropriate amounts. Method: (1) Wash the eggplant, remove the stem, and cut diagonally...
Gucun mat weaving has a history of nearly 200 years. During the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, a woman surnamed Cai from Qufu’s Xichang Village married into the Dong family in Qianguanzhuang Village, Yanzhou, bringing the mat weaving craft with her. The craft continued to develop over time and flourished by 1937, with sorghum matting, reed mats, and hat products being transported and sold to the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia. After 1978...
Caohe garlic was first planted in the area around Zhenjiaqiao. By the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican period, every household was growing it, a tradition that has lasted for over a century. The practice gradually became popular and spread across the entire town, reaching a modest scale. After 1978, garlic cultivation experienced rapid development and has since become the leading agricultural industry in Caohe Town. Strolling through the region, one sees vast fields of lush green garlic plants. During harvest season, the bulbs are piled up in abundance, creating a world of garlic that is distributed far and wide both within and outside the province. Caohe garlic comes in three varieties: purple-skinned, white-skinned, and female-cross garlic. The latter is the result of national scientific research, a hybrid created by crossing local garlic with onions. It boasts robust plants, well-developed roots, large and high-yielding bulbs, as well as heat resistance, mold resistance, easy storage and transport, and a sweet, fragrant taste that diners highly praise. Thanks to this, Caohe garlic has gained widespread fame.
Yanzhou cigars have a long history and are renowned for the "Suo Tobacco" from Lucheng. The production of Yanzhou cigars began during the Xuantong era of the Qing Dynasty (1909–1911). In the early years of the Republic of China, there were over a dozen cigar businesses (i.e., tobacco workshops) in the city, including Dazhong, Chunhua, Huamei, Dahua, and Wanxing. In the early 1930s, Sun Tongxuan, commander of the 20th Division stationed in Yanzhou...
The sericulture industry in Yanzhou has a long history. According to the "Book of Documents - Tribute of Yu," it is recorded that "Ji and He rivers are the boundaries of Yanzhou, where nine rivers have been dredged... the mulberry lands are already being used for silkworm breeding..." This indicates that sericulture was practiced in Yanzhou even before the time of Yu the Great. In 1976, Yanzhou City excavated an ancient tomb cluster dating back five to six thousand years at the Wangyin site. Based on the discovery of stone spinning wheels and bone needles, it can be inferred that as early as the middle Neolithic Age, the people of this land had already mastered textile technology and used bone needles to sew clothing. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the famous story of "Lu Qiuhu Teasing His Wife" took place in Yanzhou. Qiuhu’s wife, known as Lady Luo Fu, also called the “Mulberry-Picking Girl,” is regarded as China’s first recorded beauty. She remained chaste, picked mulberries and raised silkworms, and cared for her parents-in-law. Her husband, Qiuhu, had been away at war for many years and did not recognize his wife. On his way home, he saw the beautiful mulberry-picking Lady Luo Fu, tried to tempt her with gold, and teased her with words. Luo Fu firmly rejected him. It was only when he returned home that he realized she was his wife. Seeing her husband’s lack of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, Luo Fu “spoke to a woman by the roadside,” forgot her aging mother, scolded Qiuhu angrily, and then tragically drowned herself in the river. The grave of the mulberry-picking girl in Sangyuan Village of Yanzhou has passed down through generations, telling the sorrowful tale of China’s first beauty.
The eye drops from Yanzhou have a history of over 400 years, dating from their development during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty until the eve of the Liberation. In an age when medical science was not yet advanced, this medicine, specifically for treating eye diseases, became nationally renowned for its strong efficacy and high cure rate. The earliest developer of Yanzhou eye drops was Xu Langzhong, an imperial physician of the Lu Prince’s Mansion during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty…
The sericulture industry in Yanzhou has a long history. According to the "Book of Documents · Tribute of Yu," it is recorded that "Ji and He rivers are the territory of Yanzhou, where nine rivers have been dredged... the mulberry land is already being used for silkworm breeding..." This indicates that sericulture was practiced in Yanzhou even before the time of Yu the Great. In 1976, Yanzhou City excavated an ancient tomb cluster dating back five to six thousand years at the Wangyin site. Judging from the unearthed stone spinning wheels and bone needles, it can be inferred that as early as the middle Neolithic Age, the people of this land had already mastered textile technology and used bone needles to sew clothing. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the famous story of "Lu Qiuhu Teasing His Wife" took place in Yanzhou. Qiuhu’s wife was named Luo Fu, also known as the "Mulberry-Picking Girl," and is regarded as China’s first recorded beauty. She remained chaste, picked mulberries and raised silkworms, and cared for her in-laws. Her husband, Qiuhu, had been away at war for many years and did not recognize his wife. On his way home, he saw the beautiful mulberry-picking girl Luo Fu, tried to tempt her with gold, and teased her with words, but Luo Fu firmly rejected him. Only when he returned home did he realize she was his wife. Seeing her husband’s lack of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, Luo Fu “spoke to a woman by the roadside,” forgot her white hair, angrily scolded Qiuhu, and then tragically drowned herself in the river. The grave of the mulberry-picking girl in Sangyuan Village of Yanzhou has passed down through generations the sorrowful tale of China’s first beauty. Meanwhile, the Leizu Temple (commonly known as the Weaving Goddess Temple) in the southeast corner of Yanzhou City reflects the prosperity of the silk weaving industry in Yanzhou and the local reverence for the weaving goddess "Leizu." The great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai wrote in his poem "Reply to the Old Man of Wen" while in Yanzhou: "In the fifth month, plums begin to yellow, silkworms fade as mulberry and oak stand bare. The people of Lu value weaving, the looms hum behind the curtains." Du Fu also wrote: "Fine Shandong silks and Lu plain cloths fill the roads, men plow and women weave without separation." These lines show the flourishing state of Yanzhou’s sericulture industry. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, "Ziyang silk and satin were superior to those of neighboring counties," earning widespread acclaim. This shows that Yanzhou’s sericulture and weaving industry has been passed down through generations, maintaining an unbroken legacy. As for "Xinyi Sericulture," it has seen even more rapid development over the past twenty-plus years, with silkworm cocoon yields increasing year by year. Its "Binyang Silk" has gained a fine reputation. Sericulture has become a path to prosperity for local farmers. Of course, as a traditional sericulture region, Yanzhou raises silkworms in all its towns and villages, though Xinyi Town has a larger-scale operation.
Chili peppers, commonly known as "Qin peppers," have been cultivated in Yanzhou for hundreds of years. According to the 1886 edition of the Ziyang County Annals from the Qing Dynasty, Yanzhou chili peppers are characterized by their large size, thick skin, high oil content, and intense, delicious spiciness. They are grown in all towns across the region, but the cultivation in Qianhai (now part of Yandian Town) stands out for its large scale, high yield, and premium quality...
“Qianhai’s chilies, Caohe’s garlic, Xinyi’s mulberry silkworms stretch as far as the eye can see; Yandian’s peanuts are round and full, Wangyin’s watermelons are big and sweet…” This is an excerpt from the group-clapper performance *Praising Yanzhou* at the 2000 Yanzhou Spring Festival TV Gala. It vividly illustrates the characteristics and distribution of specialty local products across Yanzhou’s various towns…
Yan Dian Roast Duck is a key industrial project nurtured under the agricultural industrialization drive vigorously promoted in Yanzhou. In 2003, under the guidance of the Yanzhou City Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Yanzhou City Roast Duck Breeding Technology Association was established. Relying primarily on Yanzhou Lüyuan Roast Duck Company located in Yan Dian Town, it has now reached an annual processing capacity of 60 million ducks...