Cut pork loin into small pieces, sprinkle with fine salt, coat with cornstarch, dip in beaten egg white, lightly fry in oil, then place in a bowl, steam for a while, and pour over the sauce. Legend has it that during the Northern Song Dynasty, when Song Jiang was imprisoned in Jiangzhou (the ancient name for Jiujiang), he often invited a couple of brothers to gather for drinks at Xunyang Tower, and this dish was frequently served as an accompaniment to the liquor—hence its name. …
"Jiujiang Osmanthus Crisp Sugar": A traditional and renowned snack from Jiujiang. It is meticulously made using high-gluten flour, white sesame seeds, white sugar, maltose, and osmanthus-flavored sugar as ingredients. With its milky-white color and delicate texture, it boasts characteristics such as crisp bones, fragrant sesame aroma, rich oiliness, sweet freshness, and mellow flavor. It also offers health benefits such as moistening the lungs, invigorating the stomach, and relieving coughs. It is a beloved...
Steamed pork with rice flour is a famous dish from Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and a traditional Chinese delicacy for entertaining guests. The dish is soft, fragrant, crispy, and refreshing, with a rich flavor profile that is tender, delicate, sweet, aromatic, and savory, yet mild in taste. It is made with skin-on pork belly, glutinous rice, and various seasonings. The "steamed pork with rice flour" features a mix of fat and lean meat, with a red-and-white marbled appearance, tender yet not mushy, and the rice flour is rich and glossy...
Soup dumplings can be found almost everywhere, but those from Jiujiang have their own unique flavor. They are rich yet not greasy, soft and delicious, with especially savory meat filling that comes with soup. Jiujiang soup dumplings have a relatively long history and are a common, popular food among locals. For breakfast, many elderly people will order a small dish of soy sauce and vinegar, along with a serving of four to six dumplings, plus...
Clear soup and wontons can be found all over China, with variations in taste that make each region's version unique. In the past, both the clear soup and the wonton wrappers in Jiujiang were handmade. Three jin (about 1.5 kilograms) of flour could be rolled into hundreds of wrappers, earning the saying “as thin as paper, as light as grass.” When lifted and placed on a book, you could see the words underneath, and when held to your mouth and lightly blown, they could fly a great distance…
Jiujiang is embraced by the Yangtze River and adjacent to Poyang Lake, boasting abundant water resources and high water quality. The bighead carp produced here can have heads weighing dozens of pounds—rare in Jiangxi. Rich in protein and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, the dish warms the stomach, nourishes weakness, relieves dizziness, benefits the brain, and helps relieve cough and asthma. Chairman Mao once highly praised this delicacy during his stay at Mount Lu. The tender and flavorful bighead carp head is a summer...
Features: Exquisite craftsmanship, unique shape, snow-white fish threads, tender and delicious
Bean tofu balls can be served as a standalone dish, featuring an attractive presentation and unique flavor. Especially when braised together with chicken, meat, or fish, they absorb the rich broth, becoming glossy and juicy. With each bite, hot broth bursts forth, and the soft, velvety texture fills the mouth with savory deliciousness, making it hard to put down the chopsticks. The renowned local dish of Duchang—Stewed Catfish with Bean Tofu Balls—is made using Duchang bean tofu balls and tender catfish from Poyang Lake...
The “Zhayan” inkstone gets its name from the predominantly reddish-brown hue of the stone. Wan Chengfeng, a native of Xiushui who served as a tutor to Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, once presented this inkstone to the emperor, who was delighted and regarded it as a treasured item. It was later listed as a tribute item, hence also known as the “Tribute Inkstone.” The Xiushui Zhayan Inkstone features a reddish-brown base, inlaid with emerald green, and often includes streaks resembling chicken blood. Moreover, it releases ink smoothly…
This product is a new type of health food developed based on research findings in biotechnology and traditional Chinese weight-loss theories. Its slimming and lipid-lowering effects are primarily due to the action of nuciferine extracted from lotus leaves. The Ming Dynasty medical text *Secret Prescriptions for Diagnosis and Treatment* once recorded: “Taking lotus leaves makes one lean.” Human functional trials have confirmed that subjects…
Kangshiming Oral Liquid is a health food product refined from multiple plants such as goji berries, cassia seeds, chrysanthemum, black sesame, and safflower, based on traditional Chinese medicine principles of strengthening the body’s resistance and modern biological theories. This product contains the functional ingredient zinc, which can promote the metabolism of retinol (vitamin A). Functionality tests have proven that this product has…
Huanggang Bamboo Shoots: The Huanggang forest area is vast, with extensive bamboo groves that produce abundant bamboo shoots. In particular, dried moso bamboo shoots pressed with alum are bestsellers in the market. The region also produces dried shoots from lesser bamboo varieties and canned fresh shoots. Huanggang bamboo shoots are crisp and refreshing to eat, classified as green and eco-friendly food, and are very popular among people.…
Quanfeng Jujube is one of the well-known local specialties of Quanfeng. Leveraging its mountainous terrain and climate conditions, the area has extensively planted jujube trees, yielding large, uniform, tender, and high-quality red dates. By introducing candied fruit processing techniques from Zhejiang and other regions, the locally produced jujubes are processed into Quanfeng Jujube. The final product is crisp, tender, soft, sweet and sour, and highly nutritious...
Sidu Town is not only a scenic tourist destination but also a vast fruit-growing region, especially within the Dongling Stone Forest. In spring, it bursts into a riot of pink peach blossoms and white pear blooms; in summer, it becomes a world of lush green shade; and in autumn, it is a season of bountiful fruit harvests.…
On a weekend trip home, I visited the Sandu Town Police Station to handle a household registration transfer. It’s been nearly a decade since I last set foot in Sandu Town. As I entered the town, faced with rows of neat new streets and newly built buildings, I could no longer recognize the familiar Sandu of my memories. After more than ten years of rapid development and change…
"Xiushui Shaizi" is a local snack from Xiushui. The character "哨" (shào) should actually have the "food" radical, as the "shào" in "shaizi" is a dialect term not found in Mandarin. Xiushui Shaizi is a historic and distinctive delicacy from Xiushui County. Anyone who visits Xiushui...
Xigang Huahong from Xiushui has a long history. In the 16th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1538 AD), Emperor Shizong of Ming specially granted the tribute fruit “Huahong” to Zhou Zhouyong, who was then the Minister of War and Justice. Zhou brought the fruit back to his hometown (WanTai Village, Xigang Town) to cultivate it. It has now been cultivated for 470 years and was already widely produced during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty. It is the only variety of sweet orange in northwestern Jiangxi...
Jiangxi Province is home to eight indigenous pig breeds, with Jiujiang’s Xiushui Hang Pig and Binhu Black Pig accounting for two of them. Among these, the Xiushui Hang Pig is a unique local breed resource in our city. Recently, good news came from the Ministry of Agriculture: the “Xiushui Hang Pig,” applied for by the Xiushui County Hang Pig Original Breed Farm, has been awarded...
&nbps;The privet wood comb from Xiu Shui County is a traditional product of the area. It features teeth that do not easily deform, helps remove dandruff and relieve itching; it causes no damage or irritation to hair roots or scalp, generates little static electricity, and long-term use can even help stimulate brain nerves. The “Privet Wood Comb” produced by Xiu Shui County Arts and Crafts Factory is exquisitely crafted, …
Shandong cuisine features a famous dish called "Sliced Pork Belly in Cloud-like Slices." Chefs from Xiushui use the locally produced clear bamboo shoots to make Sliced Pork Belly with Clear Bamboo Shoots. This version not only retains the tender, crisp, and refreshing qualities of the original dish but also boasts a more appealing shape and enhanced flavor. The mountainous regions of Xiushui are abundant in Phyllostachys bamboo, and the clear bamboo shoots pickled from them are snow-white in color and delightfully crisp. Xiushui’s Sliced Pork Belly with Clear Bamboo Shoots...