Fengcheng Selenium-Rich Rice is renowned for its slender, translucent grains, delicious taste, and high selenium content, making it a natural dietary supplement for selenium intake, antioxidant benefits, and immune system enhancement. It has been granted the status of a Geographical Indication Protected Product. Fengcheng City, located in central Jiangxi Province, covers an area of 2,845 square kilometers with a population of 1.35 million…
1. Ingredients: one jin of loach, two liang of lean pork, one egg, a small amount of salt. 2. Preparation: First, raise the loach in clean water for two days to let it expel the mud inside its belly. Place the loach in a pot, then break and mix the egg evenly and put it in the pot for the loach to eat. Next, transfer everything to a steel pot and braise over a stove for about an hour until the loach’s belly bursts open. Add a small amount of salt...
1. Main ingredients: One pound of frog. Secondary ingredients: Three taels of red dates, two taels of shiitake mushrooms, one qian of pepper, three qian of ginger, one tael of glutinous rice wine, half a tael of soy sauce, three taels of cooking oil, a small amount of MSG, and one and a half pounds of water. 2. Preparation: First, gut the frog, remove the mouth shell, wash it, and cut it into seven pieces. Stir-fry the frog in a large pot with oil for two to three minutes, then…
1. Main ingredients: Rice flour ground and sun-dried in winter. Side ingredients: Lean meat, jujube paste, trifoliate orange cake, lotus seed meat, rock sugar. 2. Preparation: Mix the winter noodles with warm water to soften, then knead into a dough. Mash the side ingredients into a paste to make the filling. Take the dough and form it into small noodle balls (each weighing half a liang), flatten each ball, place the filling inside, gather the edges, and roll into a ball. Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil over high heat, then place the noodle balls one by one into the pot. Once the balls float to the surface, remove the pot.
Many who have visited Yichun have tried it. As a land of fish and rice in the prosperous south, the region has long had the tradition of turning surplus rice into rice noodles. Compared to Yunnan’s Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles, Guangxi’s Guilin Rice Noodles, the wide rice noodles of the Two Lakes (Hunan and Hubei) and Guangdong, or the fine rice noodles of Fujian, Jiangxi’s rice noodles have their own unique charm. After the late-season rice is harvested, it goes through…
In the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was campaigning against Chen Youliang on Poyang Lake but suffered a crushing defeat, with his army routed and equipment abandoned. Zhu and his men retreated westward in disarray. That year, Jiangxi was experiencing a severe drought, and it was the height of summer—his soldiers, hungry and parched, refused to go on. In desperation, Zhu came up with a plan and shouted, “Ahead lies Yuanzhou Prefecture. I remember…”
Ingredients: 300g celery, 3 slices of dried tofu, 1 teaspoon salt (5g), 1 teaspoon sugar (5g). Method: 1 Remove the leaves from the celery, trim the roots, wash clean, and cut into inch-long sections; 2 First slice the dried tofu horizontally into halves, then cut into strips; 3 Heat oil in a pan, and when the oil is hot, add the dried tofu...
I. Ingredients: 1. Main ingredients: 150g pork, 100g soaked wood ear mushrooms. 2. Seasonings: soy sauce, salt, MSG, prickly ash water, chopped scallions, soybean oil, starch mixed with water. II. Method: 1. Remove the hard stems from the wood ear mushrooms, wash away any sand, and slice the pork into thin pieces about the size of the mushrooms. 2. Heat oil in a wok, then...
Prepare the ingredients: (1): Beef or pork (canned fish is also fine if you prefer) (2): Two green garlic stalks (personally, I don’t think it makes much difference whether you use them or not) (3): Greens (lettuce, bean sprouts, or whatever...) (4): Chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns (5): Prepare the ingredients—cut the greens into...
500g bitter melon, 30g red chili peppers, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, half a teaspoon soy sauce, a small amount of doubanjiang (spicy bean paste), a small amount of mashed garlic, a pinch each of salt and MSG. 1. Remove the stem and core from the bitter melon, cut it into strips, blanch in boiling water, then rinse in cold boiled water, drain, and set aside in a dish. 2. …
Yichun enjoys a mild climate, abundant rainfall, and fertile land, and has long been renowned for producing high-quality ramie. The summer cloth made from ramie is famous both domestically and internationally, with particularly fine varieties produced in Yuanzhou, Wanzai, and Shanggao. (Yichun) — Summer cloth, also known as ramie cloth or raw cloth…
Yuanzhou bodiless lacquerware originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and won a silver medal at the Nanyang Fair during the Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it has received nearly 20 national and provincial/ministerial-level awards and has been exported to more than 20 countries and regions. The production process is entirely handmade, featuring exquisite craftsmanship and fine workmanship. The products are lightweight, delicate, brightly colored, elegant, and durable...
The Yuanzhou Pineflower Preserved Eggs, a traditional and renowned local specialty of Yichun with a long history, are crystal clear. The egg whites are purple-red or tea-clear in color, adorned with pineflower patterns; the egg yolks are semi-solid. When cut horizontally, five concentric rings of colors can be seen from the inside out: sky blue, light yellow, deep blue, gray-black, and tea green. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, lead-free pineflower preserved eggs were successfully developed through research...
Fengcheng Ma Duck Fengcheng Ma Ducks, found throughout Fengcheng City in Jiangxi Province, are commonly referred to as "Ma ducks" in China. Sparrow-feathered ducks are the main breed of domestic duck, with white and black feather colors being their variants. They are one of the most numerous, widely distributed, and diverse breeds of domestic ducks in China. The hens have feathers that are mottled brown with black markings, hence the name.…
These were a common snack from childhood, coming in two types: fried sweet potato chips and dried sweet potato chips. The fried ones are crispy, fragrant, and crunchy, while the dried ones are very chewy and get more flavorful the more you bite into them. Nowadays, you can occasionally spot street vendors cycling around selling fried sweet potato chips, but sadly, dried sweet potato chips have become hard to find.…
Eating Amy's rice cake in spring is a custom among people in Yichun. The freshest mugwort leaves are mashed and mixed with glutinous rice flour to form dumplings about half the size of a fist, which are then steamed in a bamboo steamer. With their dark green color and coated in sugar-sweetened soybean powder, they bring the taste of spring and instantly enliven taste buds that have been dormant all winter. During the season, these can be found…
Oval-shaped sugar rice cakes are about the size of an egg, with a caramel-colored, crispy and slightly sweet outer layer. Skewered on bamboo sticks, they make a perfect handheld snack to enjoy while strolling around. Oh, and here’s a little secret: in internet cafes — the ones moms hate the most — you’ll often find aunties carrying big bamboo baskets, calling out to sell sugar rice cakes.…
When autumn brings a slight chill, elderly vendors riding tricycles and carrying large metal buckets start peddling a glutinous rice snack—“mochi”—through the streets. Standing on a windswept autumn street, holding a steaming piece of mochi in your hands, the slightly sticky rice blends with fragrant roasted soybean flour, while a touch of sugar adds a hint of sweetness. That...
is a specialty of Yuanzhou District, Yichun, Jiangxi. The dual dietary therapeutic benefits of tea seed oil actually surpass those of olive oil, as it contains specific physiologically active substances—tea polyphenols and camellidin (also known as tea saponin or tea saponoside)—which are not found in olive oil. The premium quality of tea seed oil in its pure form aligns with people’s pursuit of nature and improved quality of life, making it…
Yuanzhou Fermented Tofu is made from unpolluted ridge-grown soybeans from Mingyue Mountain and selenium-rich mineral water sourced from a depth of 307 meters underground, with a constant temperature of 69 degrees Celsius all year round. It is carefully brewed using traditional folk techniques. Its characteristics include a red exterior with a white interior, a unique aroma, and an unforgettable aftertaste. During the peak of summer heat or when recovering from illness, having a bit of fermented tofu...