Product Name: Sanbei Lotus Root Thread Candy Place of Origin: Ningbo, Zhejiang Product Features: Crispy, sweet, and uniquely flavorful. Product Ingredients: Contains various nutrients such as fat, protein, inorganic salts, sugar, fiber, and vitamins. Product Benefits: Highly nutritious, suitable for all ages. …
Ningbo Embroidery, known as "Ningxiu," was once as renowned as "Shu embroidery" and "Su embroidery." "Ningxiu" is divided into gold-and-silver colored embroidery (also called antique-style embroidery), plain embroidery, stem-stitched embroidery, and knife-cut embroidery, but it is the gold-and-silver colored embroidery that is most famous for its classic elegance, harmonious color palette, and exquisite craftsmanship. Gold-and-silver colored embroidery is an art form created by embroidering with gold and silver threads on silk satin and other materials,…
Fragrant Cake is a type of Ningbo-style confectionery, with many varieties. Commonly available in the market include Ningbo-style Fragrant Cake, Sweet Fragrant Cake, and Spicy Salt Fragrant Cake. Ingredient formula: 2.5 kg glutinous rice, 10 kg non-glutinous rice, 4 kg powdered sugar, broken cake scraps* (*—pre-made broken product that is dried and sifted to increase the product’s fluffiness; otherwise the cake texture may become tough and chewy...) 2.5 kg, 300 g yellow osmanthus.
Silver Dollar Cake is a traditional product of Ningbo-style pastries, with production dating back to the Qing Dynasty. It is shaped like a silver dollar, thin in texture, rich in sesame seeds, and has a sweet, crispy taste upon eating. Ingredients: 23 kg cooked flour, 12.5 kg powdered white sugar, 6 kg cottonseed oil, 1 kg osmanthus sugar, 11 kg decorticated sesame seeds, an appropriate amount of sodium bicarbonate. Preparation method: 1. Mix the ingredients: blend the oil, powdered sugar, and sodium bicarbonate with an appropriate amount of water until evenly mixed, then add the cooked flour and stir well.
Bean Crisp Candy is a type of Ningbo-style confectionery, originating in the Qing Dynasty. It has long been a famous treat in Ningbo’s “Sanbei” region, hence also known as Sanbei Bean Crisp Candy. It is characterized by its fragrant, sweet, and fluffy texture that melts easily in the mouth, with a rich aroma of soybeans. Ingredients: 16.5 kg powdered sugar, 16.5 kg soybean flour, 7.5 kg cooked flour, 12 kg maltose, cottonseed oil...
Ingredients: Dough: 20 kg standard flour, 15 kg maltose, 1.5 kg cottonseed oil, 200 g sodium bicarbonate, an appropriate amount of sesame seeds; Filling: 7.5 kg cooked flour, 10 kg sugar, 1 kg orange cake, 500 g osmanthus flowers. Method: 1. Make the dough: Sift the flour, add maltose, oil, and sodium bicarbonate, mix into a dough…
Laba fruit is a well-known traditional product from the Ningbo area, made up of sesame jujubes, red and white balls, paired with oil cakes, black-and-white mixed sugar, sesame bone candy, inch-gold candy, white sesame slices, and frozen rice candy. It is a pastry suitable for both young and old.
Ningbo Cured Duck is one of the traditional specialties of Zhejiang Province, with a history of fifty to sixty years. Ingredients: 100 grams duck carcass, 3–3.5 kilograms salt, 100–25 grams Sichuan peppercorns, 30 grams spice powder. Production method: 1. Ingredient selection: Choose plump, healthy live ducks, raise them intensively for 10 days to fatten them up, then select ducks weighing over 1.5 kilograms each…
The reason why Pork Lard Glutinous Rice Balls are considered the finest among southern Chinese snacks lies in their clear and glossy soup, delightful texture, and the perfect embodiment of “sweet, fragrant, fresh, soft, and smooth.” As soon as you take a small bite and break the skin, the rich aroma of lard bursts into your mouth—its reputation is truly well-deserved. The "Gangyagou Sweet Shop" on Kaiming Street in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is the “original home” of Pork Lard Glutinous Rice Balls. …
Be sure to have a local take you to order this dish—you likely won’t be able to find it on your own because it’s so easy to overlook the name. As the name suggests, the soup contains only two ingredients: pickled mustard greens and shredded bamboo shoots, giving it an extremely refreshing appearance. The pickled mustard greens from Ningbo are different from those in other regions—those sold in supermarkets are even labeled “Ningbo Pickled Mustard Greens.” At this place called “Owner’s Wife”...
The method for making Ning-style Eel Paste is very simple. Just follow the recipe step by step, and you’re sure to enjoy a delicious dish. Ning-style Eel Paste is one of the distinctive dishes in the Zhejiang cuisine of Chinese culinary traditions, and it primarily features eel as its main ingredient. Ning-style Eel Paste – Cooking Method & Preparation Technique 1. Wash and cut the yellow chives into sections…
Honey pear. Also known as yellow-flower pear, it is abundantly produced in Zhouxiang Town and Andong Town of Cixi. Unlike ordinary pears, honey pears are larger in size, exceptionally juicy, and extremely nutritious. Because their blossoms and fruits are very beautiful, the vast pear orchards in these two towns have also become popular tourist destinations.…
The Yue Kiln site at Shanglin Lake is located by the lake within Kuanyan Town, Cixi City. The celadon produced by the Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln was first fired during the Eastern Han Dynasty, flourished in the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, reached its peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and ceased production in the late Northern Song and early Southern Song Dynasties, spanning over 1,000 years in total. It is one of the longest-lasting, most influential, and richest in heritage ancient kiln systems in Chinese history...
“Opening the door to start the day, seven essentials come first: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.” This concise folk rhyme highlights the importance of these seemingly ordinary yet vital everyday items that are closely tied to people’s livelihoods and national affairs. Among them is salt. China has a long history of salt production, with vast and abundant salt-producing regions. Sea salt is one of the primary sources…
In the mild March weather, vast fields in northern Cixi are covered with lush, emerald-green fava bean plants that are particularly delightful to the eye. The blooming fava bean flowers, resembling black butterflies spreading their wings, fill the expansive land with their fragrant aroma, refreshing the heart and soul. By early May, at the beginning of...
Beekeeping in China has a long history. According to *Biographies of Eminent Persons* by Huangfu Mi of the Jin Dynasty, during the Yanxi era (158–167) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a hermit named Jiang Qi. The governor of Hanyang, Qiao Xuan, invited him to serve as an official, but Jiang Qi declined, pretending to be ill. Later, after his mother passed away, Jiang Qi gave his farmland to his brother Jiang Cen and retreated deep into the mountains, ...
During the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, in Shenqiao, Cixi, there lived an expert in confectionery named Shen Yongfeng. Skilled in business and adept at making fine pastries, he had gained some local fame. On the eve of the Spring Festival in the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Shen Yongfeng introduced a new type of sweet treat with a unique flavor that quickly became popular among the locals...
Straw weaving is a traditional and outstanding folk craft in China with a long history. Cixi straw weaving is as renowned as Shengxian bamboo weaving and is a key export handicraft of our province, famous both domestically and abroad. Historical records indicate that the history of Cixi straw weaving dates back at least 200 years. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the craft of straw hat weaving was introduced to the present-day Changhe area of Cixi from other regions, and from then on...
According to historical records, early Cixi bayberries were mostly of the lychee variety, but over time they developed into multiple cultivars. Research by the Cixi Bayberry Research Institute indicates that there are 12 varieties grown in Cixi, namely: the Water Chestnut variety, Early Large variety, Late Large variety, Fenghuan variety, Early Small variety, Lychee variety, Spiny variety, Pink variety, Red variety, …
Product Name: Cixi Straw Hat Place of Origin: Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang Product Features: Exquisitely woven, glossy and elegant, with a superior hand feel. Product Introduction: Cixi straw weaving has expanded from the foundation of the gold-thread straw hat to include dozens of varieties and over 1,000 styles such as various types of hats, baskets, carpets, door curtains, shoes, toys, gifts...