Product Name: Pikeperch Common Names: Hairtail, Wind-tail Fish, Beak Fish. Place of Origin: Taihu Lake, Huzhou. Product Characteristics: Warm in nature, sweet in flavor, with tender bones, fine scales, silvery sheen, and tender, fatty flesh. Season: Every spring, the female pikeperch begins to spawn. Juvenile fish appear in summer and can grow to about six centimeters by early autumn...
Product Name: Orange-red Cake Product Origin: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Product Features: Delicious and crispy. Product Description: Orange-red Cake is a white, taffy-like food product. It comes in bulk or is packaged in paper bags adorned with five bright pinkish-red characters: “Anxi Orange-red Cake.” To this day, it can still be found sold by street vendors carrying shoulder poles throughout the streets of Xiamen. The main ingredient of Orange-red Cake is high-quality, pure glutinous rice. The rice is washed, steamed in a bamboo basket, then cooled before sugar and an appropriate amount of spices are added. It is then pounded in a stone mortar using a wooden or stone mallet until mashed into a paste, which is formed into a rice dough on a cutting board. This dough is hand-kneaded into rectangular or square-shaped soft cakes made of glutinous rice, which are then sliced evenly into small pieces using a sharp knife. Finally, the pieces are dusted with steamed glutinous rice flour or regular flour to complete the process.
Product Name: Loquat Place of Origin: Leidian Township, Huzhou. Harvest Season: Bears fruit in spring, ripens in early summer. Product Characteristics: Large fruit with thick flesh, juicy and sweet, highly nutritious. Product Components: Rich in carbohydrates, vitamins A, B, C, and various minerals. Product Fun…
Product Name: Leidian Pearls Place of Origin: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Product Features: Round, lustrous, crystal-clear, delicate and rich in texture. Product Benefits: Promotes metabolism, inhibits lipofuscin growth, enhances epidermal cell vitality, and delays cellular aging. Used in beauty and cosmetic products, it helps moisturize, brighten, and whiten the skin…
Product Name: Freshwater Fish Delicacy Place of Origin: Linghu, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Product Features: Rich aroma, unforgettable taste. Product Composition: Rich in nutrients such as protein and fat. Product Efficacy: Sweet in taste and warm in nature. Functions include promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, benefiting qi and spleen, and improving circulation to promote lactation. Product Introduction: The “Freshwater Fish Delicacy” from Linghu...
Product Name: Mogan Yellow Sprout Tea Place of Origin: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Product Characteristics: Tender green with abundant fine hairs, elegant and fresh aroma, bright and clear yellowish liquor, mellow and refreshing taste, tender and bright leaf bottoms in well-formed sprouts. Product Components: Amino acids, theanine, glutamic acid. Product Efficacy: Helps relieve summer heat and...
Product Name: Qingxi Flower Soft-shelled Turtle Place of Origin: Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Product Features: Tender flesh, smooth skin, thin shell with wide and thick skirt edge, golden-colored fat. No fishy smell. Product Components: Vitamin A, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B1, Niacin, Vitamin D, Zinc, Iron, Calcium...
Early Spring Bamboo Shoots from Deqing are delicious and highly nutritious, primarily composed of five key components: protein, fat, carbohydrates, water, and mineral elements and vitamins. According to analyses by relevant institutions, every 100 grams of fresh shoots contains 3.26 grams of crude protein and 0.2 grams of fat, making it a high-protein, low-fat food. The proteins in early spring bamboo shoots consist of 17 types of amino acids, totaling 195 milligrams, including 637 milligrams of essential amino acids such as histidine, phenylalanine, lysine, and tyrosine. The quality of the protein in these shoots is also notably high; calculations based on chemical score values indicate that the methionine content in their protein is the highest among all bamboo shoots, reaching 40% of that found in eggs.
Huzhou Lake Sheep is a specialty of Deqing in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. Originally called "Hu sheep," they originated from the Mongolian sheep of northern China and have a history of over 1,000 years. Historical records indicate that when the Southern Song Dynasty moved its capital to Lin'an, a large number of residents from the Yellow River basin migrated southward, bringing with them the "large white sheep" raised in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces to the Jiangnan region. These were mainly kept in...
Xinsi Lamb is a signature dish from Xinsi Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. As a century-old delicacy, lamb has especially become a culinary icon of the ancient town in recent years. Every autumn and winter, tourists flock to Xinsi from nearby cities such as Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Shanghai to enjoy it. Drinking yellow wine and eating lamb have long been...
Drunken Fish from Moganshan Lake is a specialty of Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. This delicacy is known for its rich aroma, tender and flaky texture, abundant nutrition, and beautifully packaged presentation, making it an excellent choice for travel, leisure, banquets, and gifts. “Moganshan Lake” Drunken Fish is made from premium-quality fresh fish, using traditional recipes and unique techniques combined with modern high-tech bio-fermentation technology...
Deqing Green Shrimp is a specialty of Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Green shrimp are the leading species in Deqing’s aquaculture industry, accounting for about a quarter of Zhejiang Province’s total green shrimp production. The county is one of the country’s major green shrimp farming bases. The China Fisheries Association has named Deqing County the “Hometown of Chinese Green Shrimp.” The green shrimp industry in Deqing has developed rapidly, establishing...
Zhongguan Old Duck Pot is a signature dish from Zhongguan Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. This specialty is made with locally raised ducks over three years old from Dongqian Village, carefully cooked with ham, cured trotters, and bamboo leaves as complementary ingredients. It is delicious, affordable, and known for its health benefits to the stomach. The dish is especially popular among visitors from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. Zhongguan...
The Hu Sheep is a rare and premium local breed of lamb. The central and eastern parts of Deqing enjoy a moist climate with lush green grass. The Hu Sheep’s preferred feed—such as mulberry leaves, aquatic plants, and silkworm excrement—is abundant. Historical records indicate that the Hu Sheep were introduced from Mongolia during the Southern Song Dynasty. Over time, raising Hu Sheep became a traditional sideline for farmers, with nearly every household keeping them in pens. The pelts of young Hu Sheep…
Silkworm Flower Rice is a celebratory meal eaten after a bountiful silkworm silk harvest to honor the Silkworm God. It involves enjoying a lavish feast, known as eating Silkworm Flower Rice. Gifts are also given to family members to share in the joy of the silk harvest. In some areas, distributing pastries and fruits to relatives and friends is also part of the post-meal activities. Ingredients: glutinous rice, buckwheat scallions, fava beans, salted pork, water chestnuts...
Qingming dumplings are made by mixing glutinous rice with juice extracted from timothy grass. The rice is pounded together with the grass juice until it turns into a dough infused with the green hue of the grass, resulting in a vibrant jade color. This dough is then filled with either red bean paste or jujube paste, placed on a bed of reed leaves, and steamed to perfection. …
Sprouted Wheat Dumplings are a traditional snack from the rural villages around Xinshi, often homemade and consumed by farming families, or specially made as gifts for relatives and friends. The main ingredients of Sprouted Wheat Dumplings include glutinous rice flour, sprouted wheat, cotton grass, white sugar, sesame, and more, making them a completely natural and green food. They have a sweet, soft, and glutinous taste, particularly delicious when eaten cold.…
Zhou Shengji Wontons Zhou Shengji Wontons, along with Zhu Laoda Zongzi, Ding Lianfang Thousand-Layer Dumplings, and Zhenyuantong Crisp Candy, are known as one of Huzhou’s “Four Famous Local Snacks.” Once cooked, the wontons are tender, smooth, glossy, and crystal-clear, earning them the nicknames “crystal ingots” and “double-feathered birds.” Zhou Shengji Wontons were founded by Zhou Jixiang. It is said that in 1930…
Liu Family Big Hoof This product is roasted using traditional folk craftsmanship and was originally one of the favorite main dishes during festivals and holidays for people in Nanxun. …
Shuanglin Gusu Cake is a traditional delicacy of Shuanglin. Legend has it that during the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty, in Minjia Lane of Shuanglin Town, there lived an elderly woman named Aunt Ma who was in poor health. Her daughter-in-law, knowing her mother-in-law’s fondness for sweets, decided to make some sweet cakes to show her filial respect. While making the cakes, the mischievous young girl, taking advantage of her sister-in-law’s inattention, secretly added a pinch of salt to the sweet dough. When Aunt Ma tried one, she found the combination of salty and sweet surprisingly delicious, with a unique flavor...