Chongming Sweet Pickled Melon, also known as pickled melon or commonly referred to as pickled melon, is one of the specialties of Chongming. Thanks to its excellent color, aroma, and taste, it was listed as a tribute melon for the Qing Dynasty imperial court. In 1984, it was recognized as a featured pickled vegetable in East China and awarded the title of High-Quality Product by the Ministry of Commerce of China. It is a traditional export commodity of China. The Chongming Sweet Pickled Melon has an orange-yellow hue…
The Chongming White Goat is one of the sheep breeds in the Yangtze River Delta region. It is a locally unique and superior breed nurtured under the specific environmental conditions of Chongming, and is also one of the traditional specialties of the area. The Chongming White Goat is a multipurpose breed used for meat, hide, and wool. Its meat and offal are not only delicious in taste but also known to warm the spleen and stomach, nourish the body, strengthen bones and muscles…
Produced in Chongming, Shanghai. Its main production method involves pickling raw melons in sweet bean paste, with highly particular ingredients and craftsmanship used in processing. First, the raw melons must be harvested from early to mid-season growth—those that are uniformly thick from end to end and not yet fully ripe. Second, a special brewing process is employed to fully extract the sugars from the flour to make the sweet bean paste...
Shanghai's Chongming daffodils have a cultivation history of nearly a hundred years. Renowned in both domestic and international flower markets for their rich fragrance, they are as famous as British roses. Among the "Chongming daffodils," the most precious varieties include White Jade Daffodil, Glassy Daffodil, Trumpet Daffodil, Globe-headed Daffodil, and Semi-double Daffodil. …
Anchovies, also known as spiny-headed anchovies, are characterized by their laterally compressed bodies, elongated tails, silver-white color, and females being larger than males. They are a prized and economically valuable fish species, with tender and delicious meat that is consumed fresh or made into canned food. People often enjoy them deep-fried with seasonings as a side dish—crispy, fragrant, and tasty. Canned anchovies made from deep-fried anchovies are popular both domestically and internationally…
Cooking category: Steamed | Cuisine: Shanghai cuisine | Ingredient category: Shrimp & Crab | Flavor: Light | Best season: Spring | Appearance & aroma & taste: Glossy and black, soft and tender texture, rich and savory sauce | Main ingredients: Soaked giant black sea cucumber, dried shrimp roe | Preparation: 1) Rinse the whole giant black sea cucumber repeatedly with water, drain in a colander, place the wok on high heat...
Eel, also known as green eel, phoenix eel, or river eel, is one of the precious freshwater fish species. Rich in vitamin A and prized for its delicious taste, it is hailed as the “ginseng of the water.”
Sweet sorghum, commonly known as sweet kaoliang, is a variant of sorghum with a long history of cultivation on Chongming Island. It was already recorded in the Chongming County Annals compiled during the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty, making it one of Chongming’s local specialties. Sweet Sorghum (4 images) Characteristics of Chongming Sweet Sorghum
The main stem of the crispy taro grows to a height of 0.gm, with a pseudostem diameter of 4-6rxl. The leaves are shield-shaped, with the largest measuring 30 X 33.. The petioles and veins are green, while the base of the petiole is pink. The average weight of the lateral tubers is around 4(), typically sized at 6.0 X e.m. The early market period for crispy taro begins around the Mid-Autumn Festival…
A local specialty of this county, these beans are intercropped with corn without requiring additional land and can be harvested in succession. Red Robe Adzuki Beans are large in size, deep red to purple in color, with thin skins, fine texture, and are quick to soften. They are an important ingredient used by various food manufacturers and shops in Shanghai for making distinctive treats such as adzuki bean popsicles, lard-filled red bean paste glutinous rice balls, red bean zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and red bean cakes. These beans are highly nutritious, rich in triterpenoid saponins and niacin...
The Shawutou pig is one of the famous local pig breeds in the Taihu Lake Basin, renowned for its high litter size and strong reproductive capacity. It belongs to the Jianghai-type pig breed and originates from Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is one of China’s well-known local pig breeds known for its high fertility and large litter size. The Shawutou pig has a long history of being raised in Chongming. As early as the first year of the Wude era of the Tang Dynasty (618 AD)...
They resemble tiny spiders in shape and sesame seeds in size, with 50,000 to 60,000 per jin. Crab seedlings typically molt and metamorphose into juvenile crabs within 2–3 days. Every summer, the seedlings swim upstream into freshwater habitats. The fishing season runs from the Waking of Insects to the Beginning of Summer. Crab seedlings are an important aquatic resource in this county, with high economic value, and are mainly sold to 22 provinces and cities across the country...
Generally, eel fry can be found in the Yangtze River from late February to early March, with abundant catches during the Awakening of Insects to Grain Rain periods, and the fishing season usually ends in early May. The fry are about 5 to 6 millimeters in length, with around 3,000 fry per jin (500 grams). Both the northern and southern areas along the river in the county produce eel fry, but the northern stretch yields more. In addition to supplying domestic artificial breeding operations, the fry are also exported to Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and other countries...
Commonly known as yellow sprout cabbage, it was introduced from Jiaozhou, Shandong during the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty and has been cultivated for over a hundred years. It is one of the county’s major cash crops. The cabbage is green or yellowish-white in color, with leaf heads typically weighing around 8 jin (approximately 4 kg). Major varieties include Chengyangqing and Qingza No. 3. Over the past decade, the planting area across the county has ranged from 30,000 to 40,000 mu, with an annual market supply of 100…
[Ingredients/Seasonings] One 1800g plump, skinless duck, 15g cordyceps, 50g ham, 10g salt, 10g MSG, 15g Shaoxing wine, 15g ginger slices, 20g scallions, 100g superior stock. [Preparation Process] 1. Briefly blanch the skinless duck in boiling water to remove all...
[Ingredients/Seasonings] 100g black fish skin, 25g ham, 25g shiitake mushrooms, 10g broccoli stem, ginger, cooking wine, scallions, salt, MSG, sugar, and pepper to taste. [Preparation Steps] Select cleaned fish skin for soaking and rehydration, then shred after soaking. Dice the ham, shiitake mushrooms, broccoli stem, …
Artificial flowers, commonly made from materials such as silk gauze, crepe paper, polyester, plastic, crystal, as well as dried flowers created by dehydrating fresh blooms, are broadly referred to in the industry as artificial flowers or imitation flowers.
Also known as the Chongming Water Buffalo, it is one of China's renowned high-quality water buffalo breeds and a specialty of Chongming. This type of buffalo is gentle in temperament, sturdy and robust, with a high reproduction rate. Adult bulls (at 18 months) weigh around 325 kilograms; cows also weigh over 300 kilograms. Adult buffaloes...
In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, a woman named Huang Daopo from Wunijing in Songjiang Prefecture (now Songjiang District, Shanghai) returned to her hometown from Hainan Island. In Hainan, Huang Daopo learned a complete set of textile techniques from the Li ethnic women. Several years later, she brought the advanced cotton textile technology from Hainan back to her hometown. After returning to Songjiang, she enthusiastically...
According to the "Sheshan Chronicles," due to its geographical advantages, Songjiang has been widely cultivating peach trees since ancient times, with over ten well-known varieties. These include the "Longevity Peach," which can be as large as a small melon, the purple-colored "Slate Peach" (also called Ink Peach), the "Half-Jin Peach" that can weigh up to half a catty, and the "Yellow Peach" with yellow skin, flesh, and pit, among many others. The varieties are numerous and have been passed down through the ages...