Wuling Mountain Delicacies

Wuling Mountain Delicacies

　　Wuling Mountain Delicacies: A Specialty You Must Take Home from Qianjiang

　　 As the saying goes, “Those who live by the mountain live off the mountain, and those who live by the water live off the water.” Qianjiang lies deep in the Wuling Mountain Range. The resourceful people of Qianjiang have sustained themselves for millennia by gathering, foraging, and fishing—continuing the age-old lifestyle of living off their natural surroundings.

　　 The Wuling Mountains extend into Shihui Town in Qianjiang District, forming the renowned “Wuling Fairy Mountain.” Blessed with abundant sunlight and rainfall, the area nurtures over a hundred varieties of wild and precious fungi such as big-foot mushrooms, morels, chanterelles, and September Fragrance, as well as plants like gastrodia and yam. These wild mushrooms are highly nutritious and prized as health-promoting ingredients.

　　 Local restaurants and eateries across Qianjiang and other parts of China specialize in Wuling Mountain Delicacies, serving wild mushroom soups. Here, you can sample nearly 40 types of wild mushrooms, including matsutake, September Fragrance, boletus, morels, and black tiger palm mushrooms sourced from Yunnan, Sichuan, and the Wuling Mountain region.

　　 “Mushrooms are highly nutritious. Regular consumption of Wuling Mountain Delicacies enhances the immune system, inhibits tumor cells, and activates bodily functions,” says the owner of a Wuling Mountain Delicacies restaurant in Qiancheng. He adds that the establishment has enjoyed brisk business since opening, attracting many visitors from Chongqing’s main urban area, Beijing, Guangzhou, and other regions across the country who come specifically for its fame.

　　 Currently, Wuling Mountain Delicacies is hailed as the “Eastern Magic Soup,” “Gourmet of the Earth,” and “Forest Medicine”—a truly unique delicacy in the world.