During the holidays, many people will choose to go out for a walk or travel. Beijing is the capital of China, with a variety of tourist scenes such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, it is very suitable to visit. So, what are Beijing's specialties to take home? Only Beijing has ten special products. How many do you know?
1. Beijing roast duck
Beijing roast duck is the representative of Beijing specialty flavor. It is known as "the most delicious food in the world". The most famous Peking duck restaurant is Quanjude roast duck restaurant. This shop has a history of more than 130 years. Quanjude roast duck color is jujube red, bright and bright, crisp skin and tender meat. The roasted duck is cut into thin slices by the chef, and each piece has to be thin and fat; then it is placed on the table with simple and delicious ingredients such as pancakes, green onions and flour paste. Now that kind of vacuum bag can be easily taken home.
2. Sweet scented osmanthus wine
In the feudal dynasty, only the imperial dining room mastered the formula and brewing technology of the old osmanthus wine. In August, when Osmanthus fragrans was fragrant, it was brewed into wine by selecting the flowers to be released, and sealed in the jar for three years. The wine was sweet and mellow, and had the effect of appetizing and refreshing. The wine brewed is called 'osmanthus wine'. It is specially used for the emperors and dignitaries in the Imperial Palace and the royal palace. It is rarely seen by ordinary officials and ordinary people.
3. Poria cocos sandwich cake, a specialty of Beijing
Poria cocos sandwich cake was originally the food of the court in the late Qing Dynasty. Modern Poria cocos sandwich cake, according to the classic taste, and add new technology, exquisite materials, fine workmanship. Selected a variety of nuts, plus osmanthus, honey, seaweed, Poria powder and other food. The taste is sweet and delicious. It melts in the mouth. It is a popular Beijing style snack. Poria cocos is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effect of soothing the spleen, promoting diuresis and dampness. So it's not only delicious, but also good for your health.
4. Beijing specialty inner painted pot
The inner painted pot, also known as snuff bottle, is a kind of utensils (formerly known as glass in China) and has crystal texture. Due to its large number and great influence, it is a kind of national handicraft developed in the late Qing Dynasty. It enjoys a high art price as Teng's cloth paste painting. In the past, Westerners simply did not believe that it was painted directly. Until the process became public, the production site could be visited. At first, the inner painting pot was only used to decorate the snuff bottle. Later, it gradually developed into a handicraft. The inner painting pot was usually made of translucent materials, such as glass, and high-grade ones were also made of crystal, agate and jadeite. The inner painted pot is famous both at home and abroad for its exquisite decorations.
5. Damipan persimmon, the specialty of Beijing
Beijing's big Mopan persimmon, is also very famous. It belongs to one of the specialties of Beijing. This kind of persimmon is very big, generally one is about 250g. The big one weighs a kilo. Dapan persimmon tastes delicious and nutritious. It can also reduce blood pressure, stop bleeding and moisten the intestines.
6. Beijing noodle
Beijing dough figurine, also known as dough sculpture, is a kind of folk handicraft with simple production but high artistry. According to the needs, kneading artists first use flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, and then add color, paraffin, honey and other ingredients to make soft dough of various colors. With these dough, they are pinched, kneaded, kneaded and lifted several times in their hands Cut, carve, carve, shape the body, hand, head, and put on hair ornaments and clothes. In an instant, all kinds of artistic images are created. There are graceful and elegant beauties, innocent children, and characters and historical figures in various fairy tales and dramas.
7. Beijing crisp sugar
Beijing crisp sugar is one of the three famous sugars in China (Shanghai milk candy, Guangzhou fruit candy and Beijing crisp sugar), among which red shrimp crisp candy is the best. Crisp sugar has a long history in China, and Beijing's crisp sugar has always enjoyed a high reputation.
The characteristics of red shrimp crisp can be summarized as' crisp, crisp, fragrant and sweet '. In the production, we concentrate on the essence of traditional crafts and make the materials look exquisite. They are made of high-quality durian granulated sugar, high concentration glucose syrup and '28 sesame paste' after many times of boiling, pulling and folding. This kind of sugar skin is thin and crisp, and the filling is clear. It tastes sweet and delicious. It doesn't stick to your teeth and doesn't leave any residue after eating. At present, all major supermarkets in Beijing have sales.
8. Aiwowo, Beijing
Aiwowo is a small halal flavor made of glutinous rice in Beijing. It is spherical in shape, soft in texture and sweet in taste. Not only do people in Beijing like this snack, but also outsiders who come to Beijing often want to taste this famous Muslim snack in China.
9. Dim sum in Daoxiang Village
In 1895, Guo Yusheng, a Jinling man with unique food making skills and business strategies in Daoxiang village, came to Beijing with several assistants and established the name of "Nanhuo shop of Daoxiang village" at Guanyin Temple in Qianmen. Since then, Daoxiang village has settled in Kyoto.
Rice dumplings are sold at the Dragon Boat Festival, moon cakes are sold in the Mid Autumn Festival, New Year cakes are offered in the Spring Festival, and the Lantern Festival is held in Shangyuan. The materials should be authentic. The walnut kernels should be from Fenyang, Shanxi Province, because the peaches there are white and thick meat, rich flavor and sweet in the mouth. The roses should be from Miaofeng Mountain in the west of Beijing, because the rose flowers there are big and thick, and they have to be picked with dew before the sun comes out. Longan should be from Putian, Fujian Province; ham should be from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. For example, when boiling sugar can be taken away depends on the master's experience. The so-called "relying on the eye" refers to cutting the cooked sugar into various shapes, which is all manual work.
10. Erguotou liquor
Erguotou liquor is a traditional liquor in Beijing, belonging to ordinary liquor. How did the name "Erguotou liquor" come from? It has to start with the history of liquor making in Beijing.
Beijing has a long history of liquor making. In the Jin Dynasty, Beijing was designated as "Zhongdu", and a steamer came to make Shaojiu.
In the middle of Qing Dynasty, in order to improve the quality of liquor, the distillery in Beijing carried out technological reform. When steaming wine, it is called tin pot, also known as Tianguo. When steaming wine, it is necessary to treat the distilled liquor vapor, the 'liquor head' which is cooled by the cold water put into the tin pot for the first time, and the 'liquor tail' which is cooled by the cold water changed into the tin pot for the third time should be treated in other ways. Because the liquor cooled in the first pot and the third pot contains a variety of substances with low boiling point and boiling point, only the cold water cooled in the tin pot for the second time is taken out Wine, it is called Erguotou. Is a very pure good wine, but also the best quality wine. At present, when distilleries in various regions adopt the methods of "cutting off the ends" and "taking liquor according to the quality" when steaming liquor, they follow the technological principle of "Erguotou". At the end of Qing Dynasty, the craft of Erguotou has been spread all over Beijing, and is praised by scholars. In his poem, Wu Yanqi praised that "talents have been hated for thousands of years since ancient times, but they are still in Erguotou, Gansu and Lili". Compare Erguotou to Ganli.
Red Star Erguotou Wine is a typical representative of Beijing culture, worthy of Beijing specialty.
Conclusion: what delicious Beijing specialties can take away. This paper introduces ten Beijing specialties, all of which are very representative of Beijing flavor. Of course, Beijing's specialties are far more than these. You can choose what you like to take home if you go out for a visit. And it should be portable. It's very suitable to visit relatives and friends and send people and friends.