Qionglai's Top Ten Snacks

Qionglai is one of the four ancient cities in Sichuan. It is a place with a long history and a good destination for tourism. Many people travel to Qionglai every year. People travel to Qionglai not only to see the cultural landscapes, but also because Qionglai has many snacks. The top ten snacks in Qionglai are very famous, such as milk soup noodles, Bobo chicken, cold cakes, etc. The following is a detailed introduction to the top ten snacks in Qionglai.

1. Milk noodle soup

Milk soup noodles are a traditional local food in our county. Use fresh pork bones, pig trotters, fragrant pork elbows, and chicken to stew into a fragrant milk soup, pour it into a bowl, add seasonings, and add cooked water leaf noodles. During the Republic of China period, it was run and developed by Mazi (real name Ai Chunting) from Jing County, and it has a history of more than 60 years.

2. Qionglai Lianggao

Qionglai Lianggao is a traditional specialty snack. It is sweet, soft and delicious. It is refreshing and tasty. It also has the effects of detoxifying and discharging pus, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing away heat and dampness, and strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. The main raw materials are rice, well water and brown sugar.

3. Cross-River Chicken

The chicken is slow-cooked with spices over low heat, then shredded and served on a plate. You can then dip it in the secret seasoning while eating. Not to mention how delicious it is, the taste of the chicken is already amazing.

4. Bobo Chicken

It has a history of hundreds of years since the Qing Dynasty. It is made of boneless chicken slices served in a ceramic bowl, mixed with spicy condiments and a variety of seasonings. It has the characteristics of crispy skin, tender meat, spicy and fresh flavor, and moderate sweetness and saltiness. Eating milk noodle soup with Bobo chicken is a unique experience. In 1990, it won the Chengdu Individual Famous Snack Quality Award, and in 1991 it was named a high-quality famous snack by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government.

5. Sweet Skin Roast Duck

The hot oil duck with crispy skin, tender meat and fragrant aroma is usually called roast duck by Qionglai people. It is a very popular home-cooked dish.

6. Yin buckwheat noodles

Buckwheat noodles are made from the most nutritious cereal buckwheat. They are rich in protein, mineral nutrients, plant fiber, etc. Regular consumption can have health benefits such as lowering blood lipids, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Therefore, buckwheat noodles are also named "longevity snacks" by Qionglai people and are highly praised by tourists from home and abroad.

"Yin Buckwheat Noodles" has a history of nearly a hundred years. It uses fine materials, unique craftsmanship, and is made using special wooden tools. The noodles are refreshing and chewy, the meat and bamboo shoots are crispy, served with pea tips and celery, and topped with a special meat sauce. A bowl of brightly colored, spicy and fragrant "Yin Buckwheat Noodles" is presented to you, leaving you with an endless aftertaste. Yin Buckwheat Noodles has won numerous awards in food competitions inside and outside the province, and has been awarded the title of excellent "traditional famous snack" at the provincial and municipal levels many times, and has been nominated as a "Sichuan Province Time-honored Brand".

7. Pingle River Water Tofu Pudding

It is made from Pingle's local ecological soybeans and the clear water from Baimo River, and is ground by hand. It is fresh, tender, sweet and fragrant, and is the best food for health and beauty.

8. Qionglai Black Pig

Qionglai Black Pig is one of the main local pig breeds raised in the Qionglai Mountains. It was once the "black pig that every household has" in western Sichuan and is mainly produced in Qionglai. It is one of the 48 excellent local black pig breeds in my country. It is suitable for growing in the low mountain and hilly areas in the western Sichuan Basin (these areas are generally 400-800 meters above sea level, with a mild climate and abundant rainfall). According to the textual research on stone pigs and reliefs excavated from Eastern Han tombs in the production area, it has a history of more than 1,800 years.

The country now attaches great importance to the protection and development of Qionglai black pigs, and has included them in the first batch of the "List of Chinese Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources". This list was compiled by my country over several years in accordance with the "Convention on Biological Diversity" jointly signed by more than 150 countries including China and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's requirements for the compilation of the "State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources").

9. Qiong Tea

Qionglai is one of the earliest tea-producing places in the world. Qionglai tea is world-famous for its long history, rich resources, wide production area and excellent varieties. According to the book "Ancient Bashu", when introducing tea, it said: "In the Han Dynasty, Yang Xiong, Sima Xiangru... and others all drank tea", which shows that 2,100 years ago, tea drinking was a popular trend among the people in Chengdu and Qionglai.

10. Qiong Wine

Qiongjiu is the general name for the Luzhou-flavor liquor produced in Qionglai City, Sichuan Province. It is a national geographical indication protected product. Qionglai, which means "a place rich in fine wine" in Tibetan, is the largest base for raw liquor in China. Qiong wine has a long history and culture. "Wenjun wine" is the oldest and most accurate "famous wine record" recorded in Chinese classics so far, and can be traced back to the early Western Han Dynasty. Qionglai has excellent wine-making conditions such as good water quality, good soil, good climate, and biodiversity. In addition, Qionglai's wine-making technology is exquisite, which has been praised by domestic and foreign experts and peers. It has a high degree of popularity and reputation. In its heyday, Qionglai had more than 1,600 liquor production companies, and the output of raw liquor accounted for nearly 70% of the country. The annual export of raw liquor outside the province accounts for about 80% of the raw liquor exported from Sichuan. Qionglai liquor has become one of Qionglai's characteristic and advantageous industries.