Are there any special products suitable for giving away in Hangzhou?

Hangzhou Silk is a specialty of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and a symbolic product of chinese national geography.

Hangzhou silk is light, soft and colorful, which plays an important role in the traditional silk weaving industry in China. Silk products unearthed in Liangzhu 4700 years ago reveal the long history of Hangzhou silk. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Silk sleeves brocade praises persimmons, and pure gas sells wine and pears bloom", which also shows the high standard of Hangzhou silk at that time. The Silk Village in the Old Qinghe Square witnessed the prosperity of the silk economy.

2. West Lake Longjing

West Lake Longjing is a kind of green tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China. Produced in the mountainous area around Longjing Village, West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, hence the name. It has a history of 1200 years. When Qing Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the Longjing tea in the West Lake and named eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple under Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea". West Lake Longjing is divided into 1 ~ 8 grades according to the order of appearance and internal quality.

3. West Lake lotus root starch

West Lake lotus root starch is one of the famous products in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Its unique flavor and rich nutrition once provided "tribute powder" for the royal family. Lotus root is the underground stem of lotus, which is specially processed from lotus root powder. It is thin and smooth, and its colors are white and red. When taking, only a small amount of cold water is needed to be mixed, and then boiled water is used to make paste. The brewed lotus root starch is crystal clear, mellow in taste, has the effects of appetizing, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, and is very suitable for infants, the elderly and patients.

4. Jingshan tea

Jingshan Tea, a specialty of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a landmark product of chinese national geography.

Camellia leaves are tender, smooth and delicate in appearance, green in color, fragrant, bright in soup color and tender and fresh in taste. According to "Continued Yuhang County Records", there are four walled docks and Wu Li in Jingshan, most of which are masterpieces, especially Lingxiao Peak. Monks in Jingshan Temple use grain rain tea and store it in a small bucket to feed people. The founder of the mountain once planted several tea trees and collected them for the Buddha. Over the years, it has spread all over the valley, and its taste is fresh and fragrant, that is, the camellia of this scene is also.

5.Carya cathayensis in Lin 'an

Linan carnosine is well-known at home and abroad for its excellent quality of round grain, thin shell, full nuts, crisp and delicious. Carya cathayensis in China is mainly produced in Tianmu Mountain area at the junction of Zhejiang and Anhui. Lin 'an is one of the producing areas of Carya cathayensis in China. Carya cathayensis has been cultivated and utilized for more than 500 years.

Extended data:

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang for short, is located in the southeast coast of China, the north of Zhejiang Province, the lower reaches of Qiantang River and the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is a sub-provincial city, a political, economic, cultural, educational, transportation and financial center of Zhejiang Province, one of the central cities of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, a city around Hangzhou Bay, a city in Hangzhou metropolitan area, and one of the important e-commerce centers in China.

Hangzhou has a history of more than 2200 years since the establishment of the county government in Qin Dynasty. It was the capital of Wu Yueguo and the Southern Song Dynasty. Because of its beautiful scenery, it is known as "paradise on earth". Due to the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and trade ports, as well as its own developed silk and grain industries, Hangzhou was once an important commercial distribution center in history. Later, relying on the opening of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and other railway lines and the promotion of Shanghai's import and export trade, light industry developed rapidly.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hangzhou