What are the better specialties in Jiuquan?

Jiuquan specialty, mainly some handicrafts, jade, leather, carpet, brown hair and other products have been passed down from generation to generation since the Han and Tang Dynasties. Luminous Cup, which has a long reputation in Wo Wo, Suzhou, and others such as home-made paper, grow plush blankets and felts. , indigo cloth, Suzhou hookah, Achnatherum mat, etc. And all over the place. In recent years, due to the increase of machine-made products, handmade products have been replaced, and some are dying out. However, its unique style and exquisite craftsmanship are still necessary to maintain and learn from.

First, luminous cup; The luminous cup is a precious wine vessel produced in Jiuquan, which is made of stone from Luo Chen, Qilian Mountain. (also known as Jiuquan Jade), beautifully carved and vividly shaped. Brilliant color, delicious and mellow wine, deeply loved by Chinese and foreign people. Tang Fu poet William Wang praised Liangzhou music. Poetry is named after the cup, and the cup is passed on by poetry, which is praised as the story of afternoon and autumn. It is actually a good gift display, banquet and giving to relatives and friends.

2. Jiuquan Liquor (Suzhou shochu): Jiuquan Liquor is made of wheat as saccharifying starter, sorghum, corn and rice as raw materials, and it is cultivated by high-temperature Daqu, named Spring Water, and carefully brewed by a unique process. Liquor is clear and transparent, rich in aroma, sweet and mellow, with harmonious tastes.

Unique color, suitable for entertaining guests and giving gifts to relatives and friends.

Jiuquan wine, with a long history, sold well in Lanzhou, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places in the late Qing Dynasty and was well received by restaurants.

Third, planting plush carpets: planting plush carpets has a long history. In ancient times, the Yue people scattered in Jiuquan, and the Yue people were good at weaving carpets. The Journey to the West, the ancient Yuefu, "invited guests to the North Hall and sat on the floor". Around the Western Han Dynasty, Jiuquan was able to weave plush carpets, and the raw material for weaving carpets was high-quality wool.

Or camel hair, which is woven by traditional technology, is elegant in color, unique in pattern, spectacular and generous, durable, with national characteristics, and is praised as a treasure, which is well received by Chinese and foreign customers.

Four. Suzhou hookah: Suzhou hookah is mainly produced in the suburbs of Qiu Lai. Due to the fertility of soil and water, the produced tobacco leaves are golden in color and fragrant in smell. The ingredients and processing of hookah are very particular. In addition to tobacco leaves, herbs, mint, angelica, chuanxiong rhizome and borneol are also added.

Musk and other medicinal materials are unique. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were several workshops such as Wangjia Smoke Workshop and Lujia Smoke Workshop, and their products were sold all over Hexi.

Suzhou Wo Wo: Suzhou Wo Wo (woolen cotton shoes), a specialty of Suzhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties, is made by soaking and rubbing cow hair, commonly known as cat's nest. It is thick, strong, durable and popular.

6. Fuzhou Hemp Paper: Suzhou Hemp Paper (homemade paper), commonly known as Hemp Paper, existed in workshops in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with rags, Ma Lian, Achnatherum splendens and hemp as raw materials, with fine texture, softness and tenacity. Fine paper can be used for writing and printing, while coarse paper can be used for packaging or other miscellaneous purposes, especially in Baijia.

Paper mill, Jiaojia paper mill, etc. At present, a home papermaking association has been established to manufacture various kinds of paper with different textures according to market needs.

Achnatherum splendens can be planted everywhere in Jiuquan. Farmers use local materials, use the slack season, and weave mats according to their uses. They are resplendent, clean and tidy, and are essential for building houses, bridging bridges and laying kang. They are sturdy, reliable, economical and durable.

8. Felt: People of all ethnic groups in Jiuquan live in compact communities, engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and there are many livestock products, especially felt, which is the most famous, with fine production technology, pure wool, red, black and white, wool and cow hair. After being made, it is elastic, soft and durable, moisture-proof and heat-insulating, and is loved by people of all ethnic groups.

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9. Indigo Zhang Bu: Since the Ming Dynasty, agricultural production in Hexi has been stable, with men plowing and women weaving, and many farmers planting indigo. So a cloth dyeing workshop was set up in Suzhou, and people in the city and rural fortresses set up dyeing workshops, mostly using indigo as the main dyeing raw material and printing and dyeing by hand.

Woven cotton cloth, with blue and purple colors, can also be printed and dyed with indigo cloth with blue background and white flowers. In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's time, indigo cloth was very popular again. Later, due to the best-selling machine-made cloth, indigo cloth was eliminated and the dye house closed down.

Black melon seeds: Black melon seeds are also one of the specialties of Jiuquan, with the characteristics of thick meat, black skin and white meat, and fragrant oil, which are deeply loved by customers inside and outside the province.

1 1. Onion: Onion is a famous specialty of Jiuquan. Farmers have accumulated a whole set of cutting and cultivation experience, and the planting scope is expanding day by day. It is characterized by thin skin, thick petals and innocent luster. It is not only delicious on the table, but also a good health medicine, which can be fried and cooked. It tastes sweet, fried with big meat, especially delicious.

12. Leather: Jiuquan indigenous tanning has a long history. Its method is to soak the hide for several days, mix it with nitric acid and yellow rice flour into a thin paste, apply it to the skin, soak it for more than ten days, take it out and stretch it, scrape off the fat with a knife, and make it into leather clothes, fur hats and cars.

Horses are flexible and durable, and are deeply loved by users. The original leather group was engaged in production, and now a leather factory has been established, which is made by scientific methods and machines, exquisite and beautiful, and meets the needs of supply. Jiuquan specialty food-dim sum, sesame seed cake and steamed stuffed bun;

1, crispy sesame cakes and Beijing-style snacks, snack stuffing and cooking oil are mixed in flour and baked on the fire. The color is light yellow, which is bigger than dim sum and smaller than ordinary scones. It's best to eat it while it's hot in a restaurant. It's soft and sweet, oily but not greasy, and suitable for breakfast and supper. Muslim fires are prepared with sesame oil.

2. Crispy steamed bread (also called sugar crispy steamed bread) is made by adding seasoning materials such as turmeric and monascus to hot noodles. Through kneading, rolling, rolling, pressing and other processes, the shape is flat and layered, with a proper amount of syrup recessed in the middle and coiled around the surface. Sprinkle white sugar granules on the noodles and bake them in an iron pan. Huang Liang color, crisp and sweet, both hot and cold can be eaten, and many of them are sold in the streets and lanes.

3. Cook noodles in an oil tower, then add a small amount of dough and cooking oil, rub it hard for many times, wake up at the right time, roll it into pancakes, coat it with oil, roll it into a tube, cut it into uniform dough, then twist it into a spiral tower, steam it in a cage, and the color will be dark yellow when it is taken out. When eating, it will be sandwiched in a plate and lifted and shaken. It tastes non-greasy, suitable for both hot and cold, and hot food is better.

4, the oil mouse is mixed with good noodles into skin, wrapped in oil noodles mixed with hot sesame oil, kneaded into the shape of a mouse, steamed in a cage, white after the cage, brown in the heart, delicious, and better cold food, mostly eaten on the fifteenth day of the first month, fed to relatives and friends.

5. Sweet water steamed bread (also known as pot-wrapped meat) does not add salt, sugar and other seasonings. The dough has to be kneaded many times before it can grow into a round spire. It is best to steam in a cage, and the color is a little white. It tastes soft, chewy and slow to swallow, and has a natural wheat flavor. Sliced braised pork tastes better; Strong water absorption, once soaked in boiling water, it becomes spongy, which is a good product for feeding babies and is also most suitable for the elderly.

6. Oil fruits are divided into two categories: big oil fruits and small oil fruits, and their tastes are also divided into two types: salty and sweet. Its patterns are made with exquisite craftsmanship, and the mixed dough is turned, turned, squeezed, pressed, kneaded, twisted, grabbed and picked into various patterns, all of which are fried with flax. Among the many varieties of preserved oil, it is worth mentioning that some clever women use turmeric, monascus, spinach juice and other pigments to make five-color dough, and then make it into bees, butterflies, fish, shrimps, ducklings, pupae tadpoles, dragons, tigers, horses, sheep, birds, rats, chickens, geese, flowers, tsaoko and so on with display means. After frying, the color is gorgeous and the shape is realistic; When served on the table, it is colorful, dazzling, dazzling, crisp and sweet, and extremely palatable. This kind of small sandbag is only made by women on the first day of New Year's Day, so it is rare in the market. In addition, the Muslim oil gizzards and jiaozi cooked by the Hui people in Jiuquan are more delicious and exquisite.

7. Guo Kui is a big pancake maker in Jiuquan. When tobacco is roasted, it is called a pot helmet, and when it is steamed in a cage, it is called a steamed cake. Its size depends on the size of the smoke cage, and its thickness is 5- 10 cm. Jujube is called jujube guokui, Elaeagnus angustifolia is called Elaeagnus angustifolia guokui, and turmeric, monascus or fragrant beans (Jiuquan) are used to participate. Go on sale and cut into pieces and weigh. Other different shapes have their own names, such as "Niudan pepper" with slightly curved rectangle, "steamed buns mixed with water" with fennel oil and other condiments, and "burning a knot in one's heart" and "burning a shell" with tobacco barbecue, all of which are sold regardless of weight.

8. Sweet beige is made by grinding yellow rice (millet) into powder, fermenting, slightly fragrant, putting it in a small bowl, making semi-circular rice flour according to porcelain, and steaming it in a cage. Pale yellow in color, soft and slightly sweet in taste, natural and exotic, with the clear fragrance of glutinous rice wine. Sweet rice was digested by Huang Yi, which strengthened the spleen and stomach. Suitable for all ages, urban and rural areas.

9. The dried grain is actually a snack-sized biscuit made by a family. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god. In the evening, housewives wash their hands and clean their mouths, offer offerings such as "dry food in the kitchen" in front of the statue of Kitchen God, and say "eat dry food and go to heaven when you are full".

10, Hot Cake and Oil Cake Put the rice cake made of glutinous rice and red dates into the pot, put the fried oil cake on it, cover it with a cage cloth, and add fire to the pot. Always keep rice cakes and oil cakes soft and hot. When eating, put the rice cake on the steamed oil cake, which is sweet and delicious.

1 1, stuffed skin is a favorite summer food of Jiuquan people. The main tricks of the production method are seasoning: vinegar marinade (when boiling, add seasoning, red spicy skin and powder juice to thicken, put it into hot pot, simmer in winter and remove fire in summer), ten spices vinegar (adding seasoning without thickening, soaking a few tsaoko in boiling vinegar), garlic paste (garlic paste, stir with water, light yellow), and red.

12, bean jelly (commonly known as soybean) powder, the production method is simple and common, mainly because the seasoning is better, which is the same as the seasoning used for crusting. At a family dinner, make the powder into thin slices, roll it into a tube, cut it into an inch thick circle, pour it with seasoning, and sometimes add fried meat foam to make it taste different.

13, hot bean powder, steamed in the pot, seasoned with chicken soup to make halogen. This kind of food is suitable for all ages, easy to digest, rich in nutrition and suitable for all seasons.

14, steamed flour (also called steamed cake) wheat flour and soft dough, rolled into round pancakes, steamed in a cage, cooled, cut into thin strips, put them in a bowl and mixed with various seasonings, and serve. It is one of the common cold foods in the family.

Jiuquan's special food-cooked meat;

1, fat wrapping: there are two kinds of plate fat wrapping and intestinal fat wrapping. The way to wrap fat in sheep is to tear off the oil on the belly surface (called belly oil skin) and keep it as skin, then chop the lean meat, add seasonings such as onion, garlic and ginger, stir to make stuffing, wrap it with oil skin, tie the two ends tightly with hemp skin or cotton thread, obliquely wrap it around several times in the middle, and then put it in a pot for cooking. Refrigerate, slice and serve. Eating mutton is not greasy, and it is more fragrant than ordinary instant-boiled mutton. After cooling, slice it and fry it in a kang pan, which tastes better. The method of wrapping the intestines with fat is: after washing the intestines, chop up the amniotic fluid blood clots, add seasoning and proper amount of fried noodles, stir them into paste, put them in the intestines, tie them tightly at both ends, put them in a pot, and deflate them with a needle when cooking to avoid bursting. After cooling, cut into oblique slices and eat immediately.

2. Mutton chop suey soup (also called sheep's head soup): put the sheep in water to cook and chop; In the original soup, ginger is used as the main seasoning powder. The soup is white and cannot be turbid. Then put the skull of the mutton into the pot, put the chopped mutton into the bowl, pour the soup and warm it. The soup should be hot, the meat should be rotten and tender. If cooked wheat or barley grains are put into the soup, the soup will be stewed with meat with a spoon, and the flavor will be stronger. Sheep's head soup is the favorite breakfast and dinner for local people.

3. Preserved mutton and preserved beef: cut the mutton and beef into pieces, mix the fat and thin evenly, mix the seasonings and put them in their respective stomachs, seal them and put them in a pot for cooking. After taking it out, heat it and put it into a suitable basin, and press it hard until it is completely cooled. When eating, cut into thin slices and sprinkle with salt noodles. The meat is red, white and yellow, which is appetizing. This is a cold meat food with good color and flavor.

Chang: This is a snack with western characteristics. Mix fresh sheep blood with a little flour, pour it into sheep intestines, put it in boiling water for a while, take it out and cool it, cut it into oblique slices with a thickness of one centimeter, and bake it in an oil pan. It's better to eat now, while it's hot. Kangyangchang has the function of stopping dysentery and diarrhea.

There are also some folk ways to eat, such as burning gourd, wheat seeds, grinding treasures, stewing cakes and so on. In different festivals, Jiuquan people are very particular about food. For example, from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, they usually don't use knives to make a fire to cook. When entertaining guests, they just fry and steam the prepared semi-finished dishes. On the fifteenth day of the first month, eat Yuanxiao, steamed stuffed bun or oily mouse to get rich. Eat pancakes on February 2; Eat fried eggs in a daze; Eat zongzi, rice cakes and realgar wine at the Dragon Boat Festival in May; Eat moon cakes, oil pot helmets and gourd pot helmets on August 15; Eat meat on the solstice in winter; Laba eats Laba ice, Laba beans, Laba porridge and bean rice. Laba doesn't eat vegetarian food on the solstice of winter, and Laba doesn't eat meat. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, we offer sacrifices to the stove, eating candy, jujube cakes and dry food. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, we will eat some noodles and jiaozi, and we will also have a jiaozi in the middle of the night, which is called "Cang Cang Fan".