What foods are there in Lichuan City, Hubei Province?

Lichuan City belongs to Ba Culture Area and Wuling Mountain Area, belongs to Hubei administratively, and is close to Sichuan and Chongqing culturally. At the same time, it is influenced by Hunan and Hubei provinces. Han people live together with Tujia and Miao people, and their diet has both the spicy characteristics of Sichuan and Chongqing and the fresh and spicy style of Hunan.

Lichuan has always regarded the sightseeing and summer vacation of Tenglong Cave, Yumuzhai, Dashuijing Ancient Buildings ancient buildings, Xingdoushan Nature Reserve, Longchuan Water Town, Qiyue Mountain, the first cave in the world, as the leader in developing the tertiary industry, but the local food culture and folk customs in Lichuan are also very interesting.

Lichuan water shield: water shield or cabbage, the scientific name of water shield. Also known as leeks, horseshoe vegetables and lake vegetables, they are perennial aquatic herbs. Delicious and tender, it is one of the precious vegetables. Water shield is rich in glial protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals. Eating water shield often has the health care function of homology of medicine and food, which accords with the concept of homology of traditional Chinese medicine and food in Huangdi Neijing. Fo Baoshan in Lichuan is one of the cradles of water shield. Compared with the water shield of West Lake in Hangzhou, Fobaoshan is original and pollution-free, and the water shield quality is better.

Poplar dried bean curd: produced in eight towns of Poplar City, Lichuan City. Dried white sheep bean curd is mainly made of high-quality local soybeans, Longdongwan spring water and several natural spices. After washing, soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling, binding, extruding, baking, marinating, sealing and other more than a dozen unique processes. In the whole production process of dried poplar bean curd, its particularity is that gypsum and any other chemicals are not used, and the secret lies in the local spring water and traditional technology. There is a saying that there is no authentic dried poplar bean curd without this water, which is a must in the bean curd making industry. Now enterprises in Lichuan use modern industrial means to produce, package and sell, which is not as good as dried bean curd originated in baiyang village.

Ghost Tofu: Tofu made of turtledove leaves, also known as "God Tofu" and "Guanyin Tofu".

Fried bacon with roots: food made by grinding the roots of a certain tree into powder, which is called "root"

There are also many delicious foods, such as sea pepper noodles duck, Gege, Ma Yuan, mung bean powder, Lichuan bean jelly, kidney bean chicken, Lichuan konjac duck and so on.