Which city in China is called Yancheng?

Yancheng refers to Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of the east coast of China.

Yancheng, also known as Piaocheng, Deng Ying, Baihu City and Du Yan, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, a second-class big city and a central city in the Yangtze River Delta. It is located in the east coast of China, the east of Jiangsu Province, the Yellow Sea in the east, Nantong in the south, Yangzhou and Taizhou in the southwest, Huai 'an in the northwest and Guanhe and Lianyungang in the north.

Yancheng is named "Yancheng" because of the local specialty salt. Since ancient times, the basic process of sea cooking has been "seawater → moisture absorption → brine production by evaporation in Yantian → salt collection → raw salt collection → finished salt transportation → finished product transportation abroad".

Yancheng established Du Yan County in the fourth year of founding ceremony, the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (former 1 19). At that time, salt fields and salt rivers were everywhere, and "blasphemy" was a river carrying salt. In the seventh year (4 1 1), the Eastern Jin Emperor Yi Xi was renamed Yancheng County, and the name "Yancheng" is still in use today.

Local specialties of Yancheng:

1, Jianhu lotus root starch jiaozi

Lotus root powder is used as raw material, with white sugar, jujube paste, sesame powder, meat oil and osmanthus as stuffing pills, and boiled in boiling water for many times. Shaped like a projectile, it is lavender.

2. Braised mullet in white

Mullet is a famous seafood in Yancheng, with delicious meat, including diced lard, sliced ham, sliced mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Put it in a cage and steam it over high heat. The stewed mullet is garlic cloves, and the soup is clear, bright and delicious.

3, Qiyuan crab roe bag

It is made of a fat yellow live female crab and refined noodles, which are very delicious, especially the crab yellow steamed stuffed bun in Qiyuan restaurant, hence its name.

4. Four-gill perch

Produced in Guanhe, Xiangshui County. The mouth is big, the scales are thin, and the body side is flat. In the cauliflower season, the fish body has black and white patterns, which is also called "cauliflower bass". The fish head has overlapping gills and looks like four gills. The meat is fresh and tender, and the fish soup is delicious, which can be compared with chicken juice. It used to be a tribute.