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| Chongqing
Specialties |
As
a large metropolis, Chongqing boasts rich natural resources and local
specialties, making it a good place to do some shopping.
Chongqing is also a major tea producing area. With a long history
of cultivation, Chongqing Tuo Tea, Cuiping Silver Needle Tea and Xinong
Maojian Tea enjoy high prestige both at home and abroad.
Gourmets have no right to feel disappointed when traveling in Chongqing:
Old Sichuan translucent beef slices, Peiling mustard tuber and Hechuan
preserved pear slices are all unusual things to try.
Folk handicraft in Chongqing has long been highly appraised. Since
the Southern Song Dynasty, Shu Embroidery (also known as Sichuan Embroidery)
has been ranked among the four most famous embroidery types in China,
along with Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Embroidery and Cantonese Embroidery.
Rongchang paper fans are also exported and have been since the Qing
dynasty.
Other items are: Citrus from Chongqing and Wanxian, Tangerines named
"Big Red Robe", Guanggan oranges produced in Jiangjin, Shatian
grapefruit or pomelos grown in Changshou County, Liangshan Shaddock
produced in Liangping, Yellow peaches of Tongnan, block edible fungus
or Wanxian, mustard tuers and dried meat floss of Fuling, peanuts,
Chongqing broad beans. |
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Bamboo-screen
painting -- a combination of the Su brocade and the Shu embroider
on bamboo sheets |
| Handicraft
includes Chongqing lacqerware,pottery of Rongchang and banmboo woven
curtains from Liangping. |
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| Spectacular Qutang,
elegant Wu and majestic Xiling - they are no illusion but truly
world wonders, even after the big dam is complete. Let images
in our gallery be your guidance when planning your next China
Trip. |
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