Specialities Of Wuxi

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Specialities Of Wuxi
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Three Whites of the Taihu Lake

• One of the five biggest fresh water lakes,
  crossing two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang,
  The Taihu Lake covers an area of 2250 square
  meters, with a general term of 36000 hectares.
  There are numerous fish and shrimp in the lake,
  among which Three whites of The Taihu Lake are
  best known, namely, white fish, white shrimp and
  white silver fish. 
• With strong fish smell, white fish grows up by
  eating little fish. The white fish of about 1 kg
  is freshest, tenderest and the most delicious.
  After cooking, it is the best meal at dining
  tables in hotels, restaurants and houses.

•  With thin shell and tiny foot, white shrimp is
  one of three treasures of The Taihu Lake, whose
  size is smaller than river and cocktail shrimp,
  its body shining as silver, having a taste of
  fatness and tenderness.
•  As royal tribute in Emperor Kangxis reign of
  Qing danasty, white silver fish ranks first in
  three treasures of The Taihu Lake. Fresh silver
  fish could be used to make different kinds of
  delicious meals treating domestic and foreign
  guests.

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Dafu Waxberry

• Dafu waxberry is produced in Dafu and Maji
  mountains of suburban areas, with 1000-year
  cultivation history. Waxberry is native to
  southern Yangtze River and was named Proper
  Fruit of the Southern Yangtze River in ancient
  times. Flesh thick and small core, Dafu waxberry
  tastes sweet and sour. There are ten odd kinds of
  species like wumei, white lichee and dayexidi
  yangme. Its fruits have the effects of quenching
  thirst and promoting salivation. Wuxi people also
  like eating waxberry soaked in liquor. Once
  soaked in liquor and added with few brown sugar,
  waxberry may help remove wet and check diarrhea
  as well as relieve heat and stand the cold.

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Pearl of the Taihu Lake

• Pearl of The Taihu Lake in Wuxi is an artificial
  cultivated freshwater pearl with big grain, good
  quality and pure color, natural and glittering,
  crystal and round as well as shining, enjoying
  the reputation of Pearl of The Taihu Lake in
  Wuxi, the best pearl in the world in the
  international markets.
• Pearl is high-class material for making
  high-level decoration and crafts, which can also
  be used to make earrings, rings, bracelets and
  necklaces. Pearl also has the effects of clearing
  away internal heat and toxic substances,
  tranquilizing the liver and subduing yang,
  calming hearts and nerves, stopping cough and
  reducing sputum, improving the eye sight and
  relieving pain, astringing and promoting the
  growth of new skin. It contains abundant protein,
  amino acid, and certain minerals necessary for
  human health. Therefore, it is not only valuable
  medicine material but also high-level nutrition
  supplement product.

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Silkworm Silk

• Wuxi is Chinese silk weaving base. In the 1920s
  and 1930s, Wuxi's silk reeling production
  lists No. 1 nationwide, enjoying the reputation
  of Capital of Silk at home and abroad. Wuxi's
  silkworm industry originates from Meili of Wu
  region where Taibo established capital here at
  the end of the Shang dynasty, flourishing in the
  countryside since the Ming and Qing dynasties.
  Modern silk reeling is also renowned at home and
  abroad. Casual and elegant, simple and grave as
  well as magnificent, Wuxi silk offers different
  kinds of silk material for option.  

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Yixing Ceramic

• Yixing has a long history of ceramic production
  and is regarded as Chinese capital of ceramic.
  At present time, there are 7500 kinds of ceramic,
  fine products like five golden flowers, purple,
  green, blue, color and fine ceramic enjoying high
  reputation at home and abroad.
• Zisha teapot is well known in the region of
  Dingshan and Shushan of Yixing, the ceramic
  capital. Workers make teapots in melon or tree
  trunk shape, or loop-handled archaized teapots by
  mixing and heating purple, red and tuanshan clay.
  Artists engrave teapots with seal, ancient poem,
  mountain and water, flower and grass as well as
  insect and fish. Thus pieces of arts and crafts
  are born after heating, which are integrated with
  sculpture, calligraphy and painting and gold
  stone.
• It is said that the advantage of Zisha teapots
  lies in the fact that their inner and outer parts
  are unglazed. Therefore, Zisha teapots have good
  air permeability and tea leaves inside will not
  change its color and get soured. As for the
  teapot we used for a long time, because air holes
  of inner wall are full of tea rust, even if
  there are no tea leaves but boiling water inside,
  we can still smell the fragrance of tea. No
  wonder someone regards Zisha teapot as divine
  teapot.

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Wuxi Honey Peach

• The hometown of honey peach Wuxi is one of
  Chinese four biggest peach production areas,
  particularly in Yangshi town, the old area
  located in the west of Wuxi. Due to its unique
  position, the honey peach produced here is juicy,
  with big size and sweet taste as well as tender
  flesh and delightful color, enjoying a long
  standing reputation.
• Wuxi honey peach is one of wuxis famous
  indigenous products, with a cultivation history
  of nearly 70 years, renowned at home and abroad
  for such characteristics as beautiful shape,
  delightful color, good taste, tender flesh,
  intense flavor, being easily peeled, juicy,
  fragrant and melt in the mouth.