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Yangtze River that surge past the city, the Grand Canal and other
rivers that form a transport web, and the rippling waters of Taihu
Lake combine to support life in Wuxi, cultivating and nurturing a
culture featuring vigor and vitality, intelligence and wisdom.
Natural Resources
Exploiting its developed irrigation system, Wuxi grows rice much coveted
throughout the country. It is also famous for its aquatic products,
with fishing boats plying the waters of Taihu Lake and fish ponds
dotting the suburban areas. It leads the nation in per-unit output
of freshwater fish, including Whitebait, Whitefish and white shrimps
(unique to Taihu Lake), as well as Hilsa Herring, Mullet and Huiyu
fish (unique to the Yangtze River). Wuxi's native produce known far
and wide include Sijaoling water chestnuts, crisp water shield, jade-like
wild rice stems, lily known as ginseng from Taihu Lake, tasty chestnuts,
fragrant Xuelang Gongcha tea, Wuxi Haocha tea, Yangxiancha tea, and
Shuimitao juicy peach. Moreover, Wuxi is famous for its rich and tasty
spareribs, fried round fermented dough hollow inside, which is called
Youmianjin in Chinese, Xiaoxing beancurd and Mullet noodles. Throughout
the ages, master chefs in Wuxi have developed representative dishes
known as "Taihu Boat Dishes". The best known are Liangxi
crisp eels and pork cooled in fermented bean curd. |
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