Liuhe District - EstablishmentIn May 2002, with the approval of the State Council, the former Liuhe County and the former Dafang District merged to form the new Liuhe District, which has 5 streets, 14 towns, and a provincial-level economic development zone under its jurisdiction, with a population of 870,000 and a land area of 1,500 square kilometers, which is one-sixth and one-fourth of that of Nanjing, respectively. Liuha is both an ancient city with a long history and a new district full of vitality and vigor. Liuhe District - Location Advantages Liuhe has unique location advantages and very convenient transportation. Ninghu, Ningtong, Ninglian Expressway, Jiangbei Avenue, Jinjiang Highway, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge and the Second Bridge, as well as the Ninghuai Expressway, Ningbeng Expressway, and Yanjiang Expressway under construction are crisscrossed in the district, which is well-connected; the construction of four bridges over the Yangtze River, Liuha Airport, and the Jiangbei Elevator and other national, provincial and municipal key projects have started one after the other, as well as the relocation of the toll station of the Yangtze River Bridge to the northern part of the bridge, and Liuha has been integrated into Nanjing's main city; Liuha is far away from the main cities of Chuzhou, Tianchang, Yangzhou, and Luhu. Liuhe is only 1 hour away from Chuzhou, Tianchang, Yangzhou and Lukou International Airport, and 2 hours away from Shanghai, which is within the 1-hour metropolitan circle of East China; the West-East Natural Gas Pipeline Project runs 35 kilometers east and west of the district and has 2 sub-transmission stations; there are 45 kilometers of deep-water Yangtze River coastline along the river, and two 10,000-ton deep-water piers are available; the Chu River runs through the whole area, which is navigable in all seasons. Liuha District - Urban Development Liuha District has a strong industrial base and distinctive advantages. Along the river is densely populated with Yangzi Petrochemical, Nanshan Steel and Nankai Group, Yangzi BASF Corporation and other national mega-companies, with chemical, steel and other raw materials supply and marketing advantages; Nanjing Chemical Industry Park as a national heavy chemical industry base, is an important part of the implementation of the development strategy along the river in Jiangsu Province. The central urban area integrates politics, economy and culture, is densely populated, has prosperous commerce and trade, and has a superior living environment. The northern part of the district is the main production area for special high-quality agricultural products such as pollution-free vegetables and economic forest fruits; the national-level geological park, the AA-level Jinniu Lake Scenic Area, and the provincial-level forest park of Pingshan, with a superior ecological environment, and the control area for air quality monitoring of Jiangsu Province is located in the forest park of Zhuzhen. Liuhe District - geography and geomorphology of the region's landforms mostly belong to the Ning Zhen Yang mountainous area, the terrain of the north high and south low, the northern part of the hilly hillock area, the central part of the river valley plains, hillock area, the southern part of the plains along the river pike area. Subtropical humid climate, long frost-free period, more precipitation, sunshine, four distinct seasons. There are 72,400.8 hectares of arable land, accounting for 49.3% of the total area of the region; 1,657 hectares of garden land, accounting for 1.1%; 92,504 hectares of forest land, accounting for 6.3%; 689.2 hectares of pasture land, accounting for 0.5%; 2,761.3 hectares of land for transportation, accounting for 1.9%; 22,399.6 hectares of land for settlements and industrial and mining use, accounting for 15.3%; and 319,136.6 hectares of water. hectares, accounting for 21.8%; 5,561.5 hectares of unused land, accounting for 3.8%. Liuhe District - Abundant Resources Water Resources The water system in the district belongs to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Along the line from Yishan in the northeast to Mule Mountain in the center and northwest to Dashengmiao, it is the watershed of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, with the Yangtze River system in the south and the Huaihe River system in the north. There are 62 large and small rivers in the territory, of which, all kinds of ponds and dams 2149, with a water area of 12,444 hectares and a water storage capacity of 64 million cubic meters; 56 small and medium-sized reservoirs, with a water storage capacity of 136.11 million cubic meters. Natural resources The region's woodland growth of tree species in 39 families and 92 species. There are 487 kinds of medicinal plants and animals produced in the territory, among which 115 kinds are national key medicinal varieties. There are nearly 1,400 hectares of water surface available in the whole area, producing 36 kinds of economic fish of 15 families. Longchi Carp is famous both at home and abroad. There are more than 20 kinds of minerals in the whole area, such as iron, copper, boron, sapphire, rain agate, marble, dolomite, granite, limestone, pyroxene, red sand for casting, yellow sand for construction, quartz sand, bentonite, bumpy clay, mineral water, etc., of which there are more than 10 kinds with industrial exploitation value. Liuhe District - Cuisine 〖Seasonal Diet Directory〗 Deep-fried potpourri, steamed rice, tofu waterlogging, cooked vermicelli in sugar and oil, simmered lilies in rock sugar, ghost noodles, bowl of bean congee, tea cakes, rice crackers, sweetened rice cakes, glutinous rice cake, cold noodles, ravioli, five-spiced tea eggs, simmered peanuts in rock sugar, sweetened taro, zongzi (dumplings), cooked old lozenges, boiled taro, cooked lotus root in sugar, jujubes, sweetened congee with lotus seeds, fried patty cake, fried sesame dumplings, fried dumplings, fried patty cakes, and starchy patty cakes, Four Happiness Soup Dumplings, Big Lanterns, Lanterns in Wine, Small Lanterns, Fried Lanterns, Simmered White Fruit in Rock Sugar, Deep-fried White Fruit, Five-Spice Dried Fruit, Dried Marinated Fruit, Deep-fried Dried Fruit, and Dried Taro. Famous food〗 Eight hundred big cake: according to legend, in Tang Dynasty, there were eight hundred monks went to Yishan to preach sutra, passing through Qinglong Town (now Eight hundred bridges) without fasting to eat, so they used the cake to fill up their hunger, and they called it beautiful after eating it, and thus it became famous. Eight hundred big cake is characterized by sheep loose delicate, color white as jade, thin as paper, sweet and delicious, curling constantly, ignition that is on, melt in the mouth, chewing and juicy. 1984 won the provincial supply and marketing society with the first place in the variety competition. Guapu Lai moon cake: according to legend, Emperor Qianlong went to Jiangnan, Guapu Mountain Monastery monk Lai Yue to hand-made moon cakes into the service, the emperor ate and said beautiful, gave the name Lai Yue. Gua Bu Lai Yue is made of more than ten kinds of raw materials, with the shape of the moon, fresh fragrance, crispy and sweet flavor, and never greasy. If the safekeeping method, can be in half a year does not change color, does not change flavor. Guapu folk have & ldquo; Mid-Autumn Lai mooncake, Lantern Festival Lantern core & rdquo; said, the product is exported to Hong Kong and Macao. Dragon robe crab cakes: dragon robe crab cakes at the end of the Qing Dynasty that is renowned for thin skin, brine, filling tender, beautiful shape, fresh flavor, not greasy and famous. Crab oil, skin soup, filling, rolling, pinching, steaming and other processes have strict requirements. Crab buns look like autumn colorful, eat fresh and not greasy. Dasheng watercress: & ldquo; Dasheng & rdquo; brand watercress is produced in the northern part of Liuhe District, horse set town, superior ecological environment and unique water, soil quality, so that its & ldquo; long, white, fine, tender, fragrant, crispy & rdquo; the characteristics of the watercress is significantly different from the other real estate watercress and enjoys a good reputation in the north and south of the Yangtze River. Dasheng watercress can be stir-fried, stir-fried, and can be used as ingredients for other dishes, according to long-term consumers reflect, Dasheng watercress has obvious lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat and hair care efficacy, is the ideal health care type vegetables. Donggou Old Goose: Donggou Old Goose is the best of the famous Liuha salt water goose, with compact meat, delicious and unique flavor, leaving a lingering fragrance in the teeth after eating and a long aftertaste. Especially the salt water goose cooked with aged brine is highly favored. New set of salt water duck: new set of salt water duck production has nearly a hundred years of history, the unique traditional technology makes it has a salty and light, fresh and tasty, dense meat, mellow flavor, etc., comparable to osmanthus duck. Jinniu Lake casserole fish head: Jinniu Lake bighead carp for the province pollution-free products, born in the non-polluting Jinniu Lake, taste extremely fresh, its fish head by carefully simmering, milky white color, the entrance to the mouth of the raw incense, fresh, extremely nourishing effect in recent years quite catching up with Tianmu Lake casserole fish head of the trend. Xinhuang tofu round: Xinhuang tofu round to tofu as the main ingredient carefully made, supplemented by shrimp, minced meat, ginger, scallions, mushrooms and other condiments, can be adjusted into a variety of flavors. Can be boiled can be burned can be boiled soup, vegetarian and flavorful, nutritious, marketed around the market. Live beads: It is a traditional tonic of Liuhe folk, with a history of 100 years. Its production selection of pure Liuhe grass eggs, through a special process of incubation to the living embryo and become, rich in a variety of amino acids and free calcium needed by the human body, the taste is very fresh, with beauty, health care, blood, nourishing yin and yang efficacy, on the weakness of dizziness, malnutrition, etc. There is an obvious role in restoring the treatment. In recent years, with the accelerated pace of industrialization and development, it has become a treasured delicacy of Nanjing citizens and is well known in the north and south of the Yangtze River. Dog Meat Soup with Chilli Cake: It is made from domesticated local dogs in Zhuzhen, carefully simmered with mellow dog meat soup, paired with chilli cake in a cauldron, torn into the soup, fragrant and appetizing, though it is a local dish, it is a delicacy. Buniu Dried Cow: Liouhe Buniu Dried Cow has a history of 100 years, and won the Grand Prize at the National Food Expo held in Zhenjiang in 1931. The characteristics of dried beef are crispy, fragrant, fresh, transparent, chewing in the mouth that is melting, fresh and tasty, transparent but not rotten, the surface of the same color, rich in nutrients, easy to digest. The pot of dried beef about 10 years of age of yellow cattle, take its two ribs, seat hip, waist, leg meat, soybean soy sauce, large chunks of rock sugar, ginger, green onions, etc. as a condiment, through the soaking brine, cutting, marinating, smearing, stacking, turning, starting the cylinder, seasoning, into the pot, the fire attack, out of the pot, trimming the corner, on the pot, and other stringent procedures made of the big day of freshness can be kept fresh for a week. Eight hundred bundled hooves: the pig's hooves will be broken open and picked bones, stuffed with lean meat, put into the appropriate amount of sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate and other condiments, twisted with a line, and then tightly tied with twine, the first tight fire boiling, and then use the fire to dip, simmer for four hours that is to become. Has a positive flavor, beautiful shape, through the characteristics of fresh meat, not like meat, like meat. Pork: although pork is not a top quality dish, but Liuhe's pork has a distinctive flavor, as early as in the late Qing Dynasty when it enjoys a good reputation. The main material is made from local hogs, which are hand-feathered, drained of blood and water, marinated in old marinade, boiled on a high flame, and simmered on a gentle flame. With fragrant, transparent, clean features, diners & ldquo; smell appetizing, imported that is, a sip under the belly & rdquo;, the visual sense of smooth and refreshing, the taste of fat and not greasy. Hibiscus crucian carp: because the whole dish is like hibiscus floating in the water and the name. The main ingredient for the 8 city two to 1 catty crucian carp (crucian carp produced in Longchi better). With egg white, ham slices, asparagus, chicken broth, accompanied by green onion white, ginger, by disemboweling, shaping, deodorization, materials, fire and other processes made of tender fish, egg white color white beauty. Beef casserole bowl accounted for the knife: Liuhe's beef casserole bowl accounted for the knife, by three generations of famous chef's study, become a halal restaurant's listed dishes, inexpensive and delicious, the public favorite. The main ingredient is selected from the cow's sub-petal meat, remove sinews, remove fat, with tofu skin, vermicelli or vegetables, accompanied by minced onion and ginger, made by chopping meat, mixing, making rounds, micro-frying, down to the material, into the bowl, on the fire, etc., the elements of the casserole. With tender meat, imported without dregs, meat and vegetarian characteristics. Shrimp sweet and sour gluten: Liuhe sweet and sour gluten is famous for its golden color, moderate sweet and sour, crispy and delicious. The main ingredients are gluten, shrimp, with water-sprouted fungus, celery root, pepper, accompanied by sugar, vegetarian oil, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and other materials, through the gluten torn strips, the initial deep-frying, smoked oil, under the material, and then into the pot and so on made of multiple processes. Eight Treasures Duck: It is characterized by crispy duck meat, eight treasures filling and sweet soup. The main ingredient is a fat duck, with honey dates, barley, Gorgon fruit, white fruit, lotus seeds, clear duck soup, accompanied by ginger, green onion, cooking wine, sugar. Live duck slaughtered after hair removal, dismantle the bones, take out the internal organs, wash and cut into small pieces of gizzard and liver, mixed with the fruit material to fill the duck belly, with a needle and thread will be scratched mouth suture. First with a high fire and then turn the fire slowly immersed until cooked. Braised Duck Soup: It is famous for its milky color, tenderness and deliciousness. The main ingredients are cooked duck meat, chestnuts, white fruit, bamboo shoots, yam, accompanied by the original juice of duck soup, duck oil, made by dicing, adding ingredients, the initial burning and soup, boiling, skimming, and many other processes such as the fire. Vegetarian Shark's Fin: It is not like shark's fin. The main ingredients are mushrooms, asparagus, fungus, vermicelli, accompanied by sesame oil, refined salt, sugar, the vermicelli soak open and shaping, touching the pulp on the steam, change the knife to remove the braising and other fine work refined and made. Hanger Cake: In 1980, Muyang Xu Dexiang fled the famine and settled down in Liuhe, and operated the hanger cake at the bridge outside the north gate of the county. Hanging stove cake is characterized by the bottom surface crispy, fluffy sandwich, golden color, sweet and tasty, accompanied by sesame oil and spicy sauce on the food, for breakfast. Shrimp wontons: characterized by white color, pure soup, thin skin and fresh filling, beautiful and pure taste. Production points: meat fine and velvet, thin skin with toughness. Shrimp fresh, fine salt and mix, the original juice meat soup, out of the pot but not rotten, on the food with garlic flowers, Sichuan pepper powder. Simmered peanuts in rock sugar: no miscellaneous particles, no disease particles, simmered through, soup was milky white, nourishing effect, especially in winter marketing. Production method: on the casserole, under the burning charcoal, peanut rice soaked in boiling water peeled into the pot, add the right amount of water to boil with high heat, slow simmering fire, rotten and not paste.