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Hailuogou is rich in products, including valuable medicinal herbs such as Gastrodia elata, Rhodiola rosea, Cordyceps sinensis, Fritillaria thunbergii, and deer antler, as well as fruits such as loquat cakes, cherries, cactus peaches, fragrant peaches, and walnuts. Barley wine, Dadu River fish, wild mushrooms, Tibetan thangka paintings, Zhang Da Ge beef jerky, butter tea, and Tibetan handicrafts are all popular local tourist foods and souvenirs.
Moxi Town, located within the Hailuogou Scenic Area, offers numerous shopping opportunities. Since Hailuogou is a popular tourist destination, caution is advised. Prices can be high, and counterfeit and substandard goods are common. Be especially cautious when purchasing valuable medicinal herbs like Cordyceps. If you're staying in Moxi Town, it's best to ask a kind business owner to help you with your purchases, but this isn't guaranteed.
Huding cherries are early-ripening fruits that come to market early every year, so they are called the first fruit of summer. The cherries in Huding orchard are smooth, red, sweet and sour, and rich in nutrients.
Loquat is one of Shanghai's early-maturing summer fruits. Available in orange-yellow and light yellow, it is spherical or oval in shape, juicy, and moderately sweet and sour. Its flowers and leaves are used as medicine, treating lung heat, coughs, and vomiting. The yellow fruit and evergreen leaves of the loquat also make it an ornamental fruit.
The peaches here are also called fragrant peaches. They are mainly produced in Ganluosi in Huqiao Town, Mushan and Gancao in Tianba Township, and Shaanxingping in Pengba Township. They are one or two times larger than ordinary peaches. They are crisp, sweet, purple-red or light red in color, and have thin skin. They are famous far and wide. They are ripe and on the market in June and July every year, and are very popular among peach lovers.
Walnuts from Huding have a long history. Luding walnuts are primarily grown in high, semi-high, and low mountainous areas. Nearly every household in these mountainous regions has a walnut tree. Walnuts from low mountain areas are considered the best, as they are rich in oil and have a larger flesh.
It grows in mixed forests of fir, Chinese oak and birch at an altitude of 2500-4000 meters. It is delicious, tender in texture, contains a variety of essential amino acids for the human body, and has anti-cancer and anti-radiation functions.
Made from unpolluted, lean pork, smoked and air-dried, Moxi bacon is a rich, yet not greasy, savory bacon. It's a delicious treat for both personal enjoyment and as a gift to friends and family.