Food

Food of Tujia people is famous for its traditional style. With materials from mountains, hot and sour are characteristics of TUJIA cuisine. In September, mushroom grow everywhere in mountains. Boiling meat with mushroom is delicious. Fried mushroom is another delicate dish in Tujia people.

Boiling chicken with agarics

Boiling Chicken or duck with agarics is delicious.

Bangbang meat

Bangbang is Chinese South frog. The meat of Bangbang is thin. Skin of Bangbang is tasty.

Boiling fish with bitter gourd

The taste of Boiling fish with bitter gourd is special.

Fried fish with chili

Fish mixing with red chili, soybean and gingili be preserved in jars in ten days. Fried fish with chili is savory.

Preserved food

There are all kinds of preserved meat, fish, chitterlings and radish.

Blood bean curd

Bean curd mixing with blood, pork and pepper be smoke in the fire. Blood bean curd is special Tujia food.

Unite dish

Unite dish is traditional meal of Tujia people in Spring Festival. The dish made from radish, bean curd, cabbage, shallot, pork and chili. With delicious favor, unite dish means all people in the family meet together.

She meal

On She day in February, Tujia people make She Meal. The course of She Meal is follow, fry wild shallot, fry smoking pork, boil rice and mix wild shallot, smoking pork and rice.

Blood congee

In March each year, Tujia people kill pig and sacrifice for White Emperor. In sacrifice ceremony, Blood Congee is feted in the statue of White Emperor. Everyone must eat Blood Congee.

Local products

Douzhong alcohol, Guigu Alcohol, Green powder, Macaque Peach Juice, Tujia Smoking Pork, Green tea and potato slice are main local products.