Source | Yongchuan Cultural Tourism
Chongqing Chashan Zhuhai National Forest Park is located in the north of Yongchuan District, Chongqing, 55 kilometers east of Chongqing city, 50 kilometers away from Dazu Rock Carvings in the west, 272 kilometers away from Chengdu, and 72 kilometers south to Luzhou, with a total area of 9979.00 hectares. The forest park is located in the humid climate zone of central subtropics, with an average annual temperature of 14 degrees Celsius, the vegetation type is central subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, and the forest coverage rate of the scenic area is 97%, which is a national AAAA-level scenic spot.
In the winter, the cold winds touch the bamboo shoots and tea trees, the rolling bamboo forests and the tea gardens across the mountains, from the distant end, wrapped in the sound of the mountains.
Winter shoots, is a bamboo shoot bud developed from the bamboo whip side buds of moso bamboo before and after the winter, because it has not yet been unearthed, the bamboo shoots are young and tender, and it is a dish that people like to eat very much. Under the intertwined bamboo forest, bamboo shoots are not afraid of the cold of winter, and can't wait to emerge, and the original vitality has begun to dormant and nurture since winter. The taste of the tea mountain bamboo sea is in the momentum of this tea and bamboo symbiosis and great opening and closing, from far and near, layer by layer ripples.
For a long time, Jishan has been known as the Tea Bamboo Immortal Mountain, the Holy Land of Health, and the Treasure Land of Feng Shui. The picturesque tea plantation landscape and the deep and mysterious bamboo sea scenery complement each other. On the occasion of the heavy snow of the 24 solar terms, I look forward to enjoying the snow scenery in this year's Tea Mountain Bamboo SeaView Area, or come to see the bamboo sea, taste tea leaves, pray for the blessings of the Buddha, pick winter bamboo shoots, inhale oxygen and moisturize the lungs, and spend a wonderful spiritual journey.
"Climb a thousand heavy tea mountains, swim in the sea of bamboo", the only natural scenic spot in the country where tea and bamboo symbiosis, consists of 30,000 acres of contiguous tea gardens and 50,000 acres of bamboo seas coexisting and coexisting, with a total area of nearly 10,000 hectares, together with other plants in the scenic spot, the forest coverage rate of tea mountain bamboo sea has been pushed to a high point of 97%. According to measurements, if you are in a bamboo forest, the average negative oxygen ion content per cubic centimeter is as high as 20,000, and the reputation of "natural oxygen bar" can be described as a veritable name.
If you pull out and take a aerial photo of the green ecological landscape of tea and bamboo from the sky: thousands of acres of blue waves, intoxicating people's hearts, as if this firmament belongs to the tea mountain bamboo sea, for its reputation of "never getting tired of seeing" and "lingering", there is indeed an irreplaceable place. Walk down-to-earth in the scenic area to discover the doorway to explore the bamboo sea and live up to the beautiful scenery hidden in it.
The Chinese people's pursuit of food is mostly "seeking freshness". In the boundaries of the 10,000 acres of bamboo forests in Yongchuan, the ingredients that best represent "fresh" are the things that the children of the horns can blurt out - bamboo shoots. Although the voice of Su Daziren's "can make food without meat, not to live without bamboo" is still in the ears, the deliciousness of bamboo shoots is a gentleman's party for those who cannot give up eating.
Chashan bamboo sea unique winter shoots are developed from the underground stem (bamboo whip) side buds of moso bamboo (nan bamboo) before and after autumn, because they have not yet been unearthed, the bamboo shoots are young and tender, the taste is slightly sweet, and the nutrition is rich, so it has become a very popular ingredient.
If you want to eat the winter shoots that are not astringent in the tea mangosteen seafood, the first thing to master is the skill of recognizing the bamboo shoots. The so-called "bamboo shoot recognition" is to identify the gender of bamboo. Bamboo has a male mother, if you have a unique insight, choose a piece of public bamboo forest circle, no matter how hard you try, the result of no harvest of bamboo shoots has long been doomed, so the people who beat their chests in the bamboo forest are mostly looking for the wrong object. As for the method of discernment, it has long been recorded in ancient books that when bamboo is first born, those who give birth to single branches are males, and those with double branches are females. The male should go, and the female is good at giving birth to bamboo shoots. If the whole bamboo forest is public, not to mention the winter shoots, bamboo shoots are not found in the end, and even the bamboo forest will no longer exist one day. Knowing this, carrying a hoe on his shoulder, following the old hand of digging bamboo shoots, came to the damp and shady place of the mountain; looked up to find the place where the bamboo branches were luxuriant, corresponding to the bamboo whips on the ground, and then found the whips that slightly sprouted shoot buds, and then they could start mining. For those who are experienced, they often only concentrate on the area of a few bamboo whips, and fill the back basket with three strokes and five divisions, and the bamboo shoot body is not damaged in the slightest.
For novices, digging bamboo shoots is not an easy task. But in the bamboo forest rich in negative oxygen ions, stooping to work, sweating happily, holding your breath and concentrating on observation, for people who live in the steel bamboo forest all year round, it may be the best way to temporarily leave their troubles out of their minds. Seeing that the sun is westward, people who have come to the mountains with the purpose of eating fresh bamboo shoots are laughing and carrying the bamboo shoots back, together with bamboo thorns, bamboo chicken, old bacon, ham and other ingredients that can enhance the umami taste to the best taste, with a long time of stewing, stir-frying and other techniques, cleverly combined into a table of delicious flavor, mellow taste, full of aroma "tea and bamboo feast", for those who are keen on this "umami taste", it can best represent the taste of the year under the new year.
Winter shoots are known as "gold and white jade, a must among vegetables" reputation. Tender and fresh, crisp and refreshing, rich in protein and a variety of amino acids, supplemented by winter shoots, cooked out of the Taoist delicacies, is the characteristic food of Chashan Bamboo Sea in winter.
Why not drive to the bamboo sea, watch the scenery on the ridge, and relieve the worries of winter bamboo shoots.