Changde is located in the plain of Dongting Lake in the northwest of Hunan Province. It has abundant products and is known as the "Home of Fish and Rice". When traveling to Changde, you can't forget to buy some special products from other places to give to your friends and relatives. What special products can you buy in Changde? The following are our highly recommended Changde specialty products.

Taoyuan Pestle Tea 
The Pestle Tea, from Taoyuan County in Changde City, isl also called 擂茶 (Léi chá) in Chinese.  With over 2,000 years history, It was originated in Han Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties.  Taoyuan  Pestle Tea is made from rice, peanuts, sesame, mung beans, salt, tea leaves, mangosteen, ginger and other ingredients. It is mashed into a paste in a bowl, then put fried rice  into them to boil and mix well. Taoyuan  Pestle Tea is very delicious. It has detoxifying effects. It can be used for both food and medicine but also quench thirst and satisfy hunger. When you travel to Taohuayuan Scenic Area, you can taste it and try to buy some.

Shimen  Citrus
Shimen County is praised as "Hometown of  Citrus in China".  Since 2001, the Chinese Citrus Culture Festival has been held every year in Shimen County. Shimen Citrus, from Shimen County, is also one of the major specialty products of Changde City. In Shimen County,  there are the special soil. Here, the environment is elegant, the air is fresh, and the light is sufficient, so it is suitable for  Citrus growth. Shimen  Citrus feels very sweet. After eating, it will make you have endless aftertastes, so when you come to Changde for business or trip, you must buy some Shimen  Citrus to taste.

Shimen Tea
Shimen County belongs to the transition zone from the middle subtropics to the north subtropics. The climate is warm and humid, the terrain in the northwest of the territory is high, the soil is weakly acidic and the rainfall is abundant. The tea gardens are all distributed around the mountainside around Hupingping Mountain at an altitude of 300-1500 meters. There is a forest in the tea, there is tea in the forest, and the tea forest is alternate.It is recognized by domestic and foreign experts as an ideal environment for the growth of organic tea. Shimen tea is a specialty of Changde City. It has good tenderness, rich contents, foam resistance, and regional fragrance.

Lixian Grape

Grape is the specialty of Li County in Hunan Province. It is China's national geographical indication products. Li County is the pioneer which introduced high quality Eurasian grape and successfully plants it, proving wrong the concept that the Eurasian grape can’t be planted in southern China. Therefore, Li County is honored as “Turpan in Southern China”. The best quality of Li County Grapes attributes to the advanced planting technology, strict and standardized production management and the excellent ecological environment. They are much favored by customers.

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Taoyuan Pattern Stone
Taoyuan Pattern Stone, also known as the Tears Stone, are from Wenqing Hill in Zhangjiajie Town of Taoyuan County. The stone has some beautiful natural patterns in the stone.The surface of the stone is smooth, with different shapes and colors, like grass, water, birds, insects and other shapes. The stone is relatively small, white and round, with many red spots on it, and it has a variety of states. Some of them are like blood, some are as colorful as blood, some are like ripe peaches, some are like residual stars, some are like flower discrimination, some are like moon marks ... Jewelry and jadeware made from this precious grain stone have high hardness and natural patterns, and the product is gorgeous. Pattern stones are available in some antique shops and craft shops in Changde.

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Anxiang Lotus Seeds 

Anxiang County is located in the northwest of Dongting Lake. It is rich in high-quality lotus seeds with more than 400 years of history. The existing lotus seeds planting area is more than 20,000 mu, and the annual output can reach more than 6000 tons per year. Its granules are ellipsoidal, the skin color is reddish, the skin texture is delicate, round, uniform and full. Anxiang Lotus Seeds flesh is milky white, with small gaps between cotyledons, straight lotus core (embryo), clear fragrance, suitable for mechanized shelling and core removal. Because of its high protein content, low fat content, easy-to-cook cooking, delicate meat quality, fresh glutinous flavor and sweetness, the total sugar and protein content, it has ranked the first in China's three major lotus species, and is known as "China's first lotus seed".