Weishan Ancient City's Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine

Weishan Ancient City is a food city in Yunnan with a thousand-year heritage, where many intangible cultural heritage cuisines are preserved on the food street of the ancient city. Cuisine Recommendations Braised Pork with Rice Noodles This is an intangible cultural heritage traditional cuisine originating from Weishan. The real braised pork is made by stewing the meat from the hind leg until tender, then mixing the broth and shredded meat with rice noodles, paired with sticky rice noodles. Starting at 10 yuan. Weishan Yigenmian (One-Noodle) A shop sells only one noodle per day and closes once it's sold out. This is also a Weishan intangible cultural heritage cuisine. A round plate holds one noodle, and all the customers in the shop eat from the same noodle, served with braised pork, eggs, and various other ingredients. 10 yuan. Oil Powder A staple made of layers of pea powder and bean curd skin, paired with shredded radish, vinegar, chili, and other ingredients. Oil powder is also a unique snack from the Weishan area, highly recommended. Starting at 5 yuan. Steamed Rice Cake Somewhat similar to cooked pear cake, the rice flour is steamed into a sticky rice cake. Starting at 5 yuan. Dried Fruits and Preserves Local hickory nuts are wrapped in sugar to make pastry preserves. Weishan Baba There are sugar pear flower baba, mugwort baba, and rose baba. Starting at 5 yuan. Additionally, Weishan also has roasted rice cubes, ice powder, rolled powder, Guojiang rice noodles, and other traditional snacks, and the double-skin milk here is highly recommended. Transportation Take the bus to Weishan from the Dali Xiaguan City South Bus Station, a journey of one and a half hours, costing 17 yuan.