Xinghua city, administered by Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province, is currently offering great packages to tempt winter tourists.
The highly cost-effective packages, including local specialties, homestays, hotels and restaurants, are designed to get visitors to embark on a journey of winter charm.
Xinghua is home to many characteristic rural areas and it feels like each village has its own gastronomic "representative dish".
The Nine Flavored Snail Banquet in Chenyang village, a provincial-level characteristic rural area, is a must-try choice for those who love to eat snails.
They can also taste the "Eight Large Bowls of Farmhouse Lunch" in Xuwei village. The ingredients come from the great fruit and veggies grown by the local farm there.
In addition, the Shagou Water Banquet in Shagou town offers tourists a delectable range of different flavors in dishes made from fish, shrimps, crabs, turtles, lotus roots, water chestnuts, water bamboo, water celery and poultry cultivated in the area.
The delicious Shagou fish balls are chewy and tender when clamped and are soft and delicate when eaten.
The Shagou Water Banquet offers tourists a wonderful range of different flavors. [Photo/WeChat account: xhlvyou]
