Enshi boasts abundant natural resources, diverse local products, distinctive ethnic customs and regional features. When traveling here, do remember to take home unique local specialties and souvenirs. Worthwhile purchases include crested ginger, gem-flower lacquer chopsticks, water shield, chrysanthemum stone, papaya, ginkgo nuts and various medicinal herbs.

Enshi is a major production area of selenium-rich tea. Locally grown tea is purely natural and green, loaded with a variety of trace elements, making it an excellent health drink. China’s famous tea Enshi Yulu also originates here. In addition, the time-honored and exquisitely crafted gem-flower lacquer chopsticks, as well as Xilankapu — the brightly colored, beautifully patterned brocade of the Tujia people — boast high ornamental and collection value. They are top choices for shopping in Enshi.

Grown in Shadi Township, Enshi City, these chestnuts feature sweet and tasty flesh with rich nutrition.

Also known as weilian or yalian, this herb gets its name from its shape resembling chicken claws. Enshi City is one of China’s major coptis producing areas, earning it the reputation as the Hometown of Coptis.

Enshi is widely renowned for its selenium-rich tea. The region features picturesque mountains, clear waters and fresh air, with the world’s largest selenium ore reserves. The local tea is pollution-free and rich in selenium, an essential trace element for humans. Long-term tea drinking is an ideal way to supplement organic selenium, which helps prevent cancer, relieve hypertension and slow down aging.

Its root is used as herbal medicine. It can replenish qi and blood, nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and promote the production of body fluids, and improve general debility. It can be stewed with meat or soaked in liquor. Overseas, it is regarded as having effects comparable to ginseng.

Enshi has a nearly century-long history of cultivating Chinese angelica and is one of the country’s five major production bases. The angelica produced in Shiyao, known as Yao Angelica, enjoys a worldwide reputation for its superior quality. It is exported across the ocean to Southeast Asia and other regions.

Also called Yihong Congou Tea. As early as the Ming Dynasty, it was famed as the "Queen’s Tea" in Britain. In the 17th century, it was exported to Russia, Britain and other countries. The tea has tight, slender leaves with a glossy dark brown color, a pure and lasting aroma, and a mellow, full-bodied taste. It is a premium variety of black tea.

Produced in Hefeng County, it is also named pearl herb with both edible and medicinal values. It appears as tiny dark green granules, rich in protein, algal starch and seven essential amino acids for the human body.