Have you ever seen a greenish eggplant that is as thin as a finger? It is the special kind of Yanbu in Nanhai, Foshan—the Yanbu Autumn Eggplant, known as "Guanyin Finger". Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, the Yanbu eggplant is always an essential gift for visiting relatives. In the late last century, it was brought to all over the world and became a hometown food to relieve the nostalgia of compatriots overseas. In recent years, in order to improve the sales and increase the added value of agricultural products, Yanbu community has explored the production of gift-style Yanbu eggplants, which has driven the market demand for Yanbu eggplants.

你见过颜色偏青、细如手指的茄子吗？它便是佛山南海盐步特色品牌农产品——盐步秋茄，人称“观音手指”。每年端午前后，盐步秋茄总是必不可少的“探亲”回礼；到了上世纪后期，秋茄更被带至五湖四海，成为一解海外同胞乡愁的家乡食材。近年来，为了提高销售的档次，提高农产品的附加值，盐步社区探索出生产礼品式的盐步秋茄，带动了盐步秋茄的市场需求量。