Jade claw crab

Near Luchang Port, Gushan Town, Jingjiang, there are many branches in the harbor, rich in bait and rich in jade claw crabs. "Jade Claw Crab" has a beautiful name and a fresh taste. There is another interesting legend about it. It is said that at the beginning of autumn and winter one year, Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan incognito and passed by Jingjiang, hungry, and just walked to the door of a Xinglong restaurant with a "Crab Banquet" sign. He stepped into the door and saw that the menu was full of "Crab": crab yellow soup packets, crab meat wonton, crab meat shortcake, crab fried rice noodles, crab meat lion's head, crab meat mushroom soup ... He and Minister He Shen. Emperor Qianlong and He Shen sat down. The waiter brought a bottle of Jinboyuye, a dish of ginger vinegar and a pot of steamed crabs. Emperor Qianlong uncovered the crab shell and saw the crab yellow bulge, which broke the skin into a turtle's back. He praised, "It's really a treasure among crabs." After tasting it carefully, he couldn't stop praising: "It's three points more delicious than the crab in Yangcheng Lake." When he left, he listed the jade claw crab as a tribute and asked the county magistrate to pay tribute every year. Since then, the jade claw crab in Jingjiang has become famous and its value has doubled. Nowadays, when the golden breeze is cool and the crab is fat and yellow, foreigners often come to Jingjiang to buy jade claw crabs. Some people are even trafficked to Hong Kong. As the saying goes, "the navel is pointed in September and October", which means that the female crab is very plump in September and the male crab is the most fertile in October. In the past, with the west wind, crabs were everywhere. Now, however, due to the dense network of gates, the output of Jingjiang jade claw crab has naturally decreased. In addition, there are more and more factories near Luchanggang, and the treatment of wastewater is not paid attention to, which pollutes the river. Crab seedlings can't stand the stimulation and can only choose water to live. Therefore, the real Luchanggang jade claw crab has become increasingly rare.
Reprinted with attribution： https://cnlocality.com/(Chinese Specialty Products)