Mr. Lu Xun said: The first person to eat crabs is admirable. Isn't it brave to eat it Who is the best crab eater in the world? Suzhou folklore: According to legend, in the Dayu era, river crabs were called "human-catching insects". When Dayu was in charge of water conservancy, there was a supervisor named Plo. In order to prevent the invasion of "human traps", a deep ditch was dug in the station. A large number of "human-catching insects" were trapped in the ditch and scalded to death by boiling water. The scalded "human trap" has a unique fragrance. PLO picked it up and took a bite. It felt delicious. The first taste of this award brought Qian Qian ten thousand mouths in the future. Since then, "arresting people" has become a delicious food on earth. Eating "catching people" has been out of control since then. But for this kind of food, it is always inappropriate to call it "catching people and insects", and it should be given a more suitable name. Because the PLO suppressed this "human trap", its name is crab.
In fact, China has a history of eating crabs for more than 6,000 years. In the Yangtze River Delta, when archaeologists excavated Songze culture in Qingpu, Shanghai and Liangzhu culture in Yuhang, Zhejiang, they found that our ancestors had a large number of crab shells in the waste they ate. It shows that China people have a long history of eating crabs, while countries such as Western Europe and North America dare not eat river crabs.
After a long period of historical precipitation, it is found that the quality of river crabs grown in three areas of China is the best. That is, the three famous crab producing areas in China:
(1) Huajin Crab, a river crab in osawa, Gudanyang, located in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces; (2) Fang Sheng Crab, a river crab in Baiyangdian, Hebei; ③ Yangcheng Lake Crab, a Chinese mitten crab in Yangcheng Lake, Jiangsu Province.
To become a famous crab producing area, there are three conditions: first, the natural conditions for breeding are good-there are large wetlands; Second, we should trace back to a large number of natural crab seedlings-originated from the coastal rivers; The third is to be close to the developed big cities-there are emperors and generals, dignitaries and literati to give praise and recommendations.
Historically, Gudan Daze includes Danyang Lake, Shijiu Lake, Gucheng Lake, Nanyi Lake and a large area of low-lying wetlands around it, covering an area of nearly 3.5 million mu. This wetland spans southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui provinces and is triangular, which is called the "golden triangle" of river crabs. Among the three major river crab producing areas, the oldest one is "Huajin Crab" in Danyangze, Gudong. It was very famous in the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai lived in Dangtu in his later years. In his poems, there are many poems about crabs. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made Nanjing its capital, and Huajin Crab flourished. In the Qing Dynasty, Huajin Crab was a tribute from the local county grandfather to the emperor, and Emperor Qianlong named it "Imperial Crab".
Fang Sheng Crab in Baiyangdian is close to Beijing, which is the capital of Yuan Dynasty and Ming and Qing Dynasties. Therefore, "Fang Sheng Crab" has gradually become famous since the Yuan Dynasty.
"Yangcheng Lake Crab" was in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and became famous with the development of Suzhou economy. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, after the opening of Shanghai, the reputation of "Yangcheng Lake Crab" gradually overshadowed the first two producing areas. Especially after liberation, "Yangcheng Lake Crab" is almost unique. The reasons are as follows: ① Baiyangdian is cut off from water; (2) setting a sluice at the estuary to prevent the crab seedlings from flowing back; ③ A large number of lakes were reclaimed from the original Danyang osawa area; ④ River water pollution; ⑤ Yangcheng Lake is the nearest grass lake in the Yangtze River estuary; ⑥ Model opera during the Cultural Revolution: the propaganda of Shajiabang. As a result, people in the society only know that "Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab" is the best among river crabs. Some "Gui Li people" in the crab market are selling "Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs" to drum up business.