Lotus Island is located in the center of West Lake, Middle Lake and East Lake in Yangcheng Lake, Jiangsu Province, covering an area of about 3 square kilometers. Shaped like a blooming lotus, it is embedded in the lake, hence the name Lotus Island. There are more than 200 families living on the island, about 1200 people. Most of them are engaged in breeding hairy crabs. Only people are walking on the island, and there are no vehicles such as cars and motorcycles.
Every household has several boats, such as boats, paddle boats and motorboats. Crab farmers generally use small motorboats for travel. In order to protect the water source of Yangcheng Lake, the Suzhou Municipal Government dismantled a part of the purse seine, leaving a part of the purse seine to raise crabs, reducing the density, protecting the water source and continuing the legend of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. It is said that Lotus Island was originally connected with land, and there was a temple in it. There is a big well in the temple. Every year at noon on July 30th, a Bai Lianhua blooms, and mortals can ascend to heaven by sitting on the lotus.
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Hairy crabs, also known as river crabs, hairy crabs, clear water crabs, hairy crabs or crabs, are economic crabs. The clean water hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake rank first in the world and are known as the king of crabs. Yuan and Wei Ting recorded that the crab came out of Yangcheng Lake with the largest shell, red feet and golden claw crab, which was heavy and had the worst taste. This is because Yangcheng Lake has unique production conditions: the water body is particularly clear, the depth is moderate, the water plants are lush, the soil at the bottom of the lake is hard, the dissolved oxygen is moderate, and it has the best ecological environment and pyrotechnic factors for crab production and fattening.
Crabs are delicious in the world, and Lu Chun in the Tang Dynasty once had a square taste. The first time I admired Bo Huang included Bo Huang, a crab in autumn, and Mrs. Tang Guoli, the wife of Zhang Taiyan, also wrote two poems: Yangcheng Lake crabs are not good, so why should I live in Suzhou in my life? This fully shows the position of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in the poet's mind.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lotus Island