The famous sand carp belongs to the Sinipercidae of fish, which is directly called Siniperca chuatsi by Jiangsu people. The head is wide and flat, the mouth is wide and the teeth are small. Because the color of the fish is like soil, it is named Tubu Fish. Also known as duff fish. This kind of fish lies on the bottom of the water in winter and follows the soil. In spring, it will feed in the grass. This kind of fish is fresh and tender, and its meat is as white as silver. Compared with tofu, its freshness is far better than its freshness. This is a famous food in Jiangnan water town and Hu Xiang area.

Among the famous dishes in Hangzhou, there is a famous dish called "spring bamboo shoots fish", which combines the freshness of mountain delicacies with the beauty of lake delicacies and makes people never tire of eating them. The best product in Buyu market is "Chinese cabbage and western vegetable soup".

At that time, when Vice Chairman Soong Ching Ling was living in Shanghai, he Qikun, a famous Shanghai chef, was invited to cook delicious food. He is familiar with the delicacies in southern Jiangsu, and specially made a famous Suzhou dish "Pickled Douban Soup". This dish is green, "bean" is white, clear and delicious, and its "watercress" is fresh and tender, which is a must. This "douban" is not that douban, but two pieces of cheek meat on the cheek of the step fish; Gill is the most active part of fish breathing, so it is the liveliest and freshest. A stepping fish has only two small half-moon cheeks like "watercress". Without dozens of step-by-step fish and exquisite craftsmanship, it is impossible to make this bowl of kimchi "watercress".

This famous Suzhou dish was presented by the local host when Ye Shuai accompanied Cambodian Prince Sihanouk to visit Suzhou in 1970s.

When Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, left Hangzhou, he stubbornly wrote a poem: "I failed to throw it to Hangzhou, and half of it was this lake." ; Chen Can, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem "The Ci of Zhi Zhu in the West Lake" to explain some contents left by Bai Gong: "The fish in the Qingming Tubu is beautiful at first, and the crab in the navel is fat. Don't blame Bai Gong for not giving up and then forgetting to eat." In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Duanlu wrote in Zhuzhici: "The bamboo fence beside the fishing boat is light, so you need to buy fresh Dufu fish." Yuan Mei mentioned in "Food List with Garden in Qing Dynasty": "Native fish is the top grade in Hangzhou. Jinling is a lowly person who can laugh. Meat is the most tender. It can be fried, boiled and steamed. Add mustard tuber to make soup and soup, which is especially fresh. " According to the "Xiaoshan County Records Draft" of the Republic of China, "those who go out of Xianghu Lake are the most, and when the peach blossoms start, You Mei".

The method of catching ground fish is simple and interesting. Once upon a time, "the house by the lake used tiles as traps or sank into the water with a broken boat." If you look at it every night, you will find the fish in the hole. " Early in the morning, in the village by the lake, some people peddled fish on the soil. Really: "Tiles clear the waves and earn the name of the father; In a few days, the peach blossoms opened in spring, and the whole village heard the sound of selling fish. " Since 1960s, the spawning ground of tubby fish has been destroyed due to the reclamation of lakes and environmental pollution in waters, and the output of tubby fish has been greatly reduced.