Jianhu County is located in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province.

Jianhu County is located in the hinterland of Lixiahe River in northern Jiangsu Province and belongs to Yancheng City. The geographical location is 33°16′～33°41′ north latitude and 119°33′～120°05′ east longitude. The county has a total area of ??1,154 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, Jianhu County has a permanent population of 609,346.

Jianhu County is named after the first characters of Jianyang and Huduo (now near the lake) towns. In September 1941, Yancheng County was divided into counties and Jianyang County was established. In July 1951, it was renamed Jianhu County. It is a national garden county, a district county for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, a national seed production county, and the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art.

Local specialty

1. Jianhu lotus root rice balls: a traditional snack with a history of more than 200 years. Smooth and transparent, elastic, soft and tender, brown in color. The filling is made of lotus root starch and five kernels with sweet pulp (peach, apricot, jujube, melon seeds, etc.). It is sweet and refreshing, and the fragrance will linger after chewing. After tasting it, the famous scholar Fei Xiaotong wrote an article in newspapers and evaluated it as a "treasure".

2. Jiulongkou hairy crabs: Jiulongkou hairy crabs are fat and have delicate meat. People either cook it and dip it into wine with condiments, or they cook and peel the crab meat and crab roe to make crab soup, crab roe buns, and crab oil. Especially the Jiulongkou Drunken Crab made with rice wine is a delicacy.

3. Jiulongkou old duck stew: Jiulongkou has a very beautiful legend, and echoing the legend is a famous dish: Jiulongkou old duck stew. Local people will drink old duck soup every time there is an important event at home.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jianhu County