Golden cicada likes soft and juicy tree species, such as hawthorn, peach tree, apple and elm.

The nymph of golden cicada, also called cicada turtle, has high nutritional value and unique taste, especially the newly unearthed nymph, with the highest protein content of 58.58%-70.2%, which is 4 times that of beef and 6 times that of eggs respectively, that is to say, one golden cicada is equivalent to the nutritional value of 6 eggs.

Besides edible value, golden cicada also has high medicinal value. According to China's medical data, golden cicada is helpful for strengthening yang, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, protecting lung and tonifying kidney. It is rich in chitin and is often used to treat diseases such as exogenous wind and heat. In this respect, the medicinal value of a golden cicada is more than six eggs. With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people's diet no longer only requires eating well, but also requires eating nutritious and healthy. People's awareness of self-care is increasing, and cicada slough is an excellent natural green food, which meets people's healthy eating needs. Nowadays, the popular diet is dietotherapy plus nourishing, and the concept of "homology of medicine and food" has been more and more recognized by people. Golden cicada food is an ideal food for both medicine and food. Because of this, the current market demand is increasing. However, due to environmental damage and man-made over-compensation and over-fishing, the natural resources of golden cicada have been seriously exhausted, and the output has dropped sharply year by year. Every time the golden cicada is unearthed, hotels of all sizes have to go to the village to compete for it, and the market price has risen from 40 yuan per kilogram 10 yuan, and prices are out of stock in many places. Only relying on natural collection can not meet the market demand, and large-scale artificial breeding of golden cicada will become a golden project for investment and development in the next few years.

The use of golden cicada is first reflected in its edible value, and the newly unearthed nymph has the highest nutritional value. According to scientific analysis, grasshoppers are rich in amino acids, protein and trace elements, including amino acids 46.63%, protein 58.58%, fat 10.23%, total potassium 0.3%, total phosphorus 0.58%, calcium 16.0mg/kg and zinc 82.2 mg/kg. Secondly, the medicinal value of golden cicada. According to China Pharmacology, cicada is beneficial to strengthening yang, relieving cough and promoting fluid production, protecting lung and kidney, resisting bacteria and lowering blood pressure, treating alopecia and inhibiting cancer. Cicada cicada slough is rich in methylcholine, isoHuang Die and adenosine triphosphatase, and is often used to treat exogenous wind-heat, hoarseness and cough, sore throat, rubella itching, conjunctival congestion, tetanus, children's night crying and other symptoms. Chinese medicine believes that cicada slough is salty and sweet, cold in nature, and can clear away heat, stop wind and stop spasm. Cicada is rich in protein, and cicada slough plays a great role in treating stomach diseases. In modern society, people pay more attention to their own health and have higher requirements for the quality of life, so the golden cicada will undoubtedly become one of the green foods people choose. Golden cicada has high nutritional value, unique style and good taste, as well as various nourishing and medicinal functions for human body. People also compare eating golden cicadas to "Tang monk meat" that can make people live forever. The "Tang Priest" in The Journey to the West, one of China's four classical masterpieces, was originally the reincarnation of the second disciple of Buddha "Golden Cicada" of Sakyamuni. Golden cicada was originally an alchemist's term, and Tang Sanzang was reincarnated as a monk in the Tang Dynasty from the golden cicada son, which means "golden cicada takes off its shell". Therefore, people transform cicada from its shell as a symbol of immortality and rebirth. Therefore, The Journey to the West also said that eating "Tang monk meat" can make you live forever. Today, people put the nutritious "golden cicada" on the table and call it "Tang monk meat". Obviously, this is a high praise for the nutritional value of golden cicada. Friends who have never eaten golden cicadas are generally afraid to try it for the first time, just like the first person to eat crabs. If they don't try, how can such delicious crabs get on people's tables? Northerners, especially friends in rural areas in the north, have generally had the experience of eating golden cicadas, so the nutrition and taste of golden cicadas need not be said more. To tell the truth, I have eaten them and have deep feelings for them, so I strongly recommend this delicious food to my friends.