Shrimp stored for a long time will produce ammonia when piled together. When there is sunshine, take them out to bask in the sun to dispel the excessive ammonia smell. Dry the dried shrimps after cleaning, otherwise, the dried shrimps will contain all kinds of heavy metals, sandy substances and other substances, which will cause the dried shrimps to become moldy.

Shrimp is also known as dried rice, golden hook and Kaiyang. It is a cooked and dried product processed from Chipaw Shrimp, White Shrimp with Ridge Tail, Hairy Shrimp and Shrimp Week. Shrimp is a famous seafood with high nutritional value. The name of dried shrimps first appeared in Yan Shigu's Notes on Nine Chapters in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there was a "ginger shrimp" in Lin 'an City, which was found in Old Stories of Wulin. Ming Dynasty's Compendium of Materia Medica pointed out: "All big shrimps are steamed and shelled, which is called shrimp skin, eaten with ginger and vinegar, and precious." At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, people accepted it as one of the "eight treasures at sea". In addition, shrimp is also a homonym of "what" in network language and Minnan language.