Xuyi Lobster Festival is on June 12 every year.

"China Xuyi International Lobster Festival" is a traditional festival held regularly every year in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, since the successful holding of the "China Dragon Year Xuyi Lobster Festival" in July 2000. In 2001, it started to build a festival brand, and from 2017, it was officially renamed as "China - Xuyi (Jincheng) International Lobster Festival".

The first edition was held in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, and the second in Wangmian County, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province and Shanghai Municipality. The activities include the opening ceremony, cultural performances, Xuyi Jingdi movie and television retrospective exhibition, photo exhibition of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Tombs, large-scale exhibition of the Huaihe River Scenic Zone, light show, water wedding, lobster banquet, Xuyi regional development symposium, and the closing ceremony.

Tasting lobster

1, the first to determine whether the crayfish is fresh, such as dining out to eat crayfish, an effective way to observe the lobster tail meat. If the shrimp tail meat presents a sticky paste, then this may be a shrimp that has been long dead and corrupt.

2, to determine the breeding of crayfish hygiene, crayfish also need to see whether the gills are black, black is an indication of poor growth environment. Poor water quality of the environment in the growth of crayfish, from the abdomen to see a clear black, individuals are also smaller.

3, cleaning to be thorough, buy crayfish home, soak in water for 2-3 hours, so that the crayfish will be spit out of the body of impurities, and then cleaned.

4, avoid "shrimp powder" processed crayfish, shrimp powder generally used to wash the shell of crayfish bright, clean. But residual odor on the shrimp shell still exists, and because of its strong corrosive, some shrimp will occur chelipids off.

Reference to the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Xuyi Lobster Festival