In Bengbu, crayfish is not called crayfish, but called leech. Anhui crayfish 1979 starts, starting from Bengbu. Bengbu area is the earliest market-oriented city in Anhui and even the whole country to manage crayfish. As early as 1979, Bengbu Renshi, known as the king of shrimp, took the lead in starting the crayfish business, and led many people to join in, quickly forming a nationally famous crayfish commercial street (Maixia Street), which reached its peak in 80900. Nowadays, eating crayfish has become an indispensable specialty in summer in Bengbu.

In 2007-2008, Shrimp Street was rectified and declined. However, the enthusiasm for eating big leeches is growing.

In 20 16, the founder of acai laopu, a well-known local nostalgic restaurant, mainly engaged in Bengbu local dishes and old Bengbu giant leeches, jointly created an MV of "Old Bengbu Giant Leeches" with Bengbu musicians and film and television companies for half a year at his own expense, which instantly exploded the circle of friends in the pot of Bengbu people, with more than 600,000 hits.