People's Daily Nanjing 65438+1October 28th (Ma) 65438+1October 28th, the 5th Yancheng Dazong Lake Hairy Crab Food Culture Festival opened in Sanguan Village, Dazong Lake. At the Food Culture Festival, 19 farmers took hairy crabs to compete for face value, quality and weight. In the end, the selected crab king weighed 9 Jin, and the two crab queens weighed 6.8 Liang. In the subsequent auction, the high price of 30,000 yuan was donated by the crab king and the crab queen to the Dazong Lake Nursing Home.

Located between Taizhou and Huaihe River, Brown Lake is the largest and deepest lake in the area. According to Song Changtai, vice president of China Fishery Association and president of Yancheng Dazong Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association, Dazong Lake is one of the most important hairy crab producing areas in north-central Jiangsu. Among them, there are 6.5438+0.6 million mu in Yandu District alone, with more than 2,000 farmers, 3-4 thousand mu in large-scale farming and 40-50 mu in small-scale farming. Crab farming has become one of the important pillar industries in the local area.

It is reported that during the food festival, in addition to the crab king crab competition, cultural activities will also be held, and various interesting crab cultural activities such as catching crabs, eating crabs, playing crabs, catching crabs and weighing will also be held.