"Wearing armor, dancing with a long beard, carrying a sword with him, he is a brave man. He can fly across the land, and walk the rivers and lakes with his own heroism." When I read this poem about lobsters on the Internet, I suddenly felt very proud.

and the second Crayfish Food Festival. It is said that at the Crayfish Food Festival, there will be live performances by Bashu comedians, CCTV Happy Bill auditions, the selection of the most beautiful merchants, exhibitions and sales of special agricultural products, and other cultural activities.

How can such tempting delicacies not arouse my appetite? No matter what, I will take advantage of this Dragon Boat Festival holiday to have some fun.

Spicy crayfish, fish-flavored crayfish, garlic crayfish... I don’t know since when, crayfish has climbed onto Chinese dining tables and has become a “seasonal delicacy” in restaurants on the streets and alleys.

As a diner, I may not know how many ways to prepare crayfish, but I know that the "pest" that once disgusted the villagers has now become a star in the agriculture and tourism industry in Zhonghe Town, Yanjiang District, Ziyang, Sichuan Province.

As the trump card of late-night snack stalls, crayfish has a national market size of over 100 billion yuan. Chengdu consumes 20 to 30 tons of crayfish every day, while Ziyang Yanjiang District consumes at least 2,000 tons of crayfish every year... Judging from these data,

It is enough to reflect the popularity of Zhonghe crayfish.

From breeding to catering, Zhonghe crayfish has become a delicacy in the hearts of Ziyang people.

June 18th is the Dragon Boat Festival.

There were five of us and we took a shortcut along the rural road to Zhonghe. Although the road condition was not good, it was much closer.

As we near Zhonghe Town, our eyes suddenly light up. We see neat farmyards, uniform white walls and red tiles, two-story buildings, shaded by willow trees. Every family has a farmhouse, and there is even a "Lotus Pond Music" singing hall.

Not only did I stop the car due to the beautiful scenery, I took out my phone and started clicking. I looked up and saw Mingyue Village in Zhonghe Town. Isn't this the Mingyue Village of the crayfish breeding base?

In the past two years, the popularity of the crayfish industry has accelerated the development of the breeding industry.

In 2015, Zhonghe Town developed characteristic industries to get rid of poverty and become rich. 18 villages in the town jumped out of the mindset of just growing crops to make money, and switched to crayfish farming. The breeding scale has exceeded 5,000 acres, and the annual output has exceeded 1,000 tons, forming a "

The three-dimensional agricultural industry development model of "citrus on the mountain and lobster in the water".

Farmer Wu Yong has caught up with the crawfish farming trend.

Last year, under his leadership, more than 10 farmers in Longhu Village, Zhonghe Town established the Yuechen Aquatic Products Professional Cooperative.

"Last year, the purchase price of one kilogram of crayfish was more than 40 yuan, and the 60-acre shrimp pond earned more than 200,000 yuan a year." Wu Yong said happily.

In Zhonghe Town, by developing the crayfish breeding industry and selling home-grown crayfish to the catering industry in Zhonghe, Ziyang City and Chengdu markets, more than 10 poor households in Zhonghe Town have been lifted out of poverty ahead of schedule, and have lifted the "poverty"

cap".

Some farmers can increase their income by 30,000 yuan a year by cultivating crayfish. An integrated crayfish production and marketing pattern with Zhonghe Town as the core is gradually taking shape.

Breeding is just the beginning for Zhonghe Town to build the "Zhonghe Crayfish" brand. In order to better promote this crayfish "ace", Zhonghe Town based on the "festival setting" model, launched the "Lobster Festival"

golden signboard.

Last year's first Ziyang Zhonghe Crayfish Food Festival created five "historical records" in terms of passenger flow, traffic flow, consumption, attention, and influence during the festival in Zhonghe Town.

According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 120,000 tourists and diners during the food festival. On the opening day alone, there were more than 60,000 people. The total consumption exceeded 1.6 million yuan, of which more than 26,000 kilograms of crayfish were consumed and the sales amount exceeded 900,000 yuan.

, all three values ??are about 13 times that of normal holidays.

Now, with the help of the "Lobster Festival", Zhonghe Town, Yanjiang District, Ziyang has embarked on a new development path of "making something out of nothing", and has also accumulated fame, popularity, business and wealth for this previously unknown town.

Entering the event venue on the north-south main road of Zhonghe Industrial Park, you can feel the lively atmosphere. Many local and foreign foodies drove to the event site. Parked vehicles stretched for several kilometers and the event site was crowded with people.

I have been to Zhonghe several times, and every time I come I marvel at the changes in Zhonghe Town. Since the opening of the Zhonghe Toll Station on the Suizi-Mei Expressway and the construction of the Zhonghe Industrial Park, the industrial park has spacious and straight asphalt roads extending in all directions and green trees.

There are many factories in the shade.

The rows of green tents are eye-catching, and each merchant is trying their best: some cover them with vegetable foam and place lobsters on them in various patterns to attract customers; some have cooked lobsters.

Anyone can taste it; there are also discounts and promotions where you can get one pound for free if you eat three pounds.

In front of every door, there are large pots of fresh lobsters with their teeth and claws dancing.

We wandered around the lobster festival, our legs were weak and our eyes were dazzled.

Suddenly at the crossroads, a stall selling Fifth Brother's sad jelly attracted attention.

"I want to eat cold cake. I haven't had it in many years." Looking at the crystal clear cold cake, I shouted to the shop owner.

"Oh, sad jelly! Have a bowl, I'm really sad!" Xiaozhen, a beautiful woman from my colleague, shouted in shock.

"It's called sad jelly if it's spicy. It's sad if it makes you cry!" We teased her.

A bowl of cold cake, soft and delicate, melting in the mouth, with brown sugar, peanuts and sesame seeds, sweet and refreshing, just like the ones my grandpa took me to eat on the street when I was a child, as if I suddenly found the taste of childhood.