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01? Beiduchang

Five kilometers west of Qijiang City is Beiduchang, formerly known as Beidu Township, which belongs to the suburbs of the city. In the mid-1990s, when the district was withdrawn and merged into townships, Beidu Township was deregistered and merged into Gunan Town, but Beiduchang Town was still retained, and the market was held every 147.

Beiduchang is located on the left bank of Qijiang River. Qijiang River is a first-class tributary on the right bank of the Yangtze River, passing through the north side of Beiduchang from east to west. There is a ferry crossing the river at Beidu. Although the opposite side of the river is the flower arrangement place of Jiangjin District, it is still called Beidu. National Highway 210 passes on the other side of the river.

The highways from Qijiang City to Yongxin Town, Zhongfeng Town, and to Jiangjin Simian Mountain pass through Beiduchang.

02? Beidu Fish Food

A long time ago, there were some fishermen in the Hebei Ferry section of Qijiang River. For the convenience of eating, they cut up the wild fish they caught and put them in the pot on the boat. , sprinkle with a large amount of chili, pepper, garlic and other seasonings and cook together to become a delicious spicy fish.

At that time, National Highway 210 was a busy traffic artery between Sichuan and Guizhou. Roadside shops on both sides of the national highway promote and utilize fishermen's cooking methods, which are very popular among passing drivers.

Later, some restaurant chefs developed pickled (tomato) fish and fish head dishes based on spicy fish. In the end, it evolved into the Beidu fish that eats three things: spicy fish, pickled fish (tomato), and fish head.

The general method of eating three fish is to take a grass carp or silver carp of about 3 pounds, remove the armor and gills, wash it, cut off the head and make soup, and cut the fat part of the fish into thin slices. of fish fillets, and cut the remaining fish fillets, fish tails, etc. into pieces. Finally, the fish pieces are made into spicy fish, the fish fillets are made into sauerkraut (tomato) fish, and the fish head is cooked in the fish head soup to become the fish head.

To eat Beidu fish, you must also have side dishes such as peanuts, salted eggs, pig ears, cold lotus root, and seasonal cold vegetables. There is no separate charge.

Beidu Fish, a fish that is eaten three times, has gradually developed into Qijiang’s gourmet business card since the 1980s. Many foreign guests come to Qijiang and ask to taste Beidu fish. Qijiang people also prefer Beidu fish when receiving foreign guests.

Nowadays, there are many Beidu Fish Restaurants in Qijiang City. In July 2006, I traveled to Tibet and saw the "Qijiang Beidu Fish Shop" in Lhasa.

Beidu Fish Fossils

In 2006, during the expansion of the Bei (Du) Middle (Feng) Highway, a fish was dug out of the Jurassic Suining Formation by the riverside of Beidu Middle School. The fish fossil is 70cm long and 43cm wide. The fish scales, tail and fins are clear and lifelike. Some people call this the authentic Beidu fish.

In 2011, Xing Lida (now an associate professor at China University of Geosciences and a paleontologist) and others studied the Qijiang Beidu fish and identified it as a new genus and species. The Beidu fish fossil is a brand-new ancient fish fossil. It is a freshwater fish and belongs to the squamous-toothed fish among holoosseous fishes.

All lepidodont fish are now extinct, and relatively well-preserved fossils like the Beidover fish are rare. The discovery of Beidu fish fossils is of great significance for the reconstruction of the Jurassic paleontological fauna in Chongqing.

Currently, the fossil of Beidu fish is displayed in the Qijiang Museum and is the treasure of the Qijiang Museum.

03? Looking forward to the perfect combination of the two cultures

Two kinds of Beidu fish, different cultural connotations. As a Jianghu dish, it conveys gourmet culture. One is paleontological fossils, which convey geological culture.

I have always looked forward to the perfect combination of the two cultures to produce better publicity effects. For example, next to the Beidu fish booth in the museum, introduce Beidu fish delicacies in Qijiang; select several well-reputed Beidu fish shops in Qijiang urban area and post posters of Beidu fish fossils to promote the scientific value of fish fossils.

In the summer of 2015, a private TV station from Taiwan came to Qijiang to film the local characteristics of Qijiang. The Propaganda Department of the District Party Committee recommended photographing Beidu Fish Food and Geopark, and I was invited to participate as an escort throughout the whole process.

At noon, I took a photo of how to eat Beidu fish three times at a Beidu fish shop in the city. After taking the photo, I gathered around the table to taste the delicious Beidu fish. In the afternoon, the film crew went to the museum and Lianhua Baozhai to take pictures of Beidu fish fossils, dinosaur fossils, dinosaur footprint fossils, etc.

I very much hope that in the post-production of the promotional video, the Beidu fish delicacies and Beidu fish fossils can be organically combined to create a new cultural effect of Qijiang Beidu fish. I regret that I did not receive any news about the broadcast of the promotional video.