Bass is shaped like a spindle, with a huge scale and thin mouth, swollen cheeks and a pair of red stripes on both sides of the head, hence the name "four-gill shovel", which can be used for braising, making soup or stewing chicken soup. The "Four Branches Guardian" was once a treasure of the Palace.

The perch produced in Dianshan Lake is famous for its tender and delicious meat. Only because of the water pollution of rivers and lakes in recent years and the blocking of migration channels after the construction of sluice gates, the output is decreasing day by day.

Qingshui Chinese mitten crab

Qingshui hairy crabs are a specialty of Dianshan Lake. The crabs produced by the Yaodang Lake, which is separated by a river and connected with the lake, have different shapes and tastes. Clear water hairy crabs are green in shell, strong in body, rich in chelating fertilizer, thin in foot and rich in ointment. People see them in cities in June of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "June Yellow". There is a folk saying that "no matter how busy you are, you can't forget June Yellow". This means that you can't miss this crab eating season. Until the autumn season, especially the autumn wind, the crab shell is hard and full of meat. There is a proverb called "nine females and ten males", which means that female crabs are better in September and male crabs are better in October.

1964, when Vice Premier Chen Yi visited Qingpu and crossed Dianshan Lake, he was poetic and left a beautiful poem "I wish to come here again in the cool autumn, and a basket full of crabs is drunk".

river prawn

The shrimp produced in Dianshan Lake is strong and tender, with a thin and transparent shell, long body and bluish green color, with a pair of long and short horns on its head and rows of thin feet. If live shrimps are put into a pot, they will jump in all directions, so people call Dianshan Lake shrimps "flying all over the table".

There are many ways to eat river shrimp. For example, live shrimp soaked in white wine is called "drunken shrimp". Fresh food includes salted shrimp, fried shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp cake and shrimp egg. Or dried shrimps, which can be hidden for a long time and used to make soup.

eel

Eels are long, cylindrical in the front, thick at the top with mucus, fresh and small, and buried under the skin. The upper part of the back is gray-black, the abdomen is white, and the sex is fond of darkness and afraid of light, and it lies in the daytime and comes out at night.

Monopterus albus produced in Dianshan Lake has tender meat, fat but not greasy, high protein and fat, especially rich in vitamin A, and contains phosphorus, calcium, iron and other elements. It is one of the first-class edible fish and is known as "ginseng in water". Braised eel made of eel in Millennium is a famous dish.

soft-shelled turtle

The scientific name of tortoise is tortoise, which is an amphibious reptile. Carp is delicious and contains high protein and fat. It is a precious dish in banquets and banquets, which is used for stewing and steaming, especially Dianshan Lake turtle. Especially in April and May, the body fat of cauliflower soft-shelled turtle is fresh and tender, which is not only delicious, but also a tonic for aphrodisiac in Zhuangxian County.

Iced fish

Dianshan Lake whitebait is a short-snouted whitebait in Taihu Lake, belonging to small freshwater fish. Slender body, 7- 10 cm, silvery white, transparent and boneless, with fine and clean meat, which was listed in Tomb-Sweeping Day before and after. Whitebait can be fried, steamed or made into soup. Burn eggs and whitebait into egg rolls, commonly known as "whitebait braised eggs". If it is made into fish balls, it is suitable for frying and boiling. Can also be made into dried fish, can be hidden, used for soup or cold salad, as a table wine.

Tangyan fish

Tangyan fish, also known as cauliflower fish, is the fattest in April and May when cauliflower is in full bloom, hence the name "cauliflower fish". Bamboo shoots, pickles, cauliflower and fish soup is a seasonal dish.