As we all know, Nanjing people love to eat duck very much, so Nanjing is also nicknamed "Duck City". According to incomplete statistics, Nanjing people can eat 100 million ducks a year! When connected, it just goes around the outer circumference of the earth. It can be said that no duck can get out of Nanjing alive.

Why are Nanjing people so "obsessed" with ducks? This can be roughly divided into two reasons: First, Nanjing has a north subtropical monsoon climate with abundant rainfall. It is hot and humid all year round. Eating too much meat will cause moisture accumulation in the human body and cause internal heat. Ducks are waterfowl, and duck meat is relatively cool in nature. No matter how much people eat it, it won’t cause irritation, so it has become the most popular local meat. Second, Nanjing has many lakes and abundant waters, so it is particularly suitable for ducks to survive. It is said that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Wu had already "raised ducks in enclosures" in Nanjing.

Nanjing people also eat duck in various ways. Duck delicacies such as Jinling roast duck, salted duck, salted duck, sauce duck, four pieces of duck, and duck blood vermicelli soup are famous throughout the country. In addition, the traditional Nanjing salted duck is also a test of the chef's skills. The locals even have a saying: The test of a chef's quality is to see if his salted duck is delicious enough.

In addition, Nanjing people also have a very ritualistic sense of eating duck. When their lives are not going well and they run into obstacles everywhere, they will choose to eat duck to bring bad luck. When they encounter something happy, they will also choose to eat duck to celebrate. They even eat duck on their birthdays. In their opinion, there is nothing wrong with it. It's something that a duck can't solve.