Panjin river crab meat is tender, unique flavor, rich in nutrients, and has a different flavor from the southern hairy crabs. Crab meat not only contains vitamin A, protein, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, but also has a tendon, qi, stomach digestion, dredging meridians and other medicinal effects. Panjin river crab has a variety of ways to eat, or steamed or boiled, can also be raw brine, pounded sauce, made of crab tofu, drunken crab, its flavor is more delicious. Every year at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Panjin river crab is the most fat, sitting in the crab fields steamed crab smell rice, let the mind and soul pleasure.

Panshan County, located in the Liaohe River Delta, has been producing river crabs since ancient times. However, there are no historical records to trace the origin of history. However, the historical legend of the river crab arch bridge from the Tang King's eastward expedition, can be seen in the Panjin river crab history.　　One thousand four hundred years ago, King Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty made an eastward expedition. Passing through the three forks of the mouth of the river in Panxian County (today's Panxian County, Guchengzi Township, the Department of Liao, Hun, too three river crossings), when the autumn rainy season, the river is wide and deep, turbid waves, the raging river blocked the way.　　Tang Wang see this scene, look at the river sigh: I since the east since the expedition, all the way to the three armies of the vast, over the Shanhaiguan, under the Guangling land, invincible, unstoppable. And now take this road into the state of Gai, actually encountered such a big river, it is difficult to create a number of boats, missed the opportunity to fight how is good? Thinking and thinking: I am the King of Tang since childhood, everything can be good luck, everywhere there is God's protection, today's three forks of the estuary, and how can I help?　　King Tang thought of this, the urgent order of the army, set up incense, help the river god. A little, the incense set up, offerings on all ...... King of Tang burned incense and bowed to say: I am King Li Shimin of Tang, in order to pacify and protect the people, the imperial army to this. Now encountered a large river blocking the road, no bridge, no boat, soldiers and horses difficult to cross, hope that the river god show spirit, change the moat for the road.　　After sacrificing to the river god, it was already night, the moon was in the sky, and the cicadas were singing. The king of Tang was sitting in his tent, and he saw a white-bearded old man floating towards him. The old man bowed y to the king and said, "The king of Tang is blessed with good fortune, and he will be assisted by divine soldiers in his eastward march. Said, the old man quietly disappeared. King Tang was shocked to see the case of incense smoke, candlelight is bright, Fang Jue is a dream. At this time, scouting horses to report, three forks of the river foggy, highlighting a bridge.　　The king of Tang urgently ordered his soldiers and horses to start crossing the river, and also made the big sword Wang Jun can general break the back. The King of Tang led the three armies first. See the fog, the sky dark, water and sky, the soldiers and horses through the place only hear the creaking sound, but the bridge is flat and stable as flat ground. The day will dawn, the army has all boarded the other side of the bank, but the back of the general Wang Jun can heart very doubtful. Thought, yesterday here is clearly no bridge, how overnight, suddenly appeared such a bridge? I wanted to see what happened, but the fog was so thick that I couldn't see anything. So he jumped off his horse, with his hands to touch, this touch does not matter, where the touch, non-stone non-wood, all river crabs. Wang Jun can shout: is a crab! Divine opportunity to leak, only to hear the clamor, the crab scattered bridge without, Wang Jun can even fall into the river with the horse, in a moment was eaten by the crab.　　Before that, the crab's cover is smooth and unmarked, by the Tang king's hoof, from then on will leave the hoof prints. The great sword Wang Junke was hidden in the crab's belly, and today, when people peel open a cooked Panjin river crab, they will still find two white wings, which are Wang Junke's cap wings.　　Although this is a historical legend, but enough to support, Panjin since ancient times is a place rich in river crabs, and the number of amazing.　　Historical legends, after all, there are components of the play, but growing up in Panjin this piece of land of the old people can use their own personal experience, to corroborate the number of river crabs in Panshan County.　　In the Panxian County area, there has been circulating such a ballad: stick swineherd ladle scoop fish, crabs crawling to the nest. Fifty or sixty years ago, river crabs were found everywhere in Panjin. At that time, people didn't treat river crabs as a delicious food, a precious commodity in the banquet, but as a kind of food for survival. People caught the river crab in the tank mashed, filtered with a basket, put in a pot to make crab tofu, to feed the hungry. Poor people, there is no soybean sauce, the catch of Panjin river crab mashed, with the sweep of salt soil boiled into water salt, mixed together to do crab sauce, for year-round consumption.

I. Suitable for the crowd:

The general population can eat 1. suitable for bruises, broken tendons and bones, bruises and swelling pain, maternal placenta retention, pregnant women contractions, the fetus is delayed down to eat, especially crab claws for good; 2. plain spleen and stomach cold, loose stools, abdominal pain hidden, cold and cold cold cold not yet recovered, persistent wind disease, persistent itchy skin disease of the person to avoid eating; 3. menstruation, dysmenorrhea, pregnant women avoid eating Panjin river crab. Women should not eat Panjin river crab, especially avoid eating crab claws. II. Therapeutic effect: Panjin River Crab is cold and salty, belonging to the liver and stomach meridian; it has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, tonifying the bone and marrow, nourishing the tendons and bones, activating the blood and dispelling phlegm, promoting dampness and removing yellowish color, facilitating the limbs and joints, nourishing the liver and yin, and enriching the gastric juice; it is effective for the treatment of silt and blood, jaundice, lumbar and leg pains, and rheumatoid arthritis. III. Food incompatibility: Panjin river crab can not be eaten with sweet potatoes, pumpkin, honey, oranges, pears, pomegranates, tomatoes, melon, peanuts, snails, celery, persimmons, rabbit, thorns and mustard; eat not to drink cold beverages can lead to diarrhea.