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Autumn joy: Have a cracker of a meal with hairy crab (1/7)

2020-09-30 10:43:57 Ecns.cn Editor :Yao Lan
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During the ninth and 10th months of the lunar calendar, China's culinary scene is all about hairy crab, also known as Chinese mitten crab. (Photo provided to China Daily)

Hairy crabs are rich in protein and amino acids. The hairy crab season is September and October. So it is a special seasonal delicacy for Mid-Autumn Festival, a highlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner.

Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2020 shows a hairy crab caught from Yangcheng Lake. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

A worker shows Chinese mitten crabs caught from Junshan Lake in Jinxian County of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 6, 2018. Local fishery workers are busy catching Chinese mitten crabs in Junshan Lake during their best fishing season. The total volume of crabs caught in the lake is estimated to reach 2,200 tonnes in 2018. The Chinese mitten crabs of Junshan Lake are a geographical indication (GI) product of China, and are sold to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other international markets. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2018 shows cooked hairy crabs in Bacheng Township of Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Ji Jiang, born in 1966, is a Yangcheng Lake hairy crab cultivator at Bacheng Town of Jiangsu. Having been in the trade for 15 years, he has accumulated experience in the cultivation of hairy crabs and became famous in Bacheng. Due to good water quality of the Yangcheng Lake, hairy crabs here possess good taste and high nutrition. Every year, a large number of the crabs are sold to cities across China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

Due to good water quality of the Yangcheng Lake, hairy crabs here possess good taste and high nutrition. Every year, a large number of the crabs are sold to cities across China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2018 shows the hairy crabs caught from Yangcheng Lake at Bacheng Township, Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Ji Jiang, born in 1966, is a Yangcheng Lake hairy crab cultivator at Bacheng Town of Jiangsu. Having been in the trade for 15 years, he has accumulated experience in the cultivation of hairy crabs and became famous in Bacheng. Due to good water quality of the Yangcheng Lake, hairy crabs here possess good taste and high nutrition. Every year, a large number of the crabs are sold to cities across China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. (Xinhua/Zhu Weixi)

Due to good water quality of the Yangcheng Lake, hairy crabs here possess good taste and high nutrition. Every year, a large number of the crabs are sold to cities across China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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