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The clear-water crab is produced in the Dianshan Lake in Qingpu Diseriet of Shanghai. The special feature is big and rich with meat with each crab weighing around one fourth of a kilogram. By way of artificial breeding in recent years the crabs proliferate very quickly and in large amount, the quality of |
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which can be a match for those of the Yangcheng Lake in Changshu, Jiangsu Province.
The Wangbaohe Restaurant at the cross-road of Fuzhou and Zhejiang Roads makes the most delicious dishes out with clear-water crab, which is renowned at home and abroad for its special and unique taste. Every late autumn when chrysanthemums are in full bloom crabs are laid out iii full array at the front of the restaurant gate. They can be bought, made and eaten right on the spot, the taste being extremely delicious. The crab banquet initiated in recent years provides famous traditional crab dishes of all kinds, such as jadeite shrimps and crabs, crab with precious stone and egg-white, rolls made of crabs from Yangcheng Lake, trekking on snow for treasures and tiny steamed buns of crab-meat powder, etc.
Chongming crab is named after the place for the crab is produced in Chongming. The island is located at the outlet of the Yangtze River into the sea with crisscrossed bays, creeks and brooks, a place suitable for the breeding and proliferation of crabs, hence rich in crab-production and known as an "Island of Crabs.' Crabs produced in Chongming generally weigh around 200 grams for each with more meat and reddish-yellows that taste very delicious. Whether boiled in pure water or fried or the meat and reddish-yellows churned together to be stirred in a hot pan with seasonings can turn out dishes for the entertainment of every one there. |
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What are the special features of ringing the New Year in by sounding the evening bell in Longhua Temple? |
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