Today (October 16), the first "Yangcheng Lake Cup" King Crab Competition was successfully held in Xiangcheng District, and the competition selected the largest "King Crab" this year, reaching 490 grams, and a single hairy crab is close to one catty! At the same time, the 356-gram female crab was awarded the "Queen of Crabs". In the end, the pair of champions were directly given to the double Olympic champion "Brother Dry Rice" Sheng Lihao!
Selected this year's "Crab King" and "Crab Queen"
This afternoon, at the final site of the King Crab Competition, the king crab and the queen crab sent by the farmers were "dancing with their teeth and claws" in the evaluation box. The reporter saw that the "contestants" were huge, with thick and powerful crab legs, especially their huge crab claws covered with "golden retrievers", which looked very powerful. "The characteristics of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake are 'golden claws, yellow hairs, green shells and white belly', with a bulging back and a smiling face on the crab shell." The relevant person in charge of Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association told reporters that Yangcheng Lake hairy crab as the "golden signboard" of Suzhou agricultural products, well-known at home and abroad, in order to implement the "Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Characteristic Industry Revitalization Three-year Action Plan" and boost the healthy development and operation of the industry, "our association as the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab agricultural products geographical indication authorization unit, held the first ' The Yangcheng Lake Cup 'Crab King Competition' aims to build the most influential official competition brand in the industry, and continue this activity to become an annual blockbuster event that empowers the development of the industry, promotes consumption expansion, and sets an industry benchmark. ”
The participating hairy crabs selected by each crab farmer
It is reported that since the start of registration for the first crab king competition this year, the crab farmers and merchants have responded positively, with a total of more than 200 units registered, and the jury composed of expert groups and presidents of relevant industry associations reviewed the registration materials online, and finally selected 52 units to be shortlisted for the offline finals.
After fierce competition, the competition selected the first "Yangcheng Lake Cup" Crab King Competition "Crab King" and "Crab Queen" - 490 grams of crab king and 356 grams of crab queen, and the champions were selected by Suzhou Huqiang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. After the game, Li Ziqiang, the person in charge of the company, said in an interview with reporters, "We control water quality indicators through intelligence, put microbial feed and protein, and make hairy crabs grow bigger and fatter!" ”
Gu Donghua (first from left), deputy director of Suzhou Agriculture and Rural Bureau, presented trophies to the champions
What is the price of this pair of "King Crab" and "Queen Crab"? I believe that many citizens are very concerned. But the on-site organizing committee made it clear: priceless! Give it to the double Olympic champion "Brother Dry Rice" Sheng Lihao!
Sheng Lihao added another gold medal yesterday (15th) - in the International Shooting Federation Shooting World Cup Finals held in New Delhi, India, Sheng Lihao represented the Chinese shooting team and won the 10-meter air rifle championship. At the scene of the King Crab Competition, "Brother Ganfan" spoke for his hometown through online video - welcome to my hometown Suzhou!
On the same day, SF Express Cold Chain quickly sent out this pair of "Crab King" and "Crab Queen" to "Brother Dry Rice" - the organizer thanked our champion in this way - champion with champion!
On the same day, the competition also selected 10 Best Taste Awards, 10 Best Sensory Awards, 10 Best Vitality Awards, 10 Large-scale Breeding Base Awards, 10 Gold Medal Crab Pickers, and the Top 50 Prizes of the Competition.
In 2021 and 2023, the production skills of Yangcheng Lake hairy crab and crab feast were selected into the eighth batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Xiangcheng District and the list of intangible cultural heritage of Suzhou City. At the competition site, Suzhou Jinji Lake Hotel, Xinmeihua· Jiangnan Yachu, Jinhaihua· Pingjiang Song and Parkson Dingshan · Artisan Banquet jointly released the "Suwei · Yangcheng Chief Crab Banquet".
The scene of the launch ceremony
Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is a beautiful business card presented by Suzhou to the world. This year, the breeding area of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake is 81,400 mu, and the output is expected to be about 9,900 tons. In accordance with the "Three-year Action Plan for the Revitalization of Hairy Crab Characteristic Industries in Yangcheng Lake, Suzhou (2023~2025)", Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association adheres to the deep integration of online and offline, and has launched a series of activities covering crab themes, crab elements, and crab culture.
Su Bao financial media reporter Li Yuan Qu Yicheng
Editor: Xiao Ran