Since may, in the urban and rural farmers' markets along the Honghe River in Yunnan, many rural people have been selling their newly caught knowledge, and the price of a pound is as high as 110 to 130 yuan. In the Mengdian Manban Dai Ethnic Village in Honghe County, a Dai big father who sold knowledge said happily: "Last night, our family went to catch Zhizhi, harvested more than 3 kilograms, and earned more than 500 yuan. ”
In the more than 10 Dai villages under the jurisdiction of The town of Yisa in Honghe County, Yunnan, such as Mengdian and Menglong, due to the hot climate and lush forests, it is a good place to know how to thrive. Every year since May, countless pupae emerge from the woods and climb up the branches. When the newly unearthed pupae had not yet grown wings, people competed on the ground with flashlights to catch them. Knowing that he had already climbed up the branches, within a few days he grew wings and became an adult insect, singing vigorously in the trees, looking for a mate to breed the next generation.
The local people took advantage of this opportunity to capture the knowledge. The newly unearthed pupae, due to its rich protein and high nutritional value, is sold for more than 130 yuan per kilogram. The local people also have a wonderful method of catching, and when it is dark, they insert a fresh branch more than 1 meter high on the ground, holding a flashlight in one hand and an abacus in the other. Shake the abacus vigorously with one hand to make the beads on the abacus rattling; the other hand shakes the flashlight against the branch inserted in the ground, the brighter the better. At this time, the males who were perched on the trees in all directions and sang courtships knew that when they heard the sound of the abacus and saw the bright light, they flew like raindrops in the direction of the bright light and the sound.
At this time, the people who were waiting under the branches of the trees easily captured zhizhi in the bamboo cage. There are other methods of catching, people use a long bamboo pole, the tip of the pole is coated with a layer of liquid, used to catch the knowledge of the tree. Caught at night, some of the whole family went out, and with good luck, they could catch three or five pounds and generate income of four or five hundred yuan.
It is known that it is rich in protein, rich in nutrients, and the locals eat a variety of ways. In the masses around the Red River, most people use it to fry fragrant food, the taste is crispy, it is a delicacy with wine; some people know that after stir-frying, they add garlic, ginger and other condiments to mash and eat, and appetize the rice.
In Honghe, Yuanyang, Luchun, Mengzi, Gejiu and other areas of Yunnan Province, Zhiyi is very popular with people and is a delicious dish that is rare to eat at the table in summer.