Sixty miles northeast of Dingyuan County, there is a Sanhe Market Town, which is a place of "one water pouring three counties, three chickens singing and smelling three townships", going east to connect with Hengshan Township in Mingguang City, and going north to TongShitong City in Hongxinmei City, Fengyang County. It is 10 kilometers away from Dingyuan Station of Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, 15 kilometers away from Guandian Station of Jinpu Railway, and 10 kilometers away from National Highway 104. Cars can go directly to Nanjing Shanghai, Hefei Bengbu, Huainan Kaifeng; the stone steps connecting the Huaihe Wharf along the street are several inches wide, and the eight provinces are thoroughfare; the commodity distribution center within a radius of 100 miles, the market has thousands of people, the streets are longitudinal, known as "Nine Streets and Eighteen Alleys", known as "Little Nanjing"; there are hundreds of businesses on the street, the traffic is busy during the day, the lights are brilliant at night, and a bustling city. After the establishment of Sanhe Market Town, it has a land area of 135.9 square kilometers, an area of 63,000 mu of arable land, a population of 38,000 people, 10 administrative villages, 204 villager groups, and more than a dozen town units, which is quite influential in the province.
Sanhe Market Town is located on the bank of the Huai River Tributary Pond River, the land is fertile, the products are rich, and the hills formed by rain and river water alluvial for thousands of years are more suitable for growing soybeans and turnips. It is famous in the land of eastern Anhui for its specialty soy products, 100 pages (commonly known as 1000 sheets). Sanhe Qianzhang has a long history and excellent quality, which is characterized by: single page as thin as paper, slightly yellowish color, fine as tofu, chewing tendons and fragrant, good quality and low price. Using a traditional process, it must be purified by hand after purifying the water of the pond river flowing through the territory. There are many cooking methods, which can be boiled, fried, burned, boiled and other forms. When storing, cut a thousand sheets into strips and dry them, add a little edible alkali before eating, and blanch in boiling water for about a minute. The soybeans of The Sanwa set are the best raw materials for making thousand sheets of tofu. As early as the time when Liu An, the king of Huainan, successfully developed tofu, the craftsmen of the Western Han Dynasty moved the tofu making process from Bagong Mountain in Huainan to the ancient Dingyuan East City, to Sanhe Jikai grinding tofu. Sanhe set thousand pieces to get the Bagong Mountain Passing Technique, the taste is pure, thin and strong, the tendons are resistant to cooking, the taste is delicate, the young and old are salty, often eat healthy, and have the reputation of "green vegetables and tofu to ensure safety". The production technique of "Three and Thousand Pieces" has been identified as an intangible cultural heritage by Chuzhou City and protected by the government.
Growing in the sandy soil of the Sanhe Jihetao belt, the "little ginseng" - green radish, smooth appearance, well-proportioned posture, a big beauty, tender flesh and green skin, rich in nutrition, stewed and stir-fried, raw and cooked. Regular consumption of Sanhe green radish can play a role in eliminating accumulation and expectorant, diuretic and antidiarrhea, lipid reduction and pressure stabilization, etc., and is a low-cost and high-quality health care product. As the folk proverb goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, save yourself the need to find a doctor to prescribe medicine." ”
Another specialty of The Sanwa set is the "plum white fish". Plum fish, also known as "plum white fish", is a specialty of the Pond River in the Guangduan section from Dingyuan Chihe Town to Fengyang Meishi Township. Meishi is located at the junction of Dingyuan, Fengyang and Jiashan counties, and is called "Meishi" because of the traditional market trade, and is also famous for "three plums" (Mei surname, Meihe, meiyu). Plum fish, small a few inches, large ones full of feet, eyeballs shiny head small flattened, color white flesh tender. In particular, the plum fish caught in the water during the yellow plum season will flow out of the scales like milk, and the fish meat is delicious. In particular, the meat produced in the Chihe section of Sanhe Market Town is tender and delicious, the mouth contains qiong pulp, and the famous plum fish, since ancient times, people have been recognized as a delicacy on the table. Plum white fish is scientifically called "squid", also known as plum bass, commonly known as plum white fish, cocked carp, pout-billed trevally. Also known locally as plum fish and "tribute fish", it grows in the waters of the Chihe River in the area from Meishi Township in Fengyang County to Chihe Town in Dingyuan County. The bass is slender, has a large mouth, pouts high, and sucks on meat, grasses and plankton, and is best eaten during the rainy season. In the rainy season of entering the plum, the rain is endless, the sun is not open for days, suddenly the heavy rain is poured, the flowers and waters are turned over, the river rises, and the flocks of fish pour out of the cave from the Mingguang Nüshan Lake, welcoming the new water, swimming to the waters around the middle of the pond river, swimming up, migrating ovulation. At this time, the new water is tumbling, the fish and shrimp are flying, the green grass is swaying, the fish are surging in spring, the whole body is excited, full of courtship, chasing and playing, and floating in groups. It is said that the plum salamander caught at this time is the best tasting, because the tail of the plum bass at this time has a milky discharge. This is the main feature of the Sanhe Jimei squid that distinguishes it from similar sturgeon in other places, and it is also an important symbol of the unique deliciousness and nutrients of the Sanhe Jimei sturgeon.
During the Ming Dynasty, Fengyang and Dingyuan were many officials in the dynasty, and the delicious dishes were also paid tribute to the Beijing Division, and the plum carp was presented to the emperor as a traditional delicacy in the hometown. Therefore, the plum carp is also called "tribute fish". The world's freshest, plum carp, left a dish and love that will always be full of good memories for friends who have been to Sanhe Market Town in Dingyuan County.