Autumn, the harvest of all things, is a "fat and plump" season. After the harvest in September, crab is an indispensable delicacy on the table of the Chinese. Eat a bite of fat hairy crab, enjoy the local beauty, feel the accumulation of history, this autumn is complete.
When coated hairy crabs
Autumn clouds are flowing, autumn water is like a mirror, it is a good time to swim in the countryside and enjoy the scenery in autumn. Lujiang County enjoys the reputation of "Jiangbei Xiaojiuhua" Yefu Mountain Scenic Area is colorful at this time, hiking along the boulevard stone steps, as if approaching the natural oxygen bar, refreshing. Approaching the Zhou Yu Cultural Park, listening to the poignant love story of Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao, and feeling the life achievements and human roots of the famous governor of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu. In the green mountains and green waters, feel the poetic pastoral Taoran comfortable, come to the Xiaomantiancheng Pastoral Complex to take a small train, experience the farming culture, feel the speed and passion of the rainbow slide. There is a peach in the dream, there is an annop in the clouds, sitting by the window of the Yunli Ann concave homestay, looking up can greet the autumn outside the house, placing a cup of sake, a pot of fragrant tea, a plate of snacks, floating life to steal half a day of leisure.
Yefu Mountain Scenic Area (Source: Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
After admiring the natural scenery of the mountains, you can come to the famous hot spring town of Lujiang Tangchi, where there is a hot spring resort that integrates vacation, fitness, leisure, entertainment, catering and accommodation--- Golden Peacock Hot Spring Tourist Resort. There are medicinal baths, sake baths, spas, lazy rivers, and artificial beaches. Listening to the birds in the depths of the bamboo forest, blowing the mountain wind and breathing in the fresh air is the aesthetic place for you to recuperate your body and mind.
Yunlian Anwo Homestay (Source: Hefei Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism)
Swim to Huangpi Lake, take a fishing boat, blow the cool breeze of early autumn, and start a different journey of taste. This season, you can not only enjoy the natural beauty of the Wetland of Huangpi Lake, but also enjoy the hairy crabs that have just been caught. The vast waters in Lujiang River, the water quality of Huangpi Lake is clear, and the unique growth environment breeds fresh and delicate high-quality hairy crabs, which are yellow and thick, crab cream and sticky, the meat is tender and pure white, rich in nutrients, and the entrance is sweet and juicy.
Sunset over Huangpi Lake (Source: Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
Dangtu County, Ma'anshan is a key fishery county in Anhui Province and is known as the first ecological crab farming county in China. The crabs of Ishiushu Lake have golden feet and red hairs, large and fat bodies, fresh and sweet, and the meat is tender but not scattered. Su Shunqin, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, said: "The fat beauty of crabs is worthy of the beauty of the country." "Crabs in Ishiushu Lake have a faint fragrance of crab meat, the crab yellows of female crabs are sweet and oily, and the crab paste of male crabs is soft and sticky.
Ishiusu Lake
Come to be a Tu pin crab, do not miss the Li Bai Cultural Park, according to legend, he came to Be Tu seven times to find the traces of Xie Shuogong.
Daqingshan Libai Cultural Tourism Zone (Source: Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
After about ten minutes of driving, a magnificent ancient city wall comes into view, which is the Dangtu Taipingfu Cultural Park, where the glorious peak scene of the ancient Taiping Mansion is reproduced. Dang Tu, known as Gu Yi in ancient times, also known as Taiping City, has a history of more than a thousand years. There are four walls around The Gushi, in the shape of a square, opened six city gates: the east is Xingchun Gate, the west is Chengjiang Gate, the north is Qingyuan Gate, and the south guxi River is from west to east, in order of Longjin Gate, Nanjin Gate and Hushu Gate. The ancient city walls of Gushi City are grand in scale and majestic, and the oldest can be traced back to the time of Sun Wu and Huang Wu.
Dangtu Taiping Cultural Park (Source: Ma'anshan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism)
This ancient city wall, which is close to the Mother River, relies on the past of a thousand years, stone laneways, tall city towers, stop and stand in front of the Qingyuan Gate, listen to the ancient rhymes and natural songs from the city towers, and appreciate the charm of this national intangible heritage, as if coming through a thousand years. At nightfall, taste a tender and juicy Zhao family lamb dumplings, it is a fortunate thing, dipped in old vinegar, the tip of the teeth gently touched to bite through the thin skin of the dumplings, the soup wrapped in tender lamb, from the tip of the tongue to the throat, not greasy, the meat filling fat and thin just right, coupled with only a slight hint of fruit and wood flavor of the secret brine goose, wouldn't you be happy?
Zhao family lamb dumplings (Source: Ma'anshan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism)
Come to Dangtu, you must get up early to go to Anhui Daqingshan Wildlife World, animal world is located in the territory of Dangtu County Daqingshan Scenic Area, once you enter the park gate, the central pool square comes into view, the cute panda-shaped fountain makes people can't help but take a photo with him, feed the pigeons here, take a cruise ship, it is not comfortable. The zoo has ingeniously introduced more than 200 species of rare animals and animals from all over the world, as well as a theme tourism landscape park with mine pit transformation. The park was originally an abandoned mine pit, and the Daqingshan Wildlife World "turned waste into treasure", transformed the original site here, strengthened and stabilized the mountain, repaired the slope to control the pit wall, planted evergreen vegetation, and built amusement and sightseeing facilities... The pit has been transformed into a theme park, and the environment atmosphere of playing rafting, rock climbing, and bungee jumping is a typical experience.
Anhui Daqingshan Wildlife World (Source: Ma'anshan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism)
Majestic old Jiashan Mountain, Tangtanghuai River water; gentle hilly land, Haohao Nüshan Lake, Chuzhou Mingguang City Because of the Nüshan Lake, many fishermen around are busy catching crabs in this season. Chrysanthemum crab fat fish shrimp beauty, autumn equinox fishing is the right time, hairy crab is an important part of food culture.
Nüshan Lake (Hu Wanli)
Nushan Lake is far away and vast, looking at it, the blue waves, the smoke waves are vast, and the beautiful scenery is intoxicating. From the air, a bird's eye view, the ring of mountains formed by magma eruptions, just like a jade ring floating on the water, so people also call it Yuhuan Mountain. Standing on Yuhuan Mountain, the water and sky in front of you are colorful, the lake is not alarming, the water is clear, and the natural scenery makes people linger. On an autumn afternoon, in a small boat leisurely shuttle in the Nüshan Lake, the lake water is whispering in the ear, the autumn wind blows the face, look up at the clouds, the back is warmed by the sun, it is not comfortable.
Beautiful view of Nüshan Lake
Another attraction nearby is the Jiashan Scenic Area, which is located 28 kilometers southeast of Mingguang City, with natural landscapes such as Xianren Bridge, Xianren Cave, Crescent Lake, Xiaojiuzhai, Hougou Zhuhai, Dianjiangtai, Liudi Spring and other natural landscapes, as well as cultural sites such as Ganlu Temple, Hongni Nunnery, Dragon King Temple, Huaguo Temple and so on. There are also many big windmills nearby for punching in and taking photos. You don't have to go to Hulunbuir to see the beautiful scenery of the wind blowing grass and seeing cattle and sheep.
"Anhui Mingguang, foodie paradise", in addition to hairy crabs, Nüshan Lake fish head is also a famous dish of Chuzhou Taishou Feast, take 1 fat silver carp head of Nüshan Lake, 20 fresh belly cooked, bright color, rich flavor, smooth and delicious.
Female Mountain Lake Fish Head
Come to Bengbu, Tushan Yu Palace is a must-see attraction. YuWang Palace is located at the top of Tushan Mountain in Huaiyuan County, Bengbu City, also known as Yuwang Temple, there are historical materials to find, this is where the princes of the Great Yuhui consulted to control the water. Walk to the parking lot halfway up the mountain, walk up the "Chaoyu Road", only to see the Daisy houses of the Yu King's Palace hidden in the green pine forest. The scenic area is interdependent with mountains and rivers, full of ancient meaning, and ancient stele stone carvings and plaques along the way are dotted among them. In the distance, I saw the four big characters of "No Simplicity" on the plaque of the main hall, and the statue of King Yu was enshrined in the hall, which was vivid and silently looked at the vicissitudes. The two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees outside the hall are independent, and are said to have been planted when Dayu and Tu Shan were newly married, and now they are majestic and full of golden trees.
Tushan Yu Palace in Bengbu City (Photos) (Source: Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
Not far to the west, the White Milk Spring Scenic Area is known as the "Seventh Spring under the Heavens". The White Milk Spring Scenic Area is backed by Jingshan Mountain, facing HuaiShui, surrounded by peaks and greenery, and the durian forest is like the sea, which is a natural paradise famous far and wide. Hiking up the hill, the White Milk Spring is located in the middle of the "Pure Yang Taoist Temple" and is covered by a centuries-old mountain elm tree. Wenhao Su Shi once landed here, seeing that the spring water was white like cow's milk, as sweet as a glutton, and could float copper coins, leaving behind the famous sentence of "turtle spring wood sticks out, cow milk stone pond man". Today, the water of the White Milk Spring has become clear, but it is still rich in minerals. Brew tea with spring water, fragrant and refreshing, luscious and delicious. What is even more amazing is that the tea poured into the cup can highlight the thickness of a rice grain on the cup surface without spilling, and can float the coin.
As a natural freshwater lake, Tuo Lake in Wuhe County, Bengbu is famous for its abundant crabs, fish and shrimp, and wild ducks. In autumn, Tuohu Lake is a wintering ground for many rare birds and a stopover on their migration journey. Autumn wind blows wrinkles the clear lake water, "green shell, white belly, golden claw, brown claw" of the "Tuohu brand" crab is fresh and fat, pick some rhubarb crab steamed, and then taste Bengbu unique old Bengbu braised prawns, Bengbu old Renqiao beef, north and south fresh, flavored leg of lamb and other delicacies, warm stomach and heart.
Beautiful scenery of Tuohu Lake (Source: Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
It is the autumn high and refreshing, cinnamon, crab fat, chestnuts full of branches, come to Anhui to enjoy the boundless scenery, taste delicious food, in the best time of the year, with jun to share.
Text: Sun Ting