Panjin coastal paradise of scenes and delicacies

Beautuful scenes of the red wetland in Panjin.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Sun Xiuling is a pioneer in farming crabs. Sun, who started from scratch, now leads a cooperative that consists of more than 100 households to raise crabs. Her cooperative sells about 500,000 kg of crabs nationwide every year.

"Our hairy crabs taste so good that some customers can eat as many as 20 crabs in one sitting," she said. One female crab sells for at least 10 yuan while males cost 15 yuan.

The most traditional way of cooking crab is steaming. Diners can taste the sweet and tender meat of crab by dipping it in vinegar and minced ginger.

The crustaceans can be packed in boxes with ice bags to maintain their freshness if buyers plan to purchase some to take away.

If eating crabs is not enough, you might enjoy trying to catch one from a rice field. A look at how crabs swim and hide in the paddies is itself an eye-opener.