The photo, taken on July 15, 2009, shows various wines on display in Weng's wine shop, a well-known store in Shajiabang, a water town in eastern China's Jiangsu Province. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

Golden

Golden is the color of autumn and harvest. In the golden season of autumn, mature crabs attract tens of thousands of tourists from both home and abroad to Shajiabang, a water town by Yangcheng Lake, which is famous for freshwater crabs.

"During the peak season, mainly in October and November, when people flock to Shajiabang for "dazhaxie" (hairy crabs), we are usually very busy and tired," said Huang Xingbao, a woman who rows boat for tourists in Shajiabang. "Sometimes we are too busy to have our dinner."

Besides eating the crabs, many visitors will take some crabs back home to share with family and friends.

"On weekends (during the peak season), we can sell over 200 kilograms crabs every day," Pan Lijun, a local restaurant owner in Shajiabang told CRI reporters.

To ensure the quality of the crabs, the local government has done much work, including inviting experts to give free lectures to crab raisers. Now most crab raisers there have replaced artificial feedstuff with natural food such as river snails and corn.

Pan Lijun said proudly that crabs produced in Shajiabang are now a "green food."

Another flavor tourists cannot miss in Shajiabang is also a golden one guihua (or sweet-scented osmanthus) wine. People can find the light drink with a sweet scent in Weng's wine shop (Weng-Jia-Zao-fang), a shop that uses only ancient techniques to make wine out of grain.

The shop owner is a nice man who lets tourists sample all the wines in his shop and will not get angry if they do not buy any bottles after sampling.