Wuhan people eat Wuchang fish eat 10 million a year

The number of Wuchang fish eaten by Wuhan diners is the highest in the country, and it is expected to eat 10 million a year. The “Freshwater Fish Fresh Wuchang Fish Food Festival” held yesterday in Wuhan revealed that Jiangcheng sold 340 million yuan of Wuchang fish a year, ranking first in sales of fish dishes.

According to Li Wanglin, deputy secretary-general of the Wuhan Catering Industry Association, although there is no accurate data, Wuchang fish accounts for half of all fish in large-scale restaurant sales. The city will eat at least 10 million meals a year. Calculated according to the price of dishes, the annual sales of about 300 million to 400 million yuan.

Wuchang fish, commonly known as the head lice and squid, was first recorded in the “Three Kingdoms” as a dish, and it has a history of more than 1,700 years. The poems of Chairman Mao's “Changsha drinking water and eating Wuchang fish” made Wuchang Fish more famous.

It is reported that at present, Hubei Province, represented by “Wuchang Fish”, has covered more than 10 provinces and cities across the country. It has opened nearly 1,000 restaurants and has sold more than 12 billion yuan overseas.