Villagers take part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019.(Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Villagers in east China's Zhejiang take part in a crab-binding competition to greet the harvest season of crabs.
HUZHOU, Oct. 12, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Wupu Village in east China's Zhejiang province has over 80 hectares of aqua farms with an annual output value of about 1.97 million U.S. dollars.
As a tradition, the Chinese mitten crabs raised here are bound up before they are sold to the markets.
A villager takes part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A villager takes part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Villagers take part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Villagers take part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Villagers take part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Villagers take part in a crab-binding competition held to mark the harvest season of Chinese mitten crabs in Wupu Village of Zhili Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 11, 2019.(Xinhua/Xu Yu)