Golden cicada, also known as Dura turtle, cicada monkey, cicada slough turtle and turtle essence, also known as crawling in eastern Henan and southwestern Shandong, is known as Tang monk meat. The reason why it is called Tang monk meat is not only nutritious, but also has profound cultural charm. Because of its high nutritional value, unique style, good taste, and various nourishing and medicinal functions to the human body, the people have long compared eating golden cicada to "Tangseng meat" that can make people live forever.
The "Tang Priest" in The Journey to the West, one of Four Great Classical Novels in China, was originally the reincarnation of two disciples of Buddha "Golden Cicada" of Sakyamuni, and Tang Sanzang was reincarnated from Golden Cicada as a monk in the Tang Dynasty, which means "Golden Cicada came out of its shell". Therefore, people changed the cicada from its shell into a symbol of immortality and rebirth, so they ate the "Tang cicada" in Journey to the West.
Today, people put the nutritious "golden cicada" on the table and call it "Tang monk meat". Obviously, this is a high praise for the nutritional value of golden cicada.
Cicada monkeys have rich and unique nutritional value; According to the physical and chemical analysis of China Institute of Food Nutrition, the nymph of golden cicada is rich in protein 72g, fat 15g and ash 1. 8g； In addition, it also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body. According to scientific analysis, grasshoppers are rich in amino acids, protein and trace elements, among which essential amino acids account for 46.63% of the total amino acids.
If we compare the protein content of the same 100g golden cicada with other animals, we can really know how high its nutritional value is: the protein content of golden cicada nymphs is 3.5 times that of lean beef (including 20.2% in protein), 4.3 times that of lean pork (16.7%) and 3.8 times that of mutton and chicken (23.7%).
It can be seen that the protein content of nymphs of golden cicada is much higher than that of meat and eggs of any animal. Because it contains a variety of nutrients necessary for human body, it has an excellent auxiliary treatment effect on promoting growth and development, supplementing metabolic consumption and rehabilitating patients with physical weakness, so it has become a rare natural and pollution-free advanced nutritious food.