Turtle is also called turtle and tuanyu, and some places in the south have become pond fish and fine fish. It is an oviparous amphibian and reptile with a turtle-like head, but its shell has no turtle-like stripes, soft edges and dark green color. Soft-shelled turtles often live in sediments at the bottom of the water, like to eat small animals such as fish and shrimp, and also swallow melon skins, fruit slices, grass and grains. There are traces of soft-shelled turtles in rivers and lakes all over Jiangxi. Among them, Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, has the largest quantity and the best quality. 10 years ago, the artificial turtle breeding base was built in Dajiling Reservoir on the outskirts of Nanchang, and the number of turtles has exceeded 1 10,000, making it a promising aquaculture industry.
Soft-shelled turtle is rich in nutrition, containing protein, fat, calcium, iron, animal glue, keratin and various vitamins. It is a rare tonic. Turtle can also be used as medicine, and its back shell has the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, dispersing stagnation and calming the liver, and can treat cough, night sweats, kidney deficiency, amenorrhea and other diseases, while turtle gall can treat hypertension; Eggs can cure chronic diarrhea and dysentery; Supplementing blood can cure malnutrition in children, and there is a folk saying that soft-shelled turtle can cure cancer.