Staff members prepare dishes made from Chinese mitten crabs during a tourist festival held ashore the Yangcheng Lake in Xiangcheng District of Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2018. The Chinese mitten crabs inhabiting Suzhou's Yangcheng Lake are a popular cooking ingredient for many food lovers. In the annual event which kicked off here on Wednesday, tourists will be able to have a taste of this year's first Chinese mitten crabs ready to serve the table, while the official netting of Yangcheng Lake crabs will begin on Sept. 21. (Xinhua/Hao Qunying)