Anh Vu fish legend

The people of Bach Hac, Viet Tri City (Phu Tho) often tell about Anh Vu fish, the most famous specialty of the River Crossing City is very proud. The stories of this legendary fish are always circulated among people all generations after generation. But now, even in the young village of the fishing village near the river junction, many people do not know how the fish is, how long and short. Legend of Anh Vu fish, so the more famous.

More delicious than any fish

Searching in the documents (only in the documents, but this article writer has not had the chance to try it out), the culinary scientists all evaluated Anh Vu meat meat very high: white, thick and delicious than any Which fish species of the river. In the Anglican, the best part is the lip cartilage block . This cartilage is not only brittle but can cure the disease.

No matter how you prepare it, the best way is to steam fish. When caught, people often cut and wash fish, then marinated ginger and some spices in the abdomen, add some delicious fish sauce. Finally, wrap the whole fish in a sheet of ginger and steam it. Steamed fish will retain the same nutrients and taste better than any other processing style, so it is also the most preferred dish.

In the Anglican, the best part is the lip cartilage block.

Anh Vu fish meat is often used with green bananas, green star fruit, multi-coated cake, coriander of ships, perilla, fish lettuce, bones . No love to eat in the way of water, it can also be baked, stock All, cooking a batch of vinegar with green star fruit . Any dish is very attractive. Vu Anh Anh fish is delicious and extremely rich in protein.

The fish is king

Because this fish is both delicious and nutritious, since ancient times, it has been used as an advancing lord. In Vietnamese history books, many documents mention this. The book Dai Nam Thong Nhat Chi has written: 'Anh Anh Vu is also called Ngu Ngu, living at the confluence of Bach Hac river. Every year, every cold season comes. The fish is delicious and the sound is good. There is no more from Bach Hac river. ' In the book Du Dia Chi by Nguyễn Trãi also wrote: 'Anh Vũ Cá is used as a sacrificial offering .'.

In order to investigate the real damage to this famous fish species, I went to Bach Hac fishing village along the Red River, the intersection of three rivers: Lo River - Da River - Thao River. This village specializes in fishing. It is said: Anh Anh Vu only appeared and caught from October of the calendar until March of the following year, at most on cold and foggy days. At that time, Anh Anh Vu made more food.

Anh Anh Vu also lives in herds but picks up in the water and has many caves. The fish looks like a long and large figure but the scales are iridescent and colorful. And the fish head is extremely unusual, it's not like a fish head at all. That head, just looking at it, people think of a pig head because it is exactly the same, especially the fish lips with very large and thick cartilage like a pig's muzzle. Eating fish is also very dull, not omnivorous like other river fish.

Anh Anh Vu also lives in herds but picks up in the water and has many caves.

For one thing, Vũ Anh only eats algae and lives in clear water, in deep caves and when cold water finds out. Therefore, catching an Anh Vu is a feat.

People at the fishing village along the river told me: "In the past, nobody called Anh Vu fish by his real name. They were all called pig fish, because the muzzle of the fish was like a muzzle like casting. Must be avoided, because this is a high fish Even if you have fish for sale, it is even better because the local authorities do not allow the fish to spread rampant. and take it to sell immediately, because this fish is very easy to die, just catching up on the shore and putting it into the water is not clean, it is a few hours after the fish has been absent from the stomach ".

Because of all that, the fish becomes more and more precious. In the past, only kings could use it.

The life of a fisherman

But all the stories above now only echo. For decades, people in Viet Tri river junction have no one to catch Anh Vu fish. In the afternoon, in the fishing village of Bach Hac, I went wandering by the river, the fishermen hurriedly returned home to try the red. Referring to the story of Anh Vu fish, the long-time fishermen here always tell passionately and attractively. In the past, the whole village made a living by fishing, but now there are few people. The opening life made all the precious things become scarce. Fishermen have to guard the net, their backs do other jobs to make a living through the day.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hong - a famous fisherman in the area - talked to me all night, with the glimmering lights of river freighters. In the past many fish, he was the main economic force in the house, turning the ceiling to find fish all day. At that time, fish were also available.'But it is not easy to catch a fish of Anh Vu, you - Mr. Hong - like this fish other than algae, he does not eat anything else. So fishing is absolutely impossible. The only way is to catch manually or manually, or use a fishing net. Real precious fish, but catching it sometimes has to exchange life.

Vu Anh Fish is not just algae, it does not eat anything else.

Mr. Hong's house is right in the river, he is the one who holds the river channel like the palm of his hand. He said, this river section has an underground cave, easy to reach more than a hundred meters long, sneaking in and out and eating out. No diver has enough power to explore this mysterious underground cave. This is the fish nest. Catch fish Anh Vu is hard enough. A divers must not only have the health to be able to dive deep, but also have the skills to use the net to catch the net. Oddly, the more cold the day, the higher the chance of catching fish. So the fishermen have to bite their teeth and drink the pure fish sauce and dive, suck the tiro tube, wear the scuba goggles and find it. It's not uncommon for a deep dive to be drowned in blood and nose blood. It was so hard, but luckily catching the fish, everyone could only cheerfully face up and look at the sky, as a god.

Mr. Hong feast brought out a set of fishing nets - according to him, he inherited from the old days. The net he washed was white, considered as a treasure. In his village, everyone has a net like that, but all are nostalgic. Anh Vu fish is famous every day, now only in the story. He himself changed his career long ago. The river is still the same, immense and generous. The cold season, the early or late afternoon, the mist and the steam are still in the air, making the river face full of men. Only Anh Vu fish comes into legend, carrying many unknown stories, so many questions remain open.

I thought idly, suddenly thinking of river banks here. Every restaurant also has a deep sea of ​​Anh Vu fish. I don't know where Vu is. Real damage is mixed, but it is not difficult to explain. In this world, there were some people who were lucky enough to see (just look) Anh Vu fish, what to say about enjoying. So if you go to a seafood restaurant, the owner says, 'This is Anh Vu fish!' I was happy and happy!