Golden cicada, also known as cicada, cicada turtle and seasonal bird, is called Tang monk meat. Therefore, it is called Tang monk meat, which has high nutritional value and profound cultural charm. Because of its high nutritional value, unique flavor, good taste, and various nourishing and medicinal effects on human body, the people have long compared the golden cicada to the "Tang monk meat" that can make people live forever. The Journey to the West, one of China's four classical masterpieces, was originally reincarnated as the second disciple of the Tathagata, Jin Chan, and Tang Sanzang was reincarnated as an oriental monk in the Tang Dynasty, which means "Jin Chan takes off his shell". Therefore, people regard cicada as a symbol of immortality, so there is a saying in The Journey to the West that eating "Tangseng meat" can lead to immortality. 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.

Jin Chan's life has basically undergone four transformations. Generally, it takes 3 to 5 years to complete 1 generation, and it takes 10 years to break ground. Golden cicada has extremely high edible and medicinal value. Because it absorbs nutrients from roots and sap underground all the year round, cicada has accumulated and forged a nutritious "golden body" since its young life, so it is worthy of the name and has become a rare delicacy in the world. There is a custom of eating golden cicadas in many areas of our country, especially in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Guangdong and other places. The most common way to eat golden cicada is "fried golden cicada". Cicada monkey is a leader among edible insects because of its high nutritional value and unique medicinal diet taste. At present, it has become a famous dish suitable for various occasions. According to the physical and chemical analysis of China Institute of Food Nutrition, the nymph of golden cicada is rich in protein 72g, lipid 15g and ash1.8g; ; In addition, it also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body. Similarly 100g If compared with other animals, the protein content of golden cicada nymphs is 3.5 times that of lean beef, 4.3 times that of lean pork, 3.8 times that of mutton, 3 times that of chicken, 4 times that of carp and 6 times that of eggs. It can be seen that the protein content of golden cicada is much higher than that of meat and eggs of any animal; At the same time, it contains a variety of nutrients necessary for human body, which has excellent auxiliary therapeutic effect on promoting growth and development, supplementing the consumption of body metabolism and rehabilitating patients with physical weakness. Therefore, it has become a rare wild tonic with high protein, high nutrition, pure nature, no pollution and pure green.

In addition to edible value, cicadas also have extremely high medicinal value. According to China Pharmacology, cicada is beneficial to strengthening yang, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, protecting lung and kidney, resisting bacteria and lowering blood pressure, treating baldness and inhibiting cancer. It is also recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that cicada is salty, sweet and non-toxic, and it has the effects of expelling wind, dissipating heat, penetrating rash and relieving phlegm, and is mainly used to treat exogenous wind. Cicada has a significant regulatory effect on the symptoms caused by hypoimmunity, including fatigue, weakness, influenza, sleep disorder, joint pain, headache, constipation, abdominal distension, hepatitis, pneumonia, dermatitis, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, multiple oral ulcers, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension and so on. With the improvement of people's living standards, golden cicada has become the best on the table of major hotels and restaurants.