According to legend, Su Shi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, set out from Meishan, Sichuan, sailed into the Yangtze River from Minjiang River, made a strange sacrifice along the Yangtze River, passed Shishou City, ate the famous Shishou fish, and listened to an unheard-of folk song: "There is a Shishou in Suiyu, named Shishou, who lived in a cave during the day and came back at night", and improvised a poem: ". Send a message to God and Hebo, why not ask for a draft? " . Compared with the white puffer fish, the pink stone in Sui Yu's poem says that the pink stone is more beautiful and delicious than the white puffer fish, and it is also boneless and heartless. The final topic is "the unique skill of catching a parallel fish". This poem by Sui Yu is the written basis for Sui Yu to name Shishou.
The word "stone head" means that a fish perches in a cave and sticks its head out, just like a stone head. That place is called Shishou, which means that people have a foothold when they are hit by stones. Although the fish named Shishou and the place named Shishou have different meanings, the meaning and humor of the same name are most popular with poets, which is why Su Shi plays the fish named Shishou.
Records of the place names of Shishou: According to the literature, Shishou originated from the hills of the five mountains in Mengze, an ancient cloud (the five mountains refer to Shishou Mountain, Yanban Mountain, Dongyue Mountain, Nanyue Mountain and Bijia Mountain). People's hills change with the four seasons of northwest water level, which makes people feel that only stones have a foothold. Therefore, the water-blocking mountain in the northwest is called Shishou Mountain, and the hill of Wuyue Mountain is called Shishou Land. In the fifth year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 284), the county system was established with Shishou as the axis, the land of Shishou was extended to its jurisdiction, and the dynasties changed. Reading Yu Fang's summary: "From Jingling (now Xiantao) to the great river in the south, there is no obstacle from Ling Gang. When crossing the river to Shishou, there is a shallow mountain, and Shishou (Shishou Mountain) is the first stone. "
The name of the catfish is based on the stone fish: the catfish is a kind of fish belonging to the genus Catfish, which mostly lives in caves, but each family and genus has different requirements for caves. For example, the snakehead hole flows backwards, so you can prey by stretching your head, defend yourself by shrinking your head, and flow backwards when you get out of the hole. The cave where the catfish lives protrudes outward is the biological basis for the catfish to be called a stone fish.
Catfish in Shishou environment. The winding ileum of Shishou reach flows through Shiwan Bay in the urban area. Catfish thrive here, with good water quality, more natural bait and great difference in water temperature. In winter and spring and autumn, the water temperature of Shishou River is lower than 12℃. Below this water temperature, catfish no longer eats, so it can only grow for half a year and lose weight for half a year, unlike Guangzhou catfish, which can't be cooked for a long time, and it has good taste elasticity and delicious taste.