Xie Di Lou: Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crabs (2020)

Xie Di Lou: Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crabs is an in-depth look into the ‘crab culture’ surrounding Yangcheng Lake and its famous hairy crabs. Following the inner happenings of one of the lake’s many well-known restaurants, Xie Di Lou, we come to understand just how important hairy crabs are to both the people working in the lake’s restaurants and Kunshan itself.

This video is a part of the Kunshan Digital Humanities Archive. The Kunshan Digital Humanities Archive (KDH) is a pilot project for the Humanities Research Center’s Computing in Arts and Humanities (CAH) Initiative. The pilot project, and the initiative as a whole, aim to foster the integration of computing, data, humanities, and arts.