Crab Dumplings in Soup is a traditional snack in Jiangsu. It is famous in Ming and Qing dynasty. The skin of Crab Dumplings in Soup is as thin as a paper, and very fragile. The manufacture is quite unusal, the out-looks is nice, and the eating method is unique.The raw material of Crab Dumplings in Soup is very exquisite. The stuffying is crab meat and crab yolk, the soup is the chicken soup, the manufacture is very skillful. There are some famous Crab Dumplings in Soup including Nanjing Dragon Robe Crab Dumplings in Soup, Jinjiang Crab Dumplings in Soup, Taixingquxia Crab Dumplings in Soup, Zhenjiangyanchun Crab Dumplings in Soup and Huaianwenlou Crab Dumplings in Soup. There is a Dragon Robe Crab Dumplings in Soup festival in Nanjing.

　　Crab Dumplings in Soup has exquisite raw material, unique formula, best cooking method and  is hard to imitate. There are altogether 33 courses for making it. For a long time, Crab Dumplings in Soup has the rule left from ancestors “The cooking method and formula did not open to public” and makes the dish very mysterious. In every crab season, there are tens of thousands gourmets coming to Nanjing. According to history record, Crab Dumplings in Soup is famous for thin skin, tender stuffing, fresh taste but not oily. There are strict demand for making crab oil, soup in skin, stuffying, skin, pinching the crab dumplings in soup, and steaming the dish. Crab Dumplings in Soup looks like Chrysthmum, and taste fresh but not oily.

　　Dragon Robe Crab Dumplings in Soup had a history overy 140 years. It is said it used to be the tribute to the emperor. It originates from emperor Qianlong. When emperor Qianlong travelled to the south of China, he tasted the dragon robe Crab Dumplings in Soup and appraised the dish. At end of Qing dynasty, a cook made some improvements on the Dragon Robe Crab Dumplings in Soup and made the current Crab Dumplings in Soup.When the crab dumplings in soup is served, a straw sucker is used for drinking the soup inside at first. The next, eating the thin skin and then the stuffing.

　　The crab dumplings in soup is suitable for bruises, broken bones tendons, blood stasis pain, residual placenta, pregnant women in labor contractions weakness. Usually the crab dumplings in soup is not suitable for spleen and stomach, thin stool, abdominal pain, faint, cold wind had healed, persistent disease, intractable pruritus diseases, excessive menstruation, dysmenorrhea and pregnant women.