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There are many extensive and luxurious preparations for this fish in Chinese cuisine. For example, it can be found in the Shanghainese dish congshao jiyu (蔥燒鯽魚, lit. scallion-cooked crucian carp), which requires long hours for preparation since the fish needs to be soaked in vinegar, and then deep-fried, stewed for a long prolonged period, and cooled to make the fish tender enough to consume together with all its bones.^[3] Also, the Chinese crucian is used to make soup with tofu, which the Chinese believe to benefit women in the postpartum period.^{[citation needed]}.

There are several Japanese crucians, collectively called funa 

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