Mural guide
Split salted fish hang drying on a bamboo rack with more on a bamboo tray, a blue-and-white plate holds steamed salted fish topped with shredded ginger and scallion, and a clay jar and a wooden scoop hold coarse salt.
Salted and dried fish
Introduction
Fish preserved by salting, drying or curing.
Salted fish covers fish preserved by salting, sun-drying or curing, including salted fish and cured fish. One salted fish of Taishan in Guangdong is layered in coarse salt and then dried by sun and wind, and before eating it is steamed, often with ginger and scallion. Fresh fish belong to Freshwater Fish, Shrimp and Shellfish and to Seafood. Smoked fish belongs to Smoked Foods, and dishes made from fish belong to the regional cuisines.