Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Course	soup
Place of origin	China
Region or state	Fujian
Main ingredients	shark fin, quail eggs, bamboo shoots, scallops, sea cucumber, abalone, fish maw, chicken, Jinhua ham, pork tendon, ginseng, mushrooms, and taro
Variations	Shark fin soup
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Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, also known as Buddha's Temptation or Fotiaoqiang (Chinese: 佛跳牆; pinyin: fótiàoqiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ), is a variety of shark fin soup in Fujian cuisine.^[1][2] This dish has been regarded as a Chinese delicacy known for its rich taste,^[1][3] and special manner of cooking.^[1] The dish's name is an allusion to the dish's ability to entice the vegetarian Buddhist monks from their temples to partake in the meat-based dish, and implies that even the strictly vegetarian Gautama Buddha would try to jump over a wall to sample it.^[4] It is high in protein and calcium.^[5] It is one of China's state banquet dishes.

Concerns over the sustainability and welfare of sharks limited its consumption and led to various modified versions without the usage of shark fin as ingredient.^[6][7]