Cormorant Fishing In The ‘first Landscape In The World’
Before releasing cormorants into the water, fishermen tie ropes and nets around their necks. Birds can swallow small fish, but large fish will get stuck in their necks.
Cormorant fishing in the place ‘the first landscape in the world’
Dubbed the home of "the first landscape in the world", Guilin city (Guangxi Choang ethnic autonomous region, China) owns many landscapes attracting millions of tourists each year. One of them must mention the poetic Li Jiang line. Along the river, visitors can catch an interesting sight of local fishermen catching fish
The pale-haired old man stood on a rudimentary bamboo raft, tied the rope and net to the cormorant neck and dropped them into the water. Photo: Bobby Joshi
Due to their neck tie, the cormorant can only swallow small fish.
Meanwhile, large fish will get caught in the throat. When they return to the raft, the fishermen will take the fish. Each cormorant mouth can hold up to 6 fish. Photo: TeachFuture.
Cormorant fishing is an ancient practice, dating back to about 960 AD in some countries like China and Japan. At present, fishermen maintain mainly to attract tourists. Photo: Bobby Joshi
Others catch fish with cormorants to preserve their ancestors' traditional jobs.
Most of them are fishermen from Hung Binh fishing village. In 1999, Hung Binh fishing village became the destination of former US President Bill Clinton and his wife during her visit to China. Photo: Bobby Joshi, The Eng Loe Djatinegoro.
In Guilin, the Li River is the source of local tourism development. Along this river are many famous landscapes in and out of China. Photo: Andy Beales, Bobby Joshi.
In addition to the Li River, visitors can go to Chinh Duong pedestrian street (666 m long and the first shopping street in western China), Seven Star Park (the largest park in the city), Jingjiang Wangcheng (the residence of the 14 Ming Dynasty when ruling the Que Lam land), Lo Dich Nham cave and Long Tich terraced fields. Photo: Andy Beales.
According to Kim Ngan / Zing news
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