Do you want to participate in the Northeast Fishing Festival? Because winter fishing is easy to preserve and transport, this ancient winter fishing method has continued to this day. Winter fishing has become a traditional folk activity in the northern region and a popular tourist activity for many tourists who love fishing. So what are the famous winter catching festivals in China? Where is winter catching the most fun? Let me introduce to you the top ten winter catching places in China.
1. Winter fishing in Chagan Lake, Jilin Province
You can also experience the fun of winter catching in Chagan Lake in Jilin Province. On the banks of the Songhua River, which is frozen for thousands of miles in the northeast in winter, there is a grand fishing and hunting spree every year, and its single-net catch is constantly setting the Guinness World Record. On the day when the activity started, people who participated in the ceremony came to the lake in full costumes to pay homage to the joy of harvest that has spread for thousands of years.
2. Winter catching in Shitokou, Changchun, Jilin
The winter harvest in Northeast China is held every year, and the most famous one is at Shitokou Gate in Changchun, Jilin Province. The time of each winter harvest is roughly at the end of December every year-before the Spring Festival (the exact date will be announced at the end).
3. Winter fishing in Bosten Lake, Xinjiang
Before dawn, the fishermen of Bosten Lake in Xinjiang started a day of net fishing. At 9 o’clock in the morning, the temperature of the ice surface of Bosten Lake was close to minus 30 degrees Celsius. More than 30 fishermen were “fishing their heads”. Under the leadership, he cut through a 50 cm thick ice cover, pierced the pole, walked the hook, and lowered the net, and then waited for the net to be lifted. According to the fisherman Li Dajun, the whole process requires digging through nearly 100 holes. The 2,000-meter giant net needs to be worn into the hole like sewing clothes. It is divided into two groups and it takes about 12 hours to start the net. .
4. Winter catching in Dali Lake
In addition to the immutable ice and snow festival in Inner Mongolia in winter, the most exciting thing for tourists is the winter catching festival in Dali Nuoer Lake, Keshiketeng Banner, Chifeng City. Every year in late December, the local government will hold a winter fishing ceremony at the lake. Dali Lake is the second largest lake in Inner Mongolia, mainly producing carp and Huazi fish.
5. Winter fishing in Fuhai, Xinjiang
In nine cold days, the lowest temperature of Wulungu Lake in Fuhai County, Xinjiang is close to minus 30 degrees Celsius. The cold weather means that the distinctive winter harvest here has entered the peak production season. This spectacular winter fishing activity has become an important fishery production method in Fuhai County and an important tourist resource. At that time, all labor operations depended on manpower and horses. In the early 1980s, mechanical traction twisted nets began to be used. Winter catching in Lake Ulungu is very interesting. Due to the cold weather in the Ulungu Lake in winter, the ice layer on the lake is up to 50 cm thick and the snow cover is up to 30 cm. Under this environment and conditions, the locals call fishing “walking on the snow to find fish.”
6. Winter fishing in Jingpo Lake, Heilongjiang
Jingbo Lake is the world’s largest volcanic barrier lake. It originated from the Peony Peak of Changbai Mountain. It began to freeze in late November. The icing period lasts for 5 months each year, and the thickness of the ice layer is more than 0.5 meters. Winter fishing in Jingbo Lake has become a fishing and hunting culture in Heilongjiang Province where production and tourism complement each other, and its influence in the domestic tourism industry is increasing day by day. Under the tourism brand of “Crown of Ice and Snow • Heilongjiang”, Jingbo Lake gave full play to its unique advantages in ice and snow resources and realized the transformation from an ornamental ice and snow project to a participatory ice and snow project. The winter catching festival tends to become a winter tourism in the Jingbo Lake scenic area. The leading products of the company attract tourists from home and abroad.
7. Winter fishing in Wolong Lake, Liaoning
The Wolong Lake Winter Fishing Festival takes the Liaohe civilization as the fishing and hunting cultural foundation, the Qidan Liao culture as the main embodiment of the fishing and hunting culture, and uses the artistic reproduction of the Daliao “Nabo” sacrificial ritual as the highlight of the event to inject Liao cultural elements into the Wolong Lake winter fishing activity . Formed a different form of winter fishing festival activities. It is also the first time in modern times to fully display the scene of the Khitan royal family’s Spring Nabodong Catching Sacrifice. Kangping Wolong Lake Daliao Cultural Winter Catching Festival is a key characteristic tourism project of Kangping County. It was first held in 2013 and has been successfully held for four times. In 2013, it broke the Guinness World Record with the “First Pot of Daliao” that can be used by thousands of people to taste delicious fish soup.
8. Winter catching at Lake Merris
On the opening day, more than 5,000 people gathered on Meilisi Lake, Meilisidaur District, Qiqihar City, to participate in the annual winter fishing activities. Under the work of workers and machines, the fishing net full of fish slowly came out of the lake. The lake became lively, and citizens gathered from all directions, all wanting to watch the winter catch up close. Many photographers chose different angles to shoot this spectacular scene. With the emergence of large fishes, fishing activities reached a climax. The address is located in the west of Songnen Plain, on the west bank of Nenjiang River, Meilisi Lake, Meili Sidaur Nationality District, Qiqihar City.
9. Winter fishing in Changling Lake, Harbin
At the end of December, the Changling Lake Winter Ice Fishing Tourism Festival organized by Daoli District of Harbin City opened with a net. At the Changling Lake site, after grand rituals such as northern Yangko dance and traditional folk customs display, dozens of fishermen orderly underground, dragged and hooked fish. Netting is the most spectacular moment in winter fishing, and it takes several hours from the first ice eye to the “head fish” coming out of the water. When tens of thousands of catties of lively big fish were caught, the crowd who had been guarding the surroundings instantly cheered, and the sound of camera shutters was endless. The address is located in the western suburbs of Harbin City in the south of Heilongjiang Province, with Changling Hill in the north and Songhua River in the west
10. Winter catching at Woniu Lake Reservoir in Heihe
Now, there is an endless stream of Chinese and foreign tourists going to the Heihe Woniu Lake Reservoir to experience the ancient traditional winter fishing project in the north. It is understood that the city’s Tourism Bureau will launch a series of activities with the theme of “Traveling the Silk Road and Enjoying Ice and Snow on the Heihe River” until March next year, bringing the winter border town into the peak of the ice and snow season.