Every winter, on the shore of Chagan Lake in Jilin Province, an ancient and spectacular winter fishing festival will attract the attention of countless tourists. This festival, which originated from the sacrificial customs of the fishing and hunting peoples, has a history of thousands of years and is a national intangible cultural heritage of China. Here, people can see horse-drawn winches, ice lake fish, feel the primitive way of fishing, and can also taste fresh fish meat and experience the life of fishermen.
This year's Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival opened on December 28, and the highlight of the day was the auction of the head fish. The head fish, which refers to the first fish to be caught, is considered a symbol of good luck and can bring a good harvest and good luck to the coming year. This year's head fish is an 11-pound live grass carp, and its appearance immediately triggered a heated auction on the spot. After many rounds of bidding, in the end, this grass carp was auctioned by the Shangqiu Agricultural Products Center of Henan Province at a sky-high price of 1399999 yuan, setting a record high for the Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival, and also making the audience boil.
This grass carp not only reflects people's enthusiasm and support for the Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival, but also reflects people's respect and inheritance of traditional fishing and hunting culture. The fishermen of Chagan Lake, with their wisdom and courage, have preserved this thousand-year-old fishing skill, and also protected this precious lake resource with their concept of sharing weal and woe and sustainable development. The 1399999 yuan from the auction will also be donated to the Charity of Chagan Lake Ecological and Environmental Protection**, which will be used to purchase fish fry, increase and release fish, and help the ecological protection and fishery development of Chagan Lake.
The success of the Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival has also brought a huge impetus to the local tourism economy. Here, tourists can not only enjoy the wonders of winter fishing, but also participate in various ice and snow activities, enjoy performing arts projects with national characteristics, buy cultural and creative products and tourism commodities, and feel the charm of ice and snow fishing and hunting. According to statistics, during this year's Winter Fishing Festival, Chagan Lake Scenic Area received more than 100,000 tourists, and the tourism income exceeded 100 million yuan, injecting new vitality into the local economic and social development.
The Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival is a beautiful business card of China's traditional culture and a highlight of China's ice and snow tourism. Here, we can see the charm and vitality of our traditional culture, and we can also see the love and respect of our people for traditional culture. In the future, we believe that this traditional culture will be better inherited and promoted, injecting new vitality into China's cultural development.