Northeast China: a place to enjoy winter time (4)

Chagan Naoer Winter Fishing Tradition

Located in northeast China's Jilin province, Chagan Lake, one of the top 10 freshwater lakes in China, is the only place where the old Mongolian fishing method is still used. It is listed as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage of China.

Fishermen draw the net during a tourism festival at Chagan Lake, in northeast China's Jilin province on Dec. 27, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Haofei)

Visitors see winter fishing activities at Chagan Lake in northeast China's Jilin province on Dec. 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)

Visitors see winter fishing activities at Chagan Lake in northeast China's Jilin province on Dec. 24, 2012. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

A worker shows two fishes that he captured in a winter fishing festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 24, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Song)