What event did the fishing fire in Lijiang River tell?

Lijiang River, called Guishui in ancient times, originated from Maoershan, the main peak of Yuechengling in Xing 'an, Guangxi. The clear Lijiang River flows endlessly, accompanied by fishing fires and bamboo rafts on the Lijiang River. The fishing fire on the Lijiang River, full of poetry and painting, carries the story of yesterday and comes from afar.

On the surface of the Lijiang River in the night, an orange flame suddenly burst into flames, which was faintly discernible from a stone sickle, burning pine fragments and reflecting fishermen's bamboo rafts with torches. The heavy water suddenly struck a match, and the bright red flame laughed and lit the lantern on the glass cover. The fire lit up the fisherman's bamboo raft and cormorant. Nowadays, on the fishing boats of the Lijiang River, the lights that suddenly light up are bright, and the "sudden" motorboats, cormorants and vigorous fishermen are clearly visible.

The water level is like a mirror, and the fishing fire in the distance is flickering, as vast as the stars in the sky, mysterious and ethereal. This is the famous fishing fire in Lijiang River.

The "White Sands Fishing Fire" in Guilin is one of the eight scenic spots in Yangshuo. Nowadays, every year on June 65438+1October 3 1, Yangshuo will hold a colorful fishing and fire festival on the Lijiang River, bringing domestic and foreign tourists into a mythical world. Groups of fishermen, with well-trained cormorants and light bamboo rafts, took part in the fishing and fire festival.

Several pairs of bamboo rafts on the Lijiang River are tied with five bamboo rafts the size of a sea bowl, arranged in a row. Fishermen lean their bamboo rafts on their shoulders, and cormorants stand on them. With the fisherman's whistling, the bamboo raft is light, and the bamboo raft is like an arrow that leaves the string and goes down the river.

Jin Cai is over 40 years old this year, of medium build, with bare skin tanned and honest and talkative. Since childhood, he has been fishing with his father on the Lijiang River, rowing bamboo rafts and casting nets during the day and making fires at night. At that time, the fishing fire on the Lijiang River was the painstaking efforts of countless fishermen to support their families, which was full of poetry. Just like the song on the boat, "the fish is dead and light-eyed, even if it is not in hand, it will panic." The fish died with his eyes closed and the fisherman died of poverty. "

Years of training made Huang Jincai an expert in fishing. With the different seasons and times, you can know what fish are underwater and how big they are by looking at the water surface. Jincai once prided himself on catching a big grass carp weighing more than ten kilograms.

Jin Cai said: "Lijiang fishermen have three treasures, bamboo rafts, fishing nets and cormorants." Bamboo raft, also called bird raft in Guilin dialect, is more than ten feet long. Five bamboo bowls are peeled, baked and tied into disks. It is a unique light and simple means of transportation on the Lijiang River.

Lijiang River is clear in water and rich in aquatic plants. Grass carp in the river are generally beautiful. Summer and autumn are the season for fishing grass carp in Lijiang River. Fishermen paddle bamboo rafts, with fresh aquatic plants as erbium, and drift and fish along the river at the end of the beach, which often yields a lot.

Cormorants are rare in the wild and most of them are domesticated. Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "There are niggers at home and they eat yellow croaker every meal." Niggers are cormorants. Female cormorants usually lay eggs in winter, 3 to 6 at a time, and the incubation period is 28 to 30 days. Usually, two Lai Baoji are used to take over the incubation work. Little cormorants can't be frozen or hot after hatching, which is extremely difficult to feed.

Gold wealth says cormorants are like hounds, which is very human. Domestic cormorants vary from person to person, and generally use the old ones to bring the new ones, so that the new cormorants can understand the master's various passwords in the process of following fishing. When the cormorant catches a big fish, it takes credit from its owner. The owner immediately picked it up with a bamboo pole, opened the beak, took out the fish, and threw the prepared fish to the cormorant as a reward. For disobedient cormorants, the host will shout a few words and pat them on the yellow purse, just like slapping them. Rewards and punishments are clear and will not be tolerated.

Fishing in Lijiang River, that is, the fishermen in Lijiang River domesticate cormorants by using the phototaxis of fish, is undoubtedly the most active, ornamental, exciting and efficient fishing method.

At dusk, a dozen fishermen rowed bamboo rafts, lit steam lamps and took cormorants to Jiangwan to perform the Lijiang River fishing fire. Bamboo rafts are arranged in a row at the downstream for a while, and then form a circle, constantly changing formation. Amid the cries of fishermen, cormorants scrambled to dive into the river to catch fish underwater. The fishermen on the bamboo raft swayed the bamboo raft from side to side, and the bamboo pole slapped the water surface, scaring the fish in the river to run around. Cormorants seize the opportunity to chase, give the big fish to their owners and collect them in fish baskets. One by one, interesting.

At night, the Lijiang River was silent, and golden wealth made an exception and took me fishing. He drives a motorboat alone, with a big light bulb hanging from the bow, which makes the river shine like day, and all the fish at the bottom of the river flock to it. Nine magnificent cormorants wore grass rings around their necks, and stood next to each other on the bamboo raft without making any noise. At the command of golden wealth, the cormorant jumped into the river like an arrow, looked around and found that the fish plunged into the bottom of the water, chasing the fish as fast as lightning, and instantly picked up the big fish alive.

Jin Cai used his hands and feet to steer the boat, watching all the way, dancing bamboo poles, and opening his bow left and right. When he found which cormorant caught the fish, he immediately connected it to the boat with a bamboo pole, broke the bird's beak, took out the fish, threw it into the tank of the cabin, threw it into the water, and then provoked the other one to carry it. One by one, I was dazzled, which was simply artistic enjoyment. Nine cormorants and gold wealth were caught by the Lijiang River for more than three hours, and they returned with full loads. We returned to Yangshuo Wharf, and it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night.

The cormorant is dying, and its song is also sad, with its head down and its tail wet and listless. Even a fairy can't cure it. Jin usually uses a catty of Lijiang specialty Sanhua wine to get drunk and bid farewell, and then bury it. Lijiang fishermen caressed the dying cormorant's head and neck like loving their sons, muttering and reluctant to part. The cormorant faced its master and soon knew that the tears as big as beans rolled out of the thief's eyes. This is a sad story. The scene is touching and makes people cry. This is the unique cultural connotation of fishermen cormorants in Lijiang River, and it is a little-known scene.

In recent years, Huang and his uncle Huang Conggui rowed bamboo rafts to perform fishing and fire in the Lijiang River. They were busy for the photography team, trained talents for fishing and fire performances for Guilin tourism, and performed cormorant fishing for Chinese and foreign tourists visiting the Lijiang River at night. They buy live fish from the market, throw the fish at the bow of the tour for the cormorant to catch, then take the fish out of the cormorant's mouth and throw it out from the bow. ...

The same fishing fire, the same bamboo raft, two different cultural connotations on the Lijiang River. Nowadays, the fishermen in Lijiang River live a richer life.