As winter reaches its peak in northeast China's Jilin Province, a millennium-old winter fishing tradition on the Chagan Lake comes alive with the integration of cutting-edge technology, ensuring the freshest catches reach markets faster than ever before.
This year, unmanned delivery vehicles made their debut at the winter fishing event, shuttling between the ice surface and delivery sites.
The large fish caught by fishermen are sent to automated packing machines, then transferred directly to delivery points by unmanned vehicles, greatly accelerating the distribution process.
"An unmanned delivery vehicle can transport 40 freshly caught big fish once. The packing process used to take five or six minutes per fish manually, but now it's down to just six seconds by the machines," said Tong Xin, a deliveryman.
Chagan Lake's ice-fishing tradition, which dates back to the Liao Dynasty (907-1125), was recognized as national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
Innovative technology breathes new life into centuries-old winter fishing tradition in northeast China's Jilin
