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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
One of the Last

Cormorant fishing was once a successful local industry in Guilin but sadly it is no longer economical to fish this way. Huang Gao-Hui, 73, is probably the last cormorant fisherman still going out on his raft. I can still hear him proudly declaring that he holds the responsibility of keeping the fishermen's gas lamps burning on the Li River.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Yangshuo, Guilin, China
Camera: X-T3
Copyright: © Beatrice Wong