The fishermen shake the bamboo raft with legs and a bamboo pole when they arrive at the fishing point. In order to make the cormorants catch fishes more actively, the fishermen usually don’t feed them on fishes for one or two days before fishing. One of the legs of the cormorants is tied by a long rope. When the hungry cormorants see fishes in the water, they’ll swim to catch them in a very fast pace. In a while, the cormorants swim up to the surface and the fishermen catch their neck to make the fishes out. As the neck of the cormorants is tied by a rope, they can’t be able to swallow the fishes. All the fishes are in the long neck. Again and again, the cormorants and the fishermen cooperate with each other during the procedure of fishing. After that, the fishermen always reward the cormorants with relatively smaller fishes. The fishermen also let the cormorants take a rest in the two days after fishing to refresh them.

Nowadays, cormorant fishing appears on the Li River in Xingping Old Town and Yulong River Basin. If you’d like to appreciate the cormorant fishing for photography purposes, it is suggested that you book the cormorant fishing with the local fishermen in advance. The background of 20 RMB note, Reflection of Yellow Cloth across the Li River at Xingping Pier is a good point for the Li River sunset and the cormorant fishing. In the evening, the traditional lights on the bamboo raft make the cormorant fishing more attractive. If interested, you can take photos with the bamboo pillar where the cormorants stand on together.