Poyang Lake Cormorant Fishing Custom (Third Batch Provincial) Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in my country, located on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Yugan County is adjacent to Poyang Lake and has a long history of fishery production, among which fishermen's cormorant fishing is unique. The "cormorant fishing" custom of Yugan fishermen in Poyang Lake has a history of thousands of years. Yugan fishermen on the shore of Poyang Lake raise cormorants to fish, which is one of the main fishing methods of Yugan inland fishermen from ancient times to modern times. The cormorant fishing custom of Poyang Lake fishermen is a remnant of the original fishery production legacy of fishermen. It is currently mainly distributed in the Poyang Lake area. There are still some families who raise ospreys to catch fish in Kangshan, Datang, Shantang, Ruihong, Fenggang, Lushigang Township and other areas of Yugan County. Cormorants are also known as ospreys and water crows. Some are called "Wa Zi" or "fishing stork". They have black feathers with a green sheen, a small throat pouch under their chins, a long beak, and a hook on the tip of their upper beak. They are good at diving to catch fish, and fishermen often train them to catch fish. The cormorant songs, which fishermen use to replace orders, have different tunes and rhythms. To outsiders, the cormorant songs, which only sound like "Oh Hehe Yiyo Hehe" without lyrics, actually indicate different "instructions" for catching different fish and working. There are also many proverbs, stories, and fishing songs related to the cormorant fishing custom that have been passed down for a long time in Yugan fishing village on the shore of Poyang Lake. Many of the fishing and woodcutting cultures of Chinese literati are derived from traditional fishing production customs, and the cormorant fishing custom is an important part of it. Cormorant fishing is a perfect masterpiece of man and nature, and is a distinctive and important part of Chinese fishing and woodcutting culture. Cormorant fishing is an ancient skill that has been passed down in my country for thousands of years, and the various customs and habits formed in accordance with it have also been passed down from generation to generation among local fishermen.