A massive team of people.
如此龐大的一隊人馬
Everybody knows exactly what they are doing. But absolutely freezing cold.
每個人都清楚自己該做什么。只是快凍成渣了
We now have travelled around two kilometres from the first hole we dug in the early hours of this morning.
從大清早開鑿第一個洞算起,現在我們已經在2千米之外了
And this the end of our journey. This is the exit hole.
這里就是終點了,出網口
It's here that they gonna pull the net from under the ice.
他們將從這把網從水下拉出
We may be in the middle of nowhere but it draws quite a crowd.
我們原本前不著村,后不著店的,但這里吸引來大批人群
Locals buying their fresh fish from the lake mingle with curious tourists
當地人想直接從查干湖買到新鮮的魚,游客們則充滿好奇
looking to take home a New Year's treat.
要把新年的樂趣滿載回家
The net has been under water for three hours now, so it is time to bring it in.
網在水下已經布了三小時,是時候收網了
Fishing in this way is a traditional method, it's 1,000 years old,
這種捕魚方式很傳統,差不多有上千年歷史
and they're still using those techniques today.
如今他們還是用這一技藝捕魚
This is called the capstone and is driven by horsepower.
這叫頂石,要用馬來轉動才行
What the horses are doing is they're rotating a central pivot and pulling the rope through.
馬所做的就是旋轉這根中軸,把繩子收緊
That rope is drawing the net from under the ice.
而繩子則在水下拖網
It's so heavy that the fishermen themselves wouldn't be able to do it.
這很重,漁夫們自己可拉不動
They rely on the strength of the horses.
所以需要采用畜力
The harder it gets, the more weight, the more horses they use. In this case, four horses is enough.
拉得越緊,分量越沉,也就需要越多馬匹。這次四匹馬就夠了
It is pretty strange, there is a kind of expectant calm before the storm.
說來也奇怪,滿懷期待的氣氛好似暴風雨來臨前的寧靜
The whole place is really busy. But it feels really quiet.
整片地方都忙碌著,但感覺卻非常安靜
People realize that the catch is coming.
人們知道漁獲快要上來了