It is the first fish.

The caught "head fish" means good luck and has always been a "lucky prize" that tourists compete for. The starting price of the "head fish" in Chagan Lake in 2020 is 166,666 yuan. After fierce bidding, it was finally purchased by a company at a transaction price of 2,966,666 yuan. This price also set a record for the highest price in history.

Chagan Lake is one of the top ten freshwater lakes in China, located in Qianguo County, Songyuan City, northwest Jilin Province. Winter fishing in Chagan Lake began in the Liao and Jin Dynasties. After thousands of years, it still retains the original fishing method of artificially digging ice caves, artificial nets, and horse-drawn winches to form power to pull the fish nets.

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The Chagan Lake fishery is positioned as a "recreational fishery" rather than a traditional fishing fishery, which is very different from most productive lakes in the south. Ten years ago, most of the income of fishermen in the Yangtze River Basin came from caught fish and shrimp, and their income was unstable. As problems such as overfishing and industrial pollution become more and more serious, it is no longer possible for fishermen to make a living just by fishing.

However, winter fishing in Chagan Lake combines the "ritual sense" of fishing with tourism, driving the development of the tertiary industry, and local fishermen also obtain more considerable income. The “highlight” of the winter fishing in Chagan Lake every year is the auction of the first fish. The so-called first fish actually refers to the first fish fished out when the net is awakened in the lake. The auction price of headfish has little to do with its weight.