As people's living standards get higher and higher, tourism has approached thousands of households and has become an essential element of people's daily lives.

At the same time, while playing, everyone also has new requirements for their understanding of tourism. It is no longer just to meet the needs of the eyes to see the scenery, but to experience the local culture and taste the special delicacies has also become an important requirement, especially for people to eat

For heaven's sake, when conditions permit, tasting delicious food is an essential part of travel.

Chongqing’s hot pot noodles, Chengdu’s Chuanchuan Maocai, Shaanxi’s mutton steamed buns, Guangdong’s rice rolls and barbecued pork, Inner Mongolia’s hand-made meat... Each place has its own signature food, so what should you eat in Northeast China?

Pork stewed with vermicelli, chicken stewed with mushrooms?

Or meat wrapped in pot and bones in sauce?

In fact, in Yu Fan’s opinion, if you go to the Northeast, you must have a full fish feast in Chagan Lake to be satisfied.

Chagan Lake, formerly known as Chaganpao, is "Chagannur" in Mongolian, which means white holy lake. Most of it is located in the former Gorros Mongolian Autonomous County in the northwest of Jilin Province, at the intersection of the Nen River and the Huolin River.

The water network area, strictly speaking, is a barrier lake at the end of the Huolin River.

This area is dotted with rivers and swamps, with whitebait swimming around, rich aquatic plants, and geese and ducks inhabiting it.

The trees along the coast are lush, the fields are lush and grassy, ??and the scenery is picturesque.

It was a fishing and hunting place for emperors of Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties to visit and enjoy.

Chagan Lake is not only picturesque, but also extremely rich in fish resources. Historically, Taizu Taizu of the Liao Dynasty called it "Duck Lake" after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was a fishing and hunting place for Khitan nobles. During the seven dynasties from Liao Shengzong to Tianzuo Emperor, it was

Everyone comes here to perform the "Spring Bowl" activity.

Among them, fishing in winter is easy to preserve and transport, so this ancient winter fishing method has continued to this day and has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Today, the wonders of winter fishing in Chagan Lake have been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and the whole fish feast derived from the last winter fishing has also become an intangible cultural heritage.

The reason why Chagan Lake Whole Fish Banquet has become an intangible cultural heritage is not because of the hype of local people, but because of the vast number of people who have lived in the surrounding areas for generations and are good at making various dishes with fish as the main ingredient.

In addition, all kinds of fish are used in the preparation and there are many kinds of dishes, so it is called "whole fish feast".

Its production skills originated and developed along with local fishery production. It is one of the folk skills inherited from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, so it can become an intangible cultural heritage.

The whole fish feast of Chagan Lake is a unique cooking technique of the former Gorros people based on the wild fish of Chagan Lake as the main ingredient. It is stewed, fried, deep-fried, popped, and chopped. It is made from small dishes only a few centimeters long to as large as ten

A dozen or even dozens of kinds of wild fresh fish from Chagan Lake weighing several kilograms are made into a sumptuous banquet that is available both hot and cold, raw and cooked, soft, tender, crispy and crunchy, and fragrant, sweet, spicy and spicy.

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It has distinct regional characteristics and a very profound cultural heritage.

The traditional "whole fish feast" has been passed down by the people in the lake area, especially the painstaking research and development of famous chefs in the catering industry, and has been constantly innovative and developed. Nowadays, the types and quantities of fresh fish selected for the Chagan Lake whole fish feast vary according to the season.

They are not the same, but the flavors are delicious in all seasons.

This is the Chagan Lake whole fish feast that we had today at the Khan Palace Resort Hotel on the edge of Chagan Lake. The whole table consists of more than ten dishes, most of which are related to fish, and the main dish is a

A large plate of fat-headed fish is available, as well as delicacies made of bream, grass carp, carp, crucian carp, lake shrimp, whitebait, black fish skin, etc.

If it is difficult to tell the size of the fish simply by looking at the plate, it is easy to tell with the beautiful hands in the picture above. The largest fat-headed fish is half a meter long and weighs more than ten kilograms, and grass carp and carp are not included.

It’s small, and although it’s not as exquisite as southern cuisine in terms of appearance, the taste is mouth-watering.

Local friends told us that the Chagan Lake Whole Fish Banquet not only fully inherits the legacy of the Liao and Jin Dynasties, but also absorbs the techniques of modern cuisine.

It is also rich in local characteristics, contains national characteristics, has a popular taste, and has extremely high nutritional value. It is a local traditional banquet that can represent Jilin cuisine and even Northeast cuisine.