Catching Mudfish

Zhuang Ni Yu

In Zhuhai’s Doumen area, catching sea mudfish with hand-woven, bamboo baskets has been a tradition in today’s Qianwu Town for more than 240 years. In the Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty(1644-1912), people living in the villages in the area of Qianwu Town made ends meet by catching sea mudfish on the tidal flat for trading in other places across Guangdong Province. The slippery fish served as a primary source of income for most of the residents in Hushan Village till the 1950s.

In the course of more than two centuries villagers invented a full outfit of indigenous items, such as a special type of sliding board for gliding on the muddy shoal and “oyster socks”-something like today’s waterproof rain boots. The practice, together with the bamboo basket craftsmanship was inscribed in the national cultural heritage list in 2010.

The slippery fish served as a primary source of income for most of the residents in Hushan Village till the 1950s.

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