At Chagan lake, a giant freshwater lake in northeastern China, local ethnic Mongolians hunt for fish every winter using a 2,000-year-old method involving horses.

It may be old-school, but the method works. Sometimes, they net over 200 ton of fish in one day. People from across China travel north just to get their hands on some of this rare catch.

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00:45 The sacred lake
01:25 Using horses
02:35 Starting at dawn
03:10 How they fish
04:15 Underwater treasure
05:27 Selling the fish


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Producer: Lyn Yang
Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Animation: Stella Yoo
Mastering: Victor Peña

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