Cormorant Fishing(chinese:渔鹰捕鱼, Pinyin: Yúyīng pūyú) is a traditional river fishing method in Guilin area in which trained cormorants are used to catch fresh water fishes.

With the mellifluous note of ancient zither, amid the floating sparkling fishing lights, the fisherman with his coir raincoat and bamboo hat on, is punting bamboo pole on a bamboo raft on the lake, the vigorous cormorants and shuttling forth and back -- the picturesque night scene would evoke the homesickness of the people away from their hometown.

That is what you can enjoy in a boat trip along the rivers and lakes. A cruise in the city's central area on a water system will absolutely give you a deep impression of the city, the people and their life styles.

Sitting in a big boat,sailing slowly in the river, watching the local fisherman stangding with his well trained cormorants on the traditional bamboo raft with lanterns，you will see the released cormorants( tethered on the raft by a rope while not working) dive into the water and track the schools of fish which thrive in the clear river water. Once a cormorant caught a fish, he returns to the bamboo raft where the fisherman removes the catch. A ring, around the bird neck, prevents the cormorant from swallowing any of its catch. The fisherman will, however, reward his faithful companion. This is an unusual and highly popular method of fishing along the Li river.