Huang Quande, a fisherman in Yangshuo, Guilin, passed away. He was once known as "20 yuan grandfather"

　　Chinanews.com, Guilin, February 19th (Jiang Fenghui and Ou Huilan) On February 18th, the official account of Lijiang Scenic Spot Management Co., Ltd. in Guilin, Guilin, Guangxi released information on the Douyin official account, saying that the old man Huang Quande, the prototype of the fisherman on the 20 yuan RMB, died in the early morning of the 18th. Passed away at 4 o'clock at the age of 94.

　　"Grandpa passed away early this morning. He has four daughters and two sons. He will continue to take care of grandma..." On the evening of the 18th, in the Douyin live broadcast room of the Lijiang Scenic Spot in Yangshuo County, Huang Quande, the village anchor, carefully answered questions from netizens. The background of the video The scenes of fishing with cormorants and repairing fishing nets and other scenes shot by Huang Quande during his lifetime were played, and everyone remembered the old man in the clouds and expressed their grief.

　　Since the 1980s, Guilin has become one of the first tourist cities in China to open to the outside world. It has attracted many tourists with its "landscapes and rivers are the best in the world". Many local fishermen eat "tourist meals" and become "fisherman models".

　　Huang Quande was a fisherman in Dahebei Village, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County during his lifetime. He has been fishing on the Lijiang River with a raft since he was 12 or 13 years old. Later, he joined the team of the landscape performance "Impression Liu Sanjie" to feed osprey.

He was once called by many netizens as the prototype of the "Chinese fisherman" with the background of 20 yuan.

　　In 2008, Huang Quande followed in the footsteps of his younger brother Huang Yuechuang, a "fisherman model", and joined the ranks of fishermen to shoot.

They became famous fishermen model brothers on the Li River.

Many photographers came here to take photos of Huang Quande. He once said with a smile: "When I am old, I can still eat 'travel meals'. Now I am a 'big star' on the Lijiang River."

　　According to reports, "Lijiang Fishing Fire" was originally a traditional fishing activity on the Lijiang River in Guilin. When night fell, fishermen would take bamboo rafts, light torches, and take a few cormorants to fish.

On the surface of the river, fishing fires are like stars, and cormorants appear and disappear on the water surface, forming a charming night hunting picture.

Today, the Yangshuo cormorant fishing custom has been included in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-level intangible cultural heritage list.

　　The development of the tourism industry has allowed the "Lijiang River Fishing Fire" to continue in the form of performances. Since 1999, Yangshuo County has held the first Guilin Yangshuo Lijiang Fishing Fire Festival. By 2022, it has held 22 sessions.

The fishing fire on the Li River is still lit at night. As a fishing activity that has been passed down for hundreds of years, the "Fishing Fire on the Li River" is glowing with new brilliance.

　　According to the information released by Yangshuo County Lijiang Scenic Spot Management Co., Ltd., the old fisherman is a representative of the literary heritage of the Lijiang River, and the old man Huang Quande is an amiable person who loves life.

The younger generations will also learn from his character and perseverance, take over the baton from him, and inherit the Lijiang spirit.

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