Erhai Lake is a lake in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The lake is famous for the special method of fishing used by people living on its shores: trained cormorants are used to catch fish and return them to the villagers.
ErhaiLake (etymologically Ear-shaped Sea because of its effective shape) is an alpine lake in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.
The lake used to be a royal deer ranch for the Nanzhao Kingdom.
The lake is an important food source for the local people (Bais), who are famous for their fishing method: their trained cormorants catch fish and return them to fishmongers.