纪录片《中国春节》 第59期 欢庆（6）（在线收听）

It is five in the morning. And I've come to what feels like the very ends of the earth.

现在是早上5点。我来到了彷若天涯海角的地方

This is a way of life that has remained unchanged for centuries.

这是一种保持了数个世纪的生活方式

I'm travelling with a convoy of fishermen in Jilin Province 1,800 miles north-east of Hong Kong.

我在香港东北方向近三千公里外的吉林省，与渔民船队一起出行

This is Chagan Lake. The temperature is an eye watering -40 degrees.

这是查干湖。气温是能冻哭人的零下40度

Chagan means literally sacred or white.

查干的意思是圣洁或白色

And it is certainly white,

它完全是白色的

that's because this entire lake is covered in ice up to a metre thick.

这是因为这整个湖都被厚达1米的冰层覆盖着

For locals this is something of a sacred place,

对当地人而言这个湖有些像圣地

that's because this vast lake is the home of bighead carp.

因为这个大湖是胖头鱼的家园

Bighead carp is a local delicacy that the Chinese believe, like all fish, brings good luck for New Year.

胖头鱼是一种当地美食，中国人认为像其它鱼一样，胖头鱼会为新年带来好运

The people here have been fishing for carp in just this way for over a thousand years, it is in their blood.

这里的人们以这种方式捕鱼已有一千多年，已经深入人心

This group is led by Mr Zhang, an expert in tracking down shoals of bighead carp.

这一队的队长是张先生，他可是追踪胖头鱼群的行家里手

Finding a spot here is no easy task. Chagan Lake is a featureless ice sheet.

找寻下网的地点可不容易。此时查干湖是茫茫一色的冰盖

I look around, all I can see is horizon. It's 25 miles long and covers a surface of 160 square miles.

我环顾四周只能看到地平线。冰盖有40多公里长，面积有414平方公里

That's basically the size of Glasgow.

差不多有格拉斯哥市那么大

What's incredible is that Mr. Zhang just seems to know where to look.

难以置信的是张先生似乎知道在找寻什么

There's no street signs, there's no map. I'd need a sat nav.

没有街道标志，也没有地图。我可想要卫星导航了