One online user expressed some jealousy, saying it was “fantastic to live near a river, where he can access fish anytime he wants.”

That being said, others pointed out that it is probably not the smartest idea to eat the fish, given the unknown quality of the river’s water.

Camping buddies

Typically when people go camping, they bring their family and friends for company during the trip. But, for one family in eastern China, they were joined by a flock of sheep during their adventure.

The lady surnamed Cheng, who took her family camping on the outskirts of Jinan, the capital city of Shandong province, had unwittingly plopped themselves in the middle of a path used by two shepherds.

The funniest part of the story was that the sheep had not been there when they first arrived, and, suddenly, they were surrounded by sheep while setting up their tents.

“My daughter was very excited, as she cannot see so many sheep in the city,” Cheng said on the video-sharing platform Houlang.

A license to stew

A lady in southeast China received one of the first certificates that acknowledged her top skills in cooking goose in the Chiu Chow style.

The lady, surnamed Wu, received a goose stewing certificate and a reward of 1,700 yuan (US$255) from Shenzhen Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau in southern China.

In 2021, the Bureau had released the exam qualifications to preserve the classic culinary art of Chiu Chow-style goose stewing. Wu, whose profession remains unknown, enrolled and passed the test.

She told Lichi News, a mainland news agency, “I prepare a pot of stewed geese to share with friends and family when I go camping or join picnics. I hope to launch a food stand or small restaurant.”