Once Upon a Bite

China's vast coastline, also a gift from the ocean, gathers different tastes through different cooking methods, and the hidden emotions behind it are also tied to each other.

The ocean—the cradle of turbulent life, produces the most delicious taste on this planet, which attracts people to stand on the tide and hunt bravely.

In the work of fishermen full of wisdom, the seafood hidden deep in the bottom of the sea is finally transformed into seasoning on the table. And people's reconciliation and transformation of different ingredients, and finally the culinary wisdom that leads to the handshake between the taste and the ingredients, has become a unique flavor hidden in the world outside the food.

China has a long coastline, and the delicacy of seafood attracts every sea-goer who is driven by the tide.

Sea sausage in spring, shrimp and anchovies in summer and red crab in autumn. The time span lasted a whole year, and I really experienced the ephemerality and deliciousness of Shixian.

After a year of hard work, it is the happiest and most anticipated time of the year to return home after traveling thousands of miles and have a reunion dinner with your family.

How do fishermen living by the sea have the wisdom to fight against time? What kind of lingering aftertaste and time-condensed taste do different time preservation methods bring? Mainland Simplified

Nature nurtures all things in the world, from traditional fishing and hunting to sea farming, the traditional skills of generations, through historical changes and reorganizations, have lasted for a long time and are held from generation to generation.