Maoming Bohe Fishing Port, one of the top 10 largest fishing ports in China, is a thousand-year-old port located in southwestern Guangdong and once served as a stop on the Maritime Silk Road.

It is renowned for its abundant seafood, including lobsters, prawns, sea cucumbers, bass, and horseshoe crabs.

Every morning, fishing boats laden with seafood enter the port, which are categorized and transported onto trucks by the fisherman. Various types of seafood can be found at the seafood stalls, attracting a constant stream of tourists and traders, making the area bustle with activity.

Since the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties, Bohe Fishing Port has played a vital role as an important fishing port in Lingnan (South China), as well as an important stop along the Maritime Silk Road.

Merchant ships departing from Quanzhou, the Pearl River Estuary, and the Leizhou Peninsula often passed through the port.

During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, goods transported overseas by the Shisanhang in Guangzhou had to pass through the Bohe Fishing Port. Here, they would replenish supplies and repair their ships before sailing towards the South China Sea and heading towards the Beibu Gulf, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

Today, Bohe Fishing Port has become a modernized fishing port. Apart from its abundant seafood, the port also showcases traditional fishing port culture and the history of the Maritime Silk Road.

The fishermen carry baskets of seafood to stalls on the shore of the Bohe Fishing Port. [Photo/ WeChat account: maofabu]