This aerial photo taken on Oct. 21, 2022 shows a fisher harvesting in a seaborne laver farm at Shatangjie Village, Songshan Sub-district, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
XIAPU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The laver, known as zicai in Chinese, gim in Korean, and nori in Japanese, is an edible seaweed that plays an important part in the diets of East Asian countries. As one of the amplest sources of laver products in China, Xiapu in southeast China's Fujian Province boasts a vast area of seaborne farms for such seaweed, whose breeding, growing, and processing have become a leading cash cow for the locals.
Staff members lift newly harvested laver at a port of Shatangjie Village, Songshan Sub-district, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
A fisher airs newly harvested laver at Sansha Town, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Fishers harvest laver at Shatangjie Village, Songshan Sub-district, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Fishers aboard boats approach a seaborne laver farm at Shatangjie Village, Songshan Sub-district, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 21, 2022 shows fishers harvesting laver at Shatangjie Village, Songshan Sub-district, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 20, 2022 shows a seaborne laver farm at Sansha Town, Xiapu County of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)■
