Fishermen hang cleaned and processed fish to dry in early winter in Rongcheng, a county-level city in Weihai, Shandong province. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinanews.com]

Sun-dried fish are prepared in Weihai, Shandong province. Fishermen in the coastal Jiaodong area have been producing this traditional product for thousands of years. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinanews.com]

Fishermen hang dried salted fish in early winter. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinanews.com]

Dried salted fish is lined up in a fishing village in Rongcheng, Shandong province. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinanews.com]