Several lumberjacks were filmed transporting piles of wood out of the Changbai Mountains in northeast China by floating them down the Yalu River.

The clip, shot in Baishan City in Jilin Province on November 21, 2018, shows lumberjacks standing on the wood that was tied together as a raft to paddle down the Yalu River.

The 700-kilometre-long river is the only route to transport the timber from the Changbai Mountains to the Andong Wharf.

The timber merchants brought the lumberjacks to go inside the mountains in early winter to fell the trees, and then transport them to the riverside with the help of melting ice and snow in spring.

鸭绿江全长700多公里大部分通航，也是中朝边民运输长白山木材的唯一通道。每到秋末冬初，木材商人便带领伐木工溯江而上进入长白山，伐木一冬，借助冰雪把山上的木材运到江边。春天到了，冰融化了，江水渐涨，工人们把木头扎成木排放入江中顺流而下。伐木工都成了管理木排的“把子”，分期分批跟随木排直到安东码头，收集木排上岸就可以休假了。下一个冬天来临，他们再进山，重复上一年的工作。年复一年，长白山的木材源源不断地从安东发往沈阳、天津、烟台、上海等地。
现在鸭绿江上游的朝鲜木排，可能是世界仅存的木排了。它承载着源远流长的古老传说和仿佛昨日的如歌往事，也是一道难得一见、即将消失的风景。