Exposed: ‘Northeast Rain Sister’ Fakes Viral Crab Video to Lure Fans to Panjin’s Hidden Gem
Popular Douyin Anchor “Northeast Rain Sister” Embroiled in Crab-Catching Video Controversy
IT Home reported on September 8 that a popular anchor named “Northeast Rain Sister” on the Douyin platform with nearly 24.5 million fans released a crab-catching video, which aroused doubts. In the video, she and her companions caught Panjin river crabs in the rice fields during the day, but some netizens said that as locals, Panjin rice field crabs are not as big as in the video; catching crabs is usually done at night, not during the day; Panjin rice field crabs are darker in color, and the crabs in the video are suspected to be bathing crabs, questioning whether it is a staged photo.
In response to this, Dongbei Yujie responded in the comment section that the video was filmed at the invitation of the organizer of a harvest festival event. Due to the time constraints of the event and the inconvenience of shooting at night, which led to misunderstanding. At present, the video has been removed by Northeast Rain Sister.
On September 7, Northeast Rain Sister and her team further explained in a live broadcast that because the organizers of the Harvest Festival wanted to release the video in early September, the team filmed it in late August. At that time, the rice field crabs were not yet mature, so river crabs from other reservoirs in Panjin were used for filming. The relevant videos are just scripted segments aimed at promoting Panjin river crabs in my hometown, and no sales links have been posted.
Panjing river crabs are a specialty of Panjin City, Liaoning Province, and are also a national geographical indication product of China. According to “Panjin Release”, in 2024, the river crab breeding area in Panjin City will reach 1.78 million mu, and the output is expected to exceed 80,000 tons.
After the controversy, Sister Yu held two live broadcasts, with cumulative live broadcast sales of about 10-15 million. In the evening of the 7th, the reporter clicked into Sister Yu’s live broadcast room, and it was found that it once ranked first in the overall list of goods brought.