What are the characteristics of the second Nanhai (Maoming Bohe) Fishing Festival?

20 18 On August 7th, the 2nd Nanhai (Maoming Bohe) Fishing Festival was held in Maoming Binhai New Area, Guangdong. At noon that day, the fishing number of the 1,000-year-old Bohe fishing port sounded again, and more than 1000 fishing boats moored at Bohe fishing port set off at the same time, heading for the rippling South China Sea.

Bohe Fishing Port is one of the top ten fishing ports in China and the largest fishing port in Guangdong Province. The annual fishing festival is an extremely important traditional festival for fishermen. The series of activities of this fishing festival lasted until the 20th of this month, with "fishing culture" as the main line, highlighting folklore, leisure and mass. Highlights include the opening ceremony and sailing ceremony, folk sacrifice activities, marine ecological public welfare release activities, "A Love Letter to the Sea" poetry contest, and photo exhibition of fishing festival.

According to reports, advocating the concept of "protecting fishing" in "opening fishing" is a major feature of this fishing festival. The release activities specially designed at the opening ceremony emphasized the protection of the ocean, ecology and moderate fishing. Fishery associations, fishing boat owners and fishermen's representatives issued a declaration on marine ecology, advocating fishermen to "catch one and release one" and consumers to "eat one and release one", and calling on the whole society to participate in marine ecological public welfare release activities and maintain marine ecological balance.

It is understood that previously, as one of the activities of this fishing festival, the "A Love Letter to the Sea" poetry contest collected love letters from all over the world. The theme of poetry activities is "paying attention to the ocean and the future of mankind", which shows people's good wishes to live in harmony with the ocean and writes about their yearning for a better life.