Introduction of Watermelon Festival

Gua Festival is held every year, and the festival is different every year. Daxing Watermelon Festival, which has been held for 20 years, is the pride of Daxing people. Every watermelon festival, people will have new expectations. February, 2009 1 Beijing Daxing Watermelon Festival will be held from May 28, 2009 to June, 20091day, and the 2009 Watermelon Festival will present five highlights.

Highlight 1: New varieties of watermelon bring different delicacies.

In the past two years, Daxing Institute of Agricultural Sciences has continuously introduced new varieties of watermelon and melon, and introduced 60-80 excellent new varieties of watermelon and melon every year, focusing on the introduction, screening and cultivation techniques of thin-skinned melon, seedless watermelon and high-quality transportable seedless watermelon. During the Watermelon Festival, 400,000 kilograms will be put on the market. At the same time, during the 2009 Watermelon Festival, thin-skinned melon 1 10,000 kg will be supplied to the market.

Highlight 2: Brand clothing is sold at 50% discount.

From May 30th, 2009 to June 20th, 2009 1 day, Daxing District Brand Clothing Fair and E-commerce Platform Exhibition for Foreign Trade Exporters will be held in Century Lianhua An Baili Qingcheng Shopping Center. At that time, brand clothing in Daxing District will be displayed, exhibited and sold, and online application demonstration and online transaction will be conducted on the e-commerce platform in Daxing District. The goods on display are the top ten brands of clothing in Daxing District, including men's wear, women's wear, children's wear and cashmere sweaters. During the event, all participating clothes will be sold at a 50% discount.

Highlight 3: Boutique sightseeing and picking garden, and farm products make tourists "feast".

During the Watermelon Festival, Daxing District will integrate tourism resources and focus on launching a series of festival tourism activities of "Vigorous Daxing, Charming New City". "Happy Guaxiang Leisure Tourism Activity" takes Pang 'an Road leisure tourism industrial belt as the axis, integrates the tourism resources of each town, carries out leisure tourism activities such as watermelon picking, and launches 40 boutique sightseeing picking gardens, 10 farmer's special food and theme tourism activities in each town. Including: Leping Royal Guayuan, Laosong Guaqu Garden, Mulinsen Sightseeing Garden, Four Seasons Agronomy Garden, Beijing Equatorial Cherry Strawberry Picking Garden, Anding Royal Forest Ancient Mulberry Garden and Special Barbecue, Paier Manor Pigeon Special Banquet, Yangfu Hotel Tauren Banquet, etc. Details can be found on the website of Daxing District Tourism Bureau.

Highlight 4: The Cultural Activity Center staged the "Entertainment Performance Season"

In 2009, the Watermelon Festival will not hold an opening party, and Daxing District will make full use of the advantages of the regional cultural activity center to create the "entertainment performance season" of the Watermelon Festival. Hold "Daxing Spring"-original epic song and dance evening, "Sweet Season" and "Beautiful and Prosperous My Home"-the Third Chorus Festival in Daxing District, "I Walk with the Melon Festival"-a large-scale poetry recital, a special report meeting in People's Lecture Hall, a mass dance contest in Passion May, a display of "tourism products of non-legacy folk culture in Daxing District", weekend theater performances, and so on.

Highlight 5: 100 Many companies recruit together.

On May 26th, 2009, Daxing District Human Resources Recruitment Fair will be held in Panggezhuang Town Oriental Oasis Ecological Park. 100 More than one recruitment unit will participate in the job fair, providing active employment guidance and entrepreneurship guidance services for job seekers such as enterprises and institutions, migrant workers, urban unemployed people and Daxing University graduates in the region, and promoting the transfer of migrant workers to secondary and tertiary industries. Hengxi Town is located in the southwest of Jiangning District, 32 kilometers away from Nanjing City, with a total population of 3 1 10,000. It has jurisdiction over 8 villagers' committees and 1 community neighborhood committee. The town has 40,000 mu of cultivated land, 236,543.8+0,000 mu of woodland (excluding state-owned forests) and water area of 1.79 million mu, which is rich in natural resources.

Hengxi has a long history. As far back as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Hengshan Mountain in the south was the battlefield for Wu Chu's hegemony. According to historical records, in 570 BC, the State of Chu sent a son to attack Wu, occupied Wuhu, Anhui, and marched into Hengshan, which was the earliest place name in the history books of Nanjing. The "Hengshui Bridge" on the old street once appeared in "The Water Margin of Shi Naian", so it was named Hengxi Town and was called Hengshui Bridge Town in ancient times.

Hengxi is an old revolutionary base area. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Su Yu, Fu, Jiang, Peng Chong and other revolutionaries of the older generation fought bloody battles here. At present, there are relics in the ancestral hall of Jiang family and Shangzhuang. The former site of the anti-Japanese democratic government in Hengshan County, the tomb of the anti-Japanese martyrs in Yuntai Mountain, the former site of the headquarters of the advance detachment of the New Fourth Army and Hengshan Bridge are all cultural relics protection units in Nanjing.

The beauty of mountains and rivers in Hengxi. There are two mountains in the territory: Hengshan Mountain and Yuntai Mountain. Beaulieu Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the suburb of Nanjing, with an area of 3,800 mu and a storage capacity of 6,543,800 square meters. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, mountains overlap, green pines and green hills, clear water, gentle breeze, soft and quiet air, fat fish in the lake, delicious meat, a spoonful of sweet lake water cooked, fresh teeth and fresh lips, still want something. There are mountains and waters, hills and hills, and plains and hills alternate with each other. The light and heat resources are rich, the distribution is coordinated and the products are rich. That is, it is suitable for the growth needs of warm-loving plants such as rice, watermelon and flowers, and can make a variety of livestock and poultry and fish thrive and plant forests, trees and fruits.

Hengxi Town, Jiangning District is also a well-known hometown of watermelon. In recent years, Hengxi has seized the opportunity, fully tapped its own resource advantages, vigorously adjusted the agricultural structure according to local conditions, and made sufficient articles on developing characteristic economy. The goal of building three ten thousand mu bases of "ten thousand mu of melons and vegetables, ten thousand mu of flowers and seedlings and ten thousand mu of economic fruits" has achieved remarkable results. This year, the area of melon in the town reached 1.6 million mu, the economic fruit reached 9 1.000 mu, and the flower seedlings reached more than 2,000 mu. Watermelon industry has four characteristics: First, the production conditions are better. In Hengxi Town, watermelon stubble10.6 million mu was implemented this spring, of which the greenhouse facilities exceeded 7,000 mu, and the seedling raising period and planting period were earlier than last year. Second, new varieties and technologies are more prominent. Eight new varieties were introduced to this town that year, and the rate of excellent varieties was 100%. After the successful trial planting of square watermelon, this year, we will try to plant lovers' melons, colorful melons and blessed melons, which will become the new highlights of the watermelon festival; The third is to organize production according to the requirements of green food production, which has been promoted in Hengxi Town as a whole; Fourth, the municipal party committee and municipal government have new requirements and measures for Nanjing to build a high-quality watermelon production base. Nanjing Watermelon Professional Association was established in Hengxi, and the radiation of Hengxi promoted the development of watermelon industry in the city.

"Nature" brand has become a well-known brand in this city. In particular, "Natural" brand watermelon has formed regional characteristics. Hengxi watermelon is sweet, crisp, thin-skinned, juicy, delicious and rich in nutrition. It has been recognized as green food by China Green Food Development Center, as "the first batch of pollution-free agricultural products in Jiangsu Province" by Jiangsu Pollution-free Agricultural Products Accreditation Committee, and as a green food production base in Jiangsu Province. The 5th Henan Zhongmou Watermelon Festival and Garlic Fair opened in zhongmou county People's Cultural Square. This year's Watermelon Festival has many strange things and rich exhibits. Thirty-four foreign businessmen signed contracts for 40,000 tons of watermelon and 6,543,8+080,500 tons of garlic. The reporter also learned from the meeting that this year, Zhongmou watermelon production was reduced, and foreign orders were more and more concentrated than in previous years. However, people from zhongmou county Agriculture Bureau said that people in Zhengzhou will not be greatly affected by eating watermelons this year.

In Zhongmou Watermelon Festival, garlic also became the protagonist.

This year's watermelon festival is a little different from previous years-"small" garlic catches "big" watermelon.

At the opening ceremony of Watermelon Festival, merchants from all over the country gathered, and various towns organized many melon farmers and garlic farmers to attend the opening ceremony. As in previous years, zhongmou county commended and rewarded the farmers and units that have contributed to the cultivation of watermelon and garlic.

Milk watermelons are sold by themselves, and they are sold for 5 yuan each.

The "Agricultural Science and Technology Corridor" held on the west side of the square, such as "Milk" watermelon, "Bonsai" watermelon, "Fulu Xi Shou" watermelon, square watermelon, pyramid watermelon, cone watermelon and other new, exotic and special varieties, attracted many visitors to stop and watch.

There are more varieties of watermelons exhibited this year than last year, and the booth is filled with all kinds of watermelons. Knowing that the reporter was looking for milk watermelon, a watermelon broker who participated in the exhibition quickly picked up a small melon and said, "Here it is." Milk watermelon is round in shape and good in color, only the size of an adult man's fist. It is said that the skin is thin and tastes good, but it is expensive. "No matter how much you sell, no matter how big or small, a 5 yuan."

Seeing the reporter's surprised expression, Ai Linghong, the breeder of bonsai watermelons, said with a smile: "I planted more than 200 bonsai watermelons this year, and now they are all booked up, and each pot is sold to 300 yuan."

Watermelon wine attracts Shenzhen merchants.

The most striking thing about this year's Watermelon Festival is "Watermelon Wine". Tian Jinxiang, a native watermelon expert, said that after years of painstaking research and repeated practice, he developed watermelon wine with nutritional and health care functions with watermelon juice as the main material and glutinous rice, barley, peas and sorghum as the auxiliary materials.

The reporter tasted a watermelon wine with the same appearance as ordinary liquor, and the taste was similar to that of ordinary liquor, with a little watermelon flavor. Tian Jinxiang said that there are more than 10 varieties of liquor, ranging from 28 degrees to 42 degrees, as well as watermelon beer and watermelon fruit drink.

There are many rare people gathered beside the booth. After tasting six kinds of watermelon wine, Mr Lai of Shenzhen signed a purchase and sale contract with him on the spot.

Tian Jinxiang told reporters that he will raise funds to build a factory as soon as possible to realize large-scale production. Because of lack of funds, he is still making it by hand, and the output is limited. "This watermelon deep processing project is very promising. Mature watermelons need to be sold and eaten as soon as possible, otherwise they will go bad. It's a shame to throw it away. This is also a headache for melon farmers. The development and production of watermelon wine not only solved the sales problem of watermelon, but also greatly improved the added value of watermelon. "

Garlic powder, garlic slices, black garlic and other garlic deep-processed products also went to the booth. After taking a bite of garlic slices, Ms. Liao of Zhengzhou City stuck out her tongue and said, "I didn't expect it to be so spicy after drying, and the taste hasn't changed at all."

Although watermelon production is reduced, it will not affect Zhengzhou market.

It is understood that the garlic planting area in zhongmou county this year is 300,000 mu, and the estimated output can reach more than 300,000 tons. Affected by the garlic sales market in recent years, the number of garlic varieties has decreased by nearly 30% compared with previous years. This year, the watermelon planting area in the county is 1.26 million mu, and the total output is expected to reach 300,000 tons. The production areas are mainly concentrated in Hans and Yaojia Town.

Yesterday morning, the guests invited to attend the opening ceremony came to the watermelon field in Yaojia rural greenhouse by bus. Gua Nong Song said: "Four people in my family planted more than 4 acres of watermelons in the greenhouse. Due to the influence of spring climate, the yield of watermelon in greenhouse is reduced. Although the price of watermelon this year is more than 20 hairs higher than that of the same period last year, the income is estimated to be less than last year, but the disparity will not be too great. "

Another melon farmer standing by told reporters: "Watermelon went on the market nearly half a month later than in previous years, but the price was higher than in previous years. The current purchase price is 0.95 yuan per catty, which has been going on for half a month. At this time last year, the purchase price has dropped to 0.70 yuan per catty. Moreover, the sales of watermelons this year are better than in previous years, and I ordered more than half of them without leaving the ground. The cars that come to the ground are big cars, which are mainly sold to other places, such as Wuhan, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Not only my melon, but also other melons have received many orders from other places. I don't plan to spend too much energy pulling melons to sell in Zhengzhou this year, which is not cost-effective. "

According to him, melon farmers attach great importance to the cultivation of characteristic melons this year. However, due to the low survival rate and low yield of characteristic melons, the taste of characteristic melons is not much different from that of ordinary melons, but the price is higher, so the sales volume is not very good. Mainly ordinary watermelons planted, "characteristic melons are mainly attractive and have a good promotion effect".

Cui, secretary of Zhongmu County Party Committee, said: "Zhongmu can produce about 300,000 tons of watermelons this year, half of which have been sold in greenhouses. Through online sales and docking with large shopping malls and supermarkets in Zhengzhou, the Zhengzhou Municipal Government has also contacted 500 watermelon sales points, and 80% of melons will be sold in the country of origin. "

The staff of zhongmou county Agriculture Bureau said that people in Zhengzhou will not be greatly affected by eating watermelons this year.

At the opening ceremony, 34 foreign businessmen signed contracts with melon farmers and garlic farmers for 40,000 tons of watermelon and 0/80,500 tons of garlic.

It is understood that this watermelon festival will last for 40 days. During the Watermelon Festival, there are not only rich entertainment activities, but also various economic and trade negotiations. On the day of the opening ceremony, there will be competitions such as eating watermelons, lifting weights, holding melons, peeling garlic, carving garlic whiskers, imposing gongs and drums, lion dancing and singing performances, as well as competitions and activities such as watermelon champion, melon king selection, theme photography, calligraphy and painting. Citizens can also go to Zhongmou to experience the style of watermelon and garlic. Qingdao Mingcun Watermelon Festival, the first town of watermelon in Jiaodong Peninsula, opened. This is the "Four Seasons Song" that Shandong Pingdu continues to sing about agriculture after Qingdao Yunshan Cherry Blossom Festival. The third Mingcun Watermelon Festival was hosted by pingdu city Municipal People's Government and Mingcun Town People's Government. This year's Qingdao Mingcun Watermelon Festival will strive to combine festival economy with local cultural tourism. In addition to highlighting the theme of the famous village watermelon, a series of tourism projects have been carefully packaged to further enrich the connotation of the famous village watermelon festival, and gradually push the famous village watermelon festival to the market and the whole country, making the famous village watermelon festival a well-known tourism festival brand in China. It is reported that the Dahuangbao Watermelon Base in Mingcun has been identified as the food filing base of Qingdao Olympic Sailing Competition. At that time, the autumn extension watermelon promoted here will be used as food for the Olympic sailing competition, which will supply a large number of Olympic sailing competition bases.

It is understood that since 2006, Qingdao Mingcun Watermelon Festival has been held for two consecutive years, and both have achieved good festival benefits. The previous two watermelon festivals sold 380 million kilograms of watermelons, driving the average price of watermelons to rise by 0.4 yuan per kilogram, with a cumulative income of 65.438+0.5 billion yuan. The theme of this year's Mingcun Watermelon Festival is "Summer Love-Meet Three Rivers, * * * Enjoy Green Erotics", and it is held in the way of "government-led, enterprise social participation and market operation", highlighting the green, ecological and efficient industrial characteristics of Mingcun Watermelon, aiming at further enhancing the external popularity of Gaoming Village Watermelon and striving to make this festival a brand of agricultural festivals in Qingdao, the whole province and even the whole country. During this year's Watermelon Festival, in addition to the traditional folk square cultural performance, watermelon harvest collection, watermelon eating grand prix, watermelon moving competition, melon king competition and other projects, there are also painting and calligraphy creation competitions with the theme of Watermelon Festival, Olympics and Wenchuan earthquake relief and watermelon carving competitions with the theme of Olympics and farmhouse music. The whole activity will last until July 9.

After more than ten years' development, more than 70% villages in pingdu city Mingcun Town 1993 have become professional watermelon planting villages, and the watermelon planting area has reached more than 45,000 mu. Among them, there are 23,000 mu of watermelons in Datian, with an annual output of 65.438+0.7 billion kilograms and a sales income of 65.438+0.8 billion yuan. This town has become the first watermelon production town in Jiaodong Peninsula.

At present, the whole town covers an area of 58,000 mu, forming a series of production of high-temperature shed, large arch shed, simple shed and Dachuan Qiuyan. The product has been on the market for more than 8 months, with an annual output of 200 million kilograms and a sales income of 220 million yuan. In 2003, Jiaohe brand watermelon was recognized as a provincial pollution-free agricultural product by Shandong Province. In 2004, it was recognized as a national pollution-free agricultural product by the Ministry of Agriculture; In April this year, it was recognized as green food by the Ministry of Agriculture. Now, Mingcun Town has become an important watermelon production base in greenhouse in Jiangbei area, and is known as' the first watermelon town in Jiaodong'.

The cultivated land in Ming towns belongs to loam, with fertile soil, rich groundwater resources and pure water quality. The superior geographical location and natural environment provide unique conditions for the development of efficient agriculture. Since the early 1990s, according to the unique geographical location, Ming towns and villages have taken watermelon in greenhouse as a breakthrough to develop efficient agriculture, and taken measures such as policy guidance, financial support, enhanced services, demonstration villages and typical households to promote the large-scale development of watermelon industry.

Technology is productivity. Today, with the informationization of communication and the modernization of science and technology, this proposition is more obvious. In practice, towns and villages in Ming Dynasty firmly grasped the "bull nose" of science and technology and promoted watermelon industry with modern science and technology. In the watermelon shed in Dahuangbu village, the green is thick, and the green watermelons are dazzling and lovely. Surprisingly, there are so many "brothers and sisters" in the watermelon family of Xin Jing series, small series, seedless series, yellow meat series and Admiralty Guanlong. Cunnan is an R&D center for watermelon planting, which is planned and constructed in a unified way in the town, and has just built a 12 high-grade demonstration shed.