When is the Yangjiang Fishing Festival in 2023?

The Yangjiang Fishing Festival is August 16, 2023.

On the coast of the South China Sea, on Hailing Island, the Yangjiang Zhapo National Central Fishing Port is bustling with activity. The 21st South China Sea (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival is held in Yangjiang on August 16th. At that time, following an order, after three and a half months of rest, nearly a thousand fishing boats in the fishing port got ready and sailed to the sea together.

At the same time, at the Zhanjiang Merchants International Cruise City, the 2023 "Mangrove City" Seafood Food Show Season and Zhanjiang Fishing Event were held, with loud whistles, and the Zhanjiang Merchants International Cruise Ship docked More than a thousand fishing boats from Chengdu Wharf, Naozhou Island Fishing Port, Wushi Central Fishing Port and Jianghong Fishing Port cut through the waves and sailed towards the deep blue.

On the shore of Shanwei Pinqing Lake, the 2023 Shanwei City Fishing Festival and Seafood Food Culture and Tourism Festival was launched. With the sound of salutes, fishing boats competed towards the South China Sea. Shanwei City, Lufeng City, and Red Bay The three major venues in the Economic Development Zone work together to stimulate the vitality of fishery development.

Culture, tourism and food celebrate the fishing season

The 21st Nanhai (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival has three traditional activities, including the issuance of fishing orders, sea sacrifices and fishermen’s banquets. In addition, a series of celebrations such as the Moyang Taste "A la carte" of the Fishermen's Banquet, the second Hailing Island Lotus Festival, the Moyang Taste Food Exhibition, the fishermen's "Saltwater Song" tour, and the Danjia fishermen's wedding performance have also been added. Activities allow the general public and tourists to fully experience the unique charm of fishermen’s culture.

Yangjiang tempeh, spring amomum, goose rice, Chengcun oysters, sea duck eggs, aquatic product prepared dishes... Enter the Meimoyang Taste Food Exhibition, and enjoy the delicious food from 6 counties (cities, districts) of Yangjiang The comprehensive booth came into view, and the booth was filled with local delicacies with regional characteristics, attracting many tourists to stop and taste it.

Moyang Taste is a regional public brand carefully created by Yangjiang City. In order to welcome this fishing festival, each county and city has carefully selected representative agricultural products for display.