Xinjiang Hami Melon Festival opens July 19th

July melon fragrance, it is time to harvest time again! Cantaloupe will start to ripen at this time, the best place to produce cantaloupe is naturally Xinjiang! Cantaloupe Festival in Xinjiang, that is a sweet ripe harvest of good days, but also a good time to play. The first thing you need to do is to go to Xinjiang to eat the melon!

The 15th Hami Melon Festival

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July 19

The main theme: "the people are the protagonists of the melon festival, the melon festival is the people's stage."

The Hami Melon Festival, with the melon as the medium, will present a cultural and tourism feast that will last for five months.

During the festival, the people of Hami and foreign tourists, **** with the participation of a series of activities, so that people in the participation of interaction, to understand the unique natural landscape of Hami, feel the deep cultural heritage, to enjoy the simplicity of folk customs.

The biggest difference in this year's Hami Melon Festival also lies in the two places in Zhengzhou, Henan Province at the same time set up a branch.

Content is abundant

Literary performances, sports competitions and commercial exhibitions are all available.

Since June, a flash mob shooting activity called "Please Taste a Cantaloupe" has been carried out in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, which has made the "melon" people in the mainland feel the sweetness of cantaloupe melons from the video to their taste buds, and kicked off this year's Cantaloupe Melon Festival.

July 6 to 8 China - Hami "sweet journey" fifth auto exposition held in Yizhou District, Bayi Road Sports Center.

July 16-18 Beautiful China - National Goalball Competition (Xinjiang Hami Station will be held in Yizhou District, Bayi Road Sports Center, when more than 600 athletes from the country's 64 goalball teams will gather in Hami, a showdown.

The opening ceremony of the 15th Hami Melon Festival on July 19 will be held in the Hami Melon Park, with full-flavored singing and dancing performances, "One Belt, One Road" tourism city ambassadors displaying a runway show, and wushu performances by the Shaolin Temple of Songshan, Henan Province, which will explode the scene.

Five consecutive days of night tour melon garden activities also officially began on the day, visitors can watch the wheel dance, cockfighting dance and other cultural performances, but also in the folk customs street to taste the food, visit the Gongguan inheritance of the people's residence, listen to Gongguan inheritors to tell the story of the cantaloupe, drink holy water, listen to the story of the South Lake small pagoda. The night tour attracts people to watch the light show, see the beach light volleyball show, desert concerts, modeling catwalks and other content.

Visitors can take part in the whole tour from July 20 to 23 at the Hami Melon Park, including eating melon punch cards, playing melon games, painting melons, writing melons, carving melons, tasting melons and racing melons. At that time, you can also witness the Hami City geographical indications products Hami melon "King of Kings" auction, to see the sweetest, largest, most beautiful Hami melon who fell.

July 20 in Hami white stone scenic area will be held in the horse racing festival, visitors can go to feel the passion and speed on the grassland.

July 21 in Hami Devil City Yadan Rock Music Festival, will let people who love rock music crazy. The Yadan modeling show and photography picking will also excite the tourists.

July 21-22 "Dancing New Era" Hami Yizhou District Square Dance Competition will be held in Hami Times Square, from the city's 25 teams will be the provisions of the routine and optional routine of the final.

On July 28, more than 300 hiking enthusiasts from all over the country will take part in the "One Belt, One Road" China-Hami "Sweet Journey" Third Dongtianshan Hiking Cross-country Challenge at the Whitehead Scenic Area.

July 26th to August 10th passion Hami first beer culture tourism food festival in Yizhou District, Bayi Road Sports Center.

September and October will also be held in China - Hami "sweet journey" International Stone Fair and the National Kite Festival.