Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival in Ninglang County, Lijiang
Introduction
- Chinese Name:宁蒗县中国农民丰收节
- English Name: Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival in Ninglang County, Lijiang
Hosting the Series of Events Celebrating the “Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival”
A series of activities celebrating the “Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival” were organized to stimulate and harness the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the farmers. These efforts aimed to enhance their sense of honor, happiness, and fulfillment, thereby gathering immense strength to consolidate poverty alleviation outcomes and advance rural revitalization.
At the event, a documentary titled “Development of Specialty Agricultural Industries in Ninglang County” showcased the progress of agricultural products in recent years. The display featured pure seed potatoes, sweet honey apples, organic red rice, high-quality Aconitum, green prickly ash, highland chickens, and the tastiest indigenous black-headed goats, painting a vivid picture of agricultural development, rural harmony, and farmers’ happiness.
In the joy of the harvest, awards were presented to the “Top Five” enterprises and cooperatives, the “Top Ten” potato growers (master growers), the “Top Ten” apple growers (master growers), and the specialized potato villages under the “One Village, One Product” initiative. These awards aimed to encourage more enterprises and cooperatives to participate in the vibrant development of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation,” injecting strong “Three Rural” momentum into Ninglang’s high-quality new development and creating a new era of high-quality agricultural growth.
Highland Specialty Agricultural Products Exhibition:
Over twenty enterprises and cooperatives participated in the Ninglang Highland Specialty Agricultural Products Exhibition, showcasing a wide variety of unique products. These included potatoes, honey apples, honey, medicinal herbs, highland black-headed goat meat, ham, and peppers, as well as processed products like lip balm and essential oils made from green prickly ash. Unique Yi lacquerware, Yi clothing, and Pumi clothing were also popular among attendees.
Yi Lacquerware Craftsmanship:
Yi lacquerware, a historical craft hidden deep in the mountains, is an ancient, pure handcraft known for its exquisite workmanship and unique designs. The patterns often feature themes like the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, animals, and plants, with a strong emphasis on symmetry and vibrant colors. Black represents solemnity and dignity, red symbolizes enthusiasm and bravery, and yellow signifies brightness and the future. The overall aesthetic is intense and cheerful, with a powerful impact.
Local Artisans in Action:
At the event, Yi artisans demonstrated the creation of lacquerware, showcasing the intricate and rich designs that embody their cultural heritage.
Promoting Agricultural Participation:
The representative of Lijiang Yingmao Seed Industry Co., Ltd. expressed, “I am honored to be invited to participate in this exhibition. I hope to set an example and encourage more enterprises and people to get involved in the development of Ninglang’s agricultural products.”
Financial Support for Rural Revitalization:
Staff from Ninglang Rural Commercial Bank took this opportunity to promote financial policies supporting rural revitalization. They aimed to help more people understand loans for tobacco, apples, personal production and operation, and other financial products, thus addressing funding challenges faced by enterprises and individuals in entrepreneurship. They brought warm financial services and strong financial support to those in need.
Rice Field Fish Experience:
During the Harvest Festival from October 10-13, Ningli Township in Ninglang County hosted a rice field fish experience activity. The township’s 25.3 hectares of rice fields attracted many “fish catchers” who enjoyed the ecological rice flower fish, ate farmhouse meals, and experienced the joy of the harvest festival.
Interactive Activities:
Activities such as timed fish catching, consumption raffles, sharing and liking posts to receive ecological rice, fishing, and farmhouse picking allowed people to immerse themselves in the happiness of the Harvest Festival.
Integrating Offline and Online Celebrations:
The Ninglang 2022 Harvest Festival utilized both offline and online presentations to engage the public in agricultural and rural work.
Diverse Festival Activities:
The festival featured a variety of activities, including special events for seed potatoes under the “One County, One Industry” initiative, Ninglang apple events, business negotiations for seed potatoes, forums on high-quality development of Ninglang’s highland agriculture, highland specialty agricultural product exhibitions, online promotions via Douyin, livestreaming by internet celebrities, and rice field fish catching experiences in Ningli Township. These activities highlighted the role of farmers, accelerated agricultural development, rural prosperity, and farmers’ wealth, and paved the way for high-quality agricultural development, driving rural revitalization.
Celebrating the 2022 Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival in Ninglang County:
On the morning of October 10, the 2022 Ninglang County “Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival” series of activities, themed “Gratitude to the Party, Celebrate the Harvest, Welcome the 20th Party Congress,” was grandly opened at Wange Square. County Party Secretary Zhang Wei attended the opening ceremony and announced the commencement, while Deputy Secretary and County Mayor Li Jianyong delivered a speech.
At 10 a.m., Wange Square was bustling with activity, filled with the fragrance of fruits. The opening ceremony of the 2022 Ninglang County “Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival” was held grandly here.
Awards and Recognitions:
The opening event recognized the “Top Five” potato enterprises and cooperatives, the “Top Ten” potato growers, the specialized potato villages under the “One Village, One Product” initiative, and the “Top Ten” apple growers. Zhang Wei, Li Jianyong, and other leaders presented certificates to the award-winning enterprises and individuals. Some enterprise representatives gave speeches on “Gratitude to the Party, Listen to the Party, Follow the Party,” while financial institution representatives introduced policies supporting rural revitalization.
Official Launch and Exhibitions:
After the opening ceremony, Zhang Wei, Li Jianyong, and other leaders visited various exhibition areas, engaging with enterprise and cooperative representatives, sampling products, and learning about production and sales.
The festival, lasting four days, included activities such as on-site production and sales matchmaking, the Ninglang County Highland Specialty Agricultural Industry High-Quality Development Forum, and the “One County, One Industry” business negotiation meeting for seed potatoes, Ninglang apple events, and rice field fish catching experiences in Ningli Township. Professional teams were also invited to hold highland specialty agricultural product exhibitions and online promotions via Douyin and livestreaming.
National and provincial leaders, including Zeng Yawen, head of the National Science and Technology Special Task Force for Rural Revitalization in Ninglang County, and Li Rongxiang, director of the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau, were invited to participate in the activities. Other leaders such as Lu Xinghua, Ma Xinwen, and Ruan Xuewu attended the events.
