Mango Culture Festival in Huaping County, Lijiang

Event Background

Chinese Name:华坪县芒果文化节
English Name: Mango Culture Festival in Huaping County, Lijiang

Located in Huaping County, Lijiang City, in the northwest of Yunnan Province, this area is known for its unique high-quality late-maturing mango production, and it is one of the northernmost mango production areas in China. In October 2017, Huaping County was designated as the “Seventh Batch (2017) National Organic Product Certification Demonstration Zone” by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China.

In April 2018, Huaping County was listed as one of the 42 pilot units for the regional characteristic brand construction of the national economic forest industry by the National Forestry Administration. Huaping mango has successively received honors such as “National Geographical Indication Protected Product” and “National Quality Fruit Public Brand.” The leading villages in mango production, Longtou Village and Shilongba Town, have been awarded the title of “National One Village One Product Demonstration Village/Town” by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The 10th Lijiang Huaping Mango Cultural Festival

According to news from the organizing committee of the 10th Lijiang Huaping Mango Cultural Festival on July 23, 2018, the festival will be themed “Green Huaping: Mango Hometown of China” and will be held from August 18 to 19 in Huaping County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province.

The cultural festival will feature events such as the opening ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up in Huaping County, the “Green Huaping: Mango Hometown of China” cultural gala, and the “China Mango Hometown Green Huaping” all-region tourism promotion forum.

During the festival, the organizing committee will also hold activities like an art exhibition featuring paintings and photographs by 100 artists in Huaping, a showcase and sale of local agricultural products and a food culture festival from Huaping, and a mango king selection contest, among others.

Additionally, in late July, the Yunnan Channel of Xinhua Net will launch a campaign to collect slogans for promoting “Lijiang Huaping Mango” from both domestic and overseas audiences.

A relevant official from the organizing committee of the 10th Lijiang Huaping Mango Cultural Festival stated that the purpose of the festival is to accelerate the construction of the “National Green Organic Late-Maturing Mango Demonstration Base, Provincial Clean Energy Industry Demonstration Base, and Sunshine Health Demonstration Base of the Greater Shangri-La Ecological Culture Tourism Economic Circle,” promote the quality and efficiency of the green organic late-maturing mango industry in Lijiang Huaping, develop advantageous industries, and enhance the popularity and reputation of Lijiang Huaping mangoes.