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the 21st beijing miyun fish king food and culture festival opens

2024-10-01

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china daily, september 30. on september 26, the 21st beijing miyun fish king food and culture festival opened in miyun district.
this event, with the theme of "hydrating beijing, fish and joy in miyun", is hosted by the people's government of miyun district, beijing, and organized by the culture and tourism bureau of miyun district, beijing. the people's government of xiwengzhuang town, miyun district, beijing, and beijing miyun reservoir protection public welfare co-organized by the foundation and beijing miyun district catering service industry association.
currently, miyun district’s ecological environment quality index, ecosystem regulation service value, air quality, wetland area, etc. rank first in the city, and it has successively won titles such as “national forest city” and “china natural oxygen bar”.
the fish from the miyun reservoir, which comes from the water source of the capital, is tender, juicy and has achieved global organic certification. it has now become one of miyun’s iconic specialty brands. every year during the fishing season, guests and friends from all over the world are welcomed to participate in the cultural festival and be the first to taste it. net fish.
the opening ceremony was full of highlights.
miyun honey, jinpolo millet, huangtukan yali, miyun chestnut, miyun walnut and other miyun eight delicacies are dazzling. the interactive display of intangible cultural heritage such as traditional chinese medicine health consultation and exquisite pillows allowed the guests to fully experience the vitality of the integrated development of miyun cultural tourism, agricultural tourism, study tourism, and business tourism. miyun airport's helicopter appeared at the opening ceremony, bringing a number of "air tour" routes and demonstrating the unique charm of miyun's characteristic low-altitude tourism economy.
at the opening ceremony, awards were presented to the cooking masters who won the "golden spoon award" of the 2024 miyun district "artisan cup" reservoir fish cooking skills competition.
the king of fish auction has been a hot spot in previous cultural and food festivals and has attracted much attention. in this fish king auction, there were three king fish this year. one was the carp leaping over the dragon gate - the carp king, weighing 28 kilograms, and was finally sold for a bidding price of 180,000 yuan; the other was the bighead carp holding the golden autumn - the big carp king, weighing 38 kilograms. kilograms, and was finally sold at a bidding price of 200,000 yuan; one was the best - the king of herrings, weighing 57.5 kilograms, 12 kilograms heavier than last year's king herring, becoming the well-deserved "king of fishes", and was finally sold at a bidding price of 300,000 yuan .
all the proceeds of 680,000 yuan from the on-site auction were donated to the beijing miyun reservoir protection charity foundation, and used as public welfare funds to support the miyun district paired assistance in zhuxi county of hubei province, kulun banner of inner mongolia, luanping county of hebei province and other areas. rural revitalization, assistance to the poor and water source protection.
miyun fish king food culture festival has been successfully held for the 21st time and has become a regional landmark brand event integrating catering, entertainment, commerce and tourism. in 2022, it was ranked first in the "list of 100 special harvest festival activities" published by the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs.
source: china daily
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