Watermelon festival cools down sweltering summer
DATE:2015-05-27 SOURCE:China Daily
As scorching June approaches, Daxing district is ready to refresh Beijing residents with its crisp watermelons. It held a watermelon festival yesterday in Panggezhuang , where melon farmers competed to show off the best melon. A creative melon carving competition was also held.
A little boy takes a picture with the biggest watermelon that weighs 83.94 kilograms on the Daxing Watermelon Festival on May 25. [Photo by Tian Baoxi/asianewsphoto]
A judge appraises the new watermelon species. [Photo by Tian Baoxi/asianewsphoto]
A chef carves the melon into various patterns.[Photo by Tian Baoxi/asianewsphoto]
A man dressed with creative melon carvings. [Photo by Tian Baoxi/asianewsphoto]