What festivals are there in Shandong?
1, Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first lunar month
Introduction: The old custom Spring Festival begins at 0: 00 on the first day of the first lunar month. In Shandong, parents usually get up first to "pass the paper" and put a fire whip before opening the door before they can speak. Men worship the god of heaven and earth under the guidance of their parents. Their first meal during the Spring Festival is jiaozi. When cooking jiaozi, they should set off firecrackers. In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, jiaozi is cooked with sesame stalks in some areas, which means that the new year is like sesame blossoms and the days are getting better and better. Jiaozi has to cook more, which is definitely more than enough. After dinner, steamed bread should be put in the pot, which means more than enough. Jiaozi cooked, first hold a bowl of respect for heaven and earth, and then hold a bowl of respect for the kitchen god. When eating, in addition to a bowl for each person, one or two bowls should be served, which is intended to make people rich. Eating jiaozi is full of festive atmosphere. Many places eat vegetarian stuffing in jiaozi on the first day of the first month, which means "a quiet year". In Linqing, we eat all kinds of buns, jujube cakes, sticky nests and so on. Breakfast on the first day of junior high school, supplemented by various balls, vermicelli and Chinese cabbage, is called "eating all the year round".
2. Lantern Festival
Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Introduction: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, commonly known as "Lantern Festival", is also called "Lantern Festival". In Jinan, the annual Lantern Festival is extremely spectacular. At this time, all kinds of lanterns are hung in parks, factories, mines, enterprises and streets. At night, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, fish lanterns, basket lanterns and racing lanterns are radiant and beautiful. Especially the annual Baotu Spring Lantern Festival is unique. All kinds of lanterns, bird and beast lanterns, lantern lanterns, story lanterns, riddle lanterns, etc. Or magnificent, or simple and elegant, or original, with distinctive local color. On this day, it is popular for every household to eat Yuanxiao. In addition, around the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys of Jinan are full of stilts, roller coasters, dragon lanterns and lions. People put some myths and legends, historical stories, strong love and hate and good wishes into this folk art rich in national traditions, adding a festive atmosphere.
3. The dragon raised its head
Time: the second day of the second lunar month.
Introduction: On the second day of the second lunar month, the Spring Dragon Festival, commonly known as "the dragon looks up", means that the dragon is prosperous and controls the rain, and the weather is good. In the Qing Dynasty, Zhu's Textual Research on Old Stories of Sun said: "February 2nd is the Dragon's Rise Day". On this day, Shandong citizens got up early and fried "scorpion claws" (that is, pickled beans) to prevent insects from biting scorpions. Old people and children have haircuts to see if they can avoid disasters; In rural areas, it is popular to "smash" with furnace ashes to wish a bumper harvest. These customs have been continued by people to this day.
4. Tomb-Sweeping Day
Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar.
Brief introduction: Up to now, the customs in Jinan have been "climbing the mountain", "sweeping the grave", "swinging", "inserting willows" and "planting trees". Jinan has beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring is bright and the weather is sunny. People climb thousands of buddhas in the south, travel to Minghu Lake in the north, have picnics and have a spring outing, and tourists are everywhere. This custom of spring outing has been preserved until now. The custom of swinging is still popular in urban and rural areas of Jinan. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, men and women, old and young, wear new clothes, or set up a wooden frame, erect a crossbar, hang two ropes, and tie a board horizontally under the ropes. People can sit on the board or stand on the board, and they can float up and down with two ropes in their hands, which is very fun. Qingming is the season of "green willow and yellow are not connected". There used to be a custom in Jinan that both women and children wore wicker balls. There are many temples in Jinan. In the past, it became a habit to release Buddha on the eighth day of April. On this day, monks and Taoists in Dongyue Temple and Arctic Temple set up a platform to recite scriptures, and many good men and women flocked to the temple to compete for money.
5. Dragon Boat Festival
Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Brief introduction: Jinan people mainly have the custom of painting door symbols on the Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people make paper-cut images of "five poisons" (scorpions, centipedes, poisonous snakes, toads and geckos) into door symbols. It is said that this is done to drive away the "five poisons" and prevent the plague. Similarly, they also planted branches of mugwort and hung Ai Hu. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, people will stick moxa sticks on the doors, or weave wormwood into a "Ai Hu" and wear it in the middle of the lintel to prevent insects and evil spirits and protect their health. Customs include drinking realgar wine, eating zongzi, wearing sachets and tying colored silk thread. "Wearing sachets on lapels makes dolls cute", and wearing sachets on children and colorful silk threads on their wrists is also a popular custom in Jinan Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, some celebrities in Jinan went boating on the Ming Lake, gathered for drinking, and wrote poems together. Some of these customs have continued to this day, such as inserting moxa sticks and making zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is still very popular in Jinan today.
6. Baotu Spring Lantern Festival
Time: It starts from the first day of the first lunar month and lasts for one month.
Address: Baotu Spring
Introduction: Baotu Spring Lantern Festival has a long history. Since Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival, there has been a custom of lighting lamps in Jinan, and Baotu Spring is brightly lit. For thousands of years, the lighting activities of Baotu Spring have continued, and there are all kinds of lights and candles everywhere on the roof, trees, water surface and so on. There are also cultural programs, such as walking on stilts, boating and playing with lions. In Jinan, the spring city, there has been a saying that "it is not Chinese New Year until you see the lights of Baotu Spring".
7. Tianhou Temple Fair
Time: from the first day of the first lunar month to the thirtieth day of the first lunar month.
Address: Tianhou Palace
Introduction: Tianhou Palace was built in Chenghua of Ming Dynasty for three years. It is the oldest existing brick-wood structure complex in Qingdao, with a history of more than 500 years. After seven renovations and expansions in Ming, Qing and Republic of China. From 65438 to 0996, Qingdao Municipal Government completely restored it and turned it into "Qingdao Folk Museum", where folk temple fairs are held every year. Activities include bell ringing ceremony on New Year's Eve, giving friends red ribbons and small gifts, folk photography competition, collecting couplets to welcome the Spring Festival, lantern riddle competition, famous chicken competition at home and abroad, darts prize-winning competition, folk art variety show "People's Music", folk performance "Sacrifice to the Sea", folk paper-cutting competition, Lantern Festival and worship of folk beliefs.
8. Qingdao Radish Club (Lantern Festival)
Time: the ninth to fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Address: Yunxi Temple
Introduction: Yunxi Temple, built in Yuan Dynasty, belongs to a Taoist temple and is famous for its crisp radish. There is a folk saying that "eating radish on the ninth day of the first month can prevent all diseases", so radish became the main commodity at the temple fair, and gradually the temple fair was called "radish fair". Nowadays, the Radish Festival is crowded with people and various commodities are dazzling, making it the first influential folk festival in the island city after the Spring Festival. Activities include the opening ceremony, radish art carving contest, folk handicraft production contest, Lantern Festival production exhibition, closing ceremony and so on.
9. Penglai Fishing Lantern Festival
Time: from the tenth day to the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
Address: Penglai City
Introduction: The 13th and 14th day of the first lunar month every year. At that time, fishermen sent lanterns and presented tributes to the Dragon Palace in Penglai Pavilion, praying for peace at sea and a bumper harvest. Later, they set up sacrificial boats, sent fishing lights, set off firecrackers and held entertainment activities.
10, Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Club
Time: the 16th to 18th day of the first lunar month.
Address: Haiyun 'an
Introduction: Haiyun Temple was founded in Ming Dynasty. In ancient times, the 16th day of the first lunar month was a temple fair. Because there are many hawthorn sugar balls sold at the temple fair, it is called "Haiyun Temple Sugar Ball Club". 1986, Qingdao resumed this folk festival for three days. There are Qiang Mao, Liu Qiang, Shadow Play, Acrobatics, Paper-cutting, New Year Pictures, Yangko Competition, Gong and Drum Competition and other folk art activities, as well as cultural performances in large squares, special performances of local operas, photo competitions, live performances of calligraphy and painting, and martial arts performances.
1 1, "On February 2nd, the Dragon Raises its Head" Culture and Art Festival
Time: the second day of the second lunar month.
Venue: Beihai Fishery and Salt Culture Folk Museum, Weifang Binhai Economic Development Zone
Since ancient times, there has been a folk proverb "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up", which means that when spring comes, everything will revive and the dragon will be killed, which indicates that a year's farming activities will begin soon, and farmers will bid farewell to their leisure work and start sowing hope and harvest. In the north, February 2 is also called Dragon Head-Up Day, also known as Spring Festival. On the northern coast of Weifang, every spring, before the fishermen go out to sea, they will spontaneously hold some sacrificial activities on the second day of the second lunar month to worship the Dragon King, praying that those who go out to sea can return safely and get a good harvest. In order to protect and develop these folk cultures, in 2007, the local people built the Beihai Fishing and Salt Culture Folk Museum with their own funds, which was open to the public free of charge, and successfully held the first "February 2nd Dragon Head" culture and art festival as a venue.
12, Qingtan Temple Fair
Time: Spring (Tomb-Sweeping Day) and Autumn (September 19th of the lunar calendar).
Address: Qingtan Temple
Introduction: Qingtan Temple Fair is a local traditional folk activity, sponsored by Yicheng District Government and undertaken by District Tourism Bureau. It integrates tourism, economy, trade and culture, and has the functions of Buddhist sacrifice, amusement and commerce. Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, there will be a temple fair in Qingtan Temple Scenic Area, and the urban and rural residents of Fiona Fang Baili will come here for an outing to catch the temple fair. Spring Temple Fair is an ancient temple fair with a history of more than 400 years, with a maximum reception of more than 654.38+10,000 visitors. Due to 1998, the local government will hold the autumn temple fair and the autumn commodity exchange meeting here every year on the 9th day of the lunar calendar/kloc-0, which also attracts a large number of merchants and tourists.
13, Jinan Qianfoshan Temple Fair
Time: During Shangsi Festival and Double Ninth Festival
Address: Qianfo Mountain
Brief introduction: Jinan customs, every year on September 9th in the summer calendar, people climb mountains in Qianfo Mountain and stand on the "Chrysanthemum Appreciation Rock" to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Yuan Dynasty, September 9th has been designated as the Thousand Foshan Temple Fair. Persimmons are abundant near Qianfo Mountain, especially in large boxes. During the temple fair, boxes of persimmons are mature and listed, and people who rush to the temple fair will buy more persimmons to go home. Therefore, Qianfoshan Temple Fair is called "Persimmon Fair". During the temple fair every year, there are more than 1000 fixed and mobile booths on both sides of the mountain road, which is more than one kilometer from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain in xingguo temple, dealing in daily necessities, local products, snacks and handicrafts. Folk art groups inside and outside the province perform acrobatics, circus, songs and dances, etc. At the crowded and lively temple fair.
14, Taishan Dongyue Temple Association
Time: March to May every year.
Address: Taishan Mountain
Introduction: Since the Tang Dynasty, the main content of Taishan Temple Fair is to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Dongyue (March 28th), and then the activities to celebrate the birthday of Bi Xia Yuan Jun have been added. Today's temple fairs, which not only retain traditional religious activities, but also combine material trading, culture, entertainment and tourism, are folk temple fairs that embody the characteristics of Mount Tai. Activities include folk performances, Taishan Wangmutang Flat Peach Festival, Peach Blossom Tourism Festival, Pear Blossom Tourism Festival, Spring Tourism Friendship Association, Taishan Closing Ceremony Performance, Dongyue Temple Yan Qing Boxing Performance, etc.
15, Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival
Time: April every year
Address: Feicheng
Introduction: Feicheng is a scenic spot of peach culture. Feicheng peach is famous at home and abroad. It is famous for its big size, fat meat and delicious taste. It is a tribute of the royal family in past dynasties, with a planting area of 6.5438+10,000 mu, and won the title of "the largest peach garden in the world", which is the highest in Guinness World Records. In order to publicize and carry forward the peach culture in Feicheng, the Feicheng Municipal Government holds the Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival every year. Activities include large-scale opening ceremony, folk art exhibition, flower viewing and economic and trade activities.
16, Liucun Pear Flower Festival in Chaihudian
Time: April every year
Address: Liyuan, Liu Cun
Introduction: Liucun Pear Garden has a long-standing reputation, which originated in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. The pear orchard has a large area and good quality. It is close to the Cross River and the Guxue River, and is connected with the Northern New Culture Site, the Old Town of Xue State, the hometown of Mao Sui and the Huanglian Mountain Scenic Area. The local government takes advantage of this unique geographical location to hold a grand pear blossom festival around Tomb-Sweeping Day every year.
17, Weihai Rongcheng Grain Rain Festival
Time: April every year (Grain Rain Day)
Address: docks in coastal villages and towns such as Shidao and Lidao.
Introduction: The "Grain Rain" in the 24 solar terms marks the official start of fishermen's annual offshore production. In order to pray for peace and wish a bumper harvest, fishermen should hold a grand ceremony and make a pious sacrifice to Poseidon before going out to sea. Fishermen have celebrated Grain Rain Festival for more than 2,000 years. The celebration is divided into three days. On the first day, they invited God to go home to the Temple of the Sea to celebrate Grain Rain Festival. The next day, there was an activity to worship the sea and ships; On the third day, the fishermen held various celebrations to celebrate the festival.
18, Qingdao cherry blossom festival
Time: April-May every year.
Address: Zhongshan Park
Introduction: Every year from mid-April to early May, cherry blossoms are in full bloom. There are three major brand activities in the Cherry Blossom Festival: one is a spring outing in April1-April 10; Second, from April 10 to April 25, traditional cherry blossom viewing activities appeared, and thousands of cherry blossoms, 200,000 tulips, bauhinia and begonia successively entered the blooming stage, presenting the grand occasion of "Oriental Garden Flower Sea"; The third is to celebrate May Day from April 26th to May 7th. The cherry blossom party in Qingdao began in the 1930s. The cherry blossoms in Zhongshan Park, known as the "East Garden Flower Sea", have been listed among the top ten scenic spots in Qingdao.
19, Qingdao Peach Blossom Club
Time: April-May every year.
Address: Sino-Korean Kutao Community, Laoshan
Introduction: Kutao Village originated in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, several brothers came to Laoshan from Yunnan. After the long journey, they were exhausted and looked in a trance. They found some withered peaches on a big peach tree. These peaches saved their lives, so they settled here and named it Bitao Village. At present, Kutao Village has nearly a thousand kinds of flower lawns, mainly including dozens of rare flowers and trees such as Chinese rose, cyclamen, chrysanthemum, tulip, Chinese rose, cedar, cypress, carnation and gladiolus. Whenever flowers are in full bloom, Kutao Village becomes a sea of flowers. At the same time, with the continuous growth of the dead peach blossom industry, it has also solved the resettlement of rural surplus labor and increased the economic income of the surrounding people.
20. Qingdao Laoshan Tea Culture Festival
Time: April-May every year.
Address: Laoshan District
Introduction: Laoshan Tea Culture Festival is held from April to May every year to explore the cultural connotation of Laoshan tea. It is a festival activity integrating leisure, tea tasting, fitness and entertainment. Visitors can take part in tea picking, tea frying and other activities in the tea farms of Wang Xiao community and Dunshan community, and they can also appreciate the customs of tea country and taste the peasant banquet of tea country.
2 1, Huaihua Festival in Daqingshan, Laixi, Qingdao
Time: May every year.
Address: Daqingshan, Laixi
Introduction: Ten thousand mu of Sophora japonica forest has been planted on Daqing Mountain in Laixi. May, in full bloom. Stepping into the mountains, bees fly and butterflies dance, flowers bloom and fall, and clusters of white Sophora flowers compete to open. Visitors can see the unique landscape of "Ten Miles of Daqing Mountain, Ten Thousand Mu of Sophora japonica fragrance". Huaihua Festival is co-sponsored by Laixi Municipal People's Government and Qingdao Tourism Bureau, with the theme of establishing Laixi's tourism brand and showing Laixi's resource advantages, and strives to take this opportunity to integrate Laixi into Qingdao tourism as soon as possible. During the Sophora Festival, activities such as skydiving flight show, Sophora japonica photography exhibition and Sophora japonica series green food exhibition were also held.
22. Qingdao Beizhai Cherry Blossom Festival
Time: May to June every year.
Address: Beizhai Street, Laoshan District
Introduction: The Beizhai Cherry Blossom Festival is held in Beizhai Street, Laoshan District every year during the cherry blossom maturity (May to June). At that time, there will be a wonderful opening ceremony and performances with special customs. After enjoying the wonderful programs, visitors can pick and taste cherries, have a farmhouse banquet, experience the agricultural interest and enjoy the pastoral joy in cherry orchard.
23. Weihai Wendeng Kunyu Mountain Club
Time: May every year.
Address: Wendeng Shui Sheng Temple
Introduction: during the festival, there are various activities, such as folk art performances, Taoist root-seeking trips, calligraphy and stone carving culture research, etc. Every year, it attracts hundreds of Chinese and foreign guests from Japanese, Korean, Canadian, Hongkong, Taiwan Province and other countries and regions to participate in this grand event.
24. Qingdao Ocean Festival
Time: June-July every year.
Address: Zhongshan Park (main venue)
Introduction: Qingdao Ocean Festival started at 1999, and the theme of each festival is different. China Marine Science and Technology Expo and International Forum on Marine Science and Technology and Economic Development held during the festival have become the highest-level international conferences held in this city in recent years because of their high level of participants and high academic value of papers. There are a series of special activities such as "Happy China Tour-Charming Qingdao" concert, shipping activities, sea fishing competition, marine knowledge photo exhibition, romantic wedding at sea, "Love in the Sea" and so on.
25. Weihai Rongcheng International Fishermen's Festival
Time: once every three years (July)
Address: Shidao, Weihai
Introduction: International traditional folk festivals evolved from Grain Rain Festival. During the festival, fishermen from China, Japan, South Korea and other countries will hold celebrations of different national customs on their own land. There are sea worship, boating, fishing, nets and aquatic products processing competitions, exhibitions of commodities and local products, as well as a series of activities such as lantern exhibitions, flower exhibitions, calligraphy and painting exhibitions and literary evenings.
26. Qingdao International Beer Festival
Time: Open on the second weekend of August every year, 16 days.
Address: Golden Beach, Huangdao District
Introduction: Qingdao International Beer Festival was held for the first time on June 23rd, 199 1. It has the local characteristics of Qingdao and is a well-known festival. During the conference, breweries and beer agents from Japan, the United States, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions participated in exhibitions and exchanges, which made Qingdao, a beautiful and romantic "Oriental Switzerland", more attractive. The art festival consists of the opening ceremony, beer drinking, literary evening, art parade, cultural and sports entertainment, drinking contest, tourism and leisure, economic and trade exhibition and closing ceremony.
27. Qufu International Confucius Culture Festival
Time: Every year around Confucius' birthday (September 28th in Gregorian calendar).
Address: Qufu, Jining
Introduction: September 28th is the birthday of Confucius, a great thinker and educator. Since 1989, in order to commemorate Confucius' outstanding contribution to human culture, promote oriental culture and promote economic development, China Confucius International Culture Festival has been held every year in Qufu, Confucius' hometown. During the cultural festival, various grand commemorative activities were held, music and dance performances were held in front of Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple, and academic seminars and reports on Confucius Thought were held. Hold various cultural and artistic exhibitions; Carry out all kinds of unique tourism activities around Confucius' advocacy of ceremony, music, shooting, imperial defense and calligraphy; Hold various economic and trade activities, conduct trade negotiations and commodity exhibitions.
28. Jinan Spring Culture Week
Time: September every year
Address: quancheng square, Daming Lake.
Introduction: Every September, there will be a large-scale square literary evening, fireworks evening and spring cultural experience activities in quancheng square. There is a triathlon competition in Daming Lake. There is also the "Nanshan Water Festival" in the southern mountainous areas.
29. Dazeshan Grape Festival
Time: September every year
Address: Dazeshan Town
Introduction: Dazeshan Grape Festival was originally a traditional folk festival "God of Wealth Festival" unique to Dazeshan District in Pingdu (July 22nd of the lunar calendar). 199 1 evolved into "grape festival" and changed its name to "Pingdu grape festival". The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on September 1 day of the Gregorian calendar every year. In recent years, for the convenience of tourists, it is usually held on Saturday of a month, which spans the full-fledged period of different varieties of grapes, and tourists can taste delicious grapes. Activities include lion dance, dragon lantern, dry boat, stilts, yangko, grape tasting, grape knowledge contest, grape eating contest, wine drinking contest, mountain climbing contest and so on.
30. Zaozhuang international pomegranate festival
Time: September every year
Address: Liuyuan, Guanshi
Introduction: Every year (September), the pomegranate ripening season will be held in the Liuyuan Ecological and Cultural Tourism Zone in Guanshi. At that time, domestic and foreign guests will gather in Guanshi Liuyuan, stay in a cheerful and warm atmosphere, * * * enjoy the joy of harvest, appreciate the unique pomegranate culture and folk customs, pick and taste sweet and refreshing pomegranate, watch the fruitful pomegranate forest and enjoy colorful cultural programs. Since 2000, Zaozhuang Municipal People's Government has held Zaozhuang International Pomegranate Festival and Investment and Trade Fair every year during this period, including a series of activities such as large-scale garden visit, pomegranate culture seminar, pomegranate garden photography calligraphy exhibition, pomegranate products exhibition, famous and excellent new products exhibition, cultural performances, economic and trade negotiations and so on. The popularity and influence of Pomegranate Festival are expanding both inside and outside the province.
3 1, Qingdao International Fashion Week
Time: September every year
Address: Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center
Introduction: Since 2006, Qingdao International Fashion Week has been renamed as "China (Qingdao) International Fashion Week". During the conference, there were fashion designers from more than ten countries and regions such as France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Russia. International Fashion Week has become a window to show the characteristics of the times, attracting tourists from all over the world. Activities include press conference, brand exhibition, beauty and hairdressing contest, fashion design invitational contest, fashion week model contest, etc.
32. Jinan International Tourism Fair
Time: September every year
Address: Jinan Shungeng International Convention and Exhibition Center
Introduction: The International Tourism Fair is a grand meeting to promote tourism exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad. The Expo focuses on tourism image display, tourism product trading and tourism development summit forum, which attracts many Chinese and foreign tourists every year.
33. Hongye Festival
Time: every year from 65438+ 10 to 165438+ 10.
Address: Baodugu National Forest Park
Introduction: The Red Leaf Festival is usually held from the first ten days of 10 to the middle of10. Baodugu National Forest Park is an area where few miscellaneous forests grow in northern China, and there are many kinds of plants. Every autumn season, the flowing fire forests all over the mountains are dyed, and the whole mountain area is submerged in red.
34. Shandong international ski festival
Time: every year 165438+ 10 to 65438+February.
Address: Shandong Province
Introduction: China Shandong International Ski Festival, held every year1end of October and beginning of February 165438+, has passed1year by 2009. 1 1 years later, the ski festival has become the business card of Shandong winter tourism, the flag and endorsement of the development of ski tourism industry in China, and the pride of Longjiang people. The ski festival attracted many skiers, and there was a grand synchronized skiing performance at the opening ceremony.
35. Qingdao Bar Culture Festival
Time: 65438+ every February.
Address: Qingdao Cultural Festival Bar.
Introduction: Qingdao Bar Culture Festival has made outstanding contributions to excavating the cultural connotation of Chinese and western bars, prospering the winter tourism cultural life of the island city and cultivating the bar cultural market. At present, the Bar Culture Festival has become a new bright spot to stimulate winter tourism in the island city and promote the development of Qingdao's tourism characteristic economy. Activities include celebrity cocktail parties, photo competitions and bartending competitions.