What are the traditional festivals in Fujian?

Traditional festivals in Fujian include: Aojiu Festival, Wuyishan Woodenhead Festival, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Mazu Festival.

1, aojiu street

The "Drinking Festival" is a traditional folk festival in Shiqian District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, which is held on the 29th day of the first lunar month. On this day, every household will cook nine porridge to worship their ancestors or give it to relatives and friends; Married women should also send Jiu Zhou back to their parents' home to honor their parents.

2. Wuyishan Chai Touhui

1866, under the leadership of Chen, the leader of the uprising, farmers in Sixiang forced county officials to order the exemption of farmers' bamboo tax, bamboo shoot tax and tea tax, and immediately announced that the uprising was successful. In order to commemorate the victory with wooden sticks, bamboo forks and shoulder poles, people decide to hold a grand event in Chengguan on the sixth day of the second lunar month every year, which is called the "firewood meeting".

3. Candlelight party

On February 21st of the lunar calendar, it is a well-known candle party for traditional folk activities in Wuyishan City, Fujian Province. The Lantern Festival originated in the Tang Dynasty and began to commemorate the ancient Buddha Vishnu. Its scale and influence are the highest in northern Fujian, and it is deeply loved by Wuyishan people.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is a Taoist name, which is called July 30th in folklore and ancestor worship festival in Buddhism. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the ground.

5. Mazu Festival

Mazu Festival, according to legend, March 23rd and September 9th of the lunar calendar are the birth and death dates of Mazu respectively. Every two days, thousands of people from the sea come to Mazu for pilgrimage. During the festival, there are Mazu worship, Mazu cultural seminars and handicraft exhibitions, and people can watch distinctive folk songs and dances and taste Fujian cuisine.