Where is the Haikou Flower Exchange Festival

The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival every year. Lantern Festival is celebrated all over China. In the area of Qiongshan Fucheng, Haikou City, Hainan Province, this day is not only the Lantern Festival, but also the local unique "Flower Festival". The whole city is immersed in a sea of flowers on the night of the festival, which is really intoxicating and unique. So today's traditional festival will introduce you to this Hainan Lantern Festival - Haikou Flower Festival. Every year, on the night of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Qiongshan District of Haikou is brightly lit with a sea of people and flowers. Many locals holding flowers, along the Hai Fu Avenue flocked to the capital city, forming an army of flower exchange. People are holding flowers in their hands. If they meet a satisfied member of the opposite sex or a friend on the road, or fancy a flower in another person's hand, they take the initiative to greet and exchange flowers with him/her. When exchanging flowers, both parties exchange greetings, which vary from person to person. According to folklore experts in Hainan Province, today's Flower Exchange Festival originated from the local custom of exchanging incense at the Lantern Festival in Fucheng in the past. At that time, when Fucheng served as the residence of Qiongzhou Prefecture, lantern festivals were held every year on the Lantern Festival of the lunar calendar. Thousands of young men, women and children went out to enjoy the lanterns on the night they were released. In those days, there were no streetlights. To facilitate walking at night, people held lighted joss sticks in their hands for illumination. Luuyu was given a few sticks of incense by someone who didn't have any. Sometimes they would meet friends, exchange joss sticks and say a few words of blessing to each other, which evolved into a special way for the people of Hainan Island to express their feelings, with the meaning of changing auspiciousness and getting rich. Later, with the emergence of electric lamps, people gradually found that flowers can better represent the heart, but also lightweight, but also to avoid the danger of being burned by the flame of joss sticks when crowded, so strongly advocate the use of flowers instead of joss sticks and green tree branches and leaves. 1984, "change the fragrance" folklore changed to "change the flower In 1984, the folk custom of "Changing Fragrance" was changed to "Changing Flowers", and then "Changing Flowers" gradually became the local Lantern Festival. Recognizing people destined to love each other was a new custom. However, after the establishment of Hainan Special Administrative Region, the scale, scope and area of flower exchange activities expand year by year, and gradually formed a set of friendship, beautiful, happy, festive as one of the new forms of entertainment.