What festivals are there in Sichuan?

What are the traditional festivals and customs in Sichuan? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's sharing!

1, Huanglongxi Fire Dragon Festival

Time: the second day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Venue: huanglongxi town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu.

Introduction: Dragon Lantern Dance in Huanglongxi Ancient Town of Shuangliu County has a long history, which originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and is held as scheduled from the second day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month every year. Its activities include dragon burning, colorful dragon performance, Southern Lion performance, floating river lanterns, setting off Kongming lanterns, setting off fireworks and listening to Sichuan Opera.

2. Chengdu Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Location: Chengdu

Introduction: Chengdu Lantern Festival is a traditional folk activity developed on the basis of Lantern Festival custom. Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, described the grand occasion of the Chengdu Lantern Festival in his poem "Going to the Yuan Dynasty": "The magnificent peak of the winding stadium has thousands of tourists and ladies; Advocating the boiling at noon, the evening lights move. " From 1962, Chengdu resumed the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, which lasted for one month. During the Lantern Festival, there are folk arts, acrobatics and juggling performances in the park. There are all kinds of local snacks; There is also the burden of casting sugar and selling windmills. Every Lantern Festival has more than one million tourists.

3. Chengdu Flower Festival

Time: February 15th of the lunar calendar.

Location: Chengdu

Introduction: Chengdu Flower Fair began in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and its address is Qingyang Palace outside the west gate of Chengdu. At that time, state-owned and collective flower beds and flower farmers near Chengdu will transport their hard-cultivated precious flowers, potted flowers and bonsai to Qingyang Palace, set up tents, set up stalls and hold exhibitions. Legend has it that Li Laojun, the ancestor of Taoism, was born on February 15th of the lunar calendar, so since the Tang Dynasty, people have held an annual temple fair here. Because February in Chengdu is a season of sunny weather, pleasant spring and blooming flowers, some people say that February 15th is the birthday of flowers. Therefore, a flower show is held here every February.

4. Longquan Peach Blossom Club

Time: February of the lunar calendar

Venue: Longquan Mountain, Chengdu

Introduction: February of the lunar calendar every year is the best time for Chengdu citizens to go out for an outing. At this time, peach blossoms in Longquan Mountain are in full bloom, and pear blossoms at the foot of the mountain are like snow. Coupled with other seasonal flowers, the whole Longquan Mountain is covered with spring clothes and colorful. Colorful flowers, like woven tourists, make the Peach Blossom Festival come into being. During the Peach Blossom Festival, the most distinctive project is the family reception station run by flower farmers, where tourists can enjoy tea and leisure, eat delicious rural home-cooked food, eat real green food and have a unique flavor.

5. Asako Club

Time: March 15th of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Zharu Temple, Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: Asako Festival is a religious festival in Zharu Temple and the biggest festival in Jiuzhaigou. Three days before the meeting, all lamas in the temple will concentrate on fasting, chanting and rehearsing programs. On the day of the temple fair, Tibetan people in Songpan, Zoige, Baozuo, Dalu, Tazang and Longkang around Jiuzhaigou dressed up and gathered in the temple to attend the celebration, present Hada and watch Tibetan opera performances. Then scattered in groups of three or five in the emerald river, pine forest, sitting on the floor, simple toast, * * * Syria friendship. Young men and women, in pairs, went deep into the jungle to date.

6. Zhang

Time: the fourth day of the fourth lunar month

Venue: Jiajiang County, Leshan City

Introduction: Zhang is from Jiajiang County. According to legend, the fourth day of the fourth lunar month is Zhang Fei's birthday. On this day every year, the butchers in Jiajiang will prepare sacrifices and go to Zhangfei Temple to worship, praying for peace in the coming year and blessing business prosperity.

7. Mountain Transfer Conference

Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month

Venue: Paoma Mountain, kangding city, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

According to legend, this day is the birth day of Sakyamuni, and Tibetan customs are extremely frequent this month. Buddhists believe that doing a good deed and praising the Buddha this month can gain 100,000 times the merits. Therefore, Buddhist believers took the lead in inviting their neighbors and relatives, carrying Mani banners and prayer flags, and reciting the Buddhist sutra Zhuan Shan with beads in their hands, which originated from the "Zhuan Bajiao" of Tibetan Buddhism, aiming at praying for blessings and eliminating disasters. After climbing the mountain, Tibetans gathered in Happy Valley Mountain, singing tibetan songs, performing Tibetan operas, jumping over pots and setting up tents. The mountain was crowded with people, and it was very lively.

8. Tian Peng Peony Club

Time: Tomb-Sweeping Day

Venue: Pengzhou, Chengdu

Pengzhou, located in the north of Chengdu, which was called Tian Peng in ancient times, is a peony planting base in Sichuan Province. Historically, it, together with Luoyang in Henan, Cao Zhou in Shandong and Haoxian in Anhui, has been called the four peony production bases in China. The poet Lu You once said: "Peony is the first in Luoyang, Zhongzhou, and the first in Sichuan", which shows that Pengzhou was famous for planting peony in Tang and Song Dynasties. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, local people have gathered to enjoy flowers, and the third day of the third lunar month is designated as the Flower Exploration Festival every year. In order to carry forward this folk tradition, Pengzhou is scheduled to hold the annual Peony Festival around Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. During the Peony Fair, in addition to selling precious peony flowers and visiting Single Crystal Mountain, cultural and entertainment activities with local folk customs and exhibitions of local products were also held.

9. Dujiangyan Water Festival

Time: Tomb-Sweeping Day

Venue: Dujiangyan, Chengdu

Dujiangyan water conservancy project is the lifeline of Chengdu Plain, so releasing water before spring ploughing every year is regarded as a sacred festival by local residents. Historically, every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, Tomb-Sweeping Day held a grand ceremony of releasing water, wishing the agricultural harvest that year. At that time, local officials will personally preside over the water release ceremony, and local people will spontaneously organize to worship Li Bing and his son at the Erwangmiao, and hold the Erwangmiao meeting, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day. In recent years, Dujiangyan municipal government changed the traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day into a water-splashing festival sponsored by the government, and water conservancy officials and etiquette teams dressed in ancient costumes performed the whole process of the water-splashing festival. There are folk song and dance performances here, which are fascinating.

10, Xinjin Dragon Boat Festival

Time: Dragon Boat Festival

Venue: Xinjin County, Chengdu

Introduction: Dragon boat race is one of the traditional customs of people in southern China. Although Chengdu is north of the Yangtze River, it is also a land of water towns, so the history of dragon boat racing is also very long. Until the 1960s, the dragon boat race in Chengdu was still held on the Jinjiang River near Wangjiang Park. However, after the 1970s, the rivers in the urban areas were no longer suitable for holding dragon boat races. Therefore, Nanhe River in Xinjin County, Chengdu, with its superior geographical conditions, will make the Dragon Boat Festival more and more prosperous. In addition to traditional programs such as dragon boat rowing, the Dragon Boat Festival also includes dragon boat modeling performances and night floats.

1 1, Wang Cong Temple Fair Song.

Time: May 15th of the lunar calendar

Venue: Pidu District, Chengdu

Introduction: Pixian was once the capital of ancient Shu. Legend has it that Wang Di lived in seclusion in the mountains after he ascended the throne and became a cuckoo. Every February, when the azaleas are in full bloom, he flies back to Chengdu Plain, crowing day and night, urging farmers to hurry up with spring ploughing until they vomit blood and dye the azaleas on the mountain red. The soul that Shu people thought is back. This is the story of "the cuckoo cries for blood" in folklore. Pixian City is therefore called "Cuckoo City". In order to commemorate Wang Di, later generations hold Juancheng Song Festival around May 15th of the lunar calendar every year, and the venue of the Song Festival is Wang Cong Temple. The singers who participated in the singing competition are all local farmers, mainly singing folk songs, which are also called "Roaring Folk Songs" in Sichuan, and most of them are self-written and self-sung, with a strong local flavor.

12, Huanglong Temple Fair

Time: June 12 to June 15 of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Huanglong Temple, Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

According to legend, June 15 of the lunar calendar is the day when Huanglong people cultivate immortality. A grand temple fair was held, and nearby residents came to the meeting with cooking utensils and tents. Tibetan opera performances and folk song duets will be held at the rally, and young warriors will also have activities such as wrestling and archery. June 15 is the climax of the festival, and people laugh, sing and dance all night.

13, Lantern Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Location: Tibetan villages and monasteries

Introduction: Lantern Festival is an activity to commemorate the death of Master Zong Kaba, a Buddhist reformer and founder of Gelug Sect. On this day, all herders in the temples and villages to which this sect belongs will light butter lamps in shrines inside and outside the temples and in the halls at home, day and night. People put on holiday costumes and gathered in front of the temple, where Buddhist masters chanted scriptures, recited the "Six-character True Sutra", prayed and kowtowed to the Buddha's god. Men in each village mounted their horses, carried cedar branches that had already been prepared, chanted prayers, held a grand mulberry stew ceremony, and threw "Long Da" with lions, tigers, dragons and Peng in the sky. Young men and women are dancing in pots, while old people are sitting in the stands drinking and chatting. There are also artists who can sing and rap Tibetan folk long poems and biographies of King Gesar. It was not until the full moon rose that people helped the old and brought the young, sang the Six-Character True Classics and went home happily.

14, Xindu Guihua Club

Time: Mid-Autumn Festival

Venue: Xindu District, Chengdu

Introduction: When the osmanthus in Gui Hu, the new capital, is fragrant, it is also the time when the lotus in the lake is in full bloom. At this beautiful moment, tourists are weaving. Therefore, Xindu county government decided to hold osmanthus party around Mid-Autumn Festival every year. During the Osmanthus Festival, the city not only invited people to enjoy Osmanthus fragrans in the garden, pay homage to the Temple of Heaven, visit cultural relics, calligraphy and painting exhibitions and other cultural activities, but also held material exchange meetings, exhibited famous local snacks, and held songs, dances and drama performances with local characteristics.

15, Cai Houhui

Time: August of the lunar calendar

Venue: Jiajiang County, Leshan City

Introduction: Jiajiang is a famous hometown of paper making, with many paper mills. Most paper artists regard Cai Lun as their ancestor, and everyone worships Cai Lun. In August of the lunar calendar, Hsinchu was not ready, and the old materials were used up. Artists raised funds to hold Cai Houhui. At that time, Cai Hougong will be decorated with lanterns, sing Sichuan Opera and perform puppets, which will be very lively. Artists may kill pigs and sheep to celebrate with their families; Or bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. Part of this custom has been handed down.

16, Peng Zu Birthday Festival

Time: once every five years (September of the lunar calendar)

Venue: Pengshan District, Meishan City

Introduction: Peng Zu Shouxing Festival is a festival held in pengshan county to explore the rich connotation of longevity culture, carry forward Peng Zu longevity culture and the glorious tradition of respecting and filial piety for the elderly of the Chinese nation, build Pengshan longevity city brand and enhance Pengshan's popularity. Starting from 199 1, a longevity culture festival will be held every five years. The successful holding of Longevity Culture Festival not only improved Pengshan's popularity, but also attracted many foreign businessmen to invest in Pengshan. Among them, Li Quan Group, Shaanxi Nanfeng Group, Dalian Hualiang Group and many other well-known enterprises at home and abroad have joined in succession, which has made pengshan county's economic aggregate grow continuously.

17, Qiang New Year Festival (Qiang calendar year)

Time: the first day of the tenth lunar month

Venue: Qiang Village

Introduction: The Qiang people's New Year Festival is a farming activity to thank the gods for their bumper harvest in autumn. According to the custom of the Qiang people, after the New Year, the Qiang people should worship the gods, mountain gods and landlords (village gods). Everyone in the village will have a reunion dinner and drink, and break up happily. During the festival, relatives and friends can congratulate each other and welcome each other.

18, Russian Happy Festival

Time: the seventh day of twelfth lunar month

Venue: Muli Tibetan Autonomous County

Introduction: Russian Happy Festival is an ancient festival of Tibetan people in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan, Sichuan, which is held every year on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. On the night before New Year's Eve, according to traditional customs, every household will prepare a delicious meal for cats and dogs, including meat and rice. If cats and dogs eat meat first, it is a good omen for the coming year. In the evening, Tibetans in each village wear gorgeous national costumes and gather in the spacious square of the village house. Everyone gathered around the bonfire, singing folk songs and dancing in the "pot village", and entertaining with highland barley wine and butter tea. On the fifth day of lunar new year's eve, after breakfast, men, women and children were neatly packed, carrying food, wine and meat, flocking to the predetermined place to climb the mountain.

19, Tibetan calendar year

Time: Tibetan calendar 1 month 1 day

Venue: Zhaizi, Tibet

Introduction: Tibetan calendar is a New Year holiday calculated by Tibetan people according to Tibetan calendar, which is roughly the same as the Lunar New Year of Han nationality. On the first crow in Tibetan calendar 1 month 1 day, housewives get up and carry "new water" (it is said that all the buddhas in the sky have given auspicious nectar to mankind, which can drive away all diseases). Whoever can drink new water in the new year will live a long and healthy life in the new year. All the men in the village went to the sacred mountain of the village to pray for the simmering mulberry. During the day of the first day of junior high school, every village will hold a very grand horse race or cultural performance. From the second day of junior high school, people began to congratulate each other on the New Year, treat guests and prepare for the dragon lantern lion. When the dragon and lion come to the door, every family will decorate a lantern and give a gift-bottles of icing or a cigarette.

20. Qiangwal Russian Foot Festival

Venue: Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Brief introduction: The Waer Russian Foot Festival of the Qiang nationality, which is called Song Xian Festival or Song Ling Festival in Chinese, is a traditional custom activity held by Qiang women to worship Sister Salang, the goddess of song and dance in the sky. Because this activity is mainly hosted and organized by women, the locals also call it "Women's Day". On May 20, 2006, the Qiang Waer Russian Foot Festival declared by Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

2 1, Zigong Lantern Festival

Venue: Zigong City

Zigong Lantern Festival is a folk culture with historical tradition. As early as the early Western Han Dynasty, Lantern Festival was recorded in writing. Later, it developed into an indispensable activity for people to pin their ideals and pray for a good year. "The son of heaven shares the joy with others" refers to the grand occasion of the ancient Lantern Festival. Zigong, located in Sichuan Province, is the connotation of the Southern Light City. It was formed in the Qingming period and gradually developed into a large-scale folk cultural activity with relatively fixed connotation, which was carried out at a specific time and had a certain inheritance route.

22. Emei Mountain Ice and Snow Festival

Time: 65438+ every year 10 to March of the following year.

Venue: Emei Mountain City

Introduction: Emei Mountain is covered with snow in winter, and the snow is very soft, which is suitable for skiing. In order to develop winter tourism, 1998 held the first Sichuan Emei Mountain Ice and Snow Festival. Festival activities include opening ceremony, hot spring concert, masquerade ball, winter scenery photography contest, snow sculpture ice sculpture competition, alpine skiing performance, children's snow flying saucer, snow garden, food week, closing ceremony, etc.

23. Shixiang Lake Tulip Festival

Time: March every year

Venue: Shixiang Lake, Pujiang County, Chengdu

Introduction: The annual Tulip Festival is the most important festival in Shixiang Lake. Tulip symbolizes nobility and happiness, and is the national flower of the Netherlands. It is rich in colors, with delicate and lovely flowers, showing the beauty of different postures from germination to blooming. Therefore, some people praise tulips as "the queen of flowers". The introduction of tulips not only blended Chinese and Western cultures, but also brought European spring to the side.

24. Wawushan Rhododendron Festival

Time: April-June every year.

Venue: Wawushan National Forest Park, Hongya County, Meishan City

Introduction: The rhododendron resources in Wawu Mountain are very rich, with more than 40 species in the 600,000 mu rhododendron forest. In order to develop tourism, the first Sichuan Wawushan Rhododendron Festival 5438+0 was held in April 2006. Festival activities include opening ceremony, bonfire party, rhododendron viewing, photo exhibition, painting competition, poetry and prose essay award, closing ceremony, etc.

25. Leshan International Tourism Giant Buddha Festival

Time: September every year

Venue: Leshan City

Introduction: Leshan Giant Buddha is a Maitreya statue carved from a mountain, with a height of 7 1 m and an instep width of 8.5 meters. It was built by Haitong, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, and it is the largest Buddha statue in the world today. In order to develop the tourism industry, 1994 held the first Sichuan Leshan International Tourism Giant Buddha Festival, and in 2002, the fourth China Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha World Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection Festival was held simultaneously. Festival activities include opening ceremony, literary evening, literary parade, tourism commodities fair, tourism food week, tourism promotion meeting, forum for opening to the outside world, Buddhist activities, etc.

26. miyaluo Hongye Festival

Time: every year 10 month.

Venue: Hongye Scenic Area, miyaluo

Introduction: Every year in the middle of June 5438+10, miyaluo Hongye Festival is held in Lixian County. The red leaves all over the mountains decorate miyaluo into a fiery world, and the fairytale beauty makes tourists overwhelmed. Local Tibetan and Qiang compatriots sang and danced to welcome tourists from afar, and presented sweet butter tea, felt cakes and highland barley wine to tourists from all over the world. Its simple national customs, ancient and majestic Shizhai Castle, Qiang people's sheepskin tunic, Tibetan coral belt, Tibetan and Qiang restaurants and ethnic architecture, gorgeous costumes and strong and cheerful "Pot Village" dance let tourists appreciate the culture and customs of Tibetan and Qiang people. A series of religious and folk activities such as temple fairs, hunting and folk dances will be held. Mountain specialties such as wild vegetables and spices are dazzling. Let tourists enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the fun of shopping.

27. Wawushan Ice and Snow Festival

Time: 65438+ from February to March each year.

Venue: Wawushan National Forest Park, Hongya County, Meishan City

Brief introduction: Wawu Mountain and Emei Mountain, also known as "Two Wonders of Sichuan", are located in Hongya County on the western edge of Sichuan Basin, with a park area of 1.04 million mu. Wawu Mountain is the best place to watch forest ice and snow in winter in southern China. From the middle of 165438+ 10 to the beginning of May of the following year, Wawu Mountain was covered with thick snow and became a world wrapped in silver. Ice hanging, snow hanging, rime, icicles and ice waterfalls can be seen everywhere on the mountain. Two large ski resorts next to Xianger Mountain Villa on the top of the mountain can carry out various activities, including sledding, flying saucer and snowboarding. The annual ice and snow festival in Wawushan has become an important sub-venue of the South China Ice and Snow Festival, and the clean and white world of Wawushan welcomes tourists.

28. Longchi Ice and Snow Festival

Time: 65438+ from February to March each year.

Venue: Dujiangyan, Chengdu

Introduction: Longchi Ice and Snow Festival started at 1995 and is one of the important large-scale tourism activities in Dujiangyan. Longchi Ice and Snow Festival starts from1February every year and ends in March of the following year. It lasted for three months, spanning Christmas, New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and March 8 Women's Day. It provides an excellent place for people who live in the south for a long time to spend their holidays, enjoy snow and ski in winter.