What are the special festivals in Dongguan?

The special festivals in Dongguan are: Selling Body Festival (Water Splashing Festival), Dragon Boat Race of "Shilong Cup" (Dragon Boat Race) and Litchi Festival.

Prostitution Festival (Water-splashing Festival)

Time: the second day of the second lunar month.

Venue: Dongkeng Town

Introduction: On the second day of February, tens of thousands of people gathered in Dongkeng Town, Dongguan, strolling around Shili Long Street, scrambling to pour "fairy water", visiting immortals and watching floats. The scene is grand and lively, which is the first big festival in Dongguan today.

According to historical records, the Prostitution Festival originated in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, a large family named Lu posted a job on February 2, and others followed suit. Every February, employees are posted, and young people from far and near come to Dongkeng to find employers. This day has gradually become a "prostitution festival". Dongkeng is known as "Little Macau". For hundreds of years, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have mixed folk customs and gathered business. Every year, thousands of people from Hong Kong, Macao and surrounding areas come to participate in the "Prostitution Festival", making fair trade, employment contracts and enjoying the whole people the three main contents of the "Prostitution Festival", which lasts for hundreds of years. Later, many folklores were derived, such as "you must get something when you sell yourself", "you must meet a fairy when you shop" and "you must be lucky when you buy something".

At present, no employees are bought or sold in the Prostitution Festival, but the folk customs of going to the market for food, fairy precipitation and fairy shopping are still popular, and at the same time, they are integrated into activities such as float parade, fairy water spray with water guns for thousands of people, dance performances of China ethnic customs such as Zhai Wei, Miao, Dong, Yi, Dai and Tibetan villages.

"Shilong Cup" Dragon Boat Race (Dragon Boat Festival)

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Venue: Shilong Town

Introduction: Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, a two-day "Shilong Cup" dragon boat race will be held in Jinshawan, Shilong Town, Dongguan. In addition to many traditional dragon teams and international standard dragon teams, a series of activities such as large-scale literary evenings, fireworks shows, extreme sports performances, calligraphy and painting competitions, furniture and antiques exhibitions in Ming and Qing Dynasties are also held.

Litchi Festival

Time: from the end of June to the beginning of July every year.

Venue: Zhu Zhen Street, Dongguan

Introduction: Litchi Festival in June and July every year is in the mature season of high-quality litchi such as cinnamon and glutinous rice paste. The towns and streets in Dongguan welcome guests from all directions with beautiful fruits, hold celebrations, * * * celebrate the harvest, and * * * get together for friendship.

July 7 wind plot

Time: the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Venue: Wangniudun Town

Introduction: On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Dongguan people call it "Seven Sisters' Birthday", also called "Worship Seven Sisters". It means remembering and admiring the faithful love between Cowherd (Yong Dong) and Weaver Girl (Seven Sisters), and praying for peace and blessing the future through pious worship, float parade and other activities. The main venue is Wangniudun Town, Dongguan City.