The customs in Shandong include: saying goodbye to stoves, pasting Spring Festival couplets, inviting families to church, Qingdao International Beer Festival, Sea Festival, Weifang International Kite Festival, Linyi Shusheng Culture Festival, Jinan Daming Lake Lotus Festival, Qingdao Ocean Festival, Taishan International Mountaineering Festival, etc.
1. Cizao
Shandong people celebrate the New Year from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In the old days of Xiaonian, it was called Ci Zao Day. Legend has it that this day is the day when the Kitchen God reports to the Jade Emperor about his family's situation. Therefore, on this day, people have to "sacrifice the kitchen god" at home, set up offerings to worship the kitchen god, and send him to heaven to report his work in order to pray for blessings and good luck.
2. Posting Spring Festival couplets
It is a Chinese tradition to post Spring Festival couplets and the words "Fu" during the New Year, and Shandong is no exception. On New Year's Eve, starting from getting up in the morning, various annual activities begin in sequence. This is the busiest and happiest day of the year. Posting Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters is usually done on the morning of New Year's Eve in Shandong.
3. Inviting the family hall
Inviting the family hall means holding a ceremony to invite the deceased ancestors and relatives home for the New Year. In Shandong, this is the most solemn and solemn New Year's Eve event. activities.
4. Qingdao International Beer Festival
The Qingdao International Beer Festival was founded in 1991. It opens on the second weekend of August every year and lasts for 16 days. The festival is co-sponsored by relevant national ministries and commissions and the Qingdao Municipal People's Government. It is a large-scale national festival that integrates tourism, culture, sports, and economy and trade. It is a beer event in Asia.
5. Sea Festival
Sea Festival is a traditional festival formed due to the worship of nature. The most famous sea sacrificial festival is a traditional sea sacrificial activity held in Zhougezhuang Village, Tianheng Town, Jimo City, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China. It is commonly known as the "Tianheng Sea Sacrifice Festival". It has a history of more than 500 years and is the largest in northern China. The largest sea festival.
6. Weifang International Kite Festival
Weifang is the birthplace of kites. As early as the 1930s, Weifang held a kite flying festival. After liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, Weifang kites have regained their vitality and have been invited to participate in domestic and foreign kite exhibitions and flying performances many times. On April 1, 1984, with the enthusiastic help of American friend David Chikler and the strong support of Shandong Provincial Tourism Bureau and Weifang Gongmei, the first Weifang International Kite Festival kicked off.
7. Linyi Calligrapher Cultural Festival
Shandong Linyi is the hometown of calligrapher Wang Xizhi. In 2003, the 1700th anniversary of Wang Xizhi’s birth, Linyi City held the first Calligrapher Cultural Festival with the approval of the Ministry of Culture , launching the cultural brand of “Hometown of Calligraphy Saints” to the whole country and even the world.
8. Jinan Daming Lake Lotus Festival
Jinan Daming Lake Lotus Festival was officially approved by the Standing Committee of the Ninth Session of the Municipal People’s Congress in 1986 as the city of Jinan. After the flower, the first lotus exhibition in my country's history was held that year. Since then, a lotus exhibition has been held in Daming Lake every July.
9. Qingdao Ocean Festival
As an important festival brand in Qingdao City, China Qingdao Ocean Festival is the only ocean-themed festival in China. It was founded in 1999 and is scheduled to be held in Every July.
10. Taishan International Mountaineering Festival
The Taishan International Mountaineering Festival has been held annually since the first Taishan International Mountaineering Festival was held in September 1987.