What are the famous traditional festivals and customs in Gansu? Let’s take a look at the editor’s sharing!
1. Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first lunar month
Introduction: In the northwest Longdong area, there has always been a custom of giving gifts to the God of Wealth. When you first get up and go out, you should look at the direction of the God of Wealth and choose the direction. According to the heavenly stems and earthly branches, determine the directions of the God of Happiness, the God of Wealth, and the God of Nobility. In addition, in some places in Longdong, people believe that the second day of the Lunar New Year is the God of Wealth Festival. On this morning, some people went door to door giving or selling statues of the God of Wealth. Residents paid for them. If they didn't want them, they could only say "I already have them."
2. Lantern Festival
Time: the 15th day of the first lunar month
Introduction: In the past, in the vast rural areas in the suburban counties of Lanzhou City, there was a cross-fire festival on the 16th night of the first lunar month. Heap of customs. Crossing the fire is the last activity of the Spring Festival, which is intended to "destroy evil and bring good fortune and good luck", so people attach great importance to it. Every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month, after dinner, every household would pile up a pile of grass at the door of their house, usually five or seven piles. Then light them one by one, and the haystack can turn into a blazing fire. The whole family steps over the fire in order of generation and age, sometimes two or three times, until the raging fire slowly extinguishes. When crossing the fire, as long as your family members step over it one by one, the children of the neighbors will also join in.
3. Dragon Boat Festival
Time: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Introduction: During the Dragon Boat Festival in Jingning Prefecture, Gansu, roses are picked and pickled with honey; Zhenyuan County Dragon Boat Festival The newlyweds are given incense fans, Luoqi, kerchiefs, and mugworts as gifts; in Zhangxian County, shepherd boys worship the mountain gods, accumulate firewood mounds, and burn them before the rooster crows, commonly known as "burning the mountains"; Gaoyou's Dragon Boat Festival is more special, with 100-tonne strings and stickers. In addition to customs such as the five poisons, affixing talismans, putting yellow smoke, and eating "Twelve Reds", children like to hang "duck eggs", which is to pick good-looking duck eggs, put them in a network made of colorful threads, and hang them on their chests.
4. Qingming Festival
Time: Around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar
Introduction: Flower memorials, tree planting memorials, memorial tributes, online memorials, etc. have gradually become Gansu Fashion for Qingming Festival. In the past, the time for old Lanzhou people to sweep their graves usually started from "Tianshe" and ended on the Qingming Festival. "Tianshe" was also called the first sacrificial day. There is a simple calculation method for "Tianshe" among the people: that is, "Nine days and ten days are Tianshe".
5. Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
Introduction: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the main activities of Lanzhou people are to admire the moon and eat moon cakes . According to our country's calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn and is the second month of autumn, so it is called "Zhongqiu". The fifteenth day of August is in the middle of "Zhongqiu", so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". Records about the Mid-Autumn Festival It was first seen in the Ming Dynasty. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lanzhou, my country, has had the custom of appreciating the moon since ancient times. The "Book of Rites" records that "autumn twilight and evening moon" means worshiping the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night was held to welcome the cold and worship the moon. A large incense table was set up with moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums, grapes and other seasonal fruits. Among them, moon cakes and watermelon are absolutely indispensable, and the watermelon must be cut into lotus shapes.
6. Laba Festival
Time: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month
Introduction: Gansu locals do not drink porridge on Laba day, but eat " Laba glutinous rice." In fact, the Lanzhou people's "Laba Rice Grits Rice" evolved from Laba Rice Porridge, which is thicker than porridge. However, Laba Rice Porridge is for drinking, while Laba Rice Grits cannot be drank but can only be eaten. In fact, this kind of "Laba Rice Grits" is the most distinctive Laba food. In the past, Gansu people had to eat "Laba rice glutinous rice" before dawn. Legend has it that whose rice dumplings are eaten early, their crops will turn yellow and mature early. But don’t eat all the glutinous rice of Laba. You have to leave a part, which means there will be more than enough every year.
7. Spring Festival Shehuo
Time: the tenth day of the first lunar month
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Introduction: The social fire performance on the streets of Lanzhou is unique. Generally starting around the tenth day of the first lunar month, farmers' social fire teams organized by various districts and counties gather in the city center and line up in different shapes. They dance along the main street and beat gongs and drums, creating a lively and spectacular scene.
When walking to Dongfanghong Square, many people form a circle and perform for tourists and citizens. The Shehuo performance can last until around the Lantern Festival.
8. Temple Fair on April 8th
Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month
Introduction: Dunhuang "Temple Fair on April 8th" is a traditional folk festival. Every eighth day of the fourth lunar month, local residents, especially Buddhist believers, gather in groups at Mogao Grottoes, Sanwei Mountain, and Leiyin Temple to burn incense, worship Buddha, and make pilgrimages. Worship ancestors. On this day, people devoutly express their inner pain and troubles to the Buddha, seeking his blessing, praying for blessings, wealth, elimination of disasters, children, or officials. When all this is done and people walk out of the caves and temples, they feel relieved and their confidence doubles. On this day, the entire cave area and temples were crowded with people, and there was a grand event.
9. Langmusi Buddhist Exhibition Festival in the first lunar month
Time: The third to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month
Location: Langmusi Town, Luqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Introduction: The Dharma Conference starts on the third night of the first lunar month and ends on the 16th day of the first lunar month. During this period, a series of Buddhist activities are held, such as chanting sutras, releasing animals, displaying Buddhas, dancing, butter lantern festivals, and rotating Xiangba. The Buddha Exhibition held on the 13th day of the first lunar month is the largest and most solemn event involving both monks and laypeople. , so the Great Dharma Conference is more commonly known as the "Buddha Exhibition Festival" by outsiders like us. During the entire Dharma Assembly, all the monks collectively chanted sutras 6 times a day in the sutra hall, followed by morning meeting, morning debate meeting, noon meeting, prayer meeting, evening tea party, and evening debate. The contents were all chanting sutras and preaching. , pray for disaster relief, and wish that the Dharma will always be around and the Buddhist cause will prosper.
10. Xiahe Labrang Monastery Dharma Assembly
Time: From the fourth to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, from the twenty-ninth day of the sixth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month
Location: Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province
Introduction: Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, is one of the six main monasteries of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism in my country and the largest lamaist teaching institution in the world, with seven times a year A large-scale puja. Dharma assembly activities include: showing off the Buddha, Dharma dance, chanting, praying and other Buddhist activities, monk examinations, religious debates, the month-long Tibetan Langshan Festival, etc.
11. Zhuanglang Culture and Art Festival on the twelfth day of the first lunar month
Time: The twelfth day of the first lunar month
Location: Zhuanglang County, Pingliang City, Gansu
Introduction: The twelfth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of General Liu Hu, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty. The people of Zhuanglang (Shuiluo Town) are grateful for Liu Hu's great achievements in building Shuiluo City to fight against foreign invasion and protect the people of Zhuanglang. They hold a grand commemorative event on the twelfth day of the first lunar month every year, which has lasted for thousands of years. It takes the form of folk social fire performances in the city, temple worship and other activities. In recent years, it has evolved into a traditional festival. Zhuanglang Shehuo has a long history and unique style. It is especially famous in Longshang for its "Gaotai" art. In 2004, it was officially designated as one of the first batch of ethnic and folk cultural protection projects in the city. In order to better protect and inherit this precious folk cultural heritage, Zhuanglang County has held a county-wide cultural and art festival every year on the twelfth day of the first lunar month in recent years, attracting people from all over the country to flock to the festival, and the entire county has gathered into a joyful scene. ocean.
12. Buddha Bathing Festival
Time: The eighth day of the fourth lunar month
Location: Dunhuang City, Gansu Province
Introduction: Dunhuang "Four Days" "Temple Fair on the Eighth Moon" is an important traditional festival among the local people. From ancient times to the present, the Mogao Grottoes has held a grand Buddha Bathing Festival temple fair every year. Every eighth day of the fourth lunar month, local residents, especially Buddhist believers, come here to burn incense and worship Buddha, make pilgrimages and worship ancestors. In addition, there are food stalls, handicraft shops, Meihu performance points, etc.
13. Linxia Songmingyan Flower Club
Time: April 26th of the lunar calendar
Location: Linxia
Introduction: Song The Mingyan Flower Club, also known as the "April Eight Flower Club", is an ancient traditional folk activity that originated from the Buddhist Longhua Conference. The Flower Fair is held every year from the 26th to the 29th of April in the lunar calendar at Hezheng County National Forest Park, National 4A Tourist Attraction, and Provincial Scenic Area Songming Rock. It is one of the three famous flower fairs in Gansu Province. First, it is also the birthplace of Hezhou Huaer.
Compared with other flower clubs, the outstanding feature of Songmingyan Huaer Club is that it uses multiple musical accompaniments, which is a typical Hezhou Huaer Club. In 2003, the Chinese Folk Literature and Artists Association named Hezheng County the "Chinese Flower Inheritance Base." In 2006, Songmingyan Flower Club was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. During the Huaer Festival, hundreds of thousands of people from a radius of hundreds of miles will come to the mountain to attend the meeting. At that time, singers will gather, businessmen will come in droves, the crowd will flow like a tide, and the singing venue will be like a sea.
14. Fuxi Cultural Festival
Time: The 13th day of the fifth lunar month
Location: Tianshui City, Gansu Province
Introduction: Fuxi Culture The Tianshui Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival is an annual large-scale traditional folk festival of the Han nationality in Tianshui City, Gansu Province. The Tianshui Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival is hosted by the Municipal People's Government to commemorate the founder of Chinese humanities, Fuxi Grand Ceremony and the China Tianshui Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival.
15. Langshan Festival
Time: Ninth day of the sixth lunar month in the Tibetan calendar
Location: Langmusi Temple
Introduction: Langshan Festival, Tibet It is called "Xianglang Festival". According to research, in the 49th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1710), hundreds of monks from Labrang Monastery went to the wild to collect firewood at specific times every year, a continuation and development of the custom. In Tibetan, "Langshan" means "collecting fuel". In the past, when the monks of the monastery were bored in the mountains after logging, they would arrange festivals to travel around the mountains and rivers. It gradually spread to the people and evolved into today's Tibetan Langshan Festival. In the Gannan Tibetan area of ??Gansu Province, every sixth month of the lunar calendar, the climate is mild, the sun is shining, and there is a break from farming. Every household packs up their cooking utensils and food items, and the whole family, old and young, goes out to the wild hillsides, grasslands, and rivers to choose locations and set up tents. Dress up in costumes, have dinner, drink, sing and dance. Tibetans celebrating the Langshan Festival set up beautiful tents on the grassland. The herds of cattle and sheep under the blue sky and white clouds looked like heaven and earth.
16. Huanxian Daoqing Shadow Puppet Art Festival
Time: July of the Lunar Calendar
Location: Huanxian
Introduction: China Environmental Protection The art of shadow puppetry of County Daoqing has a long history. The art of Long Opera, which represents the style of Gansu Province in China, is authentic to the unique Daoqing of Huanxian County. The folk Taoist shadow puppet troupe in Huanxian County has a history of more than 300 years. In the 1950s, he performed in Beijing three times and was warmly received and praised by party and state leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. In January 1960, the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government officially named Huanxian Daoqing "Long Opera", becoming a unique type of opera with Gansu style. During the festival, folk Taoist shadow puppet performances, shadow puppet handicraft exhibitions, and shadow puppet art reform and development seminars were held. There were also calligraphy and painting exhibitions, a young singer grand prix, large-scale Long Opera performances and other related cultural and business tourism activities.
17. Lanzhou New Year Concert
Time: New Year’s Day every year
Venue: Jincheng Grand Theater
Introduction: Lanzhou New Year Concert starts from It has been held since 1998 and is one of the first cities in the country to hold New Year's concerts. Since 2003, it has been merged with the city government's New Year's Day reception to become an annual cultural ceremony hosted by the city government.
18. Peach Blossom Fair
Time: April every year
Location: Taoyuan, Anning District, Lanzhou City
Introduction: History of peach farming in Anning It has a long history and is one of the famous peach towns in the country. In late spring every year, "peach trees are blooming everywhere, and peach blossoms are blooming" in Shili Peach Township. Since the late Qing Dynasty, Anning Peach Grove has gradually become known to the public. Since then, Anning Taoyuan has become a good place for Lanzhou citizens to enjoy flowers during spring outings. At the end of spring every year, with Fort Anning as the center, there is a lot of traffic and many tourists. Many literati and poets lingered under the tree, drank wine and wrote poems, leaving countless good stories. During the Anti-Japanese War, Northwest Normal University moved to Shilidian, and some college, middle and primary school students went on spring outings together, forming a loose Peach Blossom Club. Since 1984, the municipal and district people's governments have held annual peach blossom fairs and material exchange meetings to promote Lanzhou and its tranquility. In addition to outings and flower appreciation, tourists can also visit a variety of cultural and artistic activities, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, economic and trade negotiations, etc.
19. "Dunhuang Summer" artistic performance
Time: June to October every year
Location: Jiletian, Dunhuang Hotel, Dunhuang City
Introduction: The "Dunhuang Summer" artistic performance is a large-scale song and dance performance provided by Dunhuang City for tourists. The event was held by Dunhuang Hotel and has strong Silk Road cultural characteristics, reflecting the song and dance arts of Hui, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian and other ethnic groups in the northwest region. The songs and dances are mainly based on materials from the Mogao Grottoes murals, with Dunhuang dance as the theme, recreating the dances, costumes and music of various ethnic groups along the Silk Road.
20. Sand Sliding Festival
Time: June every year
Location: Dunhuang City, Gansu Province
Introduction: "Sand Mingqing" "Ling" is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Dunhuang. On June 1st every year, Dunhuang holds a large-scale sandboarding festival. When hundreds of sandboarding enthusiasts slide down the slope from the top of the mountain, the entire mountain makes a thunderous roar that can be clearly heard in the city five kilometers away. This voice.
21. Shambhala Tourism Art Festival
Time: July every year
Location: Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Introduction: The Shambhala Tourism Art Festival is a large-scale comprehensive tourism festival held every year in Hehe City, the capital of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. During the art festival, there are a majestic cavalry of thousands and a magnificent Guozhuang dance performance of 2,000 people; there are also elegant and luxurious national costumes There are also colorful folk dance performances on display; there are both flaming bonfire parties and lama band performances with deep drums and trumpets; there are also rich and thick Tibetan operas, national sports competitions, musket shooting, tent displays, celebrity singing and folk singing and other arts and sports activities.
22. Lanzhou Waterwheel Festival
Time: July every year
Location: Waterwheel Expo Park
Introduction: It will be held at that time At the grand opening ceremony, colorful flags and balls bearing the logo of the Waterwheel Festival were fluttering in the wind, and drums and drums were playing. The huge waterwheel in the expo park rotates slowly, and the high-pitched and melodious Gansu "Hua'er" sings along the river bank. In addition, a row of sheepskin rafts float down the broad Yellow River, cutting through the waves, creating a unique western-style picture.
23. Jiayuguan International Gliding Festival
Time: July every year
Location: Jiayuguan Gliding Base
Activities: Mainly fighter aircraft formations There are exciting performances and competitions such as flight, ultra-light aircraft flight, hot air balloon flight, trainer aircraft, glider flight, BASE jumping, aerobatic skydiving, etc., as well as international gliding standards, record-breaking flights, and large-scale national aviation games.
24. Zhangye Madi Temple Tourism Festival
Time: August every year
Location: Madi Temple Tourism Area, Sunan County, Zhangye
Introduction: Every year in mid-August, large-scale sightseeing and tourism activities are held in Matisi Temple. During the event, there will be wonderful equestrian, song and dance performances, and you can also enjoy sports competitions with local ethnic characteristics.
25. Lanzhou Silk Road Festival
Time: September every year
Location: Lanzhou
Introduction: Lanzhou China Silk Road The festival was founded from September 10 to 17, 1992, and has been held annually since then. With the purpose of "openness, friendship, and development", the Silk Road Festival integrates culture, tourism, commerce, and scientific and technological exchanges, with scientific and technological, economic and trade exchanges as its highlight. Various commodity fairs, trade fairs and commodity streets arranged during the festival feature famous and high-quality local products and high-tech achievements, adding new color and charm to Lanzhou during the festival.
26. Dunhuang Grape Festival
Time: September every year
Location: Dunhuang City, Gansu Province
Introduction: Yangguan has been rich in wine since ancient times Grapes, as one of the four regions recognized in the world as the most suitable for growing table grapes, Dunhuang City has used grapes as a "media" in recent years by holding a Dunhuang Grape Exhibition that integrates grape promotion, investment promotion, cultural display, and tourism. Festival, combine the grape industry with cultural tourism, strengthen external exchanges, and promote tourism development.
It is understood that the festival activities include a camel riding competition, a hundred-person wooden board carving competition, a national grape cooperative organization experience exchange meeting, a special melon and fruit exhibition, a display and evaluation of the top ten famous fresh grapes, a "Flying Grape Fairy" float parade and other activities.