20 19 Rongcheng fishermen's festival: April 19 to April 20.
Venue: Yuankuang Village, Renhe Town, Rongcheng City
Preview of Rongcheng Fisherman's Day
On April 19 10, Rongcheng Fishermen's Festival officially opened in 20 19. In the Kuangcun Square of Rongcheng Academy, a team of 300 people consisting of fishermen's drum team, dragon dance team, lion dance team, yangko team, waist drum team, fishermen's trumpets and wine-offering team staged "Jiaodong"
This year, not only will Grain Rain's sea sacrifice ceremony be held in Yuankuang Village, but also intangible cultural heritage projects and talents will be displayed. There are 1 national intangible cultural heritage projects, 12 provincial intangible cultural heritage projects and more than 30 Weihai-level and Rongcheng-level intangible cultural heritage projects, such as Spanish mackerel dumplings and Chinese gnats, which will be displayed in Yuankuang Village Square.
In order to do a good job in combining culture and tourism, Rongcheng City also held the "Climbing Nine Tops and Exploring Eight Treasures" Chashan Mountaineering Festival from April 20th to May 4th.
After the opening ceremony, the 100-member color tour team, the 100-face fan flag, the canopy, and the Shaolong went to Longwang Temple, and the fishermen's sea sacrifice ceremony officially began in Yuankuang Village Longwang Temple.
It is understood that for thousands of years, Rongcheng fishermen have created a large number of fishermen's cultures that are closely related to fishermen's production and life and have local folk customs in Rongcheng-Rongcheng Fisherman's Day, Rongcheng Fisherman's Song, Rongcheng Fisherman's Gong and Drum, Sacrifice to the Goddess of the Sea, and the architectural skills of seaweed houses. Rongcheng has national intangible cultural heritage projects 1, provincial intangible cultural heritage projects 12, municipal intangible cultural heritage projects 37 and county intangible cultural heritage projects 6 1, all of which are basically related to fishermen's culture.
Rongcheng attaches great importance to the excavation and inheritance of fishermen's culture, and always adheres to the principle of "protection first, rescue first, rational utilization, inheritance and development", and has carried out an all-round protection project for traditional culture in a deep and lasting way.
It has successively invested in the construction of Rongcheng People and Sea Exhibition Hall, Ocean Food Expo Center, Mass Cultural Activity Center and other large-scale cultural facilities to display Rongcheng fishermen's culture, held six Rongcheng International Fishermen's Festivals, established fishermen's songs, fishermen's gongs and drums, etc. 10 fishermen's cultural associations, owned a large number of fishermen's cultural inheritors, fishermen's cultural artists, fishermen's cultural performing teams and performing places, and created many excellent fishermen's literary works every year.
It is understood that the fishermen's activities of offering sacrifices to the sea have a long history. In order to pray for the smooth sailing of their offshore operations, fishermen make sacrifices to Poseidon the day before going out to sea every year.