What are the traditional festivals and customs in Shenzhen? Let's take a look at the sharing of Xiaobian!

1. Spring Festival

Time: On the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: Shenzhen people call the Spring Festival "celebrating the New Year", while Shenzhen locals call it "celebrating the New Year", "celebrating the New Year" and "busy New Year". They are enjoying the excitement and joy of the New Year when they are busy. With the coming of the Spring Festival, local people's custom activities are busy from Laba to the end of Lantern Festival, which lasts for more than 2 days. It includes preparing for farming, encouraging farming, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, praying for abundance, eating meat and drinking, entertaining and reveling, and welcoming the spring, and the local people's Spring Festival is lively and rich. Shenzhen locals pay attention to the most important festival at the beginning of the new year, from eating and wearing to using things, paying attention to a "new" word. Women in Shenzhen will get up early this day, and go to the wellhead and the river to pick up a jar of water to get the vitality of new water. But now there is tap water at home, but some people still go to Wutong Mountain, Yangtai Mountain and other mountains to get spring water and go home to make tea and cook rice in the morning. Guangfu people in Futian, Nantou, Xixiang, Shajing, Songgang and Gongming used to raise money to buy the biggest gun, which was set off in the village open space in the early morning of the first day of the lunar new year. Whoever can grab the middle gun head and keep it from exploding is an able person and a hero in the village, and he is applauded by the villagers and rewarded by the elders.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: 15th day of the first lunar month

Introduction: On holidays, people in Baoan like to celebrate with lion dances. In addition to Fuyong's lion dance, Songgang Street in Baoan District has always had the custom of dancing the seven-star lion, and many lion dancers have been produced. "Song Gang Seven Stars Lion Dance" was listed in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, with strong and distinctive Lingnan local characteristics. Futian's "Big Pot Cuisine" is a Lantern Festival custom that spreads in 15 urban villages, including Xiasha Village, Shixia, Xinzhou and Shazui in Futian District, Shenzhen. On the Lantern Festival, fellow villagers, compatriots living in Hong Kong, overseas villagers and community builders share a reunion "big pot dish" to unite family ties and nostalgia; Nanshan locals like to eat tea; On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it is the lighting day of Zhang's ancestral hall in Xiangxi Village, Nanhu Street, Luohu District. At this time, Zhang's family who added men to Xicun last year will bring newborn boys and come to the ancestral hall to light the lights. People in Longgang enjoy Lantern Festival and enjoy Hakka Lantern Festival lanterns. While enjoying the lanterns, besides the traditional solve riddles on the lanterns, there are also traditional folk skills, such as kneading dough, tanghua, paper cutting, straw weaving, etc., which can not only help older friends to find their childhood memories, but also let children see the endangered folk skills.

3. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: The older generation of Shenzhen people will start making preparations for wrapping zongzi on the first and second days of May when they celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. First, cut the leaves of rice dumplings, remove thorns, soak them, cut them, dry them in the air, then soak them in glutinous rice, sticky rice, mung beans, red beans, lotus seeds, mushrooms and shrimps, prepare salted egg yolk, pork belly and other materials, wrap them with glutinous rice, sticky rice mung beans or red beans, put lotus seeds, mushrooms, dried shrimps, roasted meat and ham as fillings, and tie them with aquatic plants. Of course, there are also many Cantonese people who make sweet zongzi, soak plant ash in water, then precipitate and filter the ash, take "grey water" to soak glutinous rice, wrap a few red dates, and eat them with white sugar or syrup after steaming. Shenzhen people call the dragon boat race "dragon boat", and the most famous places are Songgang, Yantian and South Australia. Shenzhen people also have a custom of "soaking in dragon boat water", because the dragon boat symbolizes auspiciousness, and the water crossed by the dragon boat becomes dragon boat water. When the dragon boat race reached the finish line, people on the shore jumped into the water and infiltrated themselves.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Time: around April 5, Gregorian calendar

Introduction: Tomb-Sweeping Day, a native of Shenzhen, is the same as the traditional custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day, but will pay attention to "worshipping mountains" and "Qingming food". In the Qingming custom in Shenzhen, "worshipping mountains" has a complete set of procedures, which are still continuing today. However, when people in Shenzhen today worship the mountain, all other sacrifices are left behind, only roast suckling pigs and apples are brought back, and the roast suckling pigs and apples that have worshipped the mountain are distributed to brothers and families to eat, following the past custom: "Divide the pork". It is said that eating roast suckling pigs who worship the mountains will be blessed by their ancestors, and all aspects will be smooth and safe. On the way, everyone also eats one or two candies that worship the mountains, reminiscing about the care their loved ones gave to future generations before their death, and cherishing the happy life of their own house now. The local people worship the mountains on a clear day and take this opportunity to go for an outing. The ancients avoided the "foul air" in this "rainy season", and today people also take advantage of the beautiful Tomb-Sweeping Day air in spring to go for an outing in the wild and breathe fresh air. In this festival, the local people in Shenzhen don't forget to use local materials, and the food specially made for Tomb-Sweeping Day is also quite distinctive. This kind of food can be described as "vulgar and elegant" by others, and the more common ones are "chicken dung vine _", "moxa _" and "bamboo leaf _".

5. Mid-Autumn Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar

Introduction: Shenzhen is a diversified city, with different customs in Hakka, Chaoshan, Hunan and Hubei. Generally, it is mainly to have a family reunion dinner, enjoy lanterns and eat moon cakes while enjoying the moon.

6. Double Ninth Festival

Time: the ninth day of the ninth lunar month

Introduction: Shenzhen people pay more attention to two customs during the Double Ninth Festival, one is to worship mountains in autumn, and the other is to climb mountains. "Bao 'an County Records" records that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the first Yang, the second Yang on September 19th and the third Yang on September 29th. Chongyang is an autumn festival in Baoan, mainly for the ancestors of the whole family, and the expenses are paid by the family to compensate the land income. Patriarchs and senior elders can take the sedan chair, and the rest will follow them to the cemetery on foot. The sacrifices are rich, the ceremonies are grand, and the rules are exquisite. The ceremony was presided over by the patriarch or senior elders, and everyone stood in front of the cemetery hall, offering three sacrifices, kneeling and kowtowing. After the sacrifice, bring the sacrifices back to the ancestral temple to pay homage to the ancestors' spirits, and then divide the "diced meat", and each man can get a share of pork. 7. Shenzhen Nanshan Litchi Festival

Time: June to July every year

Location: Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Introduction: Shenzhen citizens have a traditional custom of inviting relatives and friends at home and abroad to the Litchi Garden for a taste every time when cicadas are singing and litchi is fragrant. Not only tasted the unique delicacy of fresh litchi, but also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Lixiang, so as to communicate feelings, enhance friendship, exchange information and gain knowledge. Litchi Festival is developed according to this traditional custom. Now, as a festival in Shenzhen, Litchi Festival is held from June 28th to July 8th every year. During the festival, various forms of economic, trade and cultural networking activities were carried out with the theme of "Litchi", showing the great achievements made by the people of Shenzhen through hard work and the prosperous scene of the special zone at home and abroad.

8. Shenzhen Gold Coast Tourism Festival

Time: July to August every year

Location: Yantian District, Shenzhen

Introduction: The Gold Coast Tourism Festival takes marine culture as the core, blends many marine elements, and conveys and expresses passion, romance, leisure and fashion through music, sports, commercial exhibitions and other forms, further enriching and excavating the Gold Coast.

9. Shenzhen International Tourism Culture Festival

Time: October to December every year

Location: Shenzhen

Introduction: The International Tourism Culture Festival aims to further publicize Shenzhen's distinctive tourism image, enhance its popularity and influence at home and abroad, create a rich tourism culture atmosphere, enhance its tourism culture taste and enhance its tourism attraction. At the same time, the holding of the International Tourism Culture Festival will also play an active role in promoting tourism exchanges and cooperation between the "Greater Pearl River Delta" and "Pan-Pearl River Delta" regions and promoting the all-round development of regional economy and society.

1. Longgang "Dragon Dance Town" Art Festival

Time: November to December every year

Location: Longgang District, Shenzhen

Introduction: Shenzhen Longgang, named after the dragon, is a famous dragon town at home and abroad. Hakkas in this area have always regarded dragons as mascots, and they have the traditional habit of dancing dragons, lions and unicorns on holidays or festive days, adding a festive and joyful atmosphere to festivals. As a folk art activity, dragon dance has a history of 3 years, with strong local color, and the extended "dragon culture" has also been greatly developed. Parks, squares and sculptures with the theme of dragons emerge one after another. A dragon-themed tourist attraction in China has been built in Longgang District with a total investment of 1 million yuan. The Dragon Dance Team often visits and performs abroad, and has been to the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, and won the first "Dragon Dance Classic" prize in China.

11. Shenzhen International Tourism Expo

Time: December every year

Location: Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center

Introduction: Shenzhen International Tourism Expo aims to promote the investment of Chinese and foreign tourism projects, the development of tourism industry and the promotion and cooperation of tourism products, not only providing enterprises with opportunities to display superior tourism resources at home and abroad, Through a series of innovative and targeted high-end dialogues, forums, promotion meetings, project investment and financing matchmaking meetings, special seminars, hot sales of tourism products and other specific activities, it will provide a platform for people in the industry to communicate and negotiate, and also let the citizens of Shenzhen and surrounding provinces and cities more intuitively understand the characteristics and excitement of domestic and foreign tourist destinations. During the exhibition, there are authoritative forums, industry awards, new products and scenic spots promotion meetings, seminars and lectures.

12. Shajing Golden Oyster Festival

Time: December every year

Location: Baoan District, Shenzhen

Introduction: Shajing Golden Oyster Festival promotes the prosperity of tourism culture industry and modern service industry by launching nine wonderful activities such as "Oyster Gate Feast" food festival, photo exhibition of oyster culture, photo contest of oyster culture and one-day tour of oyster town ecology.

13. Window of the World Ice and Snow Festival

Time: December to January of the following year

Location: Window of the World, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Introduction: Even in winter, the sunshine in Shenzhen is still bright. For Shenzhen people in the south, the northern country with thousands of miles of ice and snow in Wan Li is always desirable. In order to let more Shenzhen people enjoy the charm of the northern winter without going out, Window of the World held the Winter Carnival Festival, which spans Christmas and New Year's Day, and includes all the items that can be enjoyed and played in the ice and snow. At that time, colorful and colorful activities such as the bright ice sculpture snow sculpture, the ice and snow dream carnival party, the New Year carnival parade, and the New Year's Eve party will be staged with passion, which has the most wonderful and magnificent ice wonderland in South China and is the most relaxed and joyful ice carnival in winter.

14. Happy Coast Lantern Festival

Time: December to February

Location: Happy Coast, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Introduction; As a must-see place for Shenzhen people to punch in before and after the Spring Festival, the Happy Lantern Festival, with the theme of "Tell the story of China well, inherit Chinese culture and have a happy and peaceful year", has carefully created ten colorful and interesting theme scenic spots, including not only more than 6 groups of large-scale creative lanterns integrating traditional and technological elements, but also interactive games such as parent-child beach, children's fun train and cool VR games and special food streets, which are greeted with the general public.

15. Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival

Time: December to March

Location: Coconut Forest Beach, Happy Coast, Shenzhen

Introduction: Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival, supported by the Propaganda Department of Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports, has become an important cultural brand in Shenzhen and has become the creative cultural life and ecology of the whole city. And "Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival" successfully passed the selection of Shenzhen Creative December Organizing Committee with its unique creative ideas, rich forms and colorful contents, and was officially listed as one of the series activities of Creative December. As the first large-scale theme lantern festival in Shenzhen, Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival perfectly combines traditional lanterns with new elements such as fashion, science and technology, animation and so on, giving it a brand-new connotation. The super-shocking giant light group in the park is colorful and colorful, which makes people feel like swimming in the ocean of colored lights and the world of fairy tales.