1, Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Qingdao's rural busy New Year, the more distinctive such as the "Laoshan County Records," as recorded: steaming bean buns, making tofu, steaming rice cakes, steaming rice noodles, cutting meat, buying fish, purchase chopsticks. Qingdao rural New Year's Eve at 6:00 pm, people used to bring lanterns, incense, burning paper to the ancestral tomb burning, implying that the ancestors of the deceased to go home for the New Year, called "receiving the New Year". On the 30th day of the Chinese New Year, some people in rural Qingdao paste couplets in the morning, put up window decals, hang lanterns, put up New Year's paintings on the kang, hang the genealogy of the clan in the main house, set up offerings, fry peanuts, fry fish, and cook meat. In Qingdao city and rural areas, dumplings are made in the afternoon and wrapped with coins or dates. Since the 1980s and 1990s, Qingdao city, New Year's Eve night most of the six to eight o'clock family get together to eat "reunion dinner", eight o'clock in the evening to midnight (also to the next morning at one or two o'clock in the morning), the whole family sits around the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala, reunion and Spring Festival Gala is the most exciting time of the New Year.
2, Lantern Festival
Time: the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Lantern Festival contains the meaning of family reunion and happiness. On this day, Qingdao folk have many celebrations. "Jiao Ao Zhi - Civil Society - Customs," said: "on the Yuan, steamed noodles for lamps, oil injection point, show its embers flowers to account for the abundance of grains apologized for, said lamps. Bu powdered rice for the pill, wrapped for the fruit to cook and eat, said the Lantern Festival. Door knot pine scaffolding, hanging lanterns, put flower explosion, Chen miscellaneous drama (such as stilts and so on) three days and nights." Qingdao's holiday customs also do face lamps, eat Lanterns, hanging lanterns, fireworks, running rice-planting songs, temple fairs and so on.
3, Qingming Festival
Time: Around April 5 on the Gregorian calendar
Introduction: In the old days, Qingdao's custom of sweeping the graves on Qingming Festival was more prevalent, and sweeping the graves was commonly known as "going to the grave". On this day, we should go to our ancestors' graves to fill in the soil, sweep away dust and weeds, and offer incense, burn paper, and hold ceremonies. Some people want to use this opportunity to repair the grave, most of them symbolically add soil to the grave, but also on the top of the pressure of some paper money, so that other people see, know that this grave still have descendants, so that, no matter how poor the family, Qingming Festival is to go to the grave. In the old Qingdao period, when people finished their rituals, they would have a picnic and eat the food offered, that is, eat fugen, to show their ancestors that they were thrifty.
4, Dragon Boat Festival
Time: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Introduction: "The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, over the Dragon Boat Festival; pulling the dew, inserting Ai bushes; eating rice dumplings, tying the five rope; wearing a purse fragrant." This is a song in the old Qingdao popular Dragon Boat Festival ballad, sung over the Dragon Boat Festival of the rich and interesting folk activities. According to "Jingchu Shoushi Ji", at the latest in the period of North and South Dynasties, the fifth day of the fifth month of the Lunar Calendar has become the same festival of Chinese people in the north and south of the Yangtze River ****. Qingdao's Dragon Boat Festival folklore in the old days is not only rich and interesting, but also has a unique regional cultural connotation of the Jiaodong area. People pull dew home, often to pick some artemisia to take home, inserted in the eaves, doors and windows, because it is rumored that inserted artemisia can drive away insects and evil spirits. According to the old county records as reproduced in Jiao'ao Zhi-Minsha Zhi, during the Dragon Boat Festival, "the door hangs a bushel of wormwood, people pin wormwood leaves on their hairpins, and children tie five-colored silk on their arms to ward off evil spirits". This Dragon Boat Festival custom is still practiced in Qingdao.
5, Tanabata Festival
Time: the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Qingdao, "Jimo County Records", "Tanabata women for the weaving maiden figure, needle begging for coquettishness, there is a mourner set up a feast on the day of sacrifice to the spirits of the ancestors, relatives and friends feed paper money". Tanabata families do "coquettish fruit", some of which was born mung bean sprouts, called "coquettish buds". At night, little girls in front of the statue of the Weaving Maiden set fruits, "Qiao Cake", "Qiao Bud", prayer begging. Qingdao's most representative custom is to knock Qiaoguo, Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiao biscuits", is a mold knocked out of the ornamental and edible small pasta, mostly geometric, with a variety of fine auspicious designs, commonly found in the lotus seed, peach, tiger, lion, cat, monkey and so on.
6, Zhongyuan Festival
Time: the first day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Qingdao area are in the first half of June. At this time, the wheat has been harvested, the farmers to taste the new wheat, steamed meat and potatoes, visiting relatives. Qingdao people over half a year of holiday food is hoop tie, every family can use the new wheat to make white flour hoop tie. Laoshan has a "new meat and potatoes to brother" custom, that is, after the wheat debut, the sister to do meat and potatoes to the brother to taste the new. Legend has it that there is a family of siblings, sister married after the death of her husband, the family is difficult, the brother took the initiative to sister's crops planted, the family's land is barren. Brother for one person planted two families of land overworked, soon passed away. Sister in memory of her brother, whenever the new wheat harvest will do new meat and potatoes to sweep, and later formed a "new meat and potatoes to brother" custom. In the old days, the rural areas of Jiaozhou in this day do not work on the ground, the long work day off, called "hanging hoe".
7, Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: In Qingdao people in the past Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, to eat the moon cake is still the most looked forward to, because the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival is the reunion, the moon cake is the most representative of Mid-Autumn Festival. As in many parts of the country, Qingdao people, in addition to eating a good Mid-Autumn dinner, Mid-Autumn Festival day breakfast, lunch should also be improved, usually to steam biscuits, buns, to the family to improve the food. According to the relevant folklore experts, in the whole of Shandong have the same day to eat to improve the custom of food, but different places, like Jinan, rice for breakfast, dumplings at noon, while the Jiaodong region is steamed biscuits, buns at noon.
8, winter solstice
Time: December 21 or 22 or 23 each year
Introduction: Qingdao Fushanshou, Chengyang, Licun, Laoshan, the old custom of the winter solstice in two days of the festival, the first day is called the "ghost of the winter," set up offerings for the ancestors, eating Dumplings; the second day called "human winter", eat buns. According to local Qingdao elders, this custom has continued for more than 600 years. As for the reason for eating dumplings on the day of "Ghost Winter", it is to celebrate the winter solstice for the dead, because people in the netherworld love to eat dumplings, so they have to eat dumplings on this day. The winter solstice is the winter solstice for the living, and the reason for eating groundnut bread on this day is to tell those who have passed away that they can go after enjoying it, because it is rumored that people in the netherworld don't eat groundnuts. Jimo folk according to the winter solstice date at the beginning of the month, the middle or the end of the year to predict the winter of the cold and warm, the ballad said: "winter in the head of the freezing cows, winter in the middle of the warm, winter in the end of the freezing ghosts".
9, Tianhougong Folk Temple Fair
Time: the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar to the first month of the 30th
Location: Qingdao City, Shinan District, Taiping Road, Tianhougong
Introduction: Tianhougong Temple Fair is commonly known as Qingdao Temple Temple, is a set of rituals, songs and dances, recreation and business in one of the traditional Han Chinese folklore activities. It belongs to Taoist temple fair and is located at No.19 Taiping Road, Qingdao. Tianhou Palace was built in the Ming Dynasty Chenghua three years (1467). It was first called "Heavenly Princess Palace" and is one of the earliest temples in Qingdao. Every year in spring and fall fishermen go to sea before the fair, people come to worship and make wishes, lively and extraordinary. Tianhougong temple fair puts forward a kind of Han Chinese working people to ward off evils and disasters, and welcomes the good wishes of auspiciousness and good fortune.
10, turnip will
Time: the first nine days of the first month of the lunar calendar to the first fifteen days
Location: Qingxian
Introduction: Qingdao turnip will be a long history of folk activities, also known as the Qingxian temple fair in the past, where the radish is produced and crispy, big, the folk have". On the ninth day of the first month of the year to eat radish not toothache, can prevent a hundred diseases," the saying, there is an old custom to eat radish in the spring, known as the bite of the spring, and thus radish has become the main commodities on the temple fair. On temple fair days, people come here to sell radish, buy radish, eat radish, and over time, the Qingxi Temple Fair has come to be known as the "Radish Fair". "Due to the low and narrow terrain, the temple was destroyed in the early period of Qingdao's construction, but the radish fair has been continued. During the festival, colorful lanterns are hung along the route, and various kinds of jugglers such as stilt walkers, dragon lanterns, and lion dancers compete with each other. Vendors from all over Qingdao gathered, the flow of people, a variety of local products, daily necessities, folk crafts, snacks, especially a variety of green and red radish, all over the streets and alleys. In recent years, and held a live carving contest and radish art carving exhibition.
11, Haiyunan sugar ball will
Time: Lunar New Year's Eve 16 to the first month of 22
Location: Qingdao City, Sifang District, Haiyun Street, Haiyunan
Introduction: Haiyunan sugar ball will be the local traditional folklore in Qingdao, Shandong Province. For the purpose of preserving traditional folk culture, the government named it "Haiyunan Sugar Ball Festival" in 1990 and extended the period to three days. Over the past 20 years, the Haiyunan Sugar Ball Festival has become a large-scale folklore fair known far and wide, with many vendors coming from foreign provinces, and was named one of the "Top Ten Folklore Festivals in China" in 2005. From 2008, the Haiyunan Sugar Ball Festival will be extended to one week, i.e., from the 16th day of the first month to the 22nd day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, with a longer period of time and a richer variety of snacks and folk performances.
12, Zhanshan Temple
Time: the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar to the tenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar
Location: Qingdao City, the southern district of Zhiquan Road, No. 2
Introduction: Every year on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (the birthday of the Buddha Shakyamuni) open the temple will be three days, when the good man and the goodwill of the faithful, tourists and sightseeing people, and the lively and extraordinary. It is a very lively event. Zhanshan Temple is the most famous Buddhist temple fair in Qingdao. Zhanshan Temple is the most spectacular Buddhist temple in Qingdao, located in Qingdao Zhanshan Village, half a slope, facing the sea and leaning on the mountain, beautiful scenery, "Zhanshan Qingfan" of the beauty of the Qingdao municipal key cultural relics protection units, Zhanshan Temple is not an ancient temple, less than a hundred years of history, but in modern times there is a lot of fame. Zhanshan Temple is to commemorate the Ming Dynasty, one of the four great monks Hanshan masters and built, counting Qingdao City, the only Buddhist temple, by the modern famous monk _ virtual master founded the lecture hall, his disciples all over the world, coupled with Li Shutong and other celebrities and famous monks travel, so that the Zhanshan Temple is famous in and out of China.
13, Plum Blossom Festival
Time: March to April every year
Location: Qingdao Plum Garden Scenic Spot
Introduction: in 1999 in Qingdao Plum Garden held the Sixth China Plum Wax Plum Exhibition, the Third International Symposium of Plum Culture, and Qingdao's first Plum Blossom Festival, and was named "China's Plum Blossom Festival" by the Ministry of Agriculture. It was also named as the "Hometown of Chinese Plum Blossoms" by the Ministry of Agriculture. Since then, the Qingdao Plum Blossom Festival has been held in Qingdao Plum Garden in Qingdao Shimeian Scenic Area from mid-March to early April every year. Qingdao Plum Blossom Festival has become a fashionable leisure way for Qingdao citizens to enjoy plum blossoms and get in touch with nature in spring. The main contents of the Plum Blossom Festival include plum blossoms, wax plum large, medium and small bonsai, open ground scenic area (plum tree), plum blossom and wax plum writing bonsai, flower arrangement art, photography exhibition, poetry, calligraphy and painting exhibition, and so on. Over the years, Qingdao Plum Garden, under the care and support of the higher government, relevant departments and relevant experts, through continuous and careful cultivation and construction, now covers an area of more than 800 acres, planting more than 100,000 land plums and potted plums, with 129 species of plum blossoms, and it is the first Plum Garden in the north of China's Jiangbei River. Every year, Qingdao Plum Festival, Qingdao Plum Garden in full bloom, the profound plum culture to attract more than 100,000 visitors.
14, Tian Heng Sea Festival
Time: March every year
Location: Tian Heng Town, Jimo District, Qingdao City
Introduction: Tian Heng Sea Festival is mainly a fishermen's festival, originated in the Tian Heng Town, Shandong Province, the village of Zhougezhuang of the local tradition of folklore, with a history of more than 500 years. Through the careful planning, packaging and promotion of the local government, this ancient festival has developed into a well-known folk festival brand in Shandong Province and even the whole country, and it is the carnival of modern people, attracting countless Chinese and foreign tourists and experts in folklore and economic policy research from all over China every year. 2008, the Tianheng Sea Festival was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list and was honored as the first festival of China, and the first festival of the Chinese. In 2008, the festival was inscribed on the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and was honored with the "Best Public Participation Award" in the first China Festival Award.
15、Flower Appreciation Festival
Time: April every year
Location: Licang District, Qingdao City
Introduction: Qingdao Flower Appreciation Festival is based on the unique floral resources of the former Qingdao Licang District, and mainly focuses on the appreciation of three kinds of flowers, i.e., the peach blossoms in the eastern part of the Licun Village, the plum blossoms in the Shimeiwan Temple in the area of 800 acres, and the wild azalea flowers in the area of 1,000 acres of red stones in the north hills of Daijiabeishan. The festival integrates other flower resources and cultural resources to form a cultural festival integrating tourism, commerce and mass cultural activities. Festivals include large-scale theme parties, international flower arrangement art competitions, hiking and flower-appreciation tours, calligraphy and painting fairs, large-scale essay competitions, folk culture activity weeks, and preferential shopping activities.
16, withered peach will
Time: April to May every year
Address: Laoshan Han withered peach community
Introduction: withered peach village originated in the Ming Dynasty, Yongle years, when there are a number of brothers came from Yunnan to the Laoshan Mountain, long-distance trekking so that they have eaten all the food is exhausted, in a trance, they found a large peach tree on some of the dying peach, these peaches save Peaches, these withered peaches saved their lives, so they settled here, and took the name withered peach village. Now, Kutao Village has a variety of flowers, trees and turf nearly 1,000 species, mainly moon season, cyclamen, chrysanthemums, tulips, roses, cedars, cypresses, carnations, Don Changpu and dozens of other kinds of valuable flowers and trees, whenever the season of flowers in full bloom, the village of Kutao has become a sea of flowers. At the same time, with the growing flower industry in Kutao, it is also a good solution to the resettlement of rural surplus labor force, increasing the economic income of the surrounding people.
17, cherry blossom will
Time: April to May every year
Address: Zhongshan Park
Introduction: Every year, from mid-April to early May, is the season of cherry blossoms. Cherry Blossom Festival has three main brand activities: First, from April 1 to April 10, the garden in spring; second, from April 10 to April 25, the traditional cherry blossom viewing event, thousands of cherry blossoms, 200,000 tulips, and zinnias, begonias, etc. have entered into full bloom, presenting a "sea of flowers in the East Garden"; third, from April 26 to May 7, the celebration of May Day activities. The third is the May Day Celebration from April 26th to May 7th. Qingdao organized the cherry blossom will begin in the 1930s, known as the "East Garden Sea of Flowers" Zhongshan Park cherry blossoms, has been included in the Qingdao Ten Scenic Spots.
18, Jiaonan azalea will
Time: April to May every year
Location: Jiaonan Dazhu Mountain Scenic Area
Introduction: China Luangya Tourism and Culture Festival and Jiaonan azalea will be the background of Jiaonan's history and culture, Luangya Terrace, Lingshan Bay and 10,000 acres of wild azalea flowers as the basis of tourism resources, to enhance the brand of the city of Jiaonan. The city of Jiaonan, to enhance the city brand for the purpose of planning colorful thematic activities, multi-directional display of landscape charm, and the beauty of Jiaonan's intoxicating scenery, local customs and vibrant, for the vast number of tourists to create a comfortable, interactive, harmonious tourism festivals, and truly realize the social benefits, environmental benefits, economic benefits of the **** win. From April to May, azaleas bloom in full bloom on Mount Pearl, and the main activity for tourists is hiking to enjoy the flowers. There is also a food workshop at the flower party, and there will be real-life activities such as windmill spinning and gopher playing along the way for entertainment.
19, Chengyang Peony Art Festival
Time: April to May every year
Location: Peony Garden of Tianxiangyuan, Chengyang District, Qingdao City
Introduction: Peony Garden is located in Dongtian Community of Chengyang Street, and it was first built in 1999. It was built in 1999 and covers an area of 135 acres. More than 200,000 peonies of 600 varieties and more than 30,000 peonies of 200 varieties are planted in the garden. There are flower corridors, octagonal pavilions, artificial lakes, rockery waterfalls and other artificial structures in the garden. The Peony Art Festival of Chengyang District is held here in late April every year, with entertainment programs such as opera, calligraphy, acrobatics, martial arts, cockfighting and fishing in a lively atmosphere.
20, Laoshan Tourism and Culture Festival
Time: April to June every year
Location: Laoshan, Qingdao City
Introduction: Laoshan Tourism and Culture Festival is themed with "mountain and sea feelings, charming Laoshan". Divided into festivals, forums and seminars, cultural activities, tourism activities, economic and trade activities, sports and fitness activities, such as eight thematic plates. By the China International Tea Culture Research Association, China Tea Circulation Association, Shandong Province Tea Culture Association, Qingdao Municipal People's Government, organized by the People's Government of Laoshan District, Qingdao City, Laoshan International Tea Culture Symposium and Laoshan International Tea Culture Festival is known as the "Tea Olympics". At that time the audience will enjoy the domestic pop music singing diva that is like heavenly voice, infectious performance, fashion band's passionate performance and other singer's wonderful performance, y feel the year on the ancient tea road "backpacker" unique and tragic difficult course.
21, Hongdao Clam Festival
Time: April to May every year
Location: Qingdao City, Chengyang District, Hongdao
Introduction: In 2004, Chengyang District held the first Qingdao Hongdao Clam Festival, organized and carried out a variety of activities, including arts and cultural performances, fitness and recreation, economic and trade negotiation, attracting visitors more than 7 million people. More than 10,000 people. Hongdao has a long history, the Jiaozhou Bay area nearly a thousand years of customs can be evidenced here, the representative scenic spot is the Hanjia Folk Village. Hanjia Folk Village began construction in 2004, with an investment of 120 million yuan, built on the site of the original red island ancient salt and ancient fishing sites, after seven years of construction and improvement, clams during the festival, Hanjia Folk Village will lift the veil of mystery to the outside world to guests. Red Island Clam Festival combined with Red Island's Hanjia Folk Village, Red Island Qingyun Palace, Red Island Sea Tourism Park, Fantasy Kingdom, Red Island Huanglan Sea Rhythm Court and other scenic spots, visitors can fully participate in the sea to pick up shells, spring fishing, folk tourism, science and technology experience, folk prayers and other types of thematic activities to the Red Island with the sea breeze, digging clams, eat seafood, live in a folk inn, enjoy the fun of the sea.
22, Xuejia Island Seafood Festival
Time: April to May every year
Location: Xuejia Island, Qingdao City
Introduction: Xuejia Island, also known as the "phoenix island", is located in Jiaozhou Bay, west coast, within the territory of Huangdao District, and the island of the Mission. It is 2.26 nautical miles away from Tuan Island. It is surrounded by the sea on the east, south and north, with a coastline of 54 kilometers long, shaped like a flying phoenix. Legend has it that in ancient times a golden phoenix flew to heaven to participate in the Bird Festival, flew into the blue waves, fishing songs in the Jiaozhou Bay, for the beautiful island scenery and simple fishermen's folk style of intoxicated, happy not to think about flying, wings fell into the south side of the Jiaozhou Bay, and then into today's Xuejiajiao festival activities are shallow sea fishing, sea fishing, sea tours, tasting fishermen's feasts, and so on.
23, Laoshan Tea Culture Festival
Time: April to May every year
Location: Laoshan, Qingdao City
Introduction: Founded in 2004, Laoshan Tea Culture Festival, tea as a medium, set the opening ceremony of the arts and crafts show, tea culture seminars and exchanges and tea exhibition and sales, tourism and cultural activities in one to "Undertake traditional tea culture, modern tea economy" as the theme of the festival activities, aimed at integrating tea culture resources, mining the connotation of Laoshan Tea Culture, is a leisure and vacation, tea and food, fitness and entertainment into one festival, tourists can be in the Xiaowang community, hoarding the mountain community to participate in tea picking tea, tea frying and other activities in the community tea fields, but also to appreciate the tea countryside style, taste the tea, and enjoy the tea culture and culture. Tea country style, taste tea country farmhouse feast.
24, the International Sailing Expo
Time: May to June every year
Location: Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center
Introduction: China International Sailing Expo after years of careful cultivation, the Expo has been enjoying a high reputation and wide international influence in the industry.
Introduction: After years of careful cultivation, China International Sailing Expo has enjoyed a high reputation and wide international influence in the industry, and has gradually become a major festival and exhibition activity with distinctive characteristics in our city. The fair not only promotes the development of shipbuilding and modern logistics, but also promotes the popularization of water sports and leisure in China, and contributes to the development of high-end marine tourism in China. Festivals include sailing and yachting as well as water sports, water leisure equipment and equipment display.
25, Laixi Daqingshan acacia festival
Time: May every year
Address: Qingdao City, Laixi County, Daqingshan
Introduction: Laixi Daqingshan acacia forests planted in acacia, May is in full bloom, step into the mountains, the bees and butterflies dance, the flowers, the fragrance of the clusters of white acacia flowers competing in the open. Visitors can see the "ten miles of mountains, acres of acacia flowers," the unique landscape. Acacia Festival by the Laixi Municipal People's Government and the Qingdao Municipal Tourism Bureau **** with the host, to establish the Laixi tourism brand, show Laixi resource advantages as the theme, and strive to use this opportunity, as soon as possible, will be integrated into the Qingdao Tourism Laixi in the big picture. During the acacia flower festival, also organized power parachute flight show, acacia flower photography exhibition, acacia flower series of green food exhibition and other activities.
26, Jiaonan Tea Festival
Time: May every year
Location: Jiaonan Haiqingyuan
Introduction: known as the "hometown of the Northern Green Tea" The reputation of Jiaonan City, Haiqing Town, is located in Qingdao, Rizhao, Weifang, the junction of the three cities, the town site seven kilometers northbound. Every year in May, held here "Qingdao Jiaonan Haiqing Green Tea Picking Festival", will attract many tourists from all over the country to come to see the tea, tea picking, tea, tea, tea, feel the first town of green tea in the north of the river's natural scenery, the play of Haiqing's tourism resources, to enhance the popularity and reputation of Haiqing Green Tea, and to increase the brand of Haiqing Green Tea, as well as the promotion of leisure and sightseeing agro-tourism projects. Sightseeing agro-industrial tourism program publicity and promotion. The main activities of the town of Haiqing tea factory development and product demonstration, tea picking contest and tea picking female tea picking performance, Chaotian pot tea frying show, tea show, tea farmers, tea factory representatives worship "tea" Lu Yu activities, Haiqing Green Tea organic tea production process demonstration, arts and crafts performance, classical music performance, hiking and fitness activities, and so on.
27, Jiaozhou Yangge Cultural Festival
Time: May every year
Location: Jiaozhou City, Qingdao
Introduction: Jiaozhou Yangge Cultural Festival originated in the Ma Dian East Xiaotun, Nanwang Jiaozhou Yangge, also known as rice-planting, twisting off the waist, the three bends, more than 300 years of history. It is famous at home and abroad for its dance posture of "three bends, nine movements and eighteen states" and its dance style of "lifting and dropping, walking and floating". Taking the opportunity of being successfully selected as one of the first national intangible cultural heritage list, Jiaozhou City successfully organized the first Yangge Cultural Festival in 2006. The festival activities include rice-planting song competition, cultural evening party, mass rice-planting song stilt parade and other teams.
28, Yunshan Cherry Festival
Time: May to June every year
Location: Yunshan Town
Introduction: Yunshan Town enjoys the reputation of "the first town of Jiaodong large cherries", Yunshan large cherries have a large head, good fruit type, color, taste and color. The Yunshan cherry has big head, good fruit type, color and lustre, fresh taste, high nutritional value and other notable features, with the "spring fruit first branch" of the name, Yunshan Town is named "China's high-quality fruit and vegetable base townships". Pingdu Yunshan Cherry Festival is held once a year, hosted by Pingdu Municipal People's Government and undertaken by Yunshan Township Government. Each cherry festival lasts more than 10 days, through the cultural stage, tourism singing, to create a special tourism brand in Jiaodong. The festival activities include opening ceremony, folk square art performance contest, catching the cherry harvest fair, golf invitational tournament, project promotion, cherry planting management lectures, leisure tourism and so on.
29, Shanshiyu Cherry Hill Club
Time: May every year
Location: Chengyang District, Shanshiyu
Introduction: sponsored by the People's Government of Chengyang District, Xiazhuang Street, District Tourism Bureau and the District Agricultural Bureau to undertake. Cherry mountain meeting has been gradually developed from a single field picking to a comprehensive festival activities integrating leisure, culture, ecology and other elements, and "cherry economy" has become one of the loudest brands of eco-tourism industry in Chengyang District and even Qingdao City. During the festival, nearly 20 cherry-producing communities in the eastern mountainous area of Chengyang, including Xiazhuang and Shifu town streets, are the main venue of Shanshiyu Cherry Festival. Festival activities include cherry picking, tasting authentic farmhouse feasts, hiking and fitness.
30, Beizhai Cherry Festival
Time: May to June every year
Address: Beizhai Street, Laoshan District
Introduction: Beizhai Cherry Festival is held during the ripening period of cherries every year (May to June) in the street of Beizhai, Laoshan District, at which time a wonderful ceremony of the opening of the garden will be held and a special customary performance. Visitors can enjoy the wonderful program after the cherry round picking and tasting cherries, you can also eat a farm dinner, experience the agricultural interest, enjoy the rural pleasure.
31, Ocean Festival
Time: June to July every year
Address: Zhongshan Park (the main venue)
Introduction: Qingdao Ocean Festival began in 1999, the theme of each festival is different. The China Ocean Science and Technology Expo and International Forum on Ocean Science and Technology and Economic Development held during the festival has become the highest level international conference held in the city in recent years due to the level of participants and the high level of academic value of papers. There are "Joyful China - Charming Qingdao" large-scale concert, shipping activities, sea fishing contest, marine knowledge photo exhibition, the sea romantic wedding ceremony, "sea love" and other thematic series of activities.
32, Korean Food Festival
Time: June every year
Location: Chengyang District, Liuting Street
Introduction: Qingdao Chengyang District is the Shandong Province, Korean-funded enterprises in the dense area and the Korean cuisine cluster area, the jurisdiction of the various types of Korean restaurants more than 200, is the country's most concentrated area of Korean cuisine stores It is one of the most concentrated areas of Korean restaurants in China. Into the neighborhood, printed with Korean signboards one after another, each store is decorated with a strong Korean flavor, where the decorations, tables, menus, drinks, waiter's clothing and background music are the original Korean style, here is like being in Korea. In recent years, Liuting Street invested more than 600 million yuan, more than 1,200-meter-long block for unified decoration, to create a Korean style street. At present, the block is concentrated in the Korean style of Korean restaurants, bars, KTV and other more than 50 stores. During the food festival, the Korean style block will be transformed into a new world that concentrates the unique dining culture of South Korea, and these restaurants also specially bring original seasonings such as kimchi, ginseng and hot sauce from South Korea, and will cook nearly 30 kinds of authentic Korean dishes including cold food, hot food, desserts and snacks.
33, the International Beer Festival
Time: opened the second weekend of August each year, for 16 days
Address: Huangdao District, the Golden Beach
Introduction: Qingdao International Beer Festival was first held on June 23, 1991, with Qingdao's local characteristics, it is a familiar one. Festival. With Japan, the United States, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions of the brewery, beer agents to participate in exhibitions and exchanges, so that Qingdao, the beautiful and romantic "Switzerland of the East" more charming. The festival consists of opening ceremony, beer tasting, cultural evening, art parade, sports and entertainment, drinking contest, tourism and leisure, economic and trade exhibitions, closing ceremony and so on.
34, International Beach Culture Festival
Time: September every year
Location: Qingdao First Sea Water Bathing Ground
Introduction: Qingdao International Beach Culture Festival has been held in September every year at the First Sea Water Bathing Ground since 1992, and is organized by the Qingdao Beach Culture Association. 2002, the Qingdao People's Government allocated a huge amount of money to the First Sea Water Bathing Ground. In 2002, Qingdao Municipal People's Government allocated huge sums of money to the first sea water bathing beach for historical reconstruction, the new look of the Huiquan Bay makes the Qingdao International Beach Culture Festival more colorful. Qingdao International Beach Festival has formed a unique Qingdao beach culture, in the beautiful coastal city, the beach culture has been y integrated into the cultural life of the general public, and has become a beautiful landscape of the island city. The main activities of the festival include sand sculpture competitions, beach weddings, beach volleyball, beach tug-of-war and many other cultural and sports programs.
35, International Fashion Week
Time: September every year
Address: Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center
Introduction: Since 2006, Qingdao International Fashion Week has been renamed "China (Qingdao) International Fashion Week". There are fashion designers from more than ten countries and regions such as France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia and so on during the meeting. International Fashion Week has become a window to show the characteristics of the era of clothing, attracting tourists from all over the world to travel and visit. The activities include launching conference, brand exhibition, beauty salon contest, fashion design invitational contest, fashion week modeling contest and so on.
36, Dazeshang Grape Festival
Time: September every year
Location: Dazeshang Town, Pingdu City, Qingdao City
Introduction: Dazeshang Grape Festival was originally a unique folk festival in Dazeshang District of Pingdu City, the "God of Wealth" festival (July 22nd of the lunar calendar). (the 22nd day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), is said to have originated in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. 1987, Dazeshang Township government and the actual combination of the local, more rich in the spirit of modern civilization and local characteristics, to guide the evolution of the "Grape Festival. 1991, the municipal government decided to engage in the city's festivals, renamed "Pingdu Grape Festival", and is scheduled to be held annually on September 1, the opening ceremony, in recent years for the convenience of town visitors to participate in the event, generally choose Saturday opening. Since 1995, in order to improve the higher visibility of Dazeshang grapes, "China's Grape Town", "important stone base in northern China", "Shandong Province Scenic Spot" three pieces of gold medals to promote to domestic and international markets. The gold standard to promote to the domestic and foreign markets, to attract more knowledgeable people to the city and the town of Dazeshang development and investment and tourism, negotiate economic and trade. The main venue of the festival reset Dazeshang Town, named "Dazeshang Grape Festival", the time for a month.
37, Jimo Heshan Persimmon Festival
Time: October every year
Location: Jimo Heshan Scenic Area
Introduction: Heshan Mountain mountain ring winding, beautiful, colorful, in the fall it is a layer of forests, full of golden persimmons all over the mountains, the beauty of the beautiful persimmons let a person, known as the "Apricot Forest Flying Haze". It is known as "Apricot Forest Flying Haze" and is one of the eight scenic spots of Heshan. Heshan persimmon garden is the largest persimmon garden in Jimo, the hills and mountains are full of persimmon trees, the longest age of the tree has been hundreds of years of history, persimmon sugar is very full, sweet and delicious, known as "the home of the persimmon of the Jiaodong" of the beauty of the name. Every year after the National Day, the golden yellow persimmons by