What are the special festivals in Hainan?

Abstract: Hainan’s characteristic cultural fertile soil is extremely profound and charming. The residents of Hainan Province include more than 30 ethnic groups including Han, Li, Miao, Hui, Yi, Dong and Yao. There are Li, Miao, Hui, Han and other ethnic groups who have lived there for generations. For thousands of years, the simple and unique ethnic customs have made the island's social scene rich and colorful. So what are the traditional festivals in Hainan? What are the major festivals in Hainan? The following article will introduce to you the traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Chinese Valentine's Day in Hainan Province, as well as the Nanshan Longevity Cultural Festival, the Hainan Island International Road Cycling Race, the Wanning Lantern Festival, the Hainan International Tourism Island Happy Festival, Let’s take a look at the Tianya Haijiao International Wedding Festival and other large-scale festivals. Traditional festival Spring Festival time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: In the eyes of Hainanese people, all folk customs are artificially made according to people’s will and wishes. Therefore, in Hainan dialect , all folk behaviors are preceded by the word "do", such as doing Qingming Festival, doing in-laws (i.e. getting married), while northerners "celebrate the New Year", and Hainan dialect calls it "doing the New Year". There is a saying in Hainan that goes, "At the end of the twelfth lunar month, the knife and the anvil are not idle." This is because in Hainan, no matter how poor a family is, on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, if they want to borrow money or rice, they have to kill chickens and ducks, braised pork, pig's trotters, meat dishes, and vegetarian dishes. A large plate and eight large bowls are placed on the Eight Immortals table in front of the incense burner. After the ceremony of worshiping the ancestors is completed, firecrackers are set off. After the food has cooled down, it is taken down and the whole family gathers around the stove to eat the New Year dinner. Hainan's Spring Festival customs include New Year's Eve dinner, traditional seating arrangements, "picking houses" for washing benches, worshiping ancestors, lighting kerosene lamps, watching the New Year's Eve, spreading wine on the altar, etc.

Lantern Festival Time: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Introduction: The Lantern Festival is also a special "Valentine's Day" in Fucheng, Haikou, Hainan, filled with many romantic colors. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Hainan Fucheng is like a sea of ??flowers. People flocked to various prosperous places in Fucheng like a tide, looking for the one they liked among the crowds passing by. Fat chicken is a traditional custom of Qionghai villagers celebrating the Lantern Festival. That night, every household was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and a lantern was placed at the door of each house. There is a table of Eight Immortals, with a big fat chicken glowing with oil in the middle of the table. Some chickens have flowers and lanterns in their mouths, and some chickens have their wings spread flat and their feet naturally straightened. The villagers will visit and judge. A jury composed of villagers will judge, and the winner will receive a reward from the village; the "Lantern Festival Lantern Festival" is a traditional Lantern Festival program in Wanning City. People can watch a variety of lanterns at the Lantern Festival, such as the Eighteen Arhats, the Heroes Roosters dance, Guanyin lotus and peacocks open their tails, etc., and you can also enjoy the wonderful dragon dance performances.

Tomb-sweeping Festival time: around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar

Introduction: In Hainan, on the day of Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people in both cities and villages will sweep tombs and worship ancestors (part of Families would sweep graves during the winter solstice). Even overseas Chinese from Hainan who live as far away as Southeast Asia will come back from foreign countries to worship their ancestors on Qingming Day, never forgetting their ancestors or their homeland. Hainan people worship their ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and in many small cities and counties, they have the habit of reciting their ancestors' precepts and clan rules. Hainanese people attach great importance to the prosperity and inheritance of a family, and they cherish and mourn their deceased elders very much. During sacrifices, children will read the rules passed down from the family tree along with their elders. In many places in Hainan, the custom of "men are superior to women" still persists. When worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival, men usually line up in a row from oldest to youngest to kneel together to worship their ancestors. Women standing on both sides are not allowed to kneel down. In some cities and counties in western Hainan, there is a custom of placing colorful flags when sweeping graves. They used the colorful flags to worship their ancestors and put them on the top of the tombs. According to the introduction of the older generation, they were "draping clouds and wearing crowns" for their ancestors, and the deceased would feel glorious.

Dragon Boat Festival time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: In some cities and counties in the southwest of Hainan Island, Ledong County, Dongfang City, there is also a "no rice dumplings" in some places custom. People start making zongzi on the morning of the fourth day of May, usually before noon. According to legend, the purpose of making rice dumplings on the fourth day of the fifth lunar month is to "sacrifice" the cooked rice dumplings on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to show respect for the ancestors. Here, rice dumplings cannot be given away casually. If a family member dies this year, that family cannot make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. In this case, only relatives and friends can send rice dumplings to them.

Sending lanterns during the Lantern Festival? Time: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Location: Wenchang City, Hainan Province

Introduction: Sending lanterns during the Lantern Festival in Wenchang is a traditional Chinese folk custom project , on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hold lanterns (there are 72 large and small red characters for "happiness" and 36 for "longevity" in the entire lantern), expressing the Chinese working people's yearning for a happy life and praying to gods to bless the new year. May your family be safe, may you have good luck, and may you be safe every year.

Haikou Mrs. "Junpo" originated from Madam Xian's meritorious measures to set up Yazhou, parade the army to revitalize the military, and stabilize the whole island. It later evolved into the "Junpo Festival" spontaneously raised by the people to commemorate Madam Xian. Each Madame Xian temple organized and held it independently, most of which It falls in the second month of the lunar calendar and has a history of more than a thousand years. This festival is a traditional festival in Hainan, especially the temple fair in rural areas, and has become a regional culture recognized by the Han, Li and Miao ethnic groups. Through the inheritance of history, the evolution of the times, and the promotion of the people, it has accumulated extremely rich cultural connotations and is an important part of the folk culture of Hainan Province. Among them, "Junpo Festival", "Tiger Dance", "Chuang", etc. have been listed It has been included in the important protection list of Hainan Province’s intangible cultural heritage.

March 3rd Time: The third day of the third lunar month

Location: Hainan Province

Introduction: March 3rd Festival is a cultural resource handed down by the Li people in Hainan for thousands of years. , is the most concrete and typical expression of Li culture, and is also a traditional festival for young men and women of Li people to pursue love and happiness. The main characteristics and value of its folk customs are a concentrated expression of the overall folk customs of the Li people in production, life, entertainment, etc., and are a window for the world to understand the culture and history of the Li people. Now every year on March 3rd, various inhabited areas of the Li ethnic group in Hainan hold grand celebrations with rich content, including song competitions, fire parties, float competitions, lantern exhibitions, traditional ethnic sports competitions, antiphonal singing by young men and women, and ethnic songs and dances. Performances and economic and trade activities, etc. Today, the Li March 3rd Festival has become a grand event to enrich tourism products, spread national culture, and promote national economic development, attracting tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

Hainan International Coconut Festival Time: The third day of the third lunar month

Location: Haikou City

Introduction: Haikou has a "Coconut Street" and a coconut lantern festival; in Coconut Taste delicious coconuts in Wenchang County, our hometown; in Tongshi City, the Li and Miao people will celebrate their grand carnival "March 3", and you can see the wedding customs and ancestor worship ceremonies of the Li and Miao people; Sanya has the "International Dragon Boat Race" and "Folk Martial Arts Competition". People's festival travel schedule can be arranged to gather at the Sanya International Hotel in the afternoon, stay at the International Hotel, attend the opening ceremony, visit Coconut Street, watch the Coconut Market lantern display, taste coconuts in Wenchang, Coconut County, and participate in the March Sanli and Miao Tongshi City Festivals. and wedding ceremonies, as well as offerings to ancestors.

Sisters Festival Time: March 15th to March 18th of the lunar calendar

Location: Wuzhishan and Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County

Introduction: Every third day of the lunar calendar From the 15th to the 18th of the month, girls from the Miao village living on the Doushui River at the junction of Wuzhishan City and Baoting County celebrate the traditional festival - Sisters' Day. During these days, according to the traditional custom of the Miao family in Hainan, they have to eat sisters' rice. Sisters' rice is made by girls who go up the mountain to pick flowers and leaves of wild plants, dye glutinous rice into colorful colors and then steam it. After eating sisters' rice, girls and boys dressed in festive costumes and national costumes happily come to the bank of Doushui River. Participate in entertainment and sports activities: tourists sing folk songs, play reed pipes, play drums on the beach, beat gongs and drums, dance reed pipes, row boats, bullfights, etc.

Danzhou Mid-Autumn Song Festival Time: the 15th day of the eighth lunar month

Location: Danzhou City, Hainan Province

Introduction: Danzhou, Hainan Province is known as "Poetry" Known as the "Sea of ??Folk Songs", Danzhou Folk Song Festival is held every Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, people dressed in costumes gathered happily at more than a dozen township markets in the northern part of the city. Lively scenes of people singing and singing could be seen everywhere. The Danzhou Mid-Autumn Song Festival evolved from Danzhou folk song activities. It first occurred in the late Song Dynasty and originated from the coastal area in the north of Danzhou City. The main activities of the Song Festival include Danzhou folk songs, antiphonal singing competition and "moon appreciation".

The singing tone is gentle, the tunes have evolved from folk songs, the tunes are endless, the singing scenes are lively, the lyrics, singing score, rhythm, melody and mode are all in line with the personality characteristics of young people, and are loved by the majority of young people.

Nanshan Longevity Cultural Festival Time: Held every two years (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month)

Location: Sanya City

Introduction: "Nanshan Longevity Cultural Festival" It is a very important festival in Sanya City. It is held every two years during the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and lasts for a week. With the theme of "ecological health, national peace and security, longevity and longevity", the event vividly displayed the image of Hainan Province's longevity island, promoted the development of senior tourism, and consistently advocated "the elderly have fun, have something to do, learn, and The social proposition of "having a good life" continues to carry forward the fine tradition of the Chinese nation of "respecting the elderly, respecting the elderly, and being filial to mothers", and strives to improve the quality of life of the elderly and enhance their physical and mental health.

Tour of Hainan Island International Road Cycling Race Time: October every year

Location: Hainan Province

Introduction: Tour of Hainan Island International Road Cycling Race (referred to as Tour of the Island) ) was founded in 2006, co-sponsored by the State Sports General Administration and the Hainan Provincial People's Government, and jointly organized by the China Cycling Association and the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports. "Opinions" clearly stated that major international brand sports events should be focused on cultivating and created with the efforts of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. The competition route passes through 17 cities and counties and 1 economic development zone on the island, covering all types of road races such as highways, provincial roads, county roads, and rural roads. The level of the Tour of Hainan Island International Road Cycling Race is 2.HC. It is one of the top road cycling races with the highest level and greatest influence in Asia.

Wanning Lantern Festival Time: October every year

Location: Wanning City

Introduction: On the evening of October 7, 2004, the first China Youth Happy Festival The fifth Hainan Island Happy Festival Wanning Lantern Festival kicked off. Thousands of cultural lanterns of different shapes in Wanning City hang thousands of miles high in the sky. Thousands of cultural lanterns of various shapes in Wanning City hang high in the sky thousands of miles away, like countless small stars lighting up the entire night sky. All kinds of lanterns slowly rose into the sky, turning the sky above Wanning into a gorgeous picture. The crowds cheered, blessed each other, and made their wishes come true. People were bathed in the joyful songs and laughter of the festival.

Hainan International Tourism Island Happy Festival Time: November every year

Location: Hainan Province

Introduction: The origin of Hainan Island Happy Festival in China is due to Hainan’s plan to create To become China's tourist island, there must be a province-wide tourism festival that gathers popularity and adds joy to tourists. In order to discover and enhance Hainan's tourism culture, it is hosted by the Hainan Provincial Government and the National Tourism Administration and is held every November. As a newly planned tourism festival, the festival is characterized by "travel platforms, singing and traveling games". Through various tourism and entertainment activities held in various cities and counties, led by the tourism industry and attracting the participation of all aspects of society, it provides domestic and foreign tourists with a relaxed and cheerful tourism and vacation environment, shaping Hainan's "happy island, vacation paradise" tourism image.

Tianya Haijiao International Wedding Festival Time: November every year

Location: Sanya City

Introduction: In order to meaningfully combine folk weddings with leisure and vacation tourism, The People's Government of Sanya City, Hainan Province has held the "China Sanya Tianya Haijiao International Wedding Festival" (later renamed Wedding Festival) in Sanya City from November 18th to 21st every year since 1997. The Wedding Festival accepts international and domestic newlyweds as well as golden and silver wedding couples to sign up. Through activities such as "Gathering in Lucheng", "Marriage at the End of the World", "Praying for Blessings in Nanshan", and "Sending Love to the East China Sea", each couple can enjoy an unforgettable experience. . China's Sanya Tianya Haijiao International Wedding Program has now developed into a boutique tourism festival that integrates wedding tourism and honeymoon vacations.