China's coastal areas are rich in marine characteristics of the folk festival is introduced as follows:
Shandong Rongcheng China Fishermen's Festival, Hainan International Coconut Festival, Qingdao Ocean Festival, Zhejiang Xiangshan fishing festival.
First Fuqing (Shapu) Fishing Festival
The first Fuqing (Shapu) Fishing Festival and Marine Culture and Tourism Festival will be held on August 3rd in Shapu Town, Fuqing City. The fishing festival, with the theme of "open sun, watch the sea and enjoy the sand", will organize the release ceremony, fishing carnival, fishing feast, offshore fishing competition and other activities. Visitors can enjoy the unique folk worship ceremony of the sea god, the spectacular scene of thousands of sailors competing and going to the fishing ground, as well as participating in the exciting activities of the carnival.
"Sixteen Bowls of Shapu" is the main character of the fishing festival. The sixteen dishes are mainly seafood, including the "green", authentic and fresh Shapu dishes. Pan-frying, deep-frying, steaming and other cooking techniques. They specialize in cooking to achieve freshness due to the diversity of ingredients and flavors.
Beihai Fishing Festival
Guangxi Beihai is a city surrounded by the sea on three sides, with beautiful scenery and delicious fish and shrimp. It is located in the Beibu Gulf, one of the four major fishing grounds in China, and has gradually become one of the "best marine tourist destinations" in the minds of Chinese and foreign tourists.
Every year, when the fishing season begins, the fishermen of Beihai will hold the "traditional fishermen praying to the sea", "flag-raising ceremony", "the people banging gongs and drums", "red sail to the sea to sound the whistle" and other local characteristics of the ceremony, to bid farewell to the sea, and sincerely wish them a safe and successful return from the sea. After fishing, the sea is all open for fishing. Fishermen say the fishing festival will be a grand one. Seafood is said to be by the ton, so don't miss it!
Zhanjiang Open Fishing Festival
For the majority of foodies, Zhanjiang's fishing festival is like the Spring Festival, a feast! The circle of friends and microblogging is as much a magical attack from seafood as the major marinas. The daily greetings have changed from "Have you eaten" to "Have you eaten seafood today?
Zhanjiang is surrounded by sea on three sides, with a sea area of more than 20,000 square kilometers; a total coastline of more than 2,000 kilometers, 140 islands of various sizes, and Zhanjiang's seafood cuisine has a long-standing reputation throughout the country, and the saying "Eat seafood, go to Zhanjiang" has been circulating. It is said that almost all the seafood in the world can be found in Zhanjiang.
As early as 2010, Zhanjiang was officially awarded the honorary title of "China's seafood food capital" by the China Cuisine Association, becoming the first and only city in the country to receive this award.
At the Zhanjiang Fishing Festival, you can also see sea rituals and prayers. Fishermen gather at the largest ancestral hall in western Guangdong, the Fishing Shun Ancestral Hall, to pray for the goddess Mazu to bless everyone with good weather and good fortune.
A rare performance of the "net dragon" dance, an intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province, can also be seen at the festival. The legend of the net dragon is that it is a combination of a cow and a dragon, and the body of the dragon is made of used fishing nets, ropes, bamboo, grass and blades of grass woven and tied together by the villagers who enthusiastically donate them to the festival, symbolizing "a hundred boats, a hundred fields, a hundred nets, a hundred villages, a hundred villages, and a hundred grasses".
Maoming fishing festival
"South China Sea fishing" China (Maoming romantic coast) South China Sea fishing festival will be held on August 16th. Sea sacrifice, release, opening ceremony, collective trawling, fishing harbor fishing feast, family folklore performance, poetry reading, Hawaiian style parade, family folklore parade, Hawaiian theater, bonfire party, fireworks extravaganza Instead of staying in an air-conditioned room, you should be there to witness the South China Sea Fishing Festival (Maoming. Romantic Coast) has tens of thousands of people!
Yangjiang Fishing Festival
Since the fishing moratorium was extended by one month this year, the 15th South China Sea (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival was postponed to August 15th-16th. As the highlight of the annual fishing festival, the fishermen's banquet is the most popular event. Roast goose, boiled shrimp, eel maw stuffed with meat, stir-fried double squid, scallop steak with sea cucumber, mushroom stewed with fungus, and five-flower meat
The wedding custom of Zhapo fishermen is a unique cultural phenomenon on the water circulating in the coastal area of western Guangdong. Ceremonies are held during the wedding, such as marriage ceremony, crying ceremony, land wedding, carrying the bride, procession, matchmaker's noisy scene, worshipping, and fishermen's wedding banquet. The original appearance of each link will not only make you enjoy watching, but also show you the doorway.
Sea ceremonies are also one of the main elements of the Nanhai (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival, with gongs and drums, horns, firecrackers and salutes. Salutes and drums resonate in the sky; rough fishing songs roll out, and ceremonial flowers rush to the sky; all kinds of flags flutter and hunt, and priests and fishermen's representatives hold sea bowls to toast to the gods and the sea, praying for a full barn of fish and shrimp and good luck.
This year's fishing festival also added a rich and colorful activities, such as the "beautiful fishing village safe fishing" China Fisheries Photo Exhibition promotional activities, Guangdong Province, the annual fishing moratorium will be summarized, into the Yangjiang film club, the South China Sea (Yangjiang) fishing festival photo exhibition, Guangdong kite elite invitational tournament, sailing show, Hailing District, "Fishing Cup". The "Fishing Cup" Top Ten Singers Competition, the Island Water Park Rush, the lively Summer Carnival and so on.
These fishing festivals will be held soon. You need to plan well in advance to visit here, and these events usually last for three months. You can have plenty of time to visit this place!