1, Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Shenzhen people call the Spring Festival "do year", Shenzhen locals to the New Year, New Year's greetings, busy New Year's Day means do, they are busy in the busy They enjoy the hustle and bustle of New Year's Eve. When the Spring Festival comes, the customary activities of the local people are busy from the eighth day of the Lunar New Year until the end of the Lantern Festival, which lasts for more than 20 days. Including preparing for farming, encouraging farming, sacrificing to heaven and earth, praying for good harvests, eating meat and drinking wine, entertaining and reveling, and welcoming the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival of the local people is lively and rich. It is the most important festival for Shenzhen locals to start the new year, and the word "new" is emphasized in everything they eat, wear and use. Shenzhen women will get up early on this day, go to the wellhead, the river to pick a full tank of water, take the meaning of the new water vitality, but now the home is the tap water, but there are still people early in the morning to go to Wutong Mountain, Yangtai Mountain and other mountains to take spring water home to make tea and boiled rice. Futian, Nantou, Xixiang, Shajing, Songgang, Gongming Guangfu people, used to raise money to buy the largest cannon, the first day of the year in the village in the early hours of the morning burning, who can grab the center of this cannon head, and let it not explode, who is the able person, the village heroes, the village applauded and elders rewarded.
2, Lantern Festival
Time: the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar
Introduction: Every New Year's Eve, Bao'an people like to celebrate the lion dance. In addition to Fuyong Lion Dance, Songgang Street in Bao'an District has always had the custom of dancing the Seven Star Lion Dance, which has produced many lion dance masters. Songgang seven star lion dance" was honored in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, very rich and distinctive Lingnan local characteristics. Futian "Big Poon Choi" is a Lantern Festival custom that has been passed down in 15 urban villages in Futian District, Shenzhen, such as Xiasha Village, Shixia, Xinzhou and Shazui. During the Lantern Festival, villagers, Hong Kong compatriots, overseas villagers and builders coming to Shenzhen from the same village eat the "big pot of vegetables" for reunion, to unite the feelings of relatives and villagers; Nanshan locals like to eat tea; on the ninth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, it's the day of the light of the ancestral hall of Zhang's family in Xiangxi Village of Nanhu Street, Luohu District, and the Zhang family in Xiangxi Village, who had a newborn boy in the past year, would bring their newborn baby boy to the ancestral hall and then come to the ancestral hall for the first time. Bring the newborn baby boy, to the ancestral hall lighting; Longgang people Lantern Festival, more like to appreciate the Hakka Lantern Lantern. At the same time, in addition to the traditional lantern riddles, there are also traditional folk skills, such as noodle pinching, sugar painting, paper-cutting, straw weaving, etc., which not only allows older friends to retrieve childhood memories, but also allows children to see folk skills that are on the verge of being lost.
3, Dragon Boat Festival
Time: the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: the old generation of Shenzhen people over the Dragon Boat Festival, will be in the first two days of the first day of May began to do the preparatory work of wrapping dumplings. First of all cut rice dumpling leaves, thorns, soaking, cutting, drying, and then soak soaked glutinous rice, sticky rice, green beans, red beans, lotus seeds, mushrooms, shrimp, ready to salted egg yolks, pork belly, and other materials, wrapped in rice dumpling leaves on the glutinous rice, sticky rice, green beans or red beans, fillings to put lotus seeds, mushrooms, shrimp, roasted meat, ham, etc., with the watercress tightly tied in the steamer for more than 3 bells, it is made into a salty rice dumplings. Of course, there are also many Cantonese people do sweet dumplings, grass ash mixed with water soak, and then precipitation filter ash, take the "ash water" soaked glutinous rice, wrapped into a few red dates, steamed can be dipped in sugar or syrup to eat. Shenzhen people call dragon boat racing as "grill dragon boat", the most prestigious is Songgang, Yantian and Nan'ao three places. Shenzhen people also have a Dragon Boat custom is "dipping dragon boat water", because the dragon boat symbolizes good luck, the water rowed by the dragon boat becomes the dragon boat water. When the dragon boats reach the finish line, people on the shore jump into the water to soak themselves.
4, Qingming Festival
Time: around April 5 on the Gregorian calendar
Introduction: Shenzhen people Qingming Festival, and the traditional customs of the Qingming Festival, but will pay attention to the "worship of the mountain" and "Qingming food! "
5, Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Shenzhen is a diversified city, there are Hakka, Chaoshan, Hunan and Hubei, and the customs of the various localities are also different, generally to eat a reunion dinner, lanterns, and mooncakes while enjoying the moon.
6, Chongyang Festival
Time: the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar
Introduction: Shenzhen people over the Chongyang Festival is more important to the two customs, one is the autumn festival to worship the mountain, and the second is to climb the mountain. Baoan County Records: the first nine days of September in the lunar calendar for the first Yang, September 19 for the second Yang, September 29 for the third Yang. Chongyang in Bao'an for the autumn festival day, mainly the whole clan public worship ancestors, the cost of public compensation by the clan in the field property income expenditure. The head of the clan and the senior elderly can ride on a sedan chair, while the rest of the people follow on foot to the cemetery. The offerings are generous, the rituals are grand, and the rules are elaborate. The ceremony is presided over by the head of the clan or an elder of high rank, and all the people stand solemnly in front of the cemetery hall, making three offerings, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. After the worship will offerings back to the ancestral shrine to pay homage to the ancestors, and then divided "Ding meat", men can each get a share of pork
7, Shenzhen Nanshan Lychee Festival
Time: June to July every year
Place: Nanshan District, Shenzhen
8, Shenzhen Gold Coast Tourism Festival
Time: July to August every year
Location: Yantian District, Shenzhen City
Introduction: the Gold Coast Tourism Festival to the marine culture as the kernel of the mix of many marine elements, will be passionate, romantic, leisure, fashionable and other qualities of the music, sports, commercial display to convey and express.
9, Shenzhen International Tourism Culture Festival
Time: October to December every year
Location: Shenzhen City
Introduction: the International Tourism Culture Festival is aimed at further publicizing the distinctive tourism image of Shenzhen, to enhance the visibility and influence of Shenzhen at home and abroad, to create a strong tourism and cultural atmosphere. Enhance the cultural taste of Shenzhen tourism, enhance the attractiveness of Shenzhen tourism. At the same time, the organization of the International Tourism and Culture Festival will also promote the "Greater Pearl River Delta" and "Pan-Pearl River Delta" regional tourism exchanges and cooperation, and promote the overall development of the regional economic and social aspects play a positive role.
10, Longgang "Dragon Dance Township" Festival
Time: November to December every year
Location: Longgang District, Shenzhen City
Introduction: Longgang, Shenzhen City, named after the dragon, is a famous dragon township at home and abroad. The Hakka people in this area have always regarded the dragon as a good-luck charm, and have the traditional custom of dragon dance, lion dance and unicorn dance on New Year's festivals or joyous days, which add festive and joyful atmosphere to the festivals. As a folk art activity with a history of 300 years, dragon dance has a strong local color, and the "dragon culture" extended from it has also been greatly developed. There are numerous parks, squares and sculptures with dragon as the theme. In Longgang District, the only dragon themed tourist attraction in China has been built, with a total investment of 100 million dollars. 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 has won the first "Dragon Dance Classic" award.
11, Shenzhen International Tourism Expo
Time: December every year
Location: Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center
Introduction: Shenzhen International Tourism Expo aims to promote Chinese and foreign investment in tourism projects, the development of the tourism industry and the promotion of cooperation in the tourism industry, not only for the vast number of enterprises to provide a display of domestic and international superiority of tourism resources and products opportunities, but also for the majority of companies. It will not only provide opportunities for enterprises to display domestic and foreign tourism resources and products, but also provide a platform for industry insiders to communicate and negotiate with each other through a series of innovative and targeted high-end dialogues, forums, promotional seminars, project investment and financing docking sessions, thematic symposiums, and hot sales of tourism products, etc., and also let the citizens of Shenzhen and the neighboring provinces and cities learn more intuitively about the characteristics and excitement of domestic and foreign tourist destinations. There will be authoritative forums, industry awards, new product and scenic spot promotions, seminars and lectures during the convention and exhibition.
12, Shajing Golden Oyster Festival
Time: December every year
Location: Bao'an District, Shenzhen City
Introduction: Shajing Golden Oyster Festival through the introduction of "oyster door feast" food festival, oyster culture photo exhibition, oyster culture photography contest, Shajing Golden Oyster Festival through the introduction of "Oyster Gate Feast" Food Festival, Oyster Culture Photo Exhibition, Oyster Culture Photography Contest, Oyster Township Ecological One-Day Tour and other exciting nine activities, digging and integrating oyster culture resources, and to further promote the prosperity of the tourism and cultural industries and the development of modern services.
13, Window of the World Ice Festival
Time: December to January
Location: Window of the World, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City
Introduction: Even in the winter, the sunshine in Shenzhen is still bright and brilliant for the people of the southern part of the city of Shenzhen, the thousands of miles of ice and snow drift in the north of the country is always desirable. For the people of Shenzhen in the southern part of the country, the northern part of the country is always desirable. In order to let more people in Shenzhen do not go out to enjoy the charm of the northern winter, the Window of the World held a winter carnival extravaganza - Ice and Snow Festival, the activities of the two major festivals across the Christmas and New Year's Day, including all the icy snow can be appreciated, the project to play, when the sparkling ice carvings and snow sculptures, ice and snow dream party, New Year's Eve parade, New Year's Eve party, such as colorful and gorgeous events will be It is the most wonderful and magnificent snow and ice wonderland in South China, and the most relaxing and joyful snow and ice carnival festival in winter.
14, Happy Coast Happy Lantern Festival
Time: December to February
Location: Happy Coast, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City
Introduction; as a must-go before and after the Spring Festival of the people of Shenzhen to hit the spot, Happy Lantern Festival "to tell a good story of China, the inheritance of Chinese culture, a happy and peaceful year. Chinese culture, have a happy and peaceful year" as the theme, carefully created a colorful, fun and unlimited ten thematic scenic spots, not only more than 60 groups of large-scale creative lanterns fusion of traditional and scientific and technological elements, as well as parent-child beach, children's fun train, cool VR games and other interactive games and special food street, and the general public with joy **** Welcome to the Year of the Chinese New Year.
15, Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival
Time: December each year to March
Location: Coconut Grove Beach, Happy Coast, Shenzhen
Introduction: by the propaganda department of the municipal party committee of ****Shenzhen, Shenzhen City Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, supported by the "Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival ", has become an important cultural brand in Shenzhen, the whole city's creative cultural life and ecology. And "Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival" with unique creative concepts, rich forms, colorful content, successfully passed the Shenzhen "Creative December" organizing committee's selection, officially listed as "Creative December As one of the first large-scale themed lanterns in Shenzhen, it has been officially listed as one of the "Creative December" series of activities. As Shenzhen's first large-scale theme lanterns, Shenzhen Animation Lantern Festival has a history of more than 800 years of traditional lanterns and fashion, science and technology, animation and other new elements for the perfect integration, giving it a new connotation. The super shocking giant lamps in the park, colorful, colorful and lovely, so that people as swimming in the sea of lights, fairy tale world.