1, Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first lunar month
Introduction: In Longdong area of northwest China, there has always been the custom of sending the god of wealth. When you get up and go out on the first day, you must look at the position of the God of Wealth, choose the direction, and determine the position of the Western God, the God of Wealth and your God according to heavenly stems and earthly branches. In addition, in some places in Longdong, people think that the second day is the God of Wealth Festival. This morning, people sent or sold statues of the god of wealth from house to house, and all the residents paid. When you don't want it, you can only say "existing" and avoid answering "don't" for good luck.
2. Lantern Festival
Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
In the past, in the vast rural areas in the suburbs of Lanzhou, there was a custom of going too far on the sixteenth night of the first month. Excessive fire is the last activity of the Spring Festival, which is intended to "ward off evil spirits and reduce happiness", so the people attach great importance to it. After dinner on the sixteenth day of the first month, every household should pile a haystack at the door, usually five or seven piles. Then light them one by one, and the haystack can turn into a raging fire. The whole family stepped on the fire in the order of generation size and age, and some stepped on it two or three times until the raging fire was slowly extinguished. When crossing the fire, as long as the family members cross one by one, the children in the neighborhood will also join in.
3. Dragon Boat Festival
Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Introduction: Picking roses during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jingning, Gansu, mainly with honey pickling; Zhenyuan county presented a fragrant fan, Luo Qi, towel handkerchief and Ai Hu to the newlyweds during the Dragon Boat Festival. In Zhang Xi 'an county, the shepherd boy worships the mountain god and accumulates the salary mountain, and burns it in front of the crow, commonly known as "burning the mountain"; The Dragon Boat Festival in Gaoyou is very special. There are customs such as tying a hundred scorpions, sticking five poisons, sticking symbols, emitting yellow smoke and eating "Twelve Red". Children hang "duck eggs", that is, choose beautiful duck eggs, put them in colored lines and hang them on their chests.
4. Tomb-Sweeping Day
Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar.
Introduction: Flower memorial, tree planting memorial, text memorial and network memorial have gradually become the fashion of Qingming Festival in Gansu. In the past, the time for people in old Lanzhou to sweep graves generally began in Tian She and ended in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was also called the first memorial day. Tian She has a simple deductive algorithm among the people: "Nine days is Tian She".
5. Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.
Introduction: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people in Lanzhou mainly enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes. According to the China calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, which is the second month of autumn, and it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while the fifteenth day of August is in the middle of it, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival was first recorded in the Ming Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival, Lanzhou, China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times. There is a record of "autumn twilight and the moon" in the Book of Rites, that is, worshipping the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, a cold welcome and moon-watching activity were held, and a big incense table was put up, filled with moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums, grapes and other seasonal fruits. Among them, moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable, and watermelons have to be cut into lotus shapes.
6. Laba Festival
Time: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month
Introduction: Gansu natives eat "laba rice" instead of porridge on Laba Festival. In fact, the "laba rice" of Lanzhou people evolved from Laba porridge, which is thicker than porridge, but Laba porridge is used for drinking, but laba rice can only eat but not drink. In fact, this "laba rice" is the most distinctive laba rice. In the past, people in Gansu had to eat "Laba San Fan" before dawn. It is said that whoever eats laba rice early, his crops will turn yellow and mature early. You can't eat all the rice in Laba, but you should leave some, which means that there are more than enough leftovers every year.
7. Spring Festival social fire
Time: the tenth day of the first lunar month
Brief introduction: The social fire performance on the streets of Lanzhou has its own characteristics. Generally speaking, from the tenth day of the first lunar month, farmers' social fire teams organized by various districts and counties gather in the city center, arranged in different formations in turn, dancing along the street, beating gongs and drums, and being lively and spectacular. When we go to Dongfanghong Square, we usually form characters and perform for tourists and citizens. The social fire performance can last until around the Lantern Festival.
Temple Fair on 8.4.8
Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month
Introduction: The Temple Fair on April 8th in Dunhuang is a traditional folk festival. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, local residents, especially Buddhist believers, gathered in Mogao Grottoes, Sanwei Mountain and Leiyin Temple to burn incense and worship their ancestors, in order to commemorate Sakyamuni Buddha Day. On this day, people tell the Buddha their inner pains and troubles with pious psychology, and seek the blessing of the Buddha, or pray for wealth, or eliminate disasters, or ask for children or officials. When all this is done and people walk out of caves and temples, people are relieved and their confidence is doubled. On this day, the whole grottoes and temples were crowded with people, and the grand occasion was endless.
9. langmusi First Month Buddha Exhibition Festival
Time: the third day to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.
Venue: Langmusi Town, luqu, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Introduction: The Dharma will begin on the evening of the third day of the first month and end on the 16th of the first month. During this period, a series of Buddhist activities will be held, such as chanting, releasing, exhibiting, dancing, butter sculpture Lantern Festival, and turning incense sticks. The Buddhist exhibition held on the 13th of the first month is the largest and most grand event for monks and nuns, so the Dafa will be called "Buddha Exhibition Festival" by outsiders like us. During the whole Dafa meeting, all the monks will collectively recite scriptures six times a day in Dajingtang, followed by morning meeting, morning meeting debate, afternoon meeting, prayer meeting, evening tea party and evening debate. Their content is chanting and lecturing, praying for disaster relief, and wishing Buddhism everlasting.
10, Dafa meeting of Labrang Temple in Xiahe
Time: the fourth day of the first lunar month, the seventeenth of the first lunar month, and the 29th of June to 15th of July.
Venue: Labuleng Temple, Xiahe, Gansu
Introduction: Xiahe Labuleng Temple is one of the six ancestors of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in China, and it is the largest institution of Lamaism in the world, holding seven large-scale Dharma meetings every year. The activities of the Dharma Club include: sunbathing, dancing, chanting, praying and other Buddhist activities, monk exams, religious debates, and a month-long Langshan Festival in Tibet.
1 1, Zhuanglang 1 month 12 Day Culture and Art Festival
Time: the twelfth day of the first lunar month
Venue: Zhuanglang County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province
Introduction: The 12th day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Liu Hu, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty. People in Zhuanglang (Shuiluo Town) cherish the memory of Liu Hu's great achievements in resisting foreign invasion and protecting Zhuanglang people, and hold a grand commemorative event on the 12th day of the first month of each year, which lasted for thousands of years. In recent years, it has evolved into a traditional festival form, in which civil society performs the worship of cities and temples. Zhuanglang Shehuo has a long history and unique style, especially the "Gao Tai" art, which was officially identified as the first batch of national folk culture protection projects in our city in 2004. In order to better protect and inherit this precious folk cultural heritage, in recent years, Zhuanglang County has held a county-wide culture and art festival every year on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, attracting people from Shili Baxiang, and the whole county has gathered into a sea of joy.
12, Bath Buddha Festival
Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month
Venue: Dunhuang, Gansu Province
Introduction: The "Temple Fair on April 8th" in Dunhuang is an important traditional festival for local people. Since ancient times, the Mogao Grottoes have held a grand temple fair of Bath Buddha Festival every year. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, local residents, especially Buddhist believers, will come here to burn incense and worship Buddha and ancestors. In addition, there will be food stalls, handicraft shops and plum blossom performances.
13, Linxia Songmingyan Flower Fair
Time: April 26th of the lunar calendar.
Venue: Linxia
Introduction: Songmingyan Flower Festival, also known as "April 8th Flower Festival", is an ancient traditional folk activity, which originated from the Buddhist Dragon Flower Festival. The annual flower show held in Hezheng National Forest Park, National 4A tourist scenic spot and Songmingyan, a provincial scenic spot, is one of the three famous flower spots in Gansu Province and the birthplace of Hezhou flowers. Compared with other flower festivals, Songmingyan Flower Festival is characterized by music accompaniment, which is a typical flower festival form in Hezhou. In 2003, China Folk Writers Association named Hezheng County as "China Flower Heritage Base". In 2006, Songming Rock Flower Festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. During the Flower Festival, thousands of people went to Fiona Fang to climb mountains. At that time, singers gathered, businesses gathered, crowds surged, and karaoke bars were crowded with people.
14, Fuxi Cultural Festival
Time: May 13th of the lunar calendar
Venue: Tianshui City, Gansu Province
Introduction: Fuxi Culture Festival is a large-scale traditional folk festival of Han nationality in Tianshui City, Gansu Province. Tianshui Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival is sponsored by the Municipal People's Government to pay tribute to Fuxi ceremony, the ancestor of Chinese culture, and Tianshui Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival in China.
15, Wolf Mountain Festival
Time: June 9, Tibetan calendar
Location: langmusi.
Introduction: Langshan Festival is called "Xianglang Festival" in Tibetan. According to the examination, it is the continuation and development of the custom that hundreds of monks in Labrang Temple go out to collect firewood in the wild at a certain time every year in the forty-ninth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 17 10). In Tibetan, "Wolf Mountain" means "collecting wages". In the past, when monks in monasteries were bored with logging in mountainous areas, they arranged festivals to travel in the mountains, which gradually spread to the people and evolved into today's Wolf Mountain Festival in Tibet. In Gannan Tibetan area, Gansu, the climate is mild and sunny every year in June of the lunar calendar, and farming is intermittent. Every household cleans up pots and pans, cooking utensils and food. The whole family goes out to choose a place on the hillside, grass and river in the wild, puts up tents, puts on costumes, eats and drinks, and sings and dances. After the Langshan Festival, Tibetans planted beautiful tents on the grassland. Under the blue sky and white clouds, flocks of cattle and sheep seemed like heaven and earth.
16, Huanxian Taoist Shadow Play Art Festival
Time: July of the lunar calendar
Location: Huan County
Introduction: The art of Taoist shadow play in Huan County, China has a long history. The art of Dragon Opera, which represents the customs of China and Gansu, is authentic with its unique Taoist feelings around the county. Huanxian folk shadow play class has a history of more than 300 years. In 1950s, he performed in Beijing for three times and was warmly welcomed and praised by party and state leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. 1960 65438+ 10, the Gansu provincial party Committee and the provincial government officially named the Taoist situation around the county as "Dragon Opera", which became a unique drama in Gansu. During the festival, there will be exhibitions and competitions of folk Taoist shadow play, exhibitions and sales of shadow play handicrafts, seminars on the reform and development of shadow play art, exhibitions and sales of calligraphy and painting, grand prix of young singers, large-scale dragon play performances and other related cultural activities and business tourism activities.
17, Lanzhou New Year Concert
Time: New Year's Day every year
Venue: Jincheng Grand Theatre
Introduction: Lanzhou New Year Concert has been held since 1998. It is one of the earliest cities in China to hold New Year Concerts. Since 2003, it has merged with the New Year's Day reception of the municipal government and become an annual cultural festival sponsored by the municipal government.
18, Peach Blossom Club
Time: April every year
Venue: Taoyuan, Anning District, Lanzhou City
Introduction: Anning has a long history of peach cultivation and is one of the famous peach towns in China. Every year in late spring, "peach trees fly all over Xiang Tao, and peach blossoms spit fragrant flowers". Since the late Qing Dynasty, Anning Taolin has been gradually known. Since then, Anning Taoyuan has become a good place for Lanzhou citizens to enjoy flowers in the spring outing. At the end of spring every year, Anning Fort is the center, with traffic and tourists. Many literati lingered under the trees, drinking and writing poems, leaving countless stories. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Northwest Normal University moved to Shilidian, and some college students, middle school students and primary school students collectively went for a spring outing, forming a loose peach blossom party. Since 1984, the municipal and district people's governments have held the annual peach blossom party and material exchange meeting to publicize Lanzhou's peace. In addition to flower viewing, visitors can also visit various cultural activities, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, economic and trade negotiations, etc.
19, Art Performance of "Summer in Dunhuang"
Time: June to 10 every year.
Venue: Jiletian, Dunhuang Hotel, Dunhuang City
Introduction: Summer in Dunhuang is a large-scale song and dance performance for tourists in Dunhuang. Organized by Dunhuang Hotel, this activity has rich cultural characteristics of the Silk Road, and embodies the singing and dancing art of Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Mongolian and other ethnic groups in the northwest of China. Song and dance are mainly based on the materials in the murals of Mogao Grottoes, with Dunhuang dance as the theme, which reproduces the dances, costumes and music of all ethnic groups on the Silk Road.
20. Sand-sliding Festival
Time: June every year
Venue: Dunhuang, Gansu Province
Introduction: "Shaming Mausoleum" is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Dunhuang. Every June 1 day, Dunhuang will hold a large-scale sand-sliding festival. When hundreds of sand skiers slid down the hillside from the top of the mountain together, the whole mountain made a thunderous roar, which could be clearly heard by cities five kilometers away.
2 1, Shambhala Tourism Art Festival
Time: July every year
Venue: Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Introduction: Shambhala Tourism Art Festival is a large-scale comprehensive tourism festival held every year in Hezuo City, the capital of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. During the festival, there is a huge cavalry team of 1000 people and a magnificent pot dance performance of 2000 people. There are not only elegant national costumes, but also colorful national dance performances. There is a bonfire party with blazing flames and a deep drum performance by the Lama band; There are also Tibetan opera, national sports competitions, musket shooting, tent display, famous singers, national singing and other rich and heavy artistic and sports activities.
22. Lanzhou Waterwheel Festival
Time: July every year
Venue: Waterwheel Expo Park
Introduction: At that time, a grand opening ceremony will be held, and colorful flags and balls printed with the symbol of Water Wheel Festival will dance with the wind, and drums will be full of joy. The huge waterwheel in the Expo Park rotates slowly, and the high-pitched Gansu "Flower" sings along the river bank. In addition, a whole row of sheepskin rafts on the wide Yellow River went down the river, breaking the waves and forming a unique picture of the western region.
23. Jiayuguan International Gliding Festival
Time: July every year
Venue: Jiayuguan Gliding Base
Activities: There are mainly wonderful performances and competitions such as fighter formation flight, ultra-light aircraft flight, hot air balloon flight, trainer, glider flight, fixed-point skydiving and aerobatic skydiving, as well as international gliding flights that meet the standards, record flights and national large-scale aviation competitions.
24. Zhangye Horseshoe Temple Tourism Festival
Time: August every year
Venue: Horseshoe Temple Tourist Area, Sunan County, Zhangye
Introduction: Every year in mid-August, horseshoe temple will hold large-scale sightseeing activities. During the event, there are wonderful equestrian, song and dance performances, and you can also enjoy sports competitions with local ethnic characteristics.
25. Lanzhou Silk Road Festival
Time: September every year
Location: Lanzhou
Introduction: Lanzhou China Silk Road Festival was founded from September 1992 to June 17, and has been held once a year since then. The Silk Road Festival takes "openness, friendship and development" as its purpose, integrates culture, tourism, commerce and trade, and scientific and technological exchanges, with scientific and technological and economic exchanges as its highlight. During the festival, there are various commodity fairs, fairs and commodity streets, and famous local products and high-tech achievements gather together, adding new colors and charm to Lanzhou.
26. Dunhuang Grape Festival
Time: September every year
Venue: Dunhuang, Gansu Province
Introduction: Since ancient times, Yangguan has been rich in grapes. Dunhuang city, as one of the four regions recognized as the most suitable for growing table grapes in the world, has taken grapes as the medium in recent years. By holding the Dunhuang Grape Festival, which integrates grape exhibition, investment promotion, cultural exhibition and tourism, the grape industry and cultural tourism will be combined to strengthen foreign exchanges and promote tourism development. It is understood that the festival activities include camel riding competition, 100-person board carving competition, national grape cooperation organization experience exchange meeting, special melon and fruit exhibition, ten famous fresh grapes exhibition and evaluation, "Grape Flying Fairy" float parade and other activities.