What does it mean to open the sea?

Opening the sea means that the fishing season is over and seafood can be caught. At that time, a series of open activities will be held, which is the so-called open ocean festival.

Kaihai Festival is a series of activities held for opening the sea. Opening the sea festival, also known as catching the sea and offering sacrifices to the sea, is one of the traditional folk fishing and hunting cultures in coastal areas. In the Beibu Gulf in the south of the motherland, local simple fishermen spontaneously hold a ceremony to worship and open the sea every year to express their awe and gratitude for the sea.

Characteristics of Beibu Gulf Maritime Open Festival;

It is understood that the opening of the Ocean Festival is both colorful and unique. For example, at the opening ceremony, there will be a show of Kaihai Festival folk culture with strong marine cultural characteristics. The performance is based on traditional fishing songs, and fishermen sing and dance with the rhythm of drums, creating an immersive fisherman cultural performance.

The "Chao" cultural and creative market is very innovative. A number of fishermen's paintings, fishing knots, fishermen's paper-cut works and online celebrities' creative creations were selected for live display and interactive sales at the opening ceremony. At the same time, the main venue will also cooperate with a series of welfare activities such as seafood big coffee display, free seafood tasting, interactive sales of food and hotel coupons. To enrich the experience of citizens and tourists in the Kaihai Festival.