What are the special festivals in Liaoning?

What are the traditional festivals and customs in Liaoning? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's sharing!

1, Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: In rural Liaoning, on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household began to prepare for the New Year, making rice cakes and steaming sticky bean bags. Many people will also kill pigs to treat guests and invite neighbors, relatives and friends to hold banquets. After eating and drinking enough, the enthusiastic host will bring the brewed blood sausage home to the guests. These days, the children will try their best to help at home, but the married daughter can't spend the New Year at her parents' home, otherwise it will be bad for her parents and brothers this year. That's what the so-called "don't look at the bride's lamp" means on New Year's Eve. Of course, this custom with feudal superstition has been gradually forgotten with the progress of society and the changes of the times. Many people in Liaoning light the longevity lantern on New Year's Eve and keep it on all night. From New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hangs red lanterns, lights are lit on New Year's Eve, and lights are lit all night, which means longevity.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Introduction: Around the 15th day of the first month, there are two important programs in Manchu traditional folk customs: "Worship the Taiping Drum" and "Catch the Son". Taiping drum was called wax drum in ancient times, and the ceremony of worshipping Taiping drum originated from Shamanism's worship of the sun god. Taiping drum in western Liaoning is octagonal, with iron wire as the frame. The diameter is about 0.7 to 1 m, covered with leather paper and decorated with colorful paintings. The handle runs through more than a dozen iron rings, making a clatter when knocking and vibrating. The parade of worshippers of Taiping Drum in the market is also a street scene during the festival. Hide and seek is a boudoir game. "Zi Er" is to dye the hoof bones of sheep or pigs in variegated colors for young women to throw, pick up or bear, which is called "grasping". This kind of game is usually played on the kang indoors. The "Filling Day" on the 25th day of the first month is also called "Tiancang Day" in western Liaoning. Manchu people "fill the warehouse" and have the custom of putting cooked sticky sorghum rice in the granary. They also put ponies and hoes tied with straw poles into rice pots to express their desire to work hard and have plenty of food and clothing.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar.

Introduction: Breaking willow is a custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which has lasted for thousands of years. There is a folk proverb, "Beauty comes first if you don't wear willow in Qingming Festival". There is also a record of "inserting willows in front of the door" in the Records of Yingkou County, Liaoning Province. In the past, people in southern Liaoning got up early in Tomb-Sweeping Day. People folded willow branches into circles and put them on children's heads. Women weave a string of delicate rings with peeled wicker and wear them on the hair edge; Some willow branches are coiled in circles and inserted in eaves, doors, windows and water tanks to pray for peace and prosperity. Tomb-Sweeping Day also has the custom of planting trees. The "Gaiping County Records" compiled during the Republic of China recorded: "Since the Republic of China, Tomb-Sweeping Day has been an Arbor Day, which enables students from all schools to plant trees in the sun, that is, the tree is labeled as a certain plant and it is also prosperous. A few years later, the trees became shady and lush. This move is not only to appease students' minds, but also to plant trees and cultivate good children. You can use this statement. " On that day, every household planted trees and flowers in the open space in front of and behind the house, and institutions and schools also planted trees collectively. This custom continued until the birth of the new Arbor Day after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

4. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: Fuxin and Montenegro in Liaoning Province celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in a very special way, and still retains the tradition of "beating stones". "Stone-beating" is a traditional stone-beating activity in which two villages throw stones at each other for fun. At first, it was an entertainment activity in the village, and later it gradually developed into an important custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, 12-year-old children from two villages stood on the hill shouting at each other and throwing stones at each other. After a while, in the morning, an elderly elder came forward to call for battle, and continued to throw stones at each other while calling for battle; 1 1 or so, all parties went home for lunch. At two o'clock in the afternoon, "Fighting with Stones" officially began. At this time, farmers stopped planting, small traders stopped selling goods, and every household closed the doors and windows and ran to the mountains to watch the excitement. Everyone is very excited. Both sides throw stones at each other. On this day, people who are injured or disabled by stones cannot report to the authorities, claim compensation or resent.

5. Solstice in winter

Time: 65438+February 2 1 or 22 or 23 every year.

Introduction: In Liaoning, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors during the winter solstice, and there are still some places to celebrate the winter solstice. In some places, while offering sacrifices to ancestors, they also offer sacrifices to gods, land gods and deities, so as to make the next year's weather favorable and the family prosperous. The winter solstice in Liaoning also has the characteristics of "three phases", that is, earthworm knot. It is said that earthworm is a kind of creature that bends in the yin and stretches in the yang. At this time, although the yang has increased, the yin is still very strong, and the earthworms in the soil are still curled up. Elk horn solution, elk and deer belong to the same family, but yin and yang are different. The ancients thought that the elk horn faced the afterlife, so it was yin, while the winter was born in the sun, and the elk felt that the yin gradually receded and the horn was solved; The spring moves because the sun is the spirit, so the spring in the mountain can flow and be warm at this time.

6. Dalian set off fireworks to welcome spring.

Time: the second day of the first lunar month

Venue: Dalian Xinghai Square

Introduction: The Spring Festival of fireworks and firecrackers in Dalian will be held in Xinghai Square in Dalian on the second day of the first month of each year. Festival activities are colorful, including lantern ice sculpture exhibition, fireworks display, flavor food tasting, flower and stone exhibition, fun amusement and stunts, acrobatics and folk arts. Visitors can also set off fireworks and firecrackers by themselves, and other recreational activities, such as famous snack street, handicraft street and tourism business, are welcomed by Chinese and foreign guests and Dalian citizens.

7. Haicheng stilt yangko

Time: from the first month of the lunar calendar to February.

Venue: Haicheng

Introduction: Haicheng stilt yangko belongs to drum stilt, which is a branch of southern Liaoning stilt. After more than 300 years of continuous evolution, it has formed a folk art integrating dance, acrobatics, music and drama. Haicheng folk artists improved the artistic forms and skills of traditional stilts, moved China traditional folk dramas to stilts, and gradually formed the unique violent, cheerful, provocative and rough performance style of Haicheng stilts.

8. Chaoyang Phoenix Mountain Culture and Art Festival

Time: July 30th of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Chaoyang City

Introduction: The festival is rich in content and innovative in form. There are grand comprehensive cultural performances, elegant calligraphy and painting photography exhibitions, intense and wonderful qigong, martial arts and breathtaking performances of impurities, as well as popular operas and Northeast Yangko performances. The business and marketing negotiation activities of introducing foreign materials from inside are unprecedented, and the Buddhist activities are a grand gathering of local Buddhist disciples. During the whole art festival and temple fair, the Phoenix Mountain Scenic Area gathered artistic celebrities, monks, masters, literati and ordinary people from all over the world, and gathered various festivals of Yangchun Baixue and Xialiba people. There are more than 10,000 tourists every day, and the perfect facilities and rich entertainment content in the scenic spot provide a comfortable amusement environment for tourists, which makes people linger.

9. Royal Temple Association

Time: During the Spring Festival, May Day, Eleventh and other holidays every year.

Venue: No.206 Huangmiao Road, Heping District, Shenyang

Introduction: Shenyang Royal Temple Fair is one of the four major temple fairs in China, which are equally famous with Beijing ditan temple fair, Shanghai Chenghuang Temple Fair and Nanjing Confucius Temple Fair. The Royal Temple Fair will be held during the Spring Festival, May Day and November Day. The temple fair is crowded with people and very lively. The most popular among tourists are all kinds of unique performances and local delicacies. During the temple fair, famous snacks from all over the country will gather here to feast their eyes on visitors to the temple fair. As the highlight of the temple fair, the stage performances include duet, stunts, magic and instrumental music, which are deeply loved by the masses. Besides stage performances, folk programs such as Manchu dance, Emperor's Patrol, Gege Wedding, Xibe dance and Wedding in a Sedan will also attract many people's attention. In addition, there are many folk handicrafts on display at the temple fair, such as Tang Hua, sugar blower, sugar squeezer, gourd carving, egg carving, on-site painting and handicraft exhibition.

10, Anshan Qian Shan International Tourism Festival

Time: April-May every year.

Venue: Anshan City

Introduction: Qian Shan is a famous tourist attraction in Liaoning Province. It not only has a unique natural tourism landscape, but also has always been a concentrated place of Buddhism and Taoism culture in Liaodong. It has a rich historical and cultural landscape. The Thousand-Day Embroidered Lotus Platform, "Qian Shan Maitreya Buddha" and Jade Buddha Garden in Anshan all add a lot of color to Anshan, a rising tourist city. Anshan Qian Shan International Tourism Festival is a local festival integrating sightseeing, economic and trade negotiations, cultural performances, sports events and leisure shopping, which has won the favor of tourists at home and abroad. Through the holding of this large-scale festival, the great achievements made by Anshan since the reform and opening up, the local characteristics and urban personality of Anshan are fully displayed, and the image of Qian Shan, the king of jade Buddha, the hometown of hot springs, the city of Baoyu and the city of steel is displayed to the world. During the festival, hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists gathered in Anshan, which promoted the development of holiday economy, enriched the spiritual and cultural life of the masses and promoted the development of the tertiary industry in Anshan.

1 1, Yalu River Estuary International Wetland Bird Watching Festival

Time: April every year

Venue: Dandong Yalu River Estuary Wetland

Introduction: It is held in the Yalu River Estuary Wetland in Dandong every April, aiming at calling for the protection and construction of the Yalu River Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve and making contributions to wetland protection and ecological improvement. During the Bird Watching Festival in April and May every year, tens of thousands of migratory birds gather in the wetland bird watching garden at the mouth of Yalu River in Donggang, and you can see the spectacular sight of Qi Fei1.20 thousand migratory birds soaring. These migratory birds spend the winter in New Zealand and Australia and will fly to West Burleigh to breed their offspring. During the migration, you will stop at the mouth of Yalu River in Donggang to replenish food and recover your strength. During the festival, a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, birdwatchers and photographers will come for sightseeing and photography.

12, Longwangtang Reservoir Cherry Blossom Festival

Time: April every year

Venue: Longwanghe, Fangguan Village, Longwangtang Street, Lushunkou District, Dalian

Introduction: Every year in the middle and late April, the cherry blossoms in Longwangtang Reservoir compete to open, which indicates the coming of spring in Dalian. Longwangtang Reservoir is located in the north of Fangguan Village, Longtang Town, Lushun. The cherry blossoms in Longwangtang are very famous. It is rare to plant such a large area of cherry blossoms so densely in China. It is said that one of the cherry trees was once verified by Guo Moruo as the largest cherry tree in China, and there is a rare magnolia in the garden. Magnolia grandiflora, which is common in the north, has only six oval petals, white as jade, and is a single flower. This Magnolia grandiflora has 18 to 20 petals, like elongated chrysanthemum filaments. The front is milky white, and there are lavender fine lines in the center of the back, which is very strange.

13, Jinzhou Antique Festival

Time: April every year

Venue: Jinzhou Antique City

Introduction: The first China Jinzhou Antique Festival was held in 2006 and will be held once a year thereafter. Founded in 200 1, this city is now the largest professional antique collection and trading market in Northeast China. During the Antique Festival, exhibitors from more than ten provinces such as Beijing, Fujian, Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, as well as famous antique associations from Beijing, Tianjin and Zhejiang came to participate. Exhibitors generally include antiques, calligraphy and painting, furniture, cultural relics, various handicrafts, jade carvings, fish fossils and miscellaneous items. In order to set off the festive atmosphere, in addition to antique exhibitions, there are activities such as antique art trading, antique knowledge lectures, economic and trade project promotion and negotiation, and Jinzhou folk culture display, which are well received by antique lovers and the general public.

14, Peach Blossom Festival in Dandong Estuary

Time: April-May every year.

Venue: Dandong Hekou Scenic Area

Introduction: It is held in Dandong Hekou Scenic Area from late April to early May every year. The Yalu River is rippling with blue waves, and the 10,000-mu peach garden is pink. At the Peach Blossom Festival, you can enjoy both the peach grove and the sea of flowers, and you can also experience the Korean customs. During the festival, there are activities such as Dandong Tourism Resources Exhibition, Peach Blossom Photography Exhibition and Photo Contest.

15, Benxi Yanjing Mountain Flower Festival

Time: April every year

Venue: Benxi Manchu Autonomous County

Introduction: Every year from late April to mid-May, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County will hold a Mountain Flower Festival with the theme of "Walking into Manxiang to enjoy mountain flowers", promote spring tourist routes, and hold a series of cultural performances in Tianlong Cavern.

16, Dalian Hu Aishu Club

Time: May every year.

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: 1992, the National Tourism Administration officially confirmed "Dalian Huaihui" as a national local tourism festival. Dalian, a city surrounded by Sophora japonica, is known as the "Oriental Huaicheng". Every year in late May, at the turn of spring and summer, Sophora japonica flowers are in full bloom, green patches, flowers are blooming, and the fragrance is overflowing, making Dalian picturesque. Taking advantage of this natural resource, the Dalian Municipal Government began to hold Huaihui Festival on 1989, and gradually turned it into a grand tourism festival integrating tourism, culture and sports. The outstanding features of Huaihua Club are as follows: firstly, it is international, and many countries and regions participate, such as Japan, South Korea, Russia and the Philippines. Second, the mass participation is strong, and motorcycle parades and folk art exhibitions have also attracted many citizens and tourists to participate; Third, the cultural content is high. Cultural activities such as square cultural activities, Huai Culture and Art Week, Oriental Huai City Music and Song Concert, painting and calligraphy art exhibition, ceramic art exhibition, etc. have all increased the cultural content of the festival.

17, Dalian International Marathon

Time: May every year.

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: Track and field, like football, is a favorite sport of Dalian people. Dalian is a famous "hometown of track and field" in China, where many world champions have been born. Dalian International Marathon has attracted more and more foreign marathoners and become a representative project of sports tourism in Dalian. 1997, approved by IAAF, Dalian International Marathon officially became an international event.

18, Dalian International Beach Culture Festival

Time: June-August every year.

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: Dalian International Beach Culture Festival is sponsored by Dalian Municipal People's Government and has been held once a year since 2004. It is an international tourism festival that best embodies the "3S" characteristics of Dalian in summer (sunshine, sea and beach) and has unique coastal cultural characteristics. Dalian International Beach Culture Festival fully explores the rich coastal tourism resources of Dalian, a beautiful coastal city, and fully demonstrates the charming charm of Dalian as a "romantic city".

19, North Putuo Mountain Mulberry Picking Festival

Time: June every year

Location: North of Putuo Mountain

Introduction: Beiputuo Mountain successfully held a folk cultural activity with the characteristics of Beiputuo Mountain by using characteristic resources, and displayed its tourism image and products, which will play a positive role in establishing a regional tourism economic cooperation network, further developing tourism exchanges and cooperation, realizing resource sharing and complementary advantages, building Jinzhou tourism brand and promoting the prosperity and development of * * *.

20. Panjin International Wetland Tourism Festival

Time: July to September every year.

Venue: Panjin City

Introduction: China Panjin International Wetland Tourism Festival is an international tourism festival sponsored by Liaoning Provincial Tourism Bureau and Panjin Municipal People's Government, and undertaken by Panjin Tourism Bureau. It is held in Panjin from July to September every year. Over the years, the "Wetland Tourism Festival" has demonstrated the charming charm of the "Northern Wetland Capital" green reed red beach to domestic and foreign tourists through colorful activities.

2 1, Shenyang Korea Week

Time: July every year

Location: Shenyang

Introduction: China Shenyang Korea Week is held in July every year, and there will be various colorful activities to promote friendly exchanges between Shenyang and South Korea at various levels. In addition to cultural activities, a China-South Korea Travel and Business Conference will be held at the same time.

22. Dalian International Art Fair

Time: August every year

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: Dalian International Art Fair is an international art exhibition sponsored by China Artists Association and one of the four major art fairs in China. It is held in Dalian every August. The outstanding feature of the Expo is that four major activities appear at the same time, namely, the main venue of the International Art Expo, the International Chinese Painting Annual Exhibition, the International Chinese Painting Elite Annual Meeting and the Expo Boutique Auction. By then, tens of thousands of excellent works of art will flood into Bincheng together, providing people with a good opportunity to appreciate, collect and cultivate their sentiments.

23. Dalian Beer Festival

Time: August every year

Venue: Dalian Xinghai Square

Introduction: China International Beer Festival, jointly organized by China National Light Industry Federation and Dalian Municipal People's Government, is held in Xinghai Square every summer in August. Dalian Oktoberfest takes the road of popularization. Tickets are free for three days in 5 yuan during the day and 10 yuan at night. The Oktoberfest includes beer manufacturers' exhibition, beer disco square, beer culture exhibition, beer drinking contest, photo contest, beer industry summit, beer knowledge contest and other major activities.

24. Benxi Taizi River Hydrophilic Festival

Time: every summer

Location: Benxi City

Introduction: The urban section of Prince River in Benxi is more than 20 kilometers long, and there are five barrage dams, forming a unique landscape of "looking at the flowing water from above and the waterfall from below". When summer comes, citizens will go to the banks of Prince River to enjoy the cool. In addition, artificial lakes such as Daya Bay Rafting, Sandaohe Reservoir, Guanyinge Reservoir, Huanlong Lake, Benxi Lake Park, Wang Xi Park and Swan Lake provide a good hydrophilic environment for tourists.

25. Shenyang International Tourism Festival

Time: every autumn

Location: Shenyang

Introduction: Shenyang International Tourism Festival is held in Shenyang every autumn for more than one month, including the "Eleventh" Golden Week. Shenyang International Tourism Festival has now become a national tourism festival. During the Tourism Festival, there will be a variety of colorful festival activities, such as the opening ceremony performance, the parade of dressed floats, the traditional dance performance of northeast ethnic customs, the modern creative performance, as well as the representative national dance performances of other provinces and cities in China and the performances of foreign art groups. Shenyang International Tourism Festival is also a grand gathering of communication and joy. During this period, internationally renowned tourist attractions and commodity exhibitions, Shenyang Ai Wu Tourism and Shopping Festival, Shenyang International Food Festival, Happy Shopping Tour, Beer Festival, Tourism Consultation Day, Picking Festival, and Photo Contest of the Forbidden City will also be held.

26. Jinzhou International Folk Culture Festival

Time: Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day every year.

Venue: Jinzhou City

Introduction: Jinzhou International Folk Culture Festival has the characteristics of openness and cultural exchange, showing the times style of harmonious Jinzhou and Binhai New Jinzhou. During the festival, there are many wonderful cultural and artistic activities, such as different forms of rap and dance performances, Manchu paper-cutting in Yiwulu Mountain, Errenzhuan in Montenegro, stilts in western Liaoning, folk literature in Yiwulu Mountain, storytelling in Pai Cheng, traditional brewing technology of Daoguang 25 wine and other foreign ethnic customs programs bring exotic charm. The cultural festival not only has wonderful cultural and artistic activities, but also international economic and trade fairs, scientific and technological cooperation and patent fairs.

27. Dandong Yalu River International Tourism Festival

Time: September every year

Venue: Dandong City

Introduction: It is held in Pearl Park of Yalu River every September. Dandong Yalu River International Tourism Festival is based on tourism, culture and sports activities. During the tourism festival, tourism fairs, economic and trade fairs, high-tech product exhibitions, large-scale cultural evenings, thousands of people traveling on the Yalu River, kayaking, rowing and other water sports, Dandong border and traveling to North Korea are mainly held. Dandong is the largest border city in China, bordering, along the coast and along the river, which has the advantages of natural and cultural tourism resources. At the same time, Dandong has a suitable climate, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. The streets in the city are shaded by ginkgo biloba and full of azaleas, which is a good place for tourism and holiday. By holding such a large-scale international tourism festival, it has achieved initial results to show the elegance of "New Century, New Dandong".

28. Shenyang Qing Culture International Tourism Festival

Time: September to 10 every year.

Location: Shenyang

Introduction: Shenyang Qing Culture International Tourism Festival is a folk tourism festival with Qing Culture Tourism Week as the main body in Shenyang. Since 1998, it has been a grand gathering for economic, trade, tourism, culture and academic exchanges. As the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang Forbidden City, Zhaoling (Beiling), Fuling (Dongling) and Cultural Street in the Qing Dynasty are all unique tourism resources with rich folk customs. During the Tourism Festival, many activities will be held around the culture of the Qing Dynasty, such as royal etiquette parade, emperor tour, Manchu court dance, Shaman Mid-Autumn Festival dance, Shengjing cultural temple fair, etc., with strong cultural atmosphere. Shengjing, Shengjing, pomp and hospitality attracted many tourists to visit.

29. Dalian International Fashion Festival

Time: September every year

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: Dalian International Fashion Festival starts from 1989 and is held in mid-September every year. It is the earliest emerging tourism festival in Liaoning. Dalian International Fashion Festival is an international economic and cultural event integrating economy, trade, culture and tourism. During the festival, tens of thousands of tourists and merchants from home and abroad came to negotiate transactions; Thousands of fashion models came to Dalian for fashion shows; Many fashion designers at home and abroad have come to introduce their latest designs. The opening ceremony of Dalian International Service Festival and the cultural evening in the square are large-scale and beautifully organized, which are welcomed and loved by Chinese and foreign guests and the general public. The success of the Fashion Festival greatly enhanced Dalian's popularity.

30. Benxi Maple Leaf Festival

Time: September to 10 every year.

Location: Benxi City

Introduction: Maple Leaf Festival shows the tourism image of Benxi, becoming a hot business card of Benxi, and also a window and bridge for Benxi to go to the whole country and even the world. Benxi maple leaf is a unique seasonal landscape in Benxi mountain area. There are beautiful trees, flowers, water and clouds in Guanmenshan area of Benxi. Every September, when the maple leaves are red, the maple leaves all over the mountain are red. Compared with the famous red leaves in Xiangshan, Beijing, it is a rare plant seasonal landscape in Northeast China. Every year, tourists from all over the world come to Benxi to watch the Benxi Maple Leaf Festival.

3 1, Dandong Tianqiao Ditch Maple Leaf Festival

Time: September to 10 every year.

Venue: Dandong City

Introduction: It is held every year from the end of September to 10 Mid-Autumn Festival, which is an influential local tourism festival. Around the 11th National Day every year, Tianqiao Ditch is known as "the reddest and brightest place of maple leaves in China".

32. Qingshangou Manchu Customs Month

Time: September every year

Venue: Qingshangou Scenic Area

Introduction: It is held in Qingshangou Scenic Area every September. During the festival, you can enjoy Manchu songs and dances, Manchu sacrifices, Manchu dragon dances and other performances, and you can also visit China Manchu Customs Garden to learn more about Manchu folk customs.

33. Shenyang Ice and Snow Tourism Festival

Time: 65438+ from February every year to February next year.

Location: Shenyang

Introduction: The Shenyang Ice and Snow Tourism Festival is held from 1997. Every year from February to February, the carnival night of the annual ice and snow festival will be a warm ocean. The activities of the Ice and Snow Tourism Festival not only let people appreciate the scenery in northern China, but also combine ice and snow with culture, ice and snow with folk customs, ice and snow with fitness, highlighting the participation of snow sports and the appreciation of ice and snow art, and carrying out skiing, ice speed skating competition, ice entertainment, winter swimming competition and other different recreational projects. At the same time, Qipanshan Ice and Snow World, Beiling Park, Nanhu Park and Wulihe Park also held large-scale snow sculpture Garden Party and Lantern Festival. In the garden activities, there will be a youth masquerade ball and a performance by the community yangko team.

34. Dalian Winter Tourism Shopping Festival

Time: 65438+ every February.

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: Dalian holds a shopping festival every year1February. In order to prosper Dalian's winter business and stimulate new business opportunities, dozens of shopping malls and hotels in Dalian took the lead in this activity. In addition to the large discount activities of various businesses, there are also a variety of cultural performances. "Shopping in Dalian in Winter" adds a bit of spring to silver Dalian, and at the same time injects new vitality into Dalian's economic development.

35. Lantern Festival in Bingyugou

Time: every winter

Venue: Dalian

Brief introduction: Bingyugou Ice Lantern Festival is a tourism activity in Dalian based on the unique natural ice scenery in the ice scenic area, which was held for the first time in 1995. The winter in the ice valley is very long. In winter, more than a dozen ice waterfalls hang down from the cliff in various poses. Watching fish under the ice, cedar reflecting the sun, can be called the wonders of the ice valley. Many ice sculptures, ice lanterns and snow sculpture's works are based on the beautiful mountains and rivers in the Ice Valley. Icebergs, ice forests and ice waterfalls complement each other and the scenery is beautiful and charming. Entertainment includes skating, ice hockey, winter swimming, ice sails, ice carts, gyroscopes, high-platform skating, dog and sheep sledding with strong folk colors, etc. It has also been launched one after another, attracting a large number of tourists at home and abroad.

36. Dalian International Winter Swimming Festival

Time: every winter

Venue: Dalian

Introduction: The Winter Swimming Festival is sponsored by the Dalian Municipal People's Government and the Tourism Management Center of the State Sports General Administration. It has 34 awards and will be held in Dalian Jinshitan National Tourism Resort. The main content of the competition is marine entertainment that ordinary citizens can do. At the same time, artistic activities such as seaside float parade, sea opening ceremony and square party will be held to attract winter swimmers from many cities at home and abroad, with more than 10,000 participants.

37. Benxi Ice and Snow Festival

Time: every winter

Location: Benxi City

Introduction: Benxi has a long winter, lasting for five months, which creates good natural conditions for holding various ice and snow activities. Benxi City holds an ice and snow festival in Dongfeng Lake Ice and Snow World in Benxi every year. There are ice sculptures, snow sculpture, ice lanterns and other exhibitions, as well as various ice entertainment projects.