What are the special festivals in Tianjin?

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

1, Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: In a broad sense, the Spring Festival in Tianjin refers to the beginning of Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and the end of the second dragon's rise in the second day of February. There is a folk saying in Tianjin that "it is New Year's Day before the first month", but in a narrow sense, the Spring Festival in Tianjin only refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. The main value orientation of Tianjin folk customs is "family happiness", and its social significance is to ensure the reunion of paternal families in a patriarchal society. Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called Laba II in Tianjin. Many Tianjin people drink Laba porridge and soak garlic in vinegar on this day, thus preparing Laba garlic and Laba vinegar for the first month. From the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the vendors of New Year's goods in Tianjin will "walk the streets", that is, all the shops will serve all the New Year's goods and put out all the goods for eating, drinking and having fun. Tianjin's new year's goods market is mainly concentrated in Gongnan Street and Gongbei Street, which is the area of today's ancient cultural street, with Tianhou Palace in Tianjin as the center.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Introduction: On the fifteenth day of the first month, Tianjin people call it the Lantern Festival. On this day, every household will not only eat glutinous rice balls, but also offer sacrifices to hedgehogs and mice made by the Buddha. Around the Lantern Festival, from the 13th to 17th of the first month, all the shops in Tianjin will light up for five days. On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, the customs of Tianjin families and other parts of the country are basically the same, mainly eating Yuanxiao. On the 25th day of the first month, it is the festival of filling positions in Tianjin. The proverb "stuffing, dry rice and fish soup" reflects the custom of Tianjin people to eat rice and cook fish on this day. On the night of the 24th day of the first month, families in rural areas of Tianjin will draw small hoards and ladders with white powder in their yards or houses, and put food and copper coins on them, which means that there will be enough food in the coming year.

3. The dragon raised its head

Time: the second day of the second lunar month.

Introduction: There is a saying among the people in Beijing and Tianjin that "On February 2nd, look at the beam, scorpions and centipedes have nowhere to hide". On this day, people will drive away pests, light candles and watch the beams and walls drive away scorpions and centipedes. These insects will fall down and be destroyed at the sight of light. The custom of expelling insects on the day when dragons look up is mainly popular in northern China. On February 2, the activities of various insects, including poisonous insects, began to be frequent. In order to avoid the harm of poisonous insects, people held some activities with the significance of expelling insects. If you hit the beam head, wall, portal, bed kang, etc. To avoid snakes, scorpions, dragonflies, mice and other insects with sticks, brooms or shoes, it is usually necessary to read books and sing ballads, such as "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, but the scorpion and centipede could not get out".

4. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Introduction: In the past ten years, professional departments in Tianjin have organized dragon boat races every year, which has obviously introduced Jiangnan folk customs and added a strong festive atmosphere. Male and female athletes from all units participating in the competition are no less than those from Jiangnan. Strong Jiangnan costumes and warm gongs and drums seem to be in Zeguo, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. After the Dragon Boat Festival, people remove all the mugwort leaves inserted on the doors and in front of the houses. The old ladies put the dried mugwort in cloth bags and put it in the yard. A little water can give off a strong aromatic smell, drive away mosquitoes and usher in a quiet night. After mosquito bites in summer, it is very effective to wipe with a solution soaked in mugwort leaves, toads, borneol and vinegar. For cold, shoulder pain and backache, cut fresh ginger slices and put them on the affected area, then knead them into conical slices with mugwort leaves and gently put them on the ginger slices. It's great to get rid of illness and pain.

5. Laba Festival

Time: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Introduction: On the day of Laba, all Buddhist temples will offer porridge to the Buddha with rice, beans and fruits, which is called "Buddha porridge" and offer porridge to the poor. In the early years, there were many temples in Tianjin, with many men believing in women and rich gentry, and the wind of abstaining from porridge was extremely prosperous every year. Some charities, businessmen, managers, offices and extended families often cook porridge for the poor on this day, which is called "affinity porridge". Laba Festival is a prelude to the Spring Festival. The Beijing-Tianjin proverb says, "Wife, wife, don't be greedy, it's the year after Laba". Passing Laba means entering the Spring Festival. On Laba Festival, people want to eat Laba porridge, a festive food.

6. Fante Lantern Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Address: Fengtai

Introduction: By then, the whole park will be transformed into a sea of lights, bringing an excellent visual feast to tourists. During the Lantern Festival, visitors can not only enjoy many creative large lanterns in Fangte, Tianjin, but also participate in colorful Spring Festival activities in the park. Spring Festival Temple Fair, solve riddles on the lanterns, Red Packet Wall and other activities will bring tourists a joyful experience full of the flavor of the year, and they will have a happy New Year. Tianjin Fangte Spring Festival Temple Fair brings together hundreds of delicacies to satisfy the taste buds of tourists from all over the world. Solve riddles on the lanterns's game is full of fun, and the whole family uses their brains; There are many prizes hidden in the red envelope wall, which surprises tourists. At the same time, the annual performance carefully prepared by Tianjin Fangte should not be missed. Wa people celebrate the Spring Festival with enthusiastic dances, and there are "immortals from all walks of life" parades to send blessings, which are full of strong flavor of the year.

7. Taiping Flower Drum Club

Time: February 19th of the lunar calendar.

Address: Xigu Temple Fair

Introduction: According to legend, it first appeared in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, and was passed from Fengyang people to Xigu, hence the name "Fengyang Flower Drum". During the guild, eight children aged thirteen or fourteen performed according to the story of Water Margin. There are four people on the stage. They take turns singing. The tunes are mainly Fengyang Hua Gutiao or Kunqu Opera, and sometimes they sing some novel and interesting new lyrics. Behind the stage are two gongs, three gongs, flute players and martial arts congregation to protect the young congregation; The four pairs of musical instruments in the guild are overlord whip, small Taiping drum, small gong and flower drum.

8. Huang Hui

Time: March 23rd of the lunar calendar.

Address: Guwenhua Street

Introduction: The activities to commemorate the birthday of Tianhou Niangniang have a long history. Later, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty went to Tianjin to enjoy the flower show in Tianhou Palace and gave it a flag. Later, Tianjin was renamed "Huang Hui". Because Tianjin is located by the sea, there are many people who depend on the sea for food from generation to generation, and sailing is a very dangerous thing, so people have to pray for the blessing of the gods on the ill-fated sea. Tianhou Niangniang, called "Mazu" in the south, is a sea god. In Tianjin, incense is very popular and there are many sacrificial flowers. On the legendary Tianhou Niangniang's birthday, there are various performances such as French drums, lions, China banners, flower drums, etc. everywhere, and sometimes they stay up all night.

9. Happy Valley Fantasy Lighting Festival

Time: 65438+ every year 10 to March.

Address: Happy Valley

Brief introduction: Happy Valley takes "Zigong Lantern, a famous intangible cultural heritage at home and abroad" as the core, while inheriting China's ancient art and culture, it combines the elements of current popular fashion culture, and constantly innovates and integrates popular elements and interactive experiences. This is an old traditional gathering in Tianjin. Tianjin Happy Valley invited more than 100 Zigong lantern artisans to create more than 100 groups of lanterns, and 16 kinds of colorful lanterns, totaling about 80 million lanterns, which combined tradition with fashion, technology and interaction to create a magical lantern festival integrating technology, modeling, color, interaction and scale, presenting a magical lantern festival.

10, Tianjin Rose Festival

Time: May every year.

Address: Tianjin

Introduction: Tianjin Rose Flower Festival was founded in 1984, when the Tianjin municipal government designated the rose flower as the city flower. The planting and cultivation of roses have made great progress in Tianjin. In the blooming season of Chinese rose in May every year, flower viewing has become an important activity, and now it has evolved into an international tourism festival with local characteristics.

1 1, Tianjin Oktoberfest

Time: July every year

Address: Heather Food Street or Water Park

Introduction: Tianjin Beer Festival is held in July every year, usually in Heather Food Street or Water Park. By then, many well-known beer companies will participate. During the festival, various activities are colorful, including novel and unique opening ceremony, traditional drinking contest, beer exhibition, lottery, mass photography contest, calligraphy pen meeting, modern song and dance, rock and roll, folk art, beer dish contest, beer culture seminar and various forms of beer trading.

12, Golden Autumn Tourism and Leisure Shopping Festival

Time: every year 10 month.

Address: Tianjin

Introduction: The promotional activities during the festival are colorful. Commercial streets (centers), major retail malls and supermarket chains in the city will make full use of commercial streets, business centers and tourist outlets, and organize sales promotion, exhibition and publicity activities with distinct themes such as industrial and commercial cooperation, agricultural and commercial cooperation, commercial and cultural integration. Among them, Heping District, Tourism Bureau and Jinjie Service Company will carry out activities such as tourism project promotion, mobile phone festival, clothing, wedding photography exhibition and Mid-Autumn moon cake exhibition in Jinjie, Heping Road; Hexi, Hedong and Tanggu will use their commercial streets to create a festive atmosphere and carry out various cultural and entertainment promotion activities; Nankai District makes use of tourist business centers such as Guwen Street and Gulou Commercial Street to provide a good environment and excellent service for domestic and foreign tourists to travel and shop.

13, Tropical Tourism Festival

Address: Tianjin

Introduction: Visitors can watch and participate in folk dance stunts and custom performances such as three teas, robbing relatives, bamboo dance, and watch porcelain, stone tools and murals in the Mayan period. Catch the peak mountain tourism temple fair, you can understand the national medicine culture; Visit the largest ostrich garden in North China, enjoy folk songs and dances, folk flowers, live in a farmhouse and experience special folk customs. To the agricultural high-tech demonstration park in Liubu Village, Xinkou Town, you can participate in picking, learn about the cultivation of famous new vegetables, breed Boer goats, work with local farmers and enjoy the pastoral scenery.