What are the special festivals in Jilin?

What are the unique traditional festival customs in Jilin? Let’s take a look at the editor’s sharing!

1. Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Address: Jilin Province

Introduction: Jilin Province has many ethnic groups and religions Jilin people have unique Spring Festival customs during the New Year. The Spring Festival is commonly known as "New Year" among the people. Preparations usually start on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month (the twelfth lunar month). There is a common proverb in the Northeast: "Twenty-three stoves to go to the sky, twenty-four to write big characters, twenty-five to sweep the dust, twenty-six to prepare the New Year's meat, twenty-seven to kill the New Year's chicken, and twenty-eight handfuls of flour." This happens almost every day. In a "busy year". According to folklore, it is forbidden to use knives or scissors during the first to fifth days of the first lunar month, so the Manchus in Jilin area have cut and prepared the food they will eat during these days before New Year's Eve, such as sticky bean buns, pork, dumplings, etc., and then Store in a jar and freeze for later use.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Address: Jilin Province

Introduction: The dietary characteristics of the Lantern Festival are: Eat "Yuanxiao". Yuanxiao in Jilin Province is cooked in boiling water or fried. Fried Yuanxiao can also be a famous seasonal dish. Every year on this day, many dumplings are made in rural areas, and those who can afford it eat hot pot with delicacies left over from the Spring Festival. In the past, during the Lantern Festival in some areas of Jilin Province (such as Lishu County), they not only hung red lanterns in front of houses, scattered street lights on the roadside, but also "sent lights to ancestral graves." The lamps sent to ancestors' graves are made of flour, filled with oil and then placed with a wick and lit. Therefore, those who do not use candles are taboo for future generations to become singles. This custom has now been eliminated. Changchun, Tonghua, Liuhe and other places still have the custom of "rolling ice" and "catching away all kinds of diseases" during the Lantern Festival. Folks say it can "dispel disasters". This good practice of outdoor sports is actually beneficial to people's health.

3. Laba Festival

Time: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Address: Jilin Province

Introduction: Jilin Province is located in the north of Saibei In the border area, the climate is cold in winter. There is a folk proverb: "The seven and eight days of Laba, your chin will fall off from the cold." On this day, every household cooks "Laba porridge" to eat. According to the old custom, Laba porridge is cooked with eight kinds of grains (poor families may only use sorghum rice and corn husk). In addition, sugared dates, peanut kernels, walnut kernels, melon seeds, and green and red silk, chestnuts, raisins, diced persimmons, etc. are also added. In the old days, leftover Laba porridge was fed to livestock or smeared on fruit trees in rural areas to pray for a good harvest in the new year and prosperity for both humans and animals. The custom of eating Laba porridge has been passed down to this day.

4. Naadam

Time: The fourth day of the sixth lunar month

Address: Songyuan City, Baicheng City

Introduction: Inhabited in western Jilin Mongolian brothers, historically this was the territory of the Prince of Gorros, and now there is the former Gorros Mongolian Autonomous County, where the Mongolian Naadam Conference is held regularly. "Nadamu" is the transliteration of Mongolian, which means "entertainment and games" to express the joy of harvest. Naadam is a traditional activity with distinctive national characteristics and strong regional characteristics that is loved by the Mongolian people. It is an annual traditional event on the grassland and a happy festival for the Mongolian people. Naadam is widely popular and entertaining. Such traditional folk cultural activities have extensive and profound cultural connotations, reflecting the values ??and aesthetics of the Mongolian nation.

5. The dragon raises its head

Time: February 2 of the lunar calendar every year

Address: Jilin City

Introduction: An annual folk tradition On the festival "February 2nd", the Jilin City Manchu Museum will hold Manchu folk activities on February 2nd and invite the Jilin Shaman Shi family to perform the sacred Manchu Shaman Dragon Induction Ceremony live. This ceremony symbolizes praying for good weather throughout the year. The Shi family, the Manchu shamans, dressed in shaman costumes and holding python skin drums in their hands, passed by to worship the gods, and then began to "invite the dragon to come down to earth" in the courtyard. They danced all the way and sang the mysterious divine songs of the Manchu shamans, holding " The "weapon" shuttled back and forth on the ground, and the place he pointed out was where the dragon had been attracted. Staff in Manchu costumes immediately spread fine sand on the place where the "dragon shape" passed. The whole process lasted about 15 minutes.

6. Tiankuang Festival

Time: The sixth day of the sixth lunar month

Address: Jilin Province

Introduction: Tiankuang Festival is popular in Jilin is where the Manchus live. According to legend, the custom of "drying the red and green colors on June 6th" originated in the Tang Dynasty. The eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty took Buddhist scriptures from the West (India) and returned home. When he was crossing the sea, the scriptures were soaked by the sea water, so he took them out to dry on the sixth day of June. If you do it, this day will become an auspicious day. At first, dragon robes were dried for the emperor on this day in the palace. Later, it spread from the palace to the people. Every household would dry their clothes in front of the gate on this day. Later, this became a custom. June is a day that is prone to insect infestations. There are currently no sacrificial and sweeping activities for the Insect King's Day, but every family must dry their clothes on this day to prevent insect infestation.

7. Gold Awarding Festival

Time: October 13 of the lunar calendar every year

Address: Jilin City, Changchun City

Introduction: The Gold Awarding Festival is a day of "ethnic celebration" for the Manchu people, but the names used during the event are different, such as "name day", "birth day", "anniversary day", etc. On October 13th, the Manchu people gathered in Jilin and Changchun cities in Jilin Province to celebrate the most important traditional festival of the Manchu people, the "Gold Awarding Festival". Manchu songs, Manchu calligraphy, blessings and sacrifices were rarely seen on ordinary days. Wait for it to happen one after another.

There are not only original Manchu songs and Manchu dance performances, but also a series of Manchu culture displays such as the performance of the Manchu musical instrument octagonal, clothing catwalk, hand-torn paper-cutting, Manchu calligraphy, arrow shooting and balloon shooting.

8. Beishan Temple Fair

Time: April of the lunar calendar

Address: Jilin Province

Introduction: Beishan Temple Fair is famous for its It has the reputation of “a thousand temples in the Northeast are the best, and Jilin temple fairs are better than a thousand mountains”. Beishan Temple has the characteristics of the perfect integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Every year in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, temple fairs come one after another: the Buddha's Birthday on April 8th, the Empress Temple Fair on April 18th, the Yaowang Temple Fair on April 28th, and the Guandi Temple Fair on May 13th. Among them, the Yaowang Temple Fair on April 28th is the most lively. Since the Yaowang Temple was built in the 30th year of Kangxi's reign, an annual temple fair has gradually formed. In recent years, the temple fair has become unprecedentedly grand, with more than 300,000 visitors every year. During the temple fair, incense smoke lingered, bells and chimes rang, and male and female believers worshiped devoutly. There are crowds of people up and down the mountain. There are circus and acrobatic performances at the foot of the mountain, and health knowledge exhibitions and promotions. State-owned stores, private enterprises, individual stalls and department stores are all mixed together. Various snacks abound. Beishan Temple Fair is already the largest folk tourism festival in Northeast China.

9. China Changchun Ice and Snow Tourism Festival

Time: November to February of the following year

Address: Changchun City

Introduction: Changchun City, Jilin Province, is located in Northeast China. The winter scenery is very beautiful, the ice and snow scenery is spectacular, the rime is magical and charming. In order to promote ice and snow culture, activate people's cultural life, and develop the tourism economy, the first China Changchun Jingyuetan Ice and Snow Tourism Festival was held in 1998. The Ice and Snow Tourism Festival also launched ice and snow tourism photography, essays, and micro-video competitions, the International Snow Warrior Obstacle Race, the Snow Crossing Race, the Ice and Snow Celebrity Show, the Ice and Snow Flash Mob Show, the Burning Man Ice and Snow Christmas, the Bare Pig Snowball Fight, and the Snow Race. A series of traditional and innovative creative activities such as bikini, "Xuelilao" eating and drinking competition, and mass alpine skiing smoke competition. During the Ice and Snow Tourism Festival, ice and snow tourism routes will also be designed, and ice and snow tourism maps and winter food maps will be produced to facilitate citizens and tourists to participate in ice and snow activities.

10. Jilin International Rime Ice and Snow Festival

Time: January every year

Address: Jilin City

Introduction: Jilin International Rime Ice and Snow Festival The festival is a rime ice and snow festival co-organized by the Jilin Provincial Tourism Bureau and the Jilin Municipal People's Government. It has now become a bright business card to enhance the tourism image of Jilin Province and is a unique tourism brand created by leveraging the natural rime resources. The Jilin City Rime Ice and Snow Festival is a tourism and cultural festival full of Guandong style and ice and snow fun. It mainly focuses on viewing the Jilin Rime, one of the four natural wonders in China. The festival lasts for about one month. During the period, the grand Northeastern Yangko Festival, river lanterns and lanterns are put on the Songhua River, colorful river boat parades, fireworks shows, international and national skating, skiing and ice hockey events, various large-scale product ordering, negotiation meetings and Tourism product trade fair and ice lantern and ice sculpture garden event.

11. China Changchun Film Festival

Time: September

Address: Changchun City

Introduction: China Changchun Film Festival is a The first film festival named after a city, it was founded in 1992 and is a national film festival approved by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. The Changchun Film Festival is held every two years. The highest award is the Golden Deer Award, which consists of 10 awards. It is also known as the "Four Major Film Festivals in China" together with the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, and Zhuhai Film Festival. The slogan of the Changchun Film Festival is "Film sets the stage, economics and trade perform." In terms of content, it integrates film, culture, economy, trade, science and technology, and tourism. In terms of art, it emphasizes "carrying forward the main theme of the times" and pursues "the popularization of film culture and economic and trade activities". "Great Harvest" and "High Quality, Good Benefits and Great Impact". Over the past 24 years, the China Changchun Film Festival has always adhered to the festival concept of "professionalism" and "massivity", focusing on professional quality and paying attention to the feelings of the people. It has an important influence and has made positive contributions to the development of Chinese-language films.

12. Jingyuetan Dragon Boat Race

Time: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Address: Changchun City

Introduction: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month 5. Dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival is one of our traditional cultural activities. Jingyuetan City will welcome the arrival of the traditional Chinese festival Dragon Boat Festival in the form of dragon boat racing. The Changchun Jingyuetan Dragon Boat Race also attracted international friends to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, where they could race dragon boats and taste rice dumplings. The dragon boat race allows participants to relax physically and mentally, relieve stress, and at the same time activate citizens' memory and understanding of excellent traditional culture, enriching the city's cultural connotation, shaping the city's cultural taste, enhancing citizens' experience of happy Changchun culture, and further promoting Jilin Province The prosperity of dragon boat sports has promoted the development of sports in Jilin Province.

13. Changchun International Automobile Expo

Time: July or August

Address: Changchun City

Introduction: The first Changchun, China The International Automobile Expo was successfully held at the Changchun International Exhibition Center from August 15th to August 20th, 1999. Changchun is the "cradle" of New China's automobile industry and an important automobile R&D and manufacturing base in China.

Since the first auto show in 1999, the Changchun Auto Expo has been praised by the industry for its "large scale, high level, and popular love" as well as its unique industrial advantages, academic atmosphere and cultural characteristics. It has become one of the famous international auto shows in China and a domestic The second professional automobile exhibition certified by the International Exhibition Alliance and selected into the top 100 exhibitions in China. Changchun Automobile Expo, which has the reputation of "the development vane of the automobile industry", will further highlight the characteristics of internationality, leadership, appreciation, experience, and comprehensiveness. It will be planned as a whole in various forms such as exhibitions, festivals, activities, forums, etc. The comprehensive layout will add more joy and celebration to Changchun in midsummer, and inject new vitality into the booming automobile industry.

14. Jilin Songhua Lake Leisure Tourism Festival

Time: June to September

Address: Jilin City

Introduction: Jilin Songhua Lake Leisure Tourism Festival has been held for more than 10 consecutive sessions. After years of cultivation and development, it has become one of the major tourism festivals in Jilin Province. Over the years, the Songhua Lake Leisure and Tourism Festival has carried out a series of colorful festival activities around the themes of summer escape, leisure and vacation, attracting a large number of tourists every summer. In recent years, Jilin City has vigorously developed the tourism industry, the influence of tourism has been expanding day by day, and regional brand advantages have been established. Natural landscapes, rime and ice and snow, history and culture, and leisure and health are four major tourism resource endowments; rime, skiing, hot springs, and folk customs are suitable for travel in all seasons.

15. Jilin Changbai Mountain Red Leaf Tourism Festival

Time: September to October

Address: Jiaohe City

Introduction: Jilin Changbai Mountain Red Leaf Tourism Festival is an eco-tourism festival held in Jiaohe City, Jilin Province in Lafa Mountain National Forest Park, focusing on viewing red leaves. Jiaohe City is located in the eastern part of Jilin Province, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain and on the bank of Songhua Lake. It is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". The Red Leaf Valley is located in the Lafa Mountain National Forest Park in Jiaohe City. It is a hundred miles long and more than 30 miles wide. Every late autumn, the forests in the Red Leaf Valley are full of colors. Today, the Maple Leaf Tourism Festival has been listed on the list of key national tourism festivals. During the tourism festival, there are red leaf photography exhibitions, "Little Changbai Mountain" Laoye Ridge Golden Autumn Experience Tour, Red Leaf Valley Dream Tour, Lafa Mountain Mountaineering Adventure Tour, Songhua Lake Leisure Tour, Binghugou Primitive Forest Exploration, Qingling Activities Fish Food Week, economic and trade negotiations and other activities. At the same time, we will create special activities such as Binghugou Forest Oxygen Bar Tour, Wojikou Picking Tour, and Chashuling Farmhouse Folklore Tour.

16. Jilin Songhua Lake Fish Food Festival

Time: April

Address: Jilin City

Introduction: Jilin Songhua Hukaijiang Fish and Food Festival is a cultural festival in Jilin City, Jilin Province. By holding ancestor worship ceremony performances, Jilin City will showcase the profound Manchu history and culture, promote the restoration project of Xiaobai Mountain Wangji Hall, increase the visibility of Xiaobai Mountain in Jilin City, promote the development of Manchu folk tourism in Jilin City, and build Jilin City into a place where Manchu compatriots around the world are seeking their roots. The spiritual home of the ancestors. During the Kaijiang Fish Food Festival, tourists can not only taste the fragrant and delicious Kaijiang fish, but also fully appreciate the unique Manchu customs and rural feelings of Jilin City. Sacrifice ancestors with Emperor Qianlong in the distance; chat with Manchu experts and Manchu celebrities about the glorious history and culture of Manchu; appreciate the calligraphy of Manchu celebrities to broaden their horizons; participate in the Songhua Lake proliferation and release activities to repay nature. ; Enter the rural festivals in Jilin City, go hiking, enjoy the scenery, taste fish, and experience farmhouse fun.

17. Folklore Festival

Time: September 3

Address: Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: September 1952 The 3rd is the day when the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was established. On this day every year, people of all ethnic groups in Yanbian hold celebrations, and over time it has become a national festival. Since 1992, under the direct planning of the state government, this single State Day has gradually transformed into a large-scale and colorful event integrating celebration activities, cultural and sports activities, ethnic customs exhibitions, economic and trade fairs, etc. comprehensive folk activities festival.

18. Old Man’s Day

Time: August 15

Address: Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: Old Man’s Day is on It was born under the initiative of an elderly association in Dongshengyong Township, Longjing City. In 1984, the elderly wanted to set a holiday for themselves. After everyone discussed, August 15th was the mature period of the year and the Victory Day of the Anti-Japanese War, so they designated this day as their holiday. Festival activities generally include commending model figures who respect the elderly and caring for the young, wishing birthdays to the elderly, and organizing cultural and sports activities suitable for the characteristics of the elderly. It not only helps safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly in society and family, but also encourages the elderly to exert their residual enthusiasm and pass on the Korean traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young from generation to generation.