8 17 Why is it a rice festival?

Because rice is homophonic, I am a fan of the book Tomb Raider Notes.

The rice festival is a spontaneous festival for fans, starting from 20 15 and scheduled for August 17 every year. August 17th Rice Festival is a spontaneous activity organized and initiated by fans of tomb-robbing notes. It originated from the "Ten-year Covenant" between Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling in the book "Notes on Grave Robbery" written by Nanpai's uncle, and has become a fan festival on August 17 every year.

Notes on Uncle Nanpai's Tomb Robbery.

According to Sanzang's Notes on Grave Robbery, Zhang Qiling went to Changbai Mountain to guard the bronze gate instead of Wu Xie, and they met again ten years later. Although it is only a plot, due to the great influence of grave robbery notes, many novel readers have given this day special significance, and even regarded it as a journey to realize their dreams in their youth, and rushed to Changbai Mountain to see this "ten-year Covenant" in the novel.

Changbai Mountain Youth League and Nanpai Pan-Entertainment have injected ten years of friendship into the feelings of 8 170, focusing on Changbai Mountain, the holy land of grave robbery notes, and combining it with the series of activities of "Ten Years Stealing Pen, Ten Years Taking Mind" to further publicize the tourism resources and cultural heritage of Changbai Mountain and lay the foundation for Changbai Mountain to build a long-term "8 17" characteristic tourism project.