Chongqing Spring Festival Activities Summary Temple Fair + Folk Activities

The Spring Festival is here, and friends in Chongqing are blessed. It is said that during the Spring Festival, there are many large and small activities going on in Chongqing. Chongqing people also like to go to temple fairs and lantern festivals during the Spring Festival. The Dragon Lantern Festival in Tongliang is quite interesting. The long table banquet held during the Spring Festival shows the warm and hospitable nature of Chongqing people. Let’s go and see it.

1. Tongliang·Chinese Dragon Lantern Art Festival

This Dragon Lantern Art Festival was held in People’s Park, Anju Ancient City and Longcheng Tianjie Business District. Among them, the exhibition in Tongliang People's Park has more than 60 lantern groups, which is the most gorgeous chapter of this dragon lantern art festival. In addition, the park square also has a large light group, and the giant creeping dragon on the artificial lake is even more domineering.

Address: People’s Park, Anju Ancient City, Longcheng Tianjie Business District and other places

Time: January 22nd - March 8th

Self-driving route : Main city - Shuangbei Tunnel - Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Expressway - Tongliang Interconnection - Tongliang District 2, Tongnan·Shuangjiang New Year Customs and Culture Festival

Shuangjiang Ancient Town was once among the first batch of top ten historical and cultural sites in China One of the famous towns, it is dotted with courtyards and gardens that are characteristic of the Qing Dynasty.

The New Year Cultural Tourism Festival is held here every year, and this year it lasted for nearly a month. In addition to the beautiful song and dance performances, you can also experience the intangible cultural heritage of the ancient town and enjoy the traditional Chinese wedding show with the characteristics of living alone.

Address: Shuangjiang Town, Tongnan

Time: January 22nd - February 19th

Self-driving route: Main city - Yusui Expressway - Tong Nanxia Road - Chonggong Town - Shuangjiang Ancient Town

3. Nanchuan·Tianxing Town Prayer Lantern Festival

Today's Tianxing Town has long been enveloped in a lively atmosphere, with lanterns and colorful decorations everywhere. Singing and dancing. Red lanterns and colorful lanterns complement each other and shine brightly. In addition, Tianxing Town can also buy New Year’s goods, watch traditional operas and face-changing performances, exuding a strong New Year flavor everywhere. Of course, the hot springs here are not to be missed.

Address: At the foot of the west slope of Jinfo Mountain, Nanchuan

Time: December 28, 2019 - February 28, 2019

Self-driving route: Main city - Chongqing Hunan Expressway-Nanwan Expressway-Jinfo Shanxi (lower road-Jinfo Shanxi Gate

4. Jiangjin·Zhongshan Ancient Town Kilometer-long Banquet

One pair of chopsticks and one bowl, free tasting Have hundreds of banquets, watch kung fu performances, walk through the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"-style Zhongshan life scenes, and try a Song Dynasty-style party

The Kilometer Long Banquet is a traditional activity for residents of Zhongshan Ancient Town to celebrate the New Year. On the day of the street banquet, every household moves the table to the bluestone street outside the door and puts on bowls of carefully cooked special farm dishes.

This year's "Kilometer Long Banquet" is very different. There are not only blessings and sacrifices, folk New Year greetings, "pot-making" stunts, but also a pair of chopsticks to eat all over the street. At the same time, there is also a cultural catering that performs love-themed scenes through singing, dancing, and telling stories to show the wealth. The cultural connotation of Selenium Love Banquet

Address: Zhongshan Town, Jiangjin

Time: January 26, 2019

Self-driving route: Main city - Inner Ring Express - Chongqing Ring Expressway - Jiangxi Expressway - Zhongshan Ancient Town

5. Beibei·Zhuyangding Folk Culture Festival

The second Beibei Zhuyangding Folk Culture Festival will be held on Saturday of this month It was solemnly held in Pianyan Ancient Town. The sacrificial pigs were draped in red and decorated, and were carried through the streets by the sacrificial team to pray for good weather in the coming year. The most traditional "Chongqing New Year flavor" was restored here, and local guests were entertained with authentic shaved pig soup. Don’t miss it if you want to try shaved pig soup

Address: Pianyan Town, Beibei

Time: January 26, 2019

Self-driving route: urban area. —Jinshan Avenue—Yinkun Expressway—Beijin Road—Pianyan Ancient Town

In addition, during the Spring Festival, various New Year temple fairs are usually held in Ciqikou, Huayan Temple, and Minguo Street. Let us wait and see. .

Things you must do when you come to Chongqing

1. Get up early and eat noodles

Chongqing noodles are as important as hot pot in the hearts of Chongqing people. That’s not too much! In Chongqing, eating a bowl of hot noodles on the street in the morning is really a pleasure. No beef is needed, just a few slices of vegetables and a few spoons of chili oil. It’s a comfort.

2. Take the light rail that passes through the building

The light rail rushes down the mountain, emerges from the ground, and passes through the middle of the building!!! Yes, we are not wrong about Chongqing. Liziba Station of Light Rail Line 2 is located in a building with more than 20 floors, and nearly 10 floors above the exhibition stand are residential buildings.

3. Take the Yangtze River Cableway

In the past. The Yangtze River Cableway is an essential means of transportation for citizens in mountain cities, and the only remaining cableway across the river is still in operation. Sitting in the old cable car, watching the night view of the mountain city rise and fall below your feet is like being in a dreamland.

4. The longest escalator

Only in Chongqing can you feel the elevator. It is also a means of transportation! The 30° inclination angle is very characteristic of a mountain city. This escalator connects Crown Tower at one end and Caiyuanba Railway Station at the other end. It is 112 meters long and is one of Chongqing's special means of transportation.

5. Visit Hongyadong at night

Remember, you must go at night! Hongyadong is a good place to visit the old streets of the mountain city, enjoy the scenery of the two rivers, and taste Chongqing food.

At night it is brightly lit and lively. Order a cup of coffee and look at the dusk by the river. Walking through it is like being in a comic book.

6. Wandering around Ciqikou

A must-go place for young literary and artistic people in Chongqing; find an afternoon to savor the thousand-year vicissitudes of the old Ciqikou ancient town. Walk on the bluestone road, taste the local specialties, find a teahouse with a small crowd and set up the Dragon Gate Array, and feel the customs and customs of old Chongqing. Even the soil has a human touch.

7. Walk around Jiefangbei

Jiefangbei is the most prosperous business district in Chongqing. There are countless department stores, high-end hotels, and fine restaurants; in the pedestrian street, you can find all kinds of Western restaurants. You can find everything from rice dumplings to rice dumplings, and you can truly feel the charm of Chongqing’s metropolis here.

8. Stroll along the mountain city trails

With the large-scale reconstruction of old cities, many mountain city trails have slowly disappeared or become deserted; occasionally stroll along them and experience the wonderful time and space. A sense of alternation, seeing fallen leaves lying gently on the roadside, moss spreading over the stone steps, each section of the trail has its own story.