What folk festivals with marine characteristics are there in my country’s coastal areas?

What are the folk festivals with marine characteristics in my country's coastal areas are introduced as follows:

Shandong Rongcheng Chinese Fishermen's Festival, Hainan International Coconut Festival, Qingdao Ocean Festival, and Zhejiang Xiangshan Fishing Festival.

The first Fuqing (Shapu) Fishing Festival

The first Fuqing (Shapu) Fishing Festival and Marine Culture Tourism Festival will be held on August 3 in Shapu Town, Fuqing City. With the theme of "Opening the Sun, Viewing the Sea and Enjoying the Sand", this fishing festival will organize a release ceremony, fishing carnival, fishing feast, offshore fishing competition and other activities. Visitors can enjoy the unique folk sea god worship ceremony, the spectacular scene of thousands of sails competing and going to the fishing ground, as well as participate in the exciting activities of the carnival.

"Sixteen Bowls of Shapu" is the protagonist of this fishing festival. The sixteen dishes are mainly seafood, including Shapu dishes that pursue "green", authentic and fresh cuisine. Cooking techniques such as pan-frying, deep-frying, and steaming. Skilled in cooking to achieve the freshness brought by the diversity of ingredients and flavours.

Beihai Fishing Festival

Beihai, Guangxi is a city surrounded by the sea on three sides, with beautiful scenery and delicious fish and shrimp. It is located in the Beibu Gulf Fishing Ground, one of the four largest fishing grounds in China, and has gradually become one of the "best marine tourism destinations" in the minds of Chinese and foreign tourists.

Every year when fishing begins, Beihai fishermen will hold "traditional fishermen praying to the sea", "flag-raising ceremony", "people beating gongs and drums", "red sails rising to the sea and blowing whistles" and other local characteristics. ceremony, bid them farewell to the sea, and sincerely wish them a safe and successful return from the sea. After fishing, the sea is fully open for fishing. Fishermen say the fishing festival will be a grand one. It is said that seafood is priced by the ton, so don’t miss it!

Zhanjiang Fishing Festival

For the majority of foodies, Zhanjiang’s Fishing Festival is just like the Spring Festival, a feast for the eyes! Moments and Weibo, like major docks, are all magical attacks from seafood. The daily greeting has also changed from "Have you eaten?" to "Have you eaten seafood today?"

Zhanjiang is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a sea area of ??more than 20,000 square kilometers; a total coastline of more than 2,000 kilometers and 140 large and small islands. Zhanjiang’s seafood delicacies have long been famous throughout the country. The saying “To eat seafood, go to Zhanjiang” has been circulated . It is said that almost all seafood in the world can be found in Zhanjiang.

As early as 2010, Zhanjiang was officially awarded the honorary title of "China Seafood City" by the China Cuisine Association, becoming the first and only city in the country to receive this honor.

At the Zhanjiang Fishing Festival, you can also see activities of offering sacrifices to the sea and praying for blessings. Fishermen gathered at Diaoshun Ancestral Hall, the largest ancestral hall in western Guangdong, to pray to the goddess Mazu to bless everyone with good weather and everything goes well.

A rare performance of the "Net Dragon" dance, an intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province, can also be seen at the fishing festival. The legend of the net dragon is a combination of an ox and a dragon. The dragon's body is made of old fishing nets, ropes, bamboo and grass that were enthusiastically donated by the villagers. It means "a hundred boats and a hundred fields gather nets and grass, and a hundred villages want to ".

Maoming Fishing Festival

"South China Sea Fishing" China (Maoming Romantic Coast) South China Sea Fishing Festival will be held on August 16. Sea sacrifices, life releases, sailing ceremonies, collective trawling, fishing banquets at fishing ports, family folk performances, poetry recitations, Hawaiian style parades, family folk parades, Hawaiian theater, bonfire parties, fireworks extravaganzas Rather than staying in an air-conditioned room, it is better to There are tens of thousands of people witnessing the South China Sea Fishing Festival (Maoming. Romantic Coast)!

Yangjiang Fishing Festival

Due to the extension of the fishing moratorium by one month this year, the 15th Nanhai (Yangjiang) Fishing Moratorium Festival has been postponed to August 15th-16th. As the highlight of the annual fishing festival, the fishermen’s banquet is the most popular event. Roast goose, boiled shrimp, eel tripe stuffed with meat, stir-fried double squid, grilled scallops and sea cucumbers, stewed fungus with mushrooms, pork belly

The wedding custom of Zhapo fishermen is a unique one spread in the coastal areas of western Guangdong Water culture phenomenon. Ceremonies will be held during the wedding, such as wedding ceremony, wedding ceremony, land wedding, bride carrying, procession, matchmaking scene, church visit, fisherman's wedding banquet, etc. The original appearance of each link not only allows you to enjoy watching, but also allows you to see the doorway.

The sea ceremony is also one of the main contents of the Nanhai (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival, including gongs, drums, horns, firecrackers and salutes. Salutes and drums resounded through the sky; rough fishing songs rolled in, fireworks soared into the sky; various flags fluttered and hunted, and priests and fishermen representatives held sea bowls to toast to the gods and the sea, praying for a full warehouse of fish and shrimps and good luck.

This fishing festival also added a variety of activities, such as the "Safe Fishing in Damei Fishing Village" China Fisheries Photo Exhibition Promotional Activity, Guangdong Province Annual Fishing Suspension Summary Meeting, Entering the Yangjiang Film Friends Club, previous Nanhai (Yangjiang) Fishing Festival Photo Exhibition, Guangdong Kite Elite Invitational Tournament, Sailing Performance, Hailing District "Fishing Cup" Top Ten Singers Competition, Island Water Park Pass, Lively Summer Carnival, etc.

These fishing festivals will be held soon. Traveling here requires planning in advance, as these activities generally last three months.

You can have plenty of time to travel here!