The time and content of the grand fairy birthday event in Xiqiao Mountain, Foshan

The Immortal Birthday Temple Fair is a very famous folk event in Xiqiao, Foshan. This kind of temple fair is usually held on April 14 of the lunar calendar, but this year it will be held on May 17-18. On this day, Xiqiao people go to Baiyun Cave to pray for good weather this year. This is an activity that has been around for more than 600 years. Let’s find out together.

Xiqiao Mountain Daxian Birthday Cultural Festival

Time:

May 17th to 18th

Location:

Xiqiao

Event preview:

This cultural festival has four major themes: Grand Fairy Birthday Parade, Grand Fairy Birthday Paparazzi Market (Small Commodity Fair), Intangible Cultural heritage display and interactive experience, landscape leisure tour.

This parade has six theme squares, namely "Celebrating Longevity", "Strive for the Top", "Bay Area Culture", "Industrial Tide", "Ancient Town Dongfeng", "Charming" Huazhang".

:Xiqiao Mountain Fairy Birthday Events

1. Grand Fairy Birthday Parade

This grand Fairy Birthday Parade*** has six major events The theme squares are "Celebrate the Birthday of the Gods Together", "Strive for the Top", "Bay Area Cultural Context", "Industrial Wave", "Ancient Town Dongfeng", and "Charming Chapter".

Activities: Baiyundong Scenic Area to Tianzhenfeng Park on Jiangpu Road

Activities: May 18, April 14 of the lunar calendar (9:00-12:00)

Location: Baiyundong Kuiguang Tower (starting at 9:00)

Cruise route: Baiyundong Kuiguang Tower (launching ceremony)-Kuiguang Tower (departure parade)-Xiqiao Mountain Yunmen Archway (Lingnan Cultural Park)-Jiangpu West Road-Tianzhenfeng Park (end of parade)

2. "Paparazzi Market" (product fair) on Daxian's birthday.

This year's small commodity fair has about 150 stalls, ranging from Shichang intersection to Tianzhenfeng Park. The booths include modern cultural and creative products, fine antiques, calligraphy and paintings, specialty food exhibitions (hygiene boutiques), and local leading enterprise product exhibitions (textile enterprises, sanitary ware enterprises, sanitary ware product enterprises, etc.). ).

Activity area: from the market intersection of Jiangpu West Road to Tianzhenfeng Park.

Activity: May 17th-18th.

3. Intangible cultural heritage display and interactive experience

As one of the two major traditional folk activities in the history of the Pearl River Delta, the birthday celebration of gods is deeply loved by the people and is also the most popular. and participatory festivals. Temple fairs with rich folk customs are also an important window for inheriting and promoting distinctive culture. During the cultural festival, a number of intangible cultural heritage projects from Foshan and even the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be displayed through physical display, on-site production by craftsmen, and tourist experience production, making the intangible cultural heritage come alive.

Activity area: from the market intersection of Jiangpu West Road to Tianzhenfeng Park.

Exhibition time: May 17th at 3:00 pm - May 18th at 22:00 pm.

Exhibitions: Tanghua art, Foshan paper-cutting, Foshan lion headbanding, ocarina, windmill, traditional silk reeling, Xiqiao pancake making, auspicious cloud yarn weaving, Shiwan pottery sculptures, retro leather handicrafts, Improvisation, collection and exhibition exchange, music exchange.

4. Landscape leisure travel

Taking the opportunity of the Daxian Birthday Cultural Festival, Hongfei Travel Agency, a subsidiary of Xiqiao Mountain Forest Park Tourism Development Corporation, took the lead in integrating Xiqiao Mountain, Guo Yi Film and Television City, Fisherman Yueyun Cultural Tourism Park, Kangyuan, Nanhaiwan Forest Ecological Park, Wujia Courtyard, Guanxin Town, Jiujiang Winery and surrounding ancient villages and other scenic tourist resources, jointly promote the landscape with major travel agencies in the province Leisure travel.

Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Management Office, Hongfei Travel Agency, and Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Area can set up consultation points at Baiyundong Scenic Area on the day of the event to provide scenic area guidance during the event, on-site promotion of landscape leisure tourism routes, and year-round Event development consulting and other services.