Introduction to the Running of the Bulls Festival

Introduction to the Running of the Bulls Festival

Introduction to the Running of the Bulls Festival/San Fermin Festival (Spanish: San Ferm?n)

The original San Fermín Festival Originating in the 12th century, the citizens of the city commemorated San Fermin, the founder and protector of the city, on October 10. At that time, San Fermin's Day was just a purely religious festival. The Spanish Running of the Bulls Festival is a traditional festival in Spain, also known as Encierro. It began in 1591 and attracts tens of thousands of participants every year. According to records, after the 14th century, merchants drove cattle from outside the city to the city to hold bullfighting events in the summer. The townspeople decided to celebrate San Fermín in the summer when the weather was better, and the two events gradually merged.

Beginning in 1951, the San Fermin Festival lasted only two days and included speeches, concerts, competitions and bullfights. Fireworks and dance performances were later added. Bull-running events and sideshows were added in the 17th and 18th centuries, and foreign tourists began to celebrate with the citizens of Pamplona. In the mid-19th century, open-air markets and big-headed processions appeared. The origins of the Running of the Bulls are directly related to the Spanish bullfighting tradition. It is said that it was very difficult for the people of Pamplona to drive six tall bulls from the bullpens on the outskirts of the city into the bullring in the city. In the 16th century, some bystanders suddenly had the idea to run up to the bull, provoke it into anger, and induce it to rush into the bullring. Later, this custom evolved into the Running of the Bulls Festival.

In 1923, the famous American writer Hemingway came to Pamplona for the first time to watch the running of the bulls and wrote the famous novel "The Sun Also Rises" (The Sun Also Rises, published in 1926). The book describes the Running of the Bulls Festival in detail and depicts the exciting bull-running event very vividly. As a result, the Running of the Bulls Festival became famous and began to change from a regional festival to a worldwide festival. Tourists from all over the world are drawn to Pamplona to join in the celebration. Its official name is Los Sanfermines, and San Fermín is the capital of Pamplona, ??the capital of the wealthy Navarra province in northeastern Spain. Protector.

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