- Zhangjiakou Bashang , and Chengde Weichang International
Skiing Festivals
The festivals display the winter tourist resources of the forests
and grasslands in Bashang, and provides various services to domestic
and foreign tourists for them to appreciate snow and do skiing.
Time: February every year
What's on: a large opening ceremony, professional
skiing performance, skiing practices and competitions, sledges drawn
by dogs and sledges by horses, riding motorcycles on snow, barbecue,
fireworks and bonfire evening parties, letting off firecrackers at
snowy night. going hunting in the snow-covered mountain`, making adventures
in the snowy plain. a loin of tllc forest with scow-crncwd ethic trees
etc.
- Chengdu Tourist Festivals
Zhangjiakou Bashang , and Chengde Weichang International Skiing FestivalsThe
festivals display the winter tourist resources of the forests and
grasslands in Bashang, and provides various services to domestic and
foreign tourists for them to appreciate snow and do skiing.
Time: February every year
What's on: a large opening ceremony, professional
skiing performance, skiing practices and competitions, sledges drawn
by dogs and sledges by horses, riding motorcycles on snow, barbecue,
fireworks and bonfire evening parties, letting off firecrackers at
snowy night. going hunting in the snow-covered mountains, making adventures
in the snowy plain. a loin of tllc forest with snow-covered pinetrees
etc.
- Chengde Tourist Festivals
To display the features of the famous historical city in China, get
some idea of the quintessence of the world cultural legacy. and seek
the imperial cultural charm of the Qing Dynasty.
Time: June in every odd-number year
What's on: Sightseeing, performances. religious activities,
study, research and survey activities. Large stage performances: "Banquet
Music and Dance of the Qing Court,""The Light of Putuo,"
and "Benevolent Light of the Buddha." Visiting the Summer
Resort, Outer Eight Temples, the Great Wall at Jinshanling, the imperial
hunting ground, the forests and grasslands in Weichang, Jingbei No.
l Grassland in Fengning, etc.
- The China Three Ancestors' Cultural and Tourist Festival
in Zhuolu
To promote the earliest ancestors' culture of China and help domestic
and foreign Chinese people to realize their long-cherished wish of
seeking the roots and offering sacrifices to ancestors.
Time: September in every even-number year
What's on: A memorial ceremony for the ancestors
to be attended by 10,000 people, large folk art performances, visiting
the three ancestors' temple.The Ancestors' Hall, the ruins of Huangdi
City. Xuanyuan Lake. Yellow Emperor Spring, Chiyou Village and other
historical sites, visiting the grassland in Mount Dongling, and the
vast grave vineyard, etc.
- Weichang Forest and Grassland Tourist Festival
To display the harmonious theme of "mankind and the nature,"
the rich ecological tourist resources and how the Chinese people protect
the ecological environment.
Time: July every year
What's on: A large opening ceremony, sightseeing
at the national forest park and the vast grassland, ecological survey
and protection activities, symposiums on ecological tour. the ecological
summer camp, and the Manchu and Mongolian get-togethers.
- The Shanhaiguan Pass Great Wall Festival
To have some idea of the Great Wall culture, and the strong folk customs
along the Great Wall. and participate in the rich and unique health-building
tours.
Time: September every year
What's on: The 8-section walking (or cycling) competition
from Beijing, Tianjin to Hebei, with a total length of 1,500 km and
via Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Huangyaguan Pass. Shanhaiguan
Pass, Jiaoshan Mountain, Jiumenkou and the Old Dragon's Head. Participants
will be divided into different groups by sex and ages. They will walk
one section (5-10 km) a day. After a competition, prizes will be awarded.
Tourists can also enjoy the ancient battlefield performance, the East
Hebei folk custom performance, and the display of the Great Wall culture
and art, attend the large theatrical evening party, appreciate the
firecrackers set on the Great Wall and take part in the Great wall-climbing
competition.
- Mid-Autumn Moon-Watching Festival in Zhuozhou
To visit the Zhuozhou Film and TV City-the largest filming set in
Asia, get some idea of varied folk customs and celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival.
Time: September every year
What's on: Participating in the Mid-Autumn Moon-Watching
Evening Party, enjoying folk dances, martial arts, operas. acrobatics,
large fireworks and folk flower fair, tasting Mid-Autumn cakes and
local snacks, and visiting the Sanyi Palace, Zhang Fei Temple, Film
and TV City, the Han tombs in Mancheng, China Sun and Moon City, Yesanpo,
Baiyangdian Lake, etc.
- China Yongnian Taijiquan International Friendship Assembly
To develop China's Taijiquan and earliest ancestor cultures. watch
Taijiquan competitions and promote the friendship between Chinese
and foreign people who love I Taijiquan.
Time: October every year
What's on: A large opening ceremony, Taijiquan performance,
performances by Chinese and foreign Taijiquan masters, Taijiquan competitions,
deciding on awards through discussion and issuing awards, lectures
by famous Taijiquan masters, teaching Taijiquan, visiting the old
residence of Yang Luchan (founder of Yang-type Taijiquan) and the
old home of Wu Yuxiang (founder of Wu-type Taijiquan), etc.
- Mid-Autumn Moon-Watching Get-Together in No. l City Under
Heaven
To present Chinese and foreign tourists with the grand autumn tourist
gathering with "unity, peace, bustle and excitement" as
the theme.
Time: September every year
What's on: A welcoming ceremony at the Waicheng Square, large celebrations
in parks, folk theatrical performances in the commercial street in
Qianmen, Chinese and foreign songs and dances at Yuanmingyuan, appreciating
the moon at the Yongdingmen gate-tower, tasting and buying various
kinds of traditional moon cakes, the poem, painting and calligraphy
competition at the Mid-Autumn Festival while watching the moon, a
large mid-autumn evening patty, appreciating fireworks and firecrackers.
- Baoding Health Festival for Honoring the Aged
To display the famous historical city's traditional moral excellence
of respecting and honoring the aged, present its health-building activities,
and let tourists know how the people of the ancient city keep fit.
Time: October every year
What's on: A large opening ceremony, demonstrations
of group fitness exercises by the aged, middle aged and young people,
electing models of the Chinese and foreign healthy aged and the award-issuing
ceremony, demonstrations of traditional fitness exercises, tasting
medicinal concoctions and medicinal food, visiting a home of the aged,
doing sightseeing at the An' guo Medicine King's Temple, the Chinese
herbal medicine market and botanical garden, visiting the Han tombs
in Mancheng, Baiyangdian Lake, the Western Tombs of the Qing, Zhuozhou
Film and TV City, etc.
- China Wuqiao International Acrobatics Art Festival
A world-famous acrobatics competition named after Wuqiao, the festival
is held solemnly in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, once
every two years starting from 1986. On this exceptionally grand occasion.
various excellent acrobatics are performed.
Time: October 30 every odd-number year
What's on: More than 30 domestic and foreign acrobatic
and circus troupes compete for the gold, silver and copper lion awards.
At the opening ceremony. various acrobatic troupes perform along the
street, forming a magnificent scene. During the festival, tourists
will visit the "Great Acrobatic World" in Wuqiao, Cangzhou,
and watch folk arts performances at the Jianghu Cultural City. Acrobatic
Palace, Magic Palace, and Acrobatic School, thus getting some idea
of the charm of the land of acrobatics.
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