1, Spring Festival
Time: the first day of the first lunar month
Introduction: Shanghainese like to display thousands of rings and "Gao Sheng", while children mostly display some fun fireworks such as "Night Pearl" and "Scud". I used to stand on the balcony. As soon as the "Night Pearl" is lit, colorful paintballs are sprayed outside, which is the children's favorite. Every new year, there are accidents in which the night pearl burns the clothes on the opposite balcony, and later it is less and less. Firecrackers are usually set off at 0: 00, and there is also 0: 00 on the fifth day of May to welcome the god of wealth. Generally speaking, there are many more days to meet the god of wealth than the Chinese New Year.
2. Lantern Festival
Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Introduction: The customs of Shanghai Lantern Festival include dragon and lion dancing, hanging lanterns in the field, stringing lanterns, walking on the third bridge and carrying three girls. That night, deep in the streets and lanes inside and outside Shanghai, children turned down the rabbit lights, while older children held up the small red lights, shining like meteors, some mysterious, like dreams! The poem says: "Mistaking the Yaochi is not true, the flowers and willows in the garden are timely and new. Guests gather in the breeze, half spring and half spring. " "Ten-mile bead curtains don't roll, and the lamp watcher looks at the lamp watcher." In the middle of the night, people set off fireworks such as big flower tubes, Kowloon and flowers at the Jiuqu Bridge in Yuyuan Garden.
3. Tomb-Sweeping Day
Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar
Introduction: The main activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day are grave-sweeping and hiking, and nearly10 million people travel around Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. Due to the reform and opening up, cemeteries have flourished, and related sites are mainly distributed in Suzhou and Jiaxing in other provinces. Therefore, the number of people going to the above areas is more than one million, which often causes traffic congestion in the province for several days before and after Qingming. In addition, the Youth League is a seasonal snack in Jiangnan. Its main body is glutinous rice flour, mixed with green wormwood (grass head juice) to make green cake balls, which are usually red bean paste or sesame seeds. Keep the habit of cold food when eating. For Shanghainese, the Youth League is an indispensable offering for Tomb-Sweeping Day to worship his ancestors.
4. Dragon Boat Festival
Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
Introduction: Shanghai is a traditional water town in the south of the Yangtze River, so water sports are almost essential during the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people even decorate boats with colorful flags, make them beautiful, and then shake them on the water. There are people singing and duets on board. Finally, let's judge which ship is decorated best and who sings best. Shanghainese call it sachet, also called sachet, sachet and purse. They are made of five-color silk threads or rags. It is filled with spices (prepared from Chinese herbal medicines such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Scutellariae Radix, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song and Rhizoma Kaempferiae). They are worn on the chest and smell delicious. In addition to sachets, many Shanghainese hung small net bags crocheted with glass ribbons on their chests when they were young, which just contained an egg wrapped in colorful silk thread or painted with colors, which also meant to ward off evil spirits and seek happiness.
5. Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.
Introduction: "Osmanthus fragrans on August 15th", looking up at Osmanthus fragrans in the middle of the month and drinking Osmanthus fragrans mead is another beautiful thing for Shanghainese in the Mid-Autumn Festival diet custom. Osmanthus fragrans is not only an ornamental flower and aromatic tree species, but also has edible value. In addition, Shanghainese like to eat glutinous rice and osmanthus wine. The customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanghai include offering sacrifices to the moon and burning incense. Traveling on Mid-Autumn Festival night to enjoy the moon, Shanghainese call it "walking on the moon". A night outing with women is called "stepping on the moon". Lujiashi Bridge outside Xiaodongmen, Shanghai, the reflection of the bright moon rippling in the water under the bridge forms a wonderful contrast with the bright moon in the sky. Therefore, tourists are weaving in the Mid-Autumn Festival night, scrambling to watch. This "Liang Shi jathyapple" is very famous in Shanghai, and it is called one of the "Eight Scenes of Shanghai".
6. Chenghuang Temple Association
Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Address: Huangpu District, Shanghai
Introduction: Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, shops and residents in the Old Town God Temple will hang elaborate and varied lanterns, including gold ingots, cornucopia, downwind boats, lotus flowers, bats, butterflies, golden frogs and bangs, as well as lanterns made of silk or paper, rabbits, crabs, carp and mussels. The Simeixuan Tea Room, Deyuelou and Fandian in Yuyuan Garden are still hung with riddles under colored lights. People will also hold "Wendeng" and "Wudeng" performances in the street. The performance team of "Wendeng" is led by the silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River, followed by colorful lanterns skillfully tied with colored paper, and slowly advances with the music played by the silk and bamboo. Inspired by the strong rhythm of gongs and drums, the "Five Lights" performance team was followed by the Dragon Lantern and the Lion Team, rolling forward with a warm atmosphere.
7. Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival
Time: March to April
Address: Nanhui District, Shanghai
Introduction: People are similar year after year, and "flowers" are different year after year. Shanghai natives have always had the custom of enjoying peach blossoms in spring. In order to show the beautiful rural scenery and simple folk customs, Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival has been held since 199 1 when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, further promoting the peach blossom culture and promoting the development of tourism. During the festival, there are opening ceremonies, cultural performances, Mongolian yurts drilling, horse riding, racing, treading water carts, driving cattle carts, fishing with nets, weaving and grinding flour, entering the sea, China Peach Blossom Culture Development Seminar, commodity fairs, visits to wildlife parks and Taoyuan, visits to ecological forest belts, tasting farm snacks and seafood, and closing ceremony.
8. Shanghai Tourism Festival
Time: It starts on a Saturday in September every year.
Address: all districts and counties in Shanghai
Brief introduction: Shanghai Tourism Festival takes "People's Festival" as its orientation and "Entering Beauty and Joy" as its theme. Through the colorful and distinctive festival activities in various districts and counties in Shanghai, we will publicize the requirements of the "Belt and Road" strategy for the development of tourism and attract strong support and extensive participation from all walks of life. Shanghai Tourism Festival has become a landmark festival for Shanghai to build a world famous tourist city, among which traditional activities include Shanghai Tourism Festival float parade and appraisal grand prix, Shanghai micro-tour, etc. Nearly 100 festivals, including sightseeing, leisure, entertainment, customs, exhibitions, food, shopping and other tourism experiences, have shown the infinite charm of Shanghai's urban scenery, urban culture and urban humanities at home and abroad.
9. Shanghai Spring International Music Festival
Time: April to May
Address: Shanghai International Dance Center, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Cultural Square and other places.
Introduction: The predecessor of Shanghai Spring International Music Festival is Shanghai Spring Music and Dance Month, which was founded in 1960s, and Shanghai International Radio and Music Festival, which started in 1980s. These two events were formally merged into Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in 20001. It is held once a year in Shanghai. Shanghai Spring International Music Festival takes "peace, friendship, blending and harmony" as its purpose, and selects the participating programs, with a "Golden Bell Award". The main activities include Chinese and foreign radio and music program exhibitions; Gold, silver and bronze awards; Radio and music academic exchange activities; Demonstration and appraisal of excellent music program hosts; Audio-visual materials exhibition at home and abroad.
10, Shanghai International Film Festival
Time: June
Address: Shanghai Cinema
Introduction: Every June, the 9-day film festival comes as scheduled, which has become an important landscape of Shanghai's cultural life. Its purpose is to show and encourage diversified artistic creation. Since its establishment, it has rapidly improved in professional structure, service and social influence, and is known as "the fastest growing international film festival in the world". The red carpet at the opening of the Shanghai International Film Festival not only brought together world-renowned filmmakers, but also presented the latest features of China's film industry completely, making it the best window to show the strength of China's films every year. More and more filmmakers regard attending the Shanghai Film Festival as an important opportunity for film promotion.
1 1, Shanghai Art Fair
Time: 165438+ 10 month
Address: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall
Introduction: Shanghai Art Fair was founded in 1997. With the support of the government, it has been successfully held for 13 sessions, formed a professional curatorial and organizing team, and successfully turned the exhibition into an international, high-quality and standardized international art event, which not only built a bridge with great affinity between the world and Shanghai, the public and art, but also set a model for domestic art fairs. Since its establishment, Shanghai Art Fair has attracted more than 1000 galleries or art institutions from more than 40 countries and regions, including France, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Italy. Many original works of world famous masters made their debut in China and even Asia through the huge platform of Shanghai Art Fair, such as Picasso, Matisse, Rembrandt, Xia Jiaer and Dali.
12, Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival
Time: April or May
Address: Jing 'an District, Shanghai
Introduction: Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival is a festival with the theme of tea culture, which is approved by the State Council Ministry of Culture and sponsored by Shanghai Zhabei District People's Government, Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Shanghai Tea Society. Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival is held once a year from 1994. With its unique form, content and charm, every Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival has attracted people from all walks of life in all provinces and cities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces, international friends from Japan, South Korea, the United States, France, Morocco and other countries, as well as people and citizens from all walks of life in Shanghai, which has produced good social repercussions at home and abroad and has become a famous cultural brand and brand in Shanghai.
13, Shanghai National Fitness Festival
Time: 165438+ 10 month
Address: all districts and counties in Shanghai
Introduction: In order to advocate daily fitness and everyone's health, 1996 held the first Shanghai National Fitness Festival. Many large-scale activities will be held during the festival, with hundreds of thousands of people actively participating. The Shanghai International Marathon held during the festival is the focus of the National Fitness Festival.