Festivals & Celebrations in Shandong
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TOPWeifang Kite Festival
Weifang kites enjoys a centuries-old history and is famous for the refined workmanship and beautiful designs, what’s more, they are easy to take off and can fly evenly in the sky. The Yangjiabu village 15 km northeast of the Weifang city proper is the hometown of kites. Yangjiabu kites are even more widely renowned for its fine handwork and elaborate designs, which can also fly high and steady.
Weifang International Kite Festival is held in Weifang from April 20 to 25 every year. During the festival, there will be rich and colorful events of traditional folk arts. For example, the exhibition of traditional folk festival lanterns which appears in various colors and different shapes under the curtain of night, quite vivid and lively; the national fireworks will make you thrilled and excited with much admiration for the splendid skill of setting off, which can recur the scene of historic drama stories. Besides, there will be a concert during the festival on which a lot of film stars or star singers, whose excellent singing and performance will make you inebriated in the music.
TOPQingdao International Beer Festival
Qingdao International Beer Festival is a large-sacale state-level festive event for the people of the whole city. Having beers as a medium and consolidating businesss and trade, tourism, science and technology, culture, and sports, the festival promotes the friendship and economic cultural exchanges between people of Qingdao and others all over the world. Besides, it lays emphasis on Qingdao’s own features, i.e. giving prominence to the public recreation.
The festival lasts 22 days, starting from July 8 each year. When the festival is coming, the Beer City becomes a place of boundless joy with great dins of drums and trumpets. There are spectacular fireworks shows on the sea at different hights, together with a great parade made up of military bands, ethnic tropes, and arrays of colorful flags, baloons, and festooned vehicles. Tourists can indulge themselves with beers of many brands from all over the country. Meanwhile are held the "Summer of Qingdao" Art Show, sports competitions, professional seminars, sand sculpture contests, and exhibitions of calligraphy and paintings. So this is an occasion for people of the world to gather joyfully, to communicate, and to drink contentedly.
TOP2008 Qingdao Olympics Sailing Regatta
When people of the whole world removed their attention from Olympic Mountains, they have began to be closely concerned about the ancient Great Wall, the vigorous and flourishing Beijing and his co-host city of 2008 Olympics, Qingdao. The International Olympic Committee has chosen the beautiful coastal city---Qingdao as the host city of 2008 Olympics Sailing Regatta. For the moment, Qingdao is making every effort to make itself the world’s capital of sailing boats. The Clipper International Sailing Regatta round the world held by Britain has taken Qingdao as a pause station; the “American Cup” Sailing Regatta, which is famous for its luxury, will pause at Qingdao; a huge sailing boat named “Qingdao” is engaged in various campaigns to improve the influence of Qingdao, the capital of sailing boats. The Olympics unites the whole world, and the fame of Capital of Sailing Boats makes Qingdao more widely renowned throughout the world.
TOPQufu International Confucian Festival
August 27 by lunar calendar is the birthday of Confucius, the great thinker and educator of the past. During the festival, the major events include the opening ceremony, the great sacrificial ceremony to Confucius, large-scale mimic music and dance performances worshiping Confucius, exhibition of the holy sacrificial ceremony to Confucius, calligraphy exhibition of the Confucius’s hometown, the exhibition of the Confucian family’s cemeteries etc.; special tours such as sightseeings to Confucian Temple, Mansion, study tours and wedding ceremonies in Confucius' home town, gourmet tours to enjoy the Kong family banquets and wedding banquets. At the same time, seminars are held to exchange Confucian thoughts and culture, together with various meetings or negotiations on business and trade. Since the year 1989, the content of Confucian Festival has been constantly reformed and enriched, lots of new events have been added into the festival, such as the exhibition of the stone carvings of Confucius’s 72 distinguished disciples, display of the curiosities awarded by the emperors of Qing Dynasty, and the musical dance “Yunmendajuan” worshiping Huangdi and so on. The festival has been a highly successful tourist gala.
TOPInternational Mt. Tai-Climbing Festival
Since the year 1987, the International Mt. Tai- Climbing Festival has been held in Sept. every year. The major large-scale event during the festival is the grand mimic ceremony of the emperor's conferring honorific title to Mt. Tai. Besides, there are also other events like the exhibition of paintings and calligraphy of Mount Tai, bonsai exhibition and display of root sculptures. During the previous International Mt. Tai- Climbing Festivals, the awards were set up according to three groups of seniors, middle-ages, and youth, and prizes were awarded to the first three participants from each of the following groups, i.e. the international group, the domestic group and the representative group of Tai’an city. There are also the group awards for the female and male group respectively, and the record-breaking award. Athletes and groups who get the first three places will be awarded certificates, prizes or trophies.
