China Annual Festivals |
Chinese New Year or Spring Festival
Time: 1st day of the 1st lunar month, February 7, 2008 – February 15, 2008
Venue: All over China |
Lantern Festival
Time: 15th day of the 1st lunar month, February 21, 2008
Venue: All over China |
Zigong Lantern Show
Time: Early February – Early March
Venue: Zigong, Sichuan Province. |
Qintong Boat Festival in Yangzhou
Time: April 4 – 6, 2008
Venue: Qintong Town, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. |
Spring Flower Fair
Time: 28th-30th of the 12th lunar month
Venue: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province |
Water Splashing Festival
Time: April 13 – 15, 2008
Venue: Jinghong, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. |
Hainan Int’l Coconut Festival
Time: 3rd day of 3rd lunar month each year.
Venue: Hainan Province: Haikou, Wenchang County, Tongshi, and Sanya. |
Luoyang Peony Festival
Time: April 15 – 25, 2008
Venue: Luoyang, Henan Province |
Goddess Mazu Festival
Time: April 25, 2008 and October 4, 2008
Venue: Meizhou Island in Putian, Fujian Province |
Weifang Int’l Kite Festival
Time: April 20 -25, 2008
Venue: Weifang, Shandong Province |
Dragon Boat Festival
Time: 5th day of the 5th lunar month
Venue: All over Chin |
Guizhou Azalea Festival
Time: April 8 – 25, 2008
Venue: Baihuaping in Bijie Prefecture’s Aianxi County |
Qinghai Folk Song Festival
Time: 8th day of the 4th lunar month, 6th day of the 6th lunar month, and 15th of the 7th lunar month.
Venue: Xining, Qinghai |
Wutai Mountain Tourist Month
Time: July 25, 2008 - August 25, 2008
Venue: Taihuai Town, Wutai County, Shanxi Province |
Nadam Tourist Festival
Time: July 15, 2008
Venue: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |
Yunnan Yi Torch Festival
Time: The 24th –26th days of the 6th lunar month.
Venue: Shucun Town of the Lunan Yi Autonomous County, and the city of Chuxiong in the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province |
Qingdao Int’l Beer Festival
Time: Mid - August every year.
Venue: Qingdao, Shandong Province |
Shoton Festival in Tibet
Time: August (From the end of the 6th month to the beginning of the 8th month according to the Tibetan calendar).
Venue: Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region |
Xinjiang Grape Festival
Time: April 20 – 26, 2008
Venue: Turpan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region |
Shaolin Int’l Martial Arts Festival
Time: September 10 – 15, 2008
Venue: Zhengzhou, Henan Province |
Dalian Int’l Fashion Festival
Time: Early September every year
Venue: Dalian, Liaoning Province |
Zhangjiajie Int’l Forest Festival
Time: Two or three days beginning from September 18 each year.
Venue: Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province. |
Qufu Int’l Confucian Festival
Time: September 26, 2008 - October 10, 2008
Venue: Qufu, Shangdong Province. |
Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Venue: All over China |
Mt. Huangshan Festival
Time: October 2008
Venue: Huangshan, Anhui Province. |
Chang’an Calligraphic Conference
Time: November 2008
Venue: Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. |
Jingdezhen Int’l Ceramics Festival
Time: October 11 – 14, 2008
Venue: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. |
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