Colorful Dragon Dance Village with Bright Lanterns

Date: 09:40, February 2, 2024      Source: Beijing Daily

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During the Spring Festival, all districts of the city will carry out more than 3000 small and exquisite, small and beautiful mass cultural activities, such as "Village Evening", dragon dance flower fair, cultural market, folk culture festival, cultural carnival, etc., in combination with the characteristics of the festival and regional customs, so as to provide the citizens with a feast of festival culture at their doorstep. You can immerse yourself in the market, watch the lights and flowers, climb high to pray for blessings, welcome the spring, experience the traditional customs with northern characteristics, and feel the strong flavor of the capital.

 On December 21, 2023, the second Lantern Festival of Beijing Shiyuan Park opened.

On December 21, 2023, the second Lantern Festival of Beijing Shiyuan Park opened.

1. Live broadcast of "My Village Evening, My New Year"

Venue: Wuwei Phoenix Studio of Daxing District Biomedical Base

Time: 17:00, February 2

Organizer: Daxing District Government

Highlights: The national "Village Evening" live broadcast activity with the theme of "My Village Evening" My Year "was held in Daxing at 17:00 on February 2. The activity is positioned as "catching up with the big fair in the small year and looking for the flavor of the dragon", forming a lively atmosphere of interaction on and off the stage and combination of inside and outside the field. CCTV hosts Hai Xia, Yin Song, Zhang Shuyue and others will participate in the whole party. Xu Bin, Zheng Xinyu, the cutting-edge contestants of the CCTV host contest, and all the guests turned into punch cards to catch up with the big fair and handle New Year's goods. In the process of finding special New Year's goods, they met new farmers, enjoyed low-carbon life and geographical beauty, tasted fireworks nostalgia, and felt the new rural cultural ecology.

2 2024 Nangong Lantern Festival

Venue: Beijing Nangong Wuzhou Botanical Park, Fengtai District

Time: February 11-25

Organizer: Beijing Nangong World Geothermal Expo Park

Highlights: The 2024 Nangong Spring Festival Folk Culture Festival will create a large-scale Lantern Festival activity integrating traditional intangible cultural heritage handmade lamps, special snacks and interesting markets. Thousands of bright lanterns will light up Wuzhou Park, showing a custom picture of "fire trees, silver flowers, and the sky never sleeps". There are also food stalls such as candied haws, frozen persimmons, sugar blowers, interactive activities such as pot throwing, paper cutting, riddle guessing, and special performances such as dragon dance, lion dance, and folk dance, which bring tourists to experience a strong festival atmosphere.

 Beijing Folk Culture Festival and Beijing Dongyue Temple Fair.

Beijing Folk Culture Festival and Beijing Dongyue Temple Fair.

3 The Second Lantern Festival

Venue: Beijing Shiyuan Park, Yanqing District

Time: December 21, 2023 to March 15, 2024

Organizer: Beijing Shiyuan Park

Highlights: With the theme of "Longteng Prosperity", the Lantern Festival focuses on building 236 groups of large-scale characteristic lanterns, 3000 meter lantern corridor and 200000 lanterns by adopting the way of interaction and integration of intangible cultural heritage traditional lantern craft and modern science and technology light and shadow. Among them, the Science and Technology Lantern District tells the story of the ancient mythical figure Shun, who lived in Yanqing, with the myth story as the clue, and takes tourists through the seven nodes of "Huanlong, Immigration, Totem, Flower Rain, Prosperity, Farming, and Prosperity" to the ancient Guirui. On the Wanhua Square of the World Park, 110000 wheat ear shaped colored lights spread the landscape of wheat waves on the earth, and the light shape can be changed at any time. From 18:00 to 21:00 every day, a live show will be staged in Wanhua Square. In addition, there are colorful activities such as music, scene performances, folk flower fairs and so on, which make tourists happy to visit the World Garden, enjoy flower lanterns, taste folk customs and celebrate the New Year.

4 Spring Festival Lantern Festival Lantern Festival at Shijingshan Amusement Park

Place: Shijingshan Amusement Park

Time: February 10-19, 23 - 25

Organizer: Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park Co., Ltd

Highlights: Shijingshan Amusement Park has added late night operation on the basis of traditional temple fair activities. It holds the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, and nearly 20 light groups, such as prosperous Chang'an, bringing good fortune to welcome the spring, are lit up with flowers and bustle. Intangible cultural heritage fire dragon steel flower performance, colorful new spring lantern group, glow in the dark float parade, glow in the dark dragon and lion dance, etc. are dazzling. During the Lantern Festival, the lantern riddle quiz was very interesting, and a large 3D magic lantern full of sense of technology appeared. During the Lantern Festival, all kinds of exciting entertainment projects are indispensable, and artistic performances with ingenuity are also indispensable. There are both Chinese flavor and foreign food in the Guofeng Food Collection and mobile dining cars.

 Liulimiao Town "Lianqiao Rice" Folk Culture Festival.

Liulimiao Town "Lianqiao Rice" Folk Culture Festival.

5 The first Qiandeng Festival in Wenyuhe

Venue: Wenyu River Park, Chaoyang District

Time: February 1 to July 25

Sponsor: Yanlong Lantern (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd

Highlight: Zigong Lantern, a national intangible cultural heritage, came to Beijing on a large scale for the first time, covering an area of 400 mu. Six theme areas are set up, namely, New Year Prayer, Auspicious Dragon Celebration, Winter Elm Myth, Magic Time and Space, Vast Star, and Wonderful Arts Jungle. Eleven groups of large-scale lights, 154 groups of medium-sized lights, 261 groups of small lights and other more than 1000 groups of colored lights are displayed. Among them, the "Lamp King" Lantern Shining New Year Light Group has a total height of 15 meters, which was completed by about 50 intangible cultural heritage inheritance craftsmen in 20 days. The lights will last until the end of July. During the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival will hold the Lantern Festival lighting ceremony and the Ambassador's Garden Fair special activities, and carry out Spring Festival special activities such as the New Year Goods Festival, Wenyu Temple Fair, Lantern Festival Lantern Festival and so on.

6 Shunyi District Beijing International Flower Port Longteng Shengshi Lantern Festival

Venue: Beijing International Flower Port, Shunyi District

Time: February 10 March 9

Organizer: Shunyi Culture and Tourism Group

Highlights: The activity covers an area of 600 mu, and 32 groups of lanterns with different shapes are built along the main road of the scenic spot, such as the Oriental Giant Dragon, the Kylin Sacrifice, the Divine Deer Seeking Immortals, the Chinese Zodiac, and the Dragon Soaring the Four Seas. Lighting embodying Shunyi cultural elements is arranged to form a tour loop. During the event, activities such as Han and Tang performance, national style parade, folk performance and so on will be arranged. Members of Wuqiao Acrobatic Association, the hometown of Chinese acrobatics, will be invited to perform various traditional folk arts on the spot, as well as the national intangible cultural heritage "Datiehua" performance, which is as bright as sparks and beautiful as fireworks. Featured food, entertainment interaction and other high-quality experience projects are launched.

 The 10th Black Dragon Pond Ice and Snow Wind Chime Festival.

The 10th Black Dragon Pond Ice and Snow Wind Chime Festival.

7 Spring Festival Market in Shougang Park, Shijingshan

Location: Shougang Park, Shijingshan District

Time: February 10-17

Sponsor: Capital Investment Corporation

Highlights: The Shougang Park New Year Tour combines the traditional flavor with the new consumption scene, and organizes two ancient style tours, one Beijing style tour, and one intangible cultural heritage carnival, which are antique and brightly lit. Citizens and tourists can experience the beauty of the integration of Chinese romance and the new landmark of the capital city revival in an immersive experience. During the Spring Festival, SoReal Science Fiction Paradise of Shougang No. 1 Blast Furnace, Migu Digital Intelligence Technology Center, Baidu Unmanned Driving, AR Red Packet and other digital intelligence technology experience projects will be opened to create a science fiction meta universe, artificial intelligence digital integration consumption scene. Shougang's Grand Jump Platform will host the third "Shougang Park Ice and Snow Festival" to create a sports and cultural consumption scene integrating snow entertainment, scientific and technological experience, retro ice rink and cross-country skiing.

8 Tongzhou District's First Urban Green Heart International Cultural Festival

Location: Urban Green Heart Forest Park, Tongzhou District

Time: February 10-17

Sponsor: Beitou Group

Highlights: The activity covers an area of 80000 square meters. During the Spring Festival holiday, cultural and artistic performances, food exhibitions and tasting, circus performances, and children's entertainment experience will be carried out. In the performance section, it is planned to hold domestic and foreign performances and circus performances every day. The foreign performances are in the form of singing and dancing, while the domestic customs performances are in the form of traditional face changing, ancient color tricks, national characteristics performances, etc. The circus includes acrobatics and animal performances. The food plate includes Southeast Asia, Spain, Dabaza and other special food, traditional food, western light food and other kinds of food, with a total of more than 100 kinds. In the entertainment sector, there are more than 70 entertainment experiences, such as horse spinning, kangaroo jumping, cup spinning, head shaking flying chair, pirate ship, self-control small aircraft, shotgun, Thunder fighter, and groundhog.

9 Zaowang Cultural Festival in Shunyi District

Venue: Lianhuashan Ski Resort, Zhang Town, Shunyi District

Time: February 2-24

Organizer: Publicity Department of Shunyi District Party Committee

Highlights: The cultural festival lasts from the Northern New Year to the 15th day of the first month, running through the whole lunar new year, including the opening ceremony, the New Year cultural performance in Zaowang's hometown and the New Year creative market. The festival also set up 10 exhibition stations in 31 villages in the town. Each station arranges flower fair street walking, dragon dance performance, literary and artistic performance and other special activities according to the cultural characteristics of the villages and the actual situation of the site. At the same time, we will fully mobilize the cultural enthusiasm of the masses in the town, provide a stage for various mass cultural teams and cultural talents, and carry out rich and colorful mass cultural activities.

10 The 19th Changping District Hot Spring Culture Festival

Location: Changping District

Time: December 15, 2023 to February 20, 2024

Organizer: Changping District Culture and Tourism Bureau, Changping District Government

Highlights: The 19th Beijing Changping Hot Spring Cultural Festival runs through the two holidays of the New Year's Day and the Spring Festival, bringing together various elements such as skiing, hot springs, mountaineering, hiking, self driving, food, and online celebrity card printing places, and launching 21 high-quality winter tourism routes. At the same time, we launched "special package", "discount hotel" and "preferential tour", as well as activities such as a million yuan subsidy for cultural tourism promotion in autumn and winter in Changping, offline store promotion of cultural tourism products, and launched Changping Tangquan Theme Hall on Ctrip platform. Changping's "Tangquan+Ice and Snow" tourism resources will accompany citizens and tourists to celebrate the Spring Festival.

11 Beijing Folk Culture Festival and Dongyue Temple Fair

Venue: Beijing Folk Museum

Time: February 10-14

Organizer: Chaoyang District Culture and Tourism Bureau

Highlights: Through activities and contents such as "New Chaoyang Play Method of Old Beijing Temple Fair", "National Fashioned Talents", "Spring Festival Theme Cultural Fair", "Exchange and Mutual Learning of the Future", and "Chinese Dragon Chart", Dongyue Temple Fair will find the connection point between traditional culture and modern life, and present a cultural event that citizens love, exchange and integrate.

12 The 10th Black Dragon Pond Ice and Snow Wind Chime Festival

Location: Black Dragon Pool Scenic Area, Miyun District

Time: January 1 - February 29

Organizer: Black Dragon Pool Scenic Area, Miyun District

Highlight: When you step into the scenic spot, the fresh air is fresh and refreshing. Looking across the world, it is beautiful in ice and snow. In the warm sun, the ice pillars, ice flowers, ice hanging, and ice waterfalls in the canyon form a beautiful and dazzling cluster. During the Wind Chime Festival, colorful wind chimes can be seen everywhere in the scenic area. Tens of thousands of wind chimes with different shapes and ice waterfalls complement each other. The wind blows gently, and the bell is melodious, just like a fairy tale world.

13 "Encounter Jingxi · Meet Beautiful" Spring Festival Garden Party

Venue: Shijingshan District Modekou Historical and Cultural Block

Time: February 10-17 (Spring Festival Garden Party), February 23-25 (Lantern Festival Lantern Riddle Festival)

Sponsor: Beijing Shitai Group Co., Ltd

Highlights: During the Spring Festival, the "Encounter West Beijing, Meet the Beautiful - Fulong Welcomes the Spring" New Year Garden Party will be held in the Modekou Historical and Cultural Street. The New Year gift package will be obtained by gathering seals with the theme of "Nine Sons of the Dragon" with the theme of "Dragon Hunting" as the main line. At the same time, five "Fortune, Longevity, Happiness and Wealth" card punching points will be set up to enhance the vitality and interest of the block. There are also activities such as street flash shows and the God of Wealth parade, which will fill the festive atmosphere. During the Lantern Festival, the street will hold the Lantern Festival Lantern Riddle Joy Party activity of "Encounter West Beijing, Meet the Beautiful -- Different", launch the lantern appreciation, riddle guessing, and the salesman's Han costume parade, and launch the "Han Costume Punch in" lantern sending activity to reproduce the grand scene of the ancient Shangyuan Festival.

14 The 15th "Lianqiao Rice" Folk Culture Festival in Liulimiao Town

Venue: The main venue is at Lianqiao Rice Cultural Square in Yangshuxia Village; The branch venue is the home stay in Qili Township, Ertaizi Village, and Linrun Villa, Bamudi Village.

Time: February 23-25

Organizer: Liulimiao Town Government of Huairou District

Highlight: Liulimiao Town, Huairou District has a folk culture of "Lianqiao Rice" for more than 200 years. It was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. The folk culture festival will set up 6 areas, including stage performance area, "Yang Fan Wei Qiao" ceremony area, interactive experience area, snack and agricultural and sideline products exhibition area, warm field area, and clocking activity experience area. The site restored the blessing ceremony more than 200 years ago, provided interactive experiences such as shaking dumplings, guessing lantern riddles, pinching sugar figurines, sugar painting, and collecting rice derivatives, displayed agricultural and sideline products and special snacks, and fixed-point folk performances such as drums, face changing, lion dancing, dragon dancing, and car fairs, so that tourists can deeply experience the culture of "collecting ingenuity".

15 Annual Meeting of Xiacun Village, Fangshan District

Location: Xia Village, Shilou Town, Fangshan District

Time: February 2-25

Sponsor: Xiacun Village Committee, Shilou Town, Fangshan District

Highlights: Xia Village, an ancient village in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is known as "the first city in southern Beijing". The annual meeting will be held in three stages. From February 2 to 9, you can go to Daji and buy New Year goods, mainly including New Year goods exhibition, intangible cultural heritage experience and high-quality local products exhibition. From February 10 to 16, we will mainly celebrate the Spring Festival and visit the annual meeting, mainly including Beijing Opera, Pingju, Hebei Bangzi, stilts, Yangge and other traditional cultural performances, folk exhibitions, etc. From February 23 to 25, with the theme of Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival, performances of intangible cultural heritage flower shows such as Zhongfan, Taiji Fan and Stilt Festival will be presented to provide tourists with a cultural event integrating historical origins, characteristic performances and traditional intangible cultural heritage.

16 Special Temple Fair in Baqidong Scenic Area

Activity location: Baqidong Scenic Spot, Mentougou District

Time: February 10-25

Sponsor: Beijing Guorun Tourism Development Co., Ltd. Baqidong Branch

Featured highlights: featured temple fairs, lantern light shows, dragon dance performances, cliff "Spring Gala"... The featured temple fairs in Baqidong Scenic Area integrate non relics creation into traditional temple fairs to create a bright light show on continuous green mountains. The Spring Festival coupon of "Tanzhe Temple+Baqi Cave" was launched. Tourists who consume in Tangu Business District, Ziyang Mountain Manor and Jietai Temple Scenic Area can enjoy the discount of Baqi Cave Spring Festival Lantern Festival ticket with the consumption ticket stub. The temple fair, in conjunction with Tanzhesi Town and surrounding scenic spots, homestays, and business circles, will make every effort to build a micro holiday area to welcome the New Year and promote consumption.

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