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Culturally rich Doumen celebrates its 3rd Folk Art Festival from Sept 9 to Oct 28 with various shows, exhibitions and contests throughout the district.
The grand opening of annual event takes place at Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park in Lianzhou Town, the festival's main venue. It will culminate by floating out best wishes to 18 newlywed couples in an On-Water Wedding ceremony in Nan'ao Village, Baijiao Town.
Lion Dance
Throughout the festival, interactive competitions in officially recognized intangible cultural heritages involving craft skills, delicacies, and music will take turns attracting residents and tourists.
Each of five towns and a sub-district in Doumen will set up its own stage to showcase cultural glamour, according to Shen Junxiao, curator of the Doumen District Cultural Center.
Sacrificial Rites of Imperial Family
Doumen is famed for well-preserved traditional cultures and folk customs. It is currently home to more than 27 intangible cultural heritages including two at State level, six provincial, and 19 at municipal level. The need to protect those intangible assets is deeply rooted as more than 40 schools including kindergartens around Doumen have highlighted them. There are nearly 50 bases specially built for the young to learn and inherit a specific cultural skill through steady practice.
Shatian Folk Song
Dachikan Open Flame Roast Pork & Spare Ribs, a traditional food in Doumen [Photos by Zeng Yao / Zhuhai Daily]
Event schedule:
Cantonese Operatic Songs
7:30 pm, Sept 7
Mashan Cultural Square, Qianwu Town
3 pm, Sept 8
Lianzhou Town Cultural Activity Center
7:30 pm, Sept 9
Baijiao Village Cultural Square, Baijiao Town
7:30 pm, Sept 12
Xidi Park, Jing'an Town
Cultural legacy highlights
Farmer Boat Racing, Steering Dragon Boats, Dise Procession of Eight Immortals, On-Water Wedding, and Duck Catching
9:30-11:30 am, Sept 9
Xijiao Village, Lianzhou Town
Burning Bamboo Stick Incense on the 30th Day of the Seventh Lunar Month
7pm, Sept 9
Hengshan Village, Lianzhou Town
Sacrificial Rites of Imperial Family
10-11 am, Sept 15
Luyi Ancestral Hall and Jiexia Manor, Doumen Town
Training of Lianzhou Dise Procession
2:30-5 pm, Sept 15
Lianzhou Town Cultural Center
7th Collective On-Water Wedding Ceremony
9:30 am, Oct 28
Nan'ao Village, Baijiao Town
Exhibitions
Photo Exhibition
Sept 9 (all day)
Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park, Lianzhou Town
Display of Food-Related Cultural Heritage
2:30-5 pm, Sept 9
Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park, Lianzhou Town
Publicity of Laws for Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Sept 9 (all day)
Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park, Lianzhou Town
Folk skill competitions
Fish Cage Weaving Contest
2:30-5 pm, Sept 9
Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park, Lianzhou Town
Lion Dance Contest:
2:30-5 pm, Sept 9
Yifeng Ecological Health Care Park, Lianzhou Town
The 6th Mudfish Catching Contest
2 pm, Sept 22
Shalong Sand Gushing Opening, west of Tsingtao Beer Brewery
12th Shatian Folk Song Contest
9 am, Oct 23
Na'ao Village, Baijiao Town
