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Festivals in Summer - Four Season Festivals in China

Festivals in Summer

Dragon Boat Festival

Guizhou Azalea Festival

Qinghai Folk Song Festival

Wutai Mountain Tourist Month

Yueyang Int'l Dragon Boat Festival

Nadam Tourist Festival

Yunnan Yi Torch Festival

Shoton Festival In Tibet

Xingjiang Grape Festival

The Torch Festival of the Yi Minority in Liangshan Province.

Horse race Festival in Qiangtang, Tibet.

The Torch Festival of the Yi Minority in Yunnan Province.

Tibetan Shoton Festival.

Yueyang International Dragon Boat Festival.

Mt. Wutai International Tourist Month.

Jiayuguan Pass International Hang Glider Festival.

China Changchun International Film Festival.

Qingdao International Beer Festival.

Jiuhua Temple Fair.

Daxing County watermelon festival.

China Guizhou Famous Liquor & Wine Festival.

Nadam Grassland Tourist Festival.

Xinjiang Grape Festival.

The Torch Festival of the Yi Minority in Liangshan, Sichuan Province

Time July 23-28

Venue Sichuan Province

What's On Bullfighting, horse races, cockfighting, sheelpfighting, singing contests, beauty contest, wrestling, local-style dance contest, torch parade and bonfire lparty.
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Horse Race Festival in Qiangtang, Tibet

Time The last 10-day period of August (between the end of the seventh nonth and the early part of the eighth month of the Tibetan calendar)

Venue Nagqu Prefecture in Tibet

What's On Horse races, archery shooting races, horsemanship performances and material exchange activities will be held.
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The Torch Festival of the Yi Minority in Yunnan Province

Time June 24-26

Venue Shicun Town of Lunan Yi Autonomous County and Chuxiong City of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

What's On Tourists can watch performances of the four-stringed plucked instrument with a full-moon-shaped sound box and the reed-pipe wind instrument, and can try the local dasanxian dance. Other activities, such as archery, horse races, bullfighting , wrestling and bonfire parties will be held.
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Tibetan Shoton Festival

Time August (from the end of the sixth month to the early part of the eithth month of the Tibetan calendar)

Venue Lhasa, Tibet

What's On The Shoton Festival is also known as the Yogurt Banquet Festival. During the festival, religious people will display images of the Buddha under the sun, traditional Tibetan operas will be performed and various materials fairs will be held. Tourists can also visit southern Tibet.
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Yueyang International Dragon Boat Festival

Time June 10-14

What's On The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, in commemoration of Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient times. During the festival , people throughout the country hold dragon boat races, eat zongzi ( a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves), drink local wines and hang up Artemisia argyi. Over 20 teams from the United States, Canada, Australia and countries throughout Southeast Asia and other parts of the world participate in dragon boat races. Dragon boat folk performances are shown as well.
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Mt. Wutai International Tourist Month

Time July 25-August 25

Venue Taihuai Town, Wutai County, Shanxi Province

What's On Mt. Wutai is one of four famous Buddhist mountains in China. Every year in the sixth hunar month, a mule and horse fair is held here. During the festival, there are Buddhist activities, folk recreational activities, and mule and horse exchange fairs.
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Jiayuguan Pass International Hang Glider Festival

Time July 15-18

Venue Juayuguan Pass Hang Glide Base, Gansu Province

What's On Hang glide contests and flight training are arranged, and silver, gold and diamond flight badges are offered. Tourists may experience this unique mode of air travel and enjoy the mystical colors of the vast Gobi Desert and the slplendor of the snow-covered Qilian Mountains. Toruists may also visit JiaYuguan Pass, the western end of the Great Wall, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, Home to the greatest collection of Buddhist frescoes in China.
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China Changchun International Film Festival

Time August 23-28

Venue Changchun, JIlin Province

What's On During the festival, domestic and foreign movie stars plut on performances, Chinese and foreign movies are shown and appraised, and " Changchun Commemorative Cups" are issued. In addition, trade fairs, exhibitions of high-tech products are held. Guandong lantern and food festivals are also arranged and the northeast's unique yangge dance is performed.
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Qingdao International Beer Festival

Time In the second 10-day period of August

Venue Qingdao City, Shandong Province

What's On Large recreational performances, artistic tours, fashion shows, ocean-side fireworks, sporting events, trade fairs and symposiums for the exchange of brewing technology are to be held.
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Jiuhua Temple Fair

Time The second 10-day period in August ( the 30th day of the seventh lunar month )

Venue Anhui Province

What's On Religious gathering and symlposiums for eminent monks are held and light-emitting Buddhist statues are displayed. In addition, commodity fairs ar arranged.
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Daxing County Watermelon Festival

Time June to July

Venue Daxing County, Beijing

What's On Tours of watermelon fields and watermelon tasting events are held. Folk performances are given, and tourists may visit farmers' homes.
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China Guizhou Famous Liquor and Wine Fesival

Time July to August

Venue Zunyi City, Maotao Township in Renhuai, and the Shizhang Caves in Chishui, Guizhou Province

What's On An opening ceremony and large recreational performances will be held. Tourists may visit the Zunyi Museum of Liquor and Wine and the Maotai Brewery, home of China's most famous baijiu, or "white spirit." Other toruist attractions include the site of China's historical Zunyi Meeting and the waterfalls at the Shizhang Caves.
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Nadam Grassland Tourist Festival

Time July 15-August 30

Venue Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

What's On "Nadam" means "games" in Mongolian. During the festival, tourists may participate in horse racing, archery, a recreation of an imperial banquet of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Local wedding ceremonies, a memorial ceremony at the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, tours highlighting Mongolian customs and a visit to the hot spring forest.
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Xinjiang Grape Festival

Time August 20-26

Venue Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

What's On Tourists may attend wedding ceremonies of the Uygur minority, and attend performances of light-hearted and graceful local dances. A hami milon contest is held, and trade fairs are arranged. In addition, travelers may visit the grape, melon and fruit streets and see commercial camel teams traveling Silk Road, as they have done for 2,000 years.
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