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What are the special festivals in Wuhan? List of eight traditional festivals

Wuhan is a city with rich cultural heritage, both classical and modern. We all know that every place has its own local specialties and customs. So, what are the special festivals in Wuhan? What are the traditional festivals and customs with Wuhan characteristics?

1. East Lake Cherry Blossom Festival

Time: the end of March and the beginning of April every year

Location: East Lake

Introduction: from the end of March to April in Wuhan, Hubei Province, East Lake holds Cherry Blossom Festival. During the Cherry Blossom Festival, there are a series of cultural activities besides Cherry Blossom appreciation. During the Cherry Blossom Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival is held in the cherry garden of Moshan scenic area of East Lake. The main activities include the outing, the night, the cherry blossom popular science exhibition, the cherry blossom photography exhibition and the bala Bala dance performance.

Transportation: there are No.401, no.413 buses to Moshan scenic spot, no.515, no.643 buses to Moshan scenic spot

2. East Lake Plum Blossom Festival

Time: between February and March every year

Location: East Lake

Introduction: during the plum blossom festival, more than 200 varieties of plum blossom and plum piles of various schools can be seen in Meishan plum garden, as well as many plum blossom group scenes, plum blossom calligraphy and painting photography exhibitions, plum art performances, etc. Tourists can take the water route plum appreciation special line at Hanjie central wharf, hanxiu wharf, Tingtao Luoxia waterside pavilion wharf and Moshan Meiyuan wharf to enjoy plum in the daytime and at night.

Transportation: there are No.401, no.413 buses to Moshan scenic spot, no.515, no.643 buses to Moshan scenic spot

3. Wuhan International River Crossing Festival

Time: July 16

Location: Wuhan City

Introduction: the main activities of the river crossing Festival include rush crossing, rafting, carnival, etc. Wuhan river crossing Festival is a national festival held to commemorate Chairman Mao Zedong's free trip to the Yangtze River. It is hosted by the swimming management center of the State Sports Administration, China Swimming Association, Wuhan Municipal People's government and Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau. It is hosted by Wuhan Municipal Sports Bureau, Jiangan District People's government, Hanyang District People's government, Wuchang District People's government and Caidian District People's government. In the river crossing Festival, in addition to the untimely crossing activities participated by ordinary swimmers, there is also a personal time race, known as the race race.

4. Wuhan International Tourism Festival

Time: every October

Location: Wuhan City

Introduction: Wuhan International Tourism Festival is a large-scale international tourism event held by Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in order to show the charm of Wuhan international metropolis and promote the development of tourism. It is sponsored by Wuhan Municipal People's government and hosted by Wuhan Tourism Bureau and relevant tourism enterprises. The international tourism festival is a grand gathering of performance groups and artists from more than ten countries, as well as multi-national cultural integration. The main activities are fireworks performance, snack temple fair, etc.

5. Wuhan International Horse Race Festival

Time: early October

Venue: Dongfang horse city international Racecourse

Introduction: Wuhan International Horse Race Festival is a large-scale city festival organized by the people's Government of Wuhan. It aims to create a city card of Wuhan, takes speed horse race and equestrian competition as the guide, takes horse as the theme, national culture and horse culture complement each other, integrates sports, tourism and culture, integrates high-level sports events and national art, and promotes speed horse race It also has a far-reaching impact on the development of horse culture and the revitalization of Chinese horse industry, which will once again establish Wuhan as the capital of modern horse racing in China. Wuhan International Horse Race Festival in China is not only an art festival of horse culture, but also a blend and collision of sports and culture, tourism and economy. With the help of domestic and foreign media, Wuhan Horse Race Festival is well-known, famous overseas, showing the charm of Millennium horse culture and shaping a new image of Centenary horse race capital.

Transportation: take bus no.216, Jinnan 1st Road station, and take bus No.47, 603 and 207 to lijingwan station.

6. Cherry Blossom Festival

Opening date: March 10-20

Opening Hours:

9:00-16:30 on weekdays

Rest day 8:30-16:30

Tour mode:

Online reservation, free limited quantity, double verification

Appointment process:

① log in to the homepage of Wuhan University or the official wechat reservation system three days in advance;

② fill in the information to get the QR code;

③ visit with QR code

Arrival traffic:

① 386, 413, 522, 572, 591, 703, 728, 804, 817, etc;

② Rail Transit Line 2 to guangbutun station

7. Wuhan tulip Exhibition

Development time: mid to late March to mid April

There are two major exhibition areas in Wuhan tulip flower exhibition, namely, East and West Lake tulip theme park (9.1km away from Wuxin trunk line in East and West Lake area) and Wuhan Botanical Garden.

Venue: Tulip theme park in East and West Lake

Introduction: the tulip theme park in the East and West Lake now has a total area of 38000 square meters, 1.5 million tulips, which are as red as fire, as white as snow, as pink as Xia & hellip & hellip; like a flower world! In addition to all kinds of delicious food, there are many entertainment facilities, such as children's play area, flower supermarket, farming and leisure area.

Transportation: Wuhan tulip flower exhibition transportation guide: East and West Lake tulip theme park bus route: take the light rail to Dongwu Avenue station, walk 100 meters to take bus h91 at Qixiong Road station, and get off at tulip theme park at Wuxin trunk line. Wuhan Botanical Garden Bus Route: take No. 401, No. 413, No. 515, No. 36 bus to Donghu Meiyuan and transfer to No. 402 bus to Wuhan Botanical Garden. 709 bus terminal is Wuhan Botanical Garden. Self driving route from Xianning to Wuhan Botanical Garden: Xianning - Shuanghe road - Yuquan Street - tanhui road - Yinquan Avenue - Guixiang Avenue - G4 Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway - S11 Qingzheng Expressway - Baishazhou Avenue - Wuhan Central - Minzu Avenue - LUMO road - Botanical Garden Road - Wuhan Botanical Garden.

8. Shennongjia ice and Snow Festival

Time: December to March

Location: Tianyan Ski Resort

Introduction: Shennongjia ice and Snow Festival is held in Tianyan ski resort, which is located in Tianyan scenic area in the north of Shennongjia. It is a new type of scenic spot integrating skiing, sightseeing and exploration. In the scenic area, there are training places, primary ski tracks and intermediate ski tracks. It can accommodate 1500 people to play here at the same time. The total length of the snow path is about six kilometers. Moreover, the ski resort has established the international standard snow track color decomposition code, and has the prompt sign, the matching is relatively advanced and complete. During the ice and Snow Festival, preferential measures have been adopted for tickets in the scenic area, such as Shennongjia, Shiyan Xiangyang, Yichang, Jingzhou and other areas of the people, free of charge. During the ice and Snow Festival, there are also folk song and dance parties. In addition, there are many special tourism projects, such as snow skiing and wild golden monkey. Tourists can experience the folk customs of Shennongjia for the Spring Festival, especially the golden monkey cartoon character performance here is very charming.