Recently, the "China Hainan Seven Fairy Ridge Hot Spring Water-Splashing Festival" won the title of "2010 China Top Ten famous festival brand", reports the Hainan Daily.
The Li and Miao people in Bao Ting, a county 200 kilometers away from Haikou, have the custom of splashing water at each other, which originated from a festival of water-based activities. In recent years, in order to promote and pass on the culture, the Baoting government assigned the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar as the start of the Seven Fairy Ridge Hot Spring Water-Splashing Festival which means it falls in July..
Held since 2000, the Water-Splashing Festival, has become a brand of cultural festival in Hainan province. People celebrate its artistic performances, ethnic style parades, ethnic stunt shows, sports competition, the Miss Seven Fairy Ridge Contest and so on. Now, the celebration time has been extended from one day to a week.
The Li and Miao people in Bao Ting, a county 200 kilometers away from Haikou, have the custom of splashing water at each other, which originated from a festival of water-based activities. In recent years, in order to promote and pass on the culture, the Baoting government assigned the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar as the start of the Seven Fairy Ridge Hot Spring Water-Splashing Festival which means it falls in July..
Held since 2000, the Water-Splashing Festival, has become a brand of cultural festival in Hainan province. People celebrate its artistic performances, ethnic style parades, ethnic stunt shows, sports competition, the Miss Seven Fairy Ridge Contest and so on. Now, the celebration time has been extended from one day to a week.
