Chongzuo Activities
Folk Activities
Longzhou Dragon Boat Race
Longzhou people holds Dragon Boat Race in every dragon boat festival, which is a traditional water sports and recreation activity, as well as one of the large-scale sport events in Longzhou county. Every year, it attracts around 30,000 tourists from around the China. It promotes the spirit of “Unity, Collaboration, Struggle, and enterprising” and demonstrate the unique folk cultural charm of Zhuang and the natural beauty of Zuojiang in Longzhou.
Grabbing Huapao
Grabbing huapao(firecrackers) are a sports event with ethnic characteristics in the Zuozhou Town of Chongzuo City (Jinshan Festival). There are first shot, second shots, and three shots. There are ten men in each team. After the whistle sounds, the artillery shot the iron ring to dozens of meters above sea level. The teams swarmed and cooperated with each other to use the techniques of crowding, pulling, drilling, hiding, protecting, transmitting, and stopping. After a long struggle, the team sent huapao to the bench to win.
Zhuang Bullfight
The Zhuang bullfighting is two bulls fighting with their horns, most of which is carried out in the farm slack season. After the autumn harvest and before the beginning of the spring, the bullring is selected on all sides of the hill with flat ground or floodplain. The spot of the game is not fixed. It takes place alternately in a township or a village each year. Each village select one or two bulls to participate.
Frost's Descent Song Fair
There is a long history of traditional culture in Xiangdu Town. Each year's Song fair, the Frost Descent & Blessing Festival, has a history of more than 400 years, with Large-scale, long-term. The Frost Descent and Blessing Culture Festival is centered on Zhonghe Street, and it has expanded to neighboring cities and counties such as Debao, Jingxi, Daxin and Tiandong. Every year, nearly 10,000 people participate in the festival, singing like a tide, all night long. Many young people eventually tied the knot by songs.
Entertainment Activities
Huashan Hot Spring Resort
Huashan hot spring resort is sited in the 6 km away from Ningming county, chongzuo city. As early as in the 1950s, the springs here had the reputation of “immortal water”. The local people used this spring to cure a variety of diseases. After bathing in the springs for several days, they were radiant and shining. The resort takes hot spring as the main body and centers on sightseeing, leisure and entertainment.
Zuo River Cruise
Zuo River is one of the most famous attractions in Chongzuo. Therefore, cruise along Zuo River is the must-doing activity while traveling to Chongzuo. Cruising on this river, you will harvest many fantastic pictures of the Chongzuo tour. Going downstream in a tourist boat, one can enjoy spectacular views of crowded strange peaks along the riverbanks, splendid World cultural heritage huashan rock painting, and miraculous zuojiang leaning tower.
Wusheng Palace Temple Fair
Built in 1898, Daliancheng Wusheng Palace is Guangxi's long history and largest temple. After the completion of the Wusheng Palace, the incense is extremely prosperous. The temple fair is held here every year at the ninth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. It echoes with the temple fair (the tenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar) in Lang Son, Vietnam. It has become one of the important activities for the exchange of folk culture between China and Vietnam.
The activities of the Wusheng Temple Fair are very plentiful, including Guangong Parade, Master’s New Year’s Blessing, Lion Dance Performance, Zhuang Nationality Folk Songs, throw the silk balls Competition, and grab huapao Competition. The events are unprecedented, attracting residents from Longzhou, Ningming and Northern Vietnam come to watch the folk feast.
