The Releasing Water Festival to Open on Tomb-Sweeping Day

Date: 2011-3-22 0:56:00 by fadri Tags: Releasing Water Festival Chengdu

The releasing water festival, regarded as the holy festival by local people, is to be held on Tomb-sweeping Day (usually on April 5th) in memory of the builders of Dujiangyan Irrigation Project and in celebration of the great project, marking the beginning of a new spring ploughing.

At the beginning of the opening ceremony of the festival every year, a fete ceremony is held and the

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