The water splashing activity in Hubei attracts a large number of tourists every year. This is an ancient way for young Tujia people in western Hubei to express free love. Here is a share about when the Water Splashing Festival in Hubei is.
On August 19, 2017, in Enshi, Hubei Province, the Tujia people’s daughter meeting event site, the Tujia people’s water splashing festival makes tourists excited. This form of free splashing is very meaningful and has ancient cultural value.
The annual Enshi Daughter Meeting, also known as the Tujia Daughter Meeting, is known as the Eastern Valentine’s Day or the Tujia Valentine’s Day. It is generally held on the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month, which is the traditional auspicious day for the “Daughter Meeting”.
The “Daughter Meeting” preserves the ancient Ba people’s primitive marriage customs and is a form of love that is opposed to feudal arranged marriages in remote Tujia villages.
The Water Splashing activity in Hubei is a joyous occasion for people of all ages, with a lively and warm atmosphere.
It is a festive gathering that spontaneously formed during the Tujia youth’s pursuit of free marriage, mainly for the purpose of collective matchmaking. Its main characteristic is to use songs as a medium for independent matchmaking.
At that time, mainly young girls, but also married women, would go to participate. They would find their loved ones or meet with old lovers through singing, expressing their heartfelt feelings.
In recent years, the Daughter Meeting has become a grand event in Tujia folk festivals as a traditional cultural gem, serving as a grand stage for showcasing Tujia folk culture.
Therefore, the Enshi Tujia Daughter Meeting itself is just a traditional folk festival, not a tourism product.
In recent years, this ancient festival has been developed into a local specialty tourism project, hoping to attract more tourists.
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