Mountaineering Festival of Kaixian County

The Mountaineering Festival of Kaixian County is on January 9, according to the lunar calendar. Nobody knows exactly the year it started, but it is a traditional festival here. January 9 seems to be the most solemn festival of a year. People here would rather work on the last day of the former year or the first day of the new year according to the lunar calendar than work on January 9, since they would like to take part in the mountaineering. On that day, all the people here would go out to climb the mountain, and the Phoenix Mountain near the city would be the most popular one. Whatever the weather might be, it could never stop the people from mountaineering. The road from the foot to the top of the mountain is full of mountain-climbers. In recent years, the town organizes special mountaineering activities; people are more enthusiastic in the mountaineering.

Up to the mountain, some of the climbers would like to relax themselves in the peasant family; some would like to hold a memorial ceremony for their deceased family members; some would like to hold a party with their friends. That day is really a busy day for the business man. Early in the morning, the people would be busy with buying some food and snacks (such as cold noodle and dumplings) for the mountaineering. Some would choose to cook a meal in the open air while some would like to have a meal in the peasant family. In a word, it's a day for fun. What you need to do on that day is enjoy yourself. Finished that day, people would be back to their work, and the Chinese New Year almost comes to the end.

Wherever the people of Kaixian County will go, they would not go out before the Mountaineering Festival if there is no special case. Strangers here would like to experience the special festival in Kaixian County out of curiosity.