The Shichahai Tourism Cultural Festival
    Shichahai historical and cultural tourist area, is the largest one of the 30 historical and cultural protected areas in Beijing, Xicheng District, Beijing, focusing on the development of the tourism function blocks.
    Hutong courtyards, bridges, palace gardens display the rich historical heritage; the temples Hall Museum, former residence of celebrities show cultural deposition of thick. According to statistics, the Shichahai its surrounding area consists of cultural relics protection unit more than 40, including three state-level cultural relics protection units, is one of the most intensive areas of cultural and tourist resources in Beijing. In many spots, especially Yin Ding Bridge the most famous.
    Shichahai Area's rich natural and cultural landscape has spawned a number of tourism projects, where visitors could tour the palace, visiting the old streets, visit ancient temples, the view of former residence, board the tower, turn the alley, taste the good feast, pan-boat, pub, live in the courtyard. Enjoy the old Beijing style.
    In Shichahai areas of tourism resources, were held from 2002 until 2010, the ninth different theme Shichahai Tourism Cultural Festival, an increase of Shichahai popular, and to promote industrial development, to stimulate the enthusiasm of the tourism enterprises to participate in tourism development in Shichahai so that the majority of tourists at home and abroad more in-depth understanding of Shichahai.
The Shichahai the inaugural ceremony
As the largest area of the 25 protected areas in the national 4A level scenic and Beijing City, the status quo is relatively the most complete one-protected areas, the Shichahai the water resources unique in the history of the ancient capital of Beijing has a special economic, and cultural status. In recent years, the Xicheng District Shichahai historical and cultural scenic area protection, utilization and development continue to make breakthroughs. The canal culture to reproduce the spectacular "Shichahai the inaugural activities will be held, it is the efforts of this development goals.
According to reports, from April 20 to play in November, visitors will be able to invite friends friends sitting rowed on board the edge of the full moon while enjoying folk music, enjoy the gluttonous pleasure of food and wine; light lanterns, put in the sea after a boat trip , promise of a better blessing for the family. Annual the Lunar Guyu, the inaugural activities in the future will become the flag the Shichahai cruise to sail in the spring, handed down as a traditional ceremony of Shichahai. The water upstream Following the Hutong Tour, to become a the Shichahai a feature of cultural brand.
Hungry Ghost Festival
    Lunar July 15 for the Hungry Ghost Festival, the Buddhist community held a grand Bon chasing laying ancestors, and giving the spirits of the dead. In addition to the chant by Fang Yan Kou played Tetralogy of any mass ceremony, and the lanterns on the river, firing ship and other mass activities. Shichahai near the Guanghua Temple and other temples in the late Qing Dynasty, where the conditional, held a scale ranging from Bon.
Bon also an important activity of the lanterns on the river. 1988 Beijing International Tourism Year, held in even brake after the sea in late August of three consecutive nights of lanterns on the river activities, absorbing a lot of people to participate, very considerable pomp. 1998, Shichahai the sea before and after the sea to increase the water upstream "tourism project, you can take the scull ship lanterns on the river. Lanterns on the river of time is not limited to the Hungry Ghost Festival, spring, summer and autumn rafting can be released, called the event, welcomed by the masses.