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Men of the world hold a steadfast heart, while the daughters of the land claim the foremost city

⛩️ Enshi Daughter City, as the eighth man-made ancient town in the country, is a cultural tourism center that integrates food, merchandise, inns, song halls, theaters, and leisure entertainment. The Daughter City has a reasonable and meticulously planned overall architectural style, combining antique architecture with the Tujia stilted buildings, perfectly reflecting the Tujia people's customs and folkways. 📍 Location: Located in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, at 41 Ma'anshan Road ⏰ Opening Hours: Open all day 🎫 Ticket: Free ❣️ Recommendation: The Daughter City under the moonlight has a unique charm. Strolling through the neon-lit streets, you can enjoy the Tujia dance performances, the bold smashing of wine bowls, street lion dances, and wedding performances in the buildings, and personally experience the Tujia customs and folkways. 🌈 Attraction Introduction Tujia Folk Customs Museum 🕌 The Tujia Folk Customs Museum officially opened to the public for free in 2013, thanks to the efforts of the museum owner Zhao Guojian. More than 30 folk artists perform their arts for the museum all year round, dedicated to showcasing Tujia traditional crafts in their entirety, allowing people to fully understand and personally experience these traditional handicrafts, including meat ringing, three-stick drums, and making glutinous rice cakes. Saltwater Goddess Statue It is the leader of the Saltwater Tribe, revered by the Tujia people as the Deji Mother, and is said to be the wife of Lin Jun (the ancestor of the Tujia people, Ba Wu Xiang). Snack Street 🍱 The Daughter City Snack Street gathers special snacks from the eight counties and cities of Enshi Prefecture as well as national delicacies. Enshi fragrant oil, Tujia corn cakes, Enshi tofu skin, Jianshi pancakes, roasted potatoes, steamed cakes, roasted glutinous rice cakes, sugar paintings, and other special foods are quite popular with tourists. Daughter City Grand Theater ✅ The Daughter City Indoor Scenic Grand Theater was built with an investment of 80 million and can accommodate 800 people for indoor live performances. Chen Weiya, the deputy chief director of the Beijing Olympic Games, served as the artistic director of the Daughter City's resident performance program - 'Xilancapu', which was publicly performed in 2014. Water Park 🔯 The Daughter City Water Park is the largest water park project in Hubei Province and the largest and most complete water-themed park in the province. It features thrilling attractions such as the invincible horn, sky-high whirl, wave pool, semi-enclosed spiral slide, rainbow high-speed slide, and children's combination slide. Tujia Daughter Festival ⏰ Time: Annually from July 7th to 12th of the lunar calendar 🎉 Also known as the Tujia Valentine's Day, it is the most famous Tujia folk matchmaking event in Enshi and one of the most representative regional ethnic traditional festivals of the Tujia people in Enshi Prefecture. 🎊 During the Daughter Festival, in addition to the daily Tujia cultural performances, there will be more Tujia folk performances, such as walking on knife ladders and through fire, the Tujia Splash Dragon Festival, matchmaking at the Daughter Festival, sending off relatives, Tujia antiphonal singing, and blocking the door with wine, etc.
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Posted: Mar 26, 2024
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