In Jieyang it is one village to a day, and the fifth to the tenth of the first month is the thickest stretch of the whole year — several dozen villages on a single day. 157 places are collected here, Rongcheng, Jiedong, Jiexi and Huilai listed town by town down to the village, the lunar days copied from the sources and the Gregorian converted for 2026 only.
The Jieyang City God temple fair: the banner reads “Jieyang City God temple”, with “the country is at peace, the people are safe” and “good weather for the crops” on either side. Photograph: Douyin @拍小手, posted 11 March 2026 (the twenty-third of the first month). Not authorised by the photographer; used only to introduce this session, withdrawn if the author asks.
How to read this table
Jieyang arranges it one village to a day, like the xieshen table: read by town, look up by village. The difference is density. Over the six days from the fifth to the tenth of the first month, Rongcheng and Jiedong have several dozen villages going at once almost every day, and a single town can put eight or nine villages on the same date.
One thing needs saying about Rongcheng. Many entries in the source give the village and not the subdistrict — “Fenggang keeps it”, “Xinlin keeps it”. The table does not fill the gap. The same village name can fall in two or three towns in Jieyang, and a wrong guess is worse than a blank, so one group in Rongcheng is marked “subdistrict not given”, laid out exactly as the source has it.
Some places in Jieyang do not finish in a day. Qining sets out on the eleventh and goes on to the twentieth, with the lantern procession and the fire-pile jumping on the night of the twentieth. Shuolian in Xinheng has ten she taking turns, the god and the lanterns from the sixth, the pigs and sheep set out on the sixteenth and seventeenth, and 2026 is Nanshe’s turn to host. The Hong villages of Baita run from the fourth to the seventeenth, one village a day in turn. Tatou Wu in Jiexi runs eight days from the ninth, Hanshuikui in Jingxiyuan three from the sixth.
Where the date says “not set”, the source itself says the date is to be filled in, or, as with the fire offering at Huicheng, it comes once in ten years and the year is decided in the town. Those cannot be worked out from a table.
The table answers “which day for which village”. For the other question — where is it on these days, how many places can I reach in one day — see the procession calendar, where the four village tables are laid flat by lunar day.
Rongcheng district (46 places)
Subdistrict not given
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The green lion at Jinxian gate, the dragon procession of Xijiao
1st month, 1st
17 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Fenggang
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Chaqiao Doumen
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Fenggang, Xinlin
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; Fenggang on the fifth and the sixth
The Earth God and his consort tour Beichengli
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list
Dongpan (the Three Mountain Kings tour), Xinsu (fire-pile jumping), Xilin
1st month, 9th
25 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Fenglin, Xianjiao, Wangdou
1st month, 10th
26 Feb 2026, Thu
2026 list
Qining, the procession sets out
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; on to the twentieth, lanterns and fire-pile jumping on the night of the twentieth
Jiedong holds the densest stretch of the district: on the fifth to the tenth of the first month, Yunlu, Linpan, Yuecheng and Baita each put several villages on the same day, and the nights carry as much as the days — torch processions, fire-pile jumping, mediums on chairs of nails.
Pandong subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Qiaolin township (dragon procession)
1st month, 1st–6th
17–22 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; every night from the first to the sixth
2026 list; the eleventh for the god, the twelfth and thirteenth for receiving him, the night of the fifteenth for the Earth God
Yinghua (Songhuobu)
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list; the fire pile is too big to walk round, you wade through it
Zhongxia (the god carried to a DJ set)
1st month, 22nd
10 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list; seven at night to one in the morning
Guhu
2nd month, 3rd
21 Mar 2026, Sat
2026 list
Baita town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The Hong villages (taking turns)
1st month, 4th–17th
20 Feb – 5 Mar 2026, Fri
2026 list; a village a day, in the afternoon
Taxi, Ruilian Xinzhai
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list; at Ruilian Xinzhai the medium rides the chair of nails
Tongkeng township, Ruilian Xinzhai
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; the chair of nails at night
Ruilian Zhaiwai
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list; the medium on the chair of nails, at night
Ruilian Zhainei
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; the medium on the chair of nails, at night
Yujiao town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Dongyang (the god carried, lanterns), Xiekeng (the Three Mountain Kings), Chicuodu
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Chicuodu, Jianshan (gongs, drums and banners), Dajiao (the Xianglong Dashe tours)
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Banyang
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Fengxiang (the Zhongliu Dizhu old temple)
1st month, 15th–16th
3–4 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list
Guanshuo (the Jingxing temple fair)
1st month, 17th–19th
5–7 Mar 2026, Thu
2026 list; with the fire procession and the Qiping’an rite
Rites to the Rain Saint
2nd month, 16th
3 Apr 2026, Fri
post from around 2013
Yuhu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Fenshui
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Fushan Xiamei
1st month, 9th
25 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Xichang town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Dongcang
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Binmei (the Lin family)
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list
Huaqing (the Lin family), Kunshan
1st month, 9th
25 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Tancai
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
2014 list
Guiling town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Niaowei
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Yubu (the Three Mountain Kings)
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Weitou
1st month, 9th
25 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Xinheng town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Baishi, Baishi old village
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; from eight
The ten she of Shuolian (the god carried, lanterns)
1st month, 6th–15th
22 Feb – 3 Mar 2026, Sun
2026 list; the pigs and sheep are set out on the sixteenth and seventeenth
Xianmei township (fire-pile jumping)
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list
Shuolian (pigs and sheep set out)
1st month, 16th–17th
4–5 Mar 2026, Wed
2026 list; the ten she take turns, Nanshe hosts in 2026
Paotai town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Shitou (Taoshan)
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
2014 list
Daqingxi (Mazu goes out)
1st month, 12th–13th
28 Feb – 1 Mar 2026, Sat
2014 list; two days
Tangpu Wang
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list
Tangpu Wang
1st month, 24th
12 Mar 2026, Thu
2026 list
Shipai (fruit stands set out, Mazu carried)
1st month, 25th
13 Mar 2026, Fri
2026 list
Denggang town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Puxia
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2014 list
Baigong (Anle)
11th month, 12th
20 Dec 2026, Sun
2014 list; once in five years
Quxi subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Wangcuo
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
2026 list
Fouzao
1st month, 18th
6 Mar 2026, Fri
2014 list
Putian town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Mashuo
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
2014 list
Jiexi county (30 places)
Jiexi keeps it later in the day than Jiedong does: a good half of the entries here are at night, and the rites are rougher — firecrackers thrown at the god, the Earth God soaked in water, a dragon of ten thousand torches.
Hapo subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Hapo, the intangible-heritage procession
1st month, 1st
17 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Xincun (receiving Faqing the Benevolent Lord)
1st month, 2nd
18 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Dashanxia (receiving the Emperor Lord)
1st month, 3rd
19 Feb 2026, Thu
2026 list
Matou, Hanwulou (the Great Sage)
1st month, 4th
20 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list
Xijiao
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; in the afternoon
Pingshang town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Liancheng
1st month, 2nd
18 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Longzi (leading the dragon in the morning, the god carried and firecrackers thrown at him in the afternoon), the six villages of Shinei (receiving the god)
1st month, 4th
20 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; Shinei in the evening
Jiantianwei (firecrackers at the god)
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; at night
Mianhu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Chunshe, the intangible-heritage procession
1st month, 2nd
18 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Yongchang temple fair, Ciji temple fair
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Jiapu (the procession inside the village)
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; in the afternoon
Chunxing old she
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2014 list
Wuyun town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Xinzhai (the Heavenly Empress, Lord Guan), Shibei (Xie Ma Niangniang), Xinzhai in Meijiang, Luoshezhai (Lord Zou)
1st month, 3rd
19 Feb 2026, Thu
2026 list; all at night
Luobuzhai (dragon-fire jumping), Pengling, Lingzai (Lord Zou), Xiapu (the Emperor of Huaguang, Lord Guan), Meijiang (receiving the Emperor of Huaguang)
1st month, 4th
20 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list
Yunfengzhai in Meijiang (receiving the Great Sage Equalling Heaven)
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Town not given
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Changtan (the Three Mountain Kings)
1st month, 4th–6th
20–22 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; three days
Xianpo (the god carried)
1st month, 5th–6th
21–22 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list; two days
Shinei Tanjiao
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Hexi (the medium of Lord Wu)
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list
Shalitan (the Earth God soaked in water)
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list
Wujingfu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Wenlian Jingbei (receiving the god)
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list
Qicun
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list
Nanshan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Shangliao (the dragon procession)
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list; six in the evening
Liangtian township
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Shuijingtou
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list
Huizhai town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The dragon of ten thousand torches, the god’s meal for a thousand
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; in the afternoon
Jingxiyuan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Hanshuikui (the Three Mountain Kings)
1st month, 6th–8th
22–24 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; three days
Tatou town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Tatou Wu (the god carried)
1st month, 9th–16th
25 Feb – 4 Mar 2026, Wed
2026 list; eight days
Daxi town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Chizhai
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2014 list
Fengjiang town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Fenghu (snatching the god)
not set
—
date to be filled in
Dongyuan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Gufu Hucheng
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2014 list
Huilai county (14 places)
Huilai is the thinnest of the four, fourteen places, and its year starts earlier and runs later than the rest of Jieyang: the first big laoze of the year falls on the first day, and the last entry here on the fifth of the eleventh month.
Huicheng town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The fire offering
not set
—
once in ten years, the year decided in the town
The cultural procession
1st month, 1st–3rd
17–19 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Donglong town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Donglong
1st month, 1st–3rd
17–19 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; the first big laoze of the year
Jinghai town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Zishen (yingge, banner teams)
1st month, 1st–2nd
17–18 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Geshan (the procession, a big laoze)
2nd month, 25th
12 Apr 2026, Sun
2026 list
Qianzhan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Mingdong
1st month, 1st
17 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Qiaoyuan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Liancheng (yingge)
1st month, 2nd
18 Feb 2026, Wed
2026 list
Shenquan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Qianhu (the procession)
1st month, 4th
20 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list
The birthday of the Guangli Holy King (Hong Sheng)
2nd month, 13th
31 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list; a fishermen’s rite
Xixi town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Junlin
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2026 list; made up of Junshang and Junxia
Longjiang town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Chenlong
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2014 list
The twelve she in turn
1st month, 16th–19th
4–7 Mar 2026, Wed
2026 list; the sixteenth the Dark Heaven Emperor and the Three Mountain Kings, the seventeenth Lord Guan, the eighteenth the three kings and their consorts, the nineteenth Mazu
Shenquan and Jinghai
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The Mazu birthday fair at the Tianhou palace
3rd month, 23rd
9 May 2026, Sat
2026 list
Kuitan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The lantern contest and the Buddha’s tour
11th month, 5th
13 Dec 2026, Sun
2026 list
Sources and notes
The body of the table comes from “Jieyang 2026, the laoze timetable of every village”, compiled by Jieyang Xingkong and reposted in February 2026 by the WeChat account Dajieyang Travel. That table covers Rongcheng, Jiedong, Puning, Huilai and Jiexi from the first of the first month to the twenty-third of the third, with the district marked on each line. Town attributions, and a batch of entries that go back to 2014 — Chidu, Xiaopan, Guixi Houwei, Kunshan, Rengang, Shitou, Daqingxi, Beiyang, Puxia, Chizhai, Chunxing old she, Chenlong, Mashuo, Tancai, Meidou, Lanhe, Nancuo, Xinhe, Fouzao, Baigong — come from the 2014 “list of the renao days of various places in Chaoshan” published by Chaozhou Ancient City, which traces each village to its town.
Huilai’s sessions have a source of their own: a 2026 “Huilai folk-custom guide”, which gives the temple-fair days of Huicheng, Donglong, Jinghai, Shenquan, Longjiang, Xixi, Qianqiao and Kuitan one by one. The four days of the twelve she at Longjiang — the Dark Heaven Emperor and the Three Mountain Kings on the sixteenth, Lord Guan on the seventeenth, the three kings and their consorts on the eighteenth, Mazu on the nineteenth — are from it.
The Gregorian column is 2026 (bingwu) alone, converted by the Hong Kong Observatory’s table of correspondences. 2026 has no leap month.
Jieyang’s dates float a good deal. For Shuolian in Xinheng one source says the sixteenth and seventeenth and another says “during the first month”; for Qining, the fire-pile jumping on the night of the twentieth or the twenty-first — two posts, a day apart. Where they differ the table takes the most specific version.
