In Shantou it is mostly one village to a day, so the table runs by town and is read by village; Chenghai is the exception, where several villages keep it together on the same day. 103 places are collected here, town by town down to the village, the lunar days copied from the sources and the Gregorian converted for 2026 only.
The Shuangzhong cultural festival at Miancheng in Chaoyang: an embroidered banner on a wheeled frame, pushed by hand along the canal. Photograph: Douyin @Chaoshan小东 (Jiang Gengdong), 28 March 2026. Not authorised by the photographer; used only to introduce this session, withdrawn if the author asks.
How to read this table
Most processions in Shantou are one village to a day, so the table runs by town and the rows by village, the same way as the xieshen table. Chenghai is the exception: there several villages keep it on one day, and on the seventeenth of the first month the five Yinsha villages plus Meizhou, Qianmei in Longdu, Xucuo in Lianxia and Guanshan in Chenghua all fall together.
Chenghai has a second oddity — the same village keeping it twice. Guanshan holds the pig contest on the seventeenth and the procession on the nineteenth; Daitou in Xinan runs two days, the first with the god touring but no guests invited; Longcheng in Lianhua walks the incense boats on the first and second of the second month, across two days.
The remarks give the source. “Old practice” is the 2014 table that traced each village to its town; “2026 list” is a timetable issued before the 2026 spring festival, with clock times; “2012 post” is an earlier list of Chenghai first-month processions which gives the town but not the district, and some of its village names do not match the later tables. Where the three collide, the rows stand side by side — the table does not smooth it over.
Chaoyang, Chaonan and Haojiang are collected thinner than Chenghai. Not because there is nothing there, but because the processions of these districts have only recently been put into tables and no complete town-by-town list exists yet; what could be found is listed and the rest left blank.
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 of Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang and Puning are laid flat by lunar day.
Jinping district (2 places)
Yuepu subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Yuepu community
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; the pig contest, old practice from four in the morning
the day is decided by throwing the divination blocks in the village, different every year
Haojiang district (5 places)
Dahao subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Gangbei market
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list; lantern procession, yingge, drum carts and floats
Huaxin primary school, Qiantang primary school
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list
Donghu
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Donghu community
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
old practice
Hepu subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Hepu community (Huaide square)
1st month, 16th–17th
4–5 Mar 2026, Wed
2026 list; the god goes out by day, and again at night to a DJ set
Fenggang
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Fenggang
1st month, 17th
5 Mar 2026, Thu
old practice; rites to the Pearl Goddess
Chenghai district (68 places)
Chenghai is where the table thickens: 68 of the 103 places, and the only district where one day carries several villages. Xinan alone has fourteen, Longdu eleven, Lianhua eleven.
Xinan town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Daitou
1st month, 5th–6th
21–22 Feb 2026, Sat
old practice; two days, the god tours but no guests are invited
2012 post; Gangtou and Shangcuo on the 21st, Zhongshe and Shangshe on both days
Longdu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Qiangou
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
old practice
Fuyang, Hougou
1st month, 9th
25 Feb 2026, Wed
old practice; Fuyang lights lanterns at night
Dongshan, Guanjiao
1st month, 10th
26 Feb 2026, Thu
old practice
Houpu
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
2012 post; tables set out for the god, eleven to one
Daxiang, Waipu, Gouqian
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
old practice
Nanxi, Guanmei, Xiacuo, Quexiang
1st month, 12th
28 Feb 2026, Sat
old practice; lanterns at night
Houpu
1st month, 13th
1 Mar 2026, Sun
2012 post; lantern procession
Zhaitou, Longmei
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
2012 post; lantern procession
Houxi (Tizai)
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
old practice
Qianmei
1st month, 17th
5 Mar 2026, Thu
2012 post; eleven to three
Houxi (Fangzhuang)
1st month, 25th
13 Mar 2026, Fri
old practice
Fengxiang subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Gangkou
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
old practice
Donghu neighbourhood
2nd month, 10th
28 Mar 2026, Sat
old practice
Chenghua subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Guanshan township
1st month, 17th
5 Mar 2026, Thu
2012 post; the pig contest
Guanshan township
1st month, 19th
7 Mar 2026, Sat
old practice; the procession
Guangyi subdistrict
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Longtian, Pumei, Huafu
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
2012 post; Huafu walks the shrine in the afternoon
Shanghua town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Donglintou
3rd month, 15th
1 May 2026, Fri
2012 post
Huxin
3rd month, 23rd
9 May 2026, Sat
2012 post
Dutou
3rd month, 29th
15 May 2026, Fri
2012 post
Daomen
4th month, 8th
24 May 2026, Sun
2012 post
Town not given
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Ximen
2nd month, 16th
3 Apr 2026, Fri
old practice; the Ximen procession in Chenghai
Shuigouwei
4th month, 1st
17 May 2026, Sun
2012 post
Chaoyang district (14 places)
Chaoyang is thinner than Chenghai, and half of it is the city centre rather than villages: the Shuangzhong festival on the fourth and fifth of the first month, when the yingge teams of the whole district come into Miancheng.
Around the Wenguang pagoda
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Shuangzhong travelling shrine, the Wenguang pagoda, the Taguan Shuangzhong shrine, Lingsha palace, Tai’an old temple, Ganquan old temple
1st month, 4th
20 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; seven in the morning to seven at night, dozens of yingge teams, lion dances, flute-suite bands
The Wenguang pagoda
1st month, 5th
21 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list; a large yingge procession, nine to twelve
2026 list; the sixth and the seventh, seven in the morning to five
Haimen town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Haimen town hall
1st month, 6th–7th
22–23 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; the god carried, yingge, dragon and lion dance, waist drums
Gurao town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Dakeng
1st month, 6th
22 Feb 2026, Sun
2026 list; six in the morning to five
Gurao bus station
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; running with the god
Shifo
1st month, 14th
2 Mar 2026, Mon
old practice
Hexi town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Sangtian township
1st month, 10th
26 Feb 2026, Thu
old practice
Jinzao town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Xitou
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; peanuts scattered like rain, half past three to five
Guiyu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The Chen ancestral hall
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; two yingge teams, one of men and one of women
Guanbu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Yuyi
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; the goddess carried
Gangdi community
1st month, 10th–12th
26–28 Feb 2026, Thu
2026 list; the god on the tenth and eleventh, Mazu on the twelfth, all at night
Miancheng
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Miantian community
1st month, 10th
26 Feb 2026, Thu
older post
Chaonan district (7 places)
Xiancheng town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Shenxi
1st month, 15th
3 Mar 2026, Tue
old practice; the god is carried for thirty-six hours
Longtian town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Yong’an
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
old practice
Simapu town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Xiaqiao
1st month, 16th
4 Mar 2026, Wed
old practice
Chendian town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Chendian school
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
2026 list; the ancestral god carried, five yingge teams
Town not given
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Dongyan
1st month, 7th
23 Feb 2026, Mon
2026 list; eight to one
Xia Dongpu school
1st month, 8th
24 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; seven to eleven and twelve to four
Dongxi
1st month, 12th
28 Feb 2026, Sat
2026 list; seven to three
Nan’ao county (4 places)
Houzhai town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
The county cultural square
1st month, 1st
17 Feb 2026, Tue
2026 list; twenty-four teams — yingge, dragon and lion dance, unicorn dance, cart-drum dance
Aoqian
1st month, 10th
26 Feb 2026, Thu
2026 list; ten in the morning to ten at night
Houzhai town (island fish lanterns)
1st month, 15th–18th
3–6 Mar 2026, Tue
old practice; held at night, and on the eighteenth the thirteen villages of the island perform together
Yun’ao town
Village / community
Lunar
2026
Note
Yun’ao Qiancun
1st month, 11th
27 Feb 2026, Fri
older post
Sources and notes
Town attributions and the first-month days come mainly from “A list of the renao days of various places in Chaoshan”, published by the WeChat account Chaozhou Ancient City on 9 February 2014, which traces the villages of Chenghai, Chaoyang, Chaonan and Nan’ao down to district, town and village. The clock times and the sessions added for 2026 come from “Shantou 2026, streets and villages, first to twelfth of the first month”, posted by 四月人间观察日记 in February 2026. A few Lianhua, Lianxia and Dongli entries dated eleven years back are cross-checked against a 2012 “Chenghai first-month processions”. The two older posts, for Nan’ao and for Miancheng in Chaoyang, are earlier still and serve for reference only.
The Gregorian column is 2026 (bingwu) alone, converted by the Hong Kong Observatory’s table of correspondences between the Gregorian and lunar calendars. 2026 has no leap month; the thirtieth of the first month falls on 18 March, and the second month has twenty-nine days.
Shantou’s dates drift more than Chaozhou’s. Within one and the same 2026 list, the Yuepu pig contest is given as starting at eleven at night on the eighth, while the older post has it from four to eight in the morning on the eighth — a day apart. That kind of thing is settled on the spot, and a table can only give the rough shape of it.
