The Guiping Xishan Buddha Bathing Pilgrimage Water Splashing Tourism Cultural Festival in Guigang City is a major feature of Guiping tourism. At this time, people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Guangdong, Fujian and other coastal areas come in droves, or burn incense to fulfill their vows, or worship Buddha and recite scriptures, or donate money and goods, or hold a vegetarian feast for the public, or listen to the master's lectures, or invite monks to do Buddhist services, etc. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, Buddhist believers, under the guidance of the master of Longhua Temple in Guiping Xishan, use fragrant soup, holy water, and sweet tea to bathe the Buddha, and then sprinkle the water for bathing the Buddha into 48 tanks filled with spring water. People splash each other with sacred Buddha water, praying for peace and prosperity in the country and social harmony, pushing the unique Guiping Buddha Bathing Festival to 0. "Buddha Bathing Festival", also known as "Buddha's Birthday Festival", is an important festival to commemorate the birth of Buddha Sakyamuni. On this day, monks from various Buddhist temples use liquorice tea to make "fragrant soup" and scoop water to pour over the Buddha statue in the temple's bathing pavilion to bathe the Buddha. The main activities of Guiping Buddha Bathing Festival include: 10,000 people bathing Buddha ceremony, 1,000 people climbing to the top to worship, auspicious water splashing ceremony, Xishan Buddhist Forum, releasing animals to pray for children, etc., in various forms, and believers pay homage. In recent years, each Buddha Bathing Festival has attracted about 100,000 tourists. The Buddha Bathing Ceremony is the highlight of the event. The 2010 Buddha Bathing Ceremony was presided over by Master Zhankong, the abbot of Longhua Temple. The host scooped the fragrant soup onto the head of the Buddha statue with a small spoon, poured it on the Buddha statue three times, and then sprinkled it with fragrant flowers. Representatives of believers and tourists bathed the Buddha in turn. After bathing the Buddha, the master bathed and distributed holy water to the holy water pool for bathing the Buddha. The master bathed and splashed water on the public to eliminate disasters. Many believers and tourists rushed to grab the best position to receive the holy water sprinkled by the master. The scene was full of believers and tourists splashing water and cheering. People used copper bowls, washbasins and even buckets to hold water, and poured it out of the streets and alleys, playing and chasing, and splashing it on everyone they met. People believe that bathing the Buddha is not only about bathing the statue of the prince, but also about washing away the pollution of the inner body and mind, so that the body and mind can be cleansed and peaceful. Whether it is the splasher or the splashed, although they are soaked from head to toe, they are still very happy. Flowers bloomed in the laughter of the crowd and reflected brilliant light under the sun. In addition to the Buddha Bathing Ceremony, other programs are also wonderful, including chanting and praying, singing and dancing performances, tea and Zen, calligraphy and painting performances, etc. The opening ceremony of the festival started at 10 am and ended at 3 pm. The wonderful activities made many tourists linger and gathered at the scene for a long time and were reluctant to leave. The believers and tourists who came to visit surrounded the place. After the master of Longhua Temple finished chanting and reiterated the safety precautions, a long team of thousands of people, led by monks, went up the mountain from the catfish pit, bowing every three steps. The long team of thousands of people worshiped all the way to Guanyin Rock, which took two and a half hours to complete the extremely pious worship journey. The first Xishan Buddhist Forum held in 2008 was attended by 46 experts and scholars and more than 10 Buddhist laymen, temple abbots, and great monks from inside and outside the region. At the seminar, experts and scholars took the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Master Juzan's birth and his contribution to Guangxi culture and Buddhism as the theme. From the three aspects of Master Juzan's research, Guangxi Buddhism research, and "Mou Zi Lihuo Lun" research, they deeply discussed Guangxi's religious culture and actively contributed ideas and suggestions for Guangxi's Buddhism and academic career. During the Buddha Bathing Festival in Xishan, Guiping, releasing animals is popular. Monks in some Buddhist temples and ordinary people often take small turtles, birds, and fish that they raise or buy to the river or the mountains on this day to release them. This shows their belief in the Buddha's advocacy. At this time of year, tourists from Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other regions flock to the Xishan Mountain to burn incense and fulfill vows, worship Buddha and chant sutras, donate money and materials, listen to Buddhist lectures, etc. The huge flow of people and vehicles has become a major landscape of Xishan Mountain. Guiping Xishan Buddha Bathing Festival has achieved a perfect combination of tourism and Buddhist culture.