Sacrificing ancestors
Setting up an altar to do puja
Setting up an altar in the temple of the ancestor god, supplying pigs, cows, goats and colorful glutinous rice, inviting the Shihgong Ban and Daogong Ban to do puja, sacrificing to the ancestor god, Yapu, and hanging streamers around the altar, which are sent to the village by the villages. Before the ritual, the Shih Kung first sets up an altar or shrine, lights incense and candles, and the ceremony begins with the Shih Kung, who presides over the ritual, dressed in a legal robe, wearing a legal hat, wearing a legal belt, and enforcing the law (a toothpick and an altar wood), and in the process of reciting incantations and singing sutras, singing and dancing, and inviting the gods to open the altar. In the middle of the ceremony, there are two children were wearing red, black two kinds of wooden masks, holding two ring staff (i.e., to catch the ghosts stick) interspersed with performances of two-person stick dance, two-person ribbon dance, followed by the children and other division of the public *** with the performances, in order to pray for a bumper crop. Finally, all the master and the children with musical instruments (drums, gongs, cymbals, cymbals) and magic weapons (staff, toothpaste, Zhentan wood), led by the presiding master to line up in a zigzag (as few as eight or nine people, more than a dozen people), while playing musical instruments while dancing, with many variations, the tempo from slow to fast, from walking steadily to turn and jump, the Zhuang language is called "Stamping Gang" or "Stamping Light". or called "Stomping Lights" (there are twelve lights, thirty-six lights, seventy-two lights, etc.), and every time they jump on the Gang Stomping, they show the word "Fu'," "Luk," and "Shou" in the formation. The character of "Longevity" is displayed in the formation every time the Gang jumps.
Lift ancestral God "Ya Pu" parade
Pick up a colorful sedan chair "Ya Pu", playing the eight notes, the master pretends to be "Luo Pangdang" (i.e., wearing Nuo face of the God of the birds and snake God) Dance to open the way, touring the villages, exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings. Luo P垌 dance is a kind of dance, accompanied by percussion, often singing after the performance, dance, dance, not song, drums and follow, line dance orientation to the east, west, south, north, in, and then is a half-squatting hooked legs across the leg turn, point step, short steps, squatting tui for the main dance, the performance of the ritual, marching, marching, pointing, fighting, food, food, raising troops, invoke the soul, drive away evil spirits, festivals, peace and security of the people and other content. It expresses the respect and nostalgia of the descendants of Luo Yue for the ancient country of Luo Yue and "Ya Pu".
River Lanterns
River lanterns are set off in the Liao River at night from Xiao Lu Wei to Luo Bo Wei.
Performing a play
The main family of the petitioner pays for the troupe to sing, usually for three nights, such as the main family of the petitioner can be sung for ten nights, when the play is sung in the sedan chair of the god of ancestry, "Yapu", to "sing".
Pairing songs to choose a spouse
Pairing songs to choose a spouse is an important part of the festival activities of the Zhuang March 3, but also the historical epitome of the Zhuang marriage culture.
The custom of choosing a spouse in pairs of songs is divided into four stages: singing the "first love song" when they meet each other, singing the "gift song" when they are in love, and then singing the "parting song" when they break up. The song is a "dating song".
"First love song" has six processes:
1. Songs (also known as songs along the road), in order to attract the attention of the other side of the impromptu singing of some of the songs related to catching the song.
2. The meeting song (the first meeting song) is generally a greeting to each other, exchanging names, places of residence, and mutual humility and approval.
3. Song requesting, i.e., requesting a formal song with the other party.
4. Wojang (also known as "receiving songs"), where the invited party sings with the person who "asks for a song".
5. Pan song, that is, the general song, the two sides of each other interrogation singing answer, the examination of each other's intelligence, in order to enhance mutual understanding and the beginning of friendship.
6. Intercourse song (also known as sweet song), which is between men and women love each other, mutual adoration, in order to express their feelings, disclosure of the heart of the sweet song, is the two sides of a sign of friendship, there are the first song, the deep song of the points.
"Gift song" (also known as the letter song, love song, gift song), is a man and a woman to give each other tokens, in order to determine the relationship, marriage sung by the song, at this time is the stage of love. Lovers in the love after or will love the time, often with a variety of "Si song" (Nian love song, love song) to express the feelings of longing, to tell the heart of love.
"Parting song" (also known as the song of love, send off song), is the song will end, men and women are difficult to part with and sing the song, lovers sing "parting song" has a taste in the heart.
"Rendezvous song" is a lover's exhortation, the next song pike meet again song, although the other love is difficult to give up, but there are some exhortations in the heart, is still full of expectations.