Xianggelila Festival

February 8: The eighth day of the second lunar month is the most lively festival for Naxi people, especially March 8 in Baidicheng Township. During the festival, thousands of participants came from all directions, including Tibetans, Yi, Hui and other ethnic minorities. The activity place is mainly in the scenic Baishuitai. People first kill chickens to sacrifice to heaven and various gods, and then perform song and dance performances, which are very lively. Horse racing time: Generally, it lasts for three days before and after the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Shangri-La Horse Racing Festival has a long history. It is the most grand traditional folk festival for people of all ethnic groups in Shangri-La County, and it is also a grand gathering of Tibetan people in spring. Now the horse racing festival has developed into a national sports competition and a grand folk cultural exchange activity. Horse racing is usually held around the Dragon Boat Festival and usually lasts for 3 days. Venue: Wufeng Mountain Racecourse. In horse racing, in addition to traditional equestrian competitions and performances, there are rare events such as yak racing and cow pulling. Participants included not only local herdsmen in Shangri-La, but also horse teams in neighboring areas such as Mangkang, Xiangcheng, Daocheng, Litang, Batang and Derong. During the festival, local residents will travel with their families, set up tents at the foot of the mountain dam and have picnics to entertain guests. At the beginning of the Jockey Club, people gathered on the spacious lawn to watch the wonderful performances of riders from all over the world. There are speed races, racing races, flag races, horse races and so on. In addition, Shangri-La will also organize various cultural performances, bonfire parties, square film screenings and other activities, and the theater in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture will also have performances by multi-ethnic troupes. Sunspot Shangri-La Festival: Shangri-La Sunspot Festival is held once a year from the seventh day to the ninth day of the fifth lunar month. During the festival, the township will choose to send folk art performance teams to the county to participate in national folk art and costume performances. There are sunspots, reba and folk dances, toasts, blessing song and various folk songs. Show folk customs and promote national culture. Baden Festival Time: Baden Festival, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, is one of the most distinctive traditional festivals of the Tibetan people in Rooney, and it is also a productive traditional festival in Tibetan agricultural areas. At that time, men, women and children will put on festive costumes and hold a ceremony of collective sacrifice to mountain gods, immortal caves and Mani Sutra to eliminate disasters and exorcise evil spirits, and pray for a bumper harvest of grains and the prosperity of six livestock. In addition, there are horse racing, target shooting, bullfighting, pot dancing and other recreational activities. Gedong Festival Time: Tibetan calendar 65438+February 26-29 is Gedong Festival, which means that nine kinds of food should be cooked for dinner. It is a religious activity specially organized by Tibetan Buddhist temples to dance gods and exorcise ghosts. The time of Gedong Festival varies from temple to temple. Tibetan calendar of Zanlin Temple in Gadansong, Shangri-La 12 February 26th-29th. 26th is the rehearsal of the dance; In the temple, on the 27th and 28th, a chanting ceremony will be held. On the 29th, people danced with masks, including horses, deer, monkeys, yaks, dogs, crows, pigs and tigers. Dancing with suona, drums, postscript and other instrumental music, the atmosphere is very mysterious and lasts for one day.