Yao "Danu Festival"
Mongol "Naadam"
Naxi "Torch Festival"
Lusheng Festival of the Miao People
Ha Festival of the Jing People
Maonan People's " Temple Festival"
The Bai's "March Street"
The Dai's "Water Splashing Festival"
It's a long one, so bear with me.
The "Torch Festival" of the Yi People Every year on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the "Torch Festival" is a grand traditional festival of the Yi people. Early in the morning on this day, the Yi men, women and children are dressed up in festive costumes, gathered together, drinking wine during the day to celebrate, bullfighting, wrestling, horse racing, archery and other activities. At night, bonfire parties are held and torches are carried in procession. Countless torches in the fields, mountains and forests across the tour, the scenery is very spectacular. The young men play the flute, the moon zither and the big three-stringed string, and the girls dance the beautiful and joyful "A Tiny Moon Jumping" dance. The origin of the "Torch Festival" is said to be in honor of an ancient heroine who was wise and chaste and died in the face of violence. It reflects the good wishes of the Yi people to drive away evil and pursue happiness and prosperity.
The Dayu Festival of the Yao People
The 29th day of the 5th lunar month is the Dayu Festival, a traditional festival of the Yao people in Du'an, Guangxi, to celebrate the harvest. On this day, everyone is dressed in colorful clothes, go to villages and villages to visit friends and relatives, and celebrate the harvest with each other. The villages and hamlets beat the copper drums, sing and dance, and enjoy the joy of the harvest. "Danu Festival" legend is this way: in ancient times, there is an ancestral mother called Milo Tuo, her a man and a woman grew up, the ancestral mother to bring them with farming tools and seeds, to go to the life of self-reliance. The siblings planted crops, but the fruits were eaten up by wild boars, gophers and birds. The siblings complained to their grandmother. The grandmother encouraged them not to be afraid of difficulties and gave them a bronze drum and a cat to fight again. The second time the siblings planted a ripe crop, the birds and animals came to steal it again. The siblings beat the drum to scare away the birds and animals, and let the cat out to eat all the gophers, and finally had a good harvest. In order to repay Zuniang, the two siblings went to Zuniang's birthday on May 29, beating the copper drums to wish Zuniang a happy birthday and to wish the Yao family a good harvest every year and a prosperous life for people and animals. This has led to the formation of the "Zuniang Festival", also known as the "Danu Festival".
Mongolian "Naadam" Every year in July and August livestock season held in the fat "Naadam" conference, is the Mongolian people's annual grand festival. "Naadam", Mongolian is the meaning of entertainment or game. There are thrilling horse races, wrestling, archery, chess, beautiful songs and dances in "Naadam" conference. Before the General Assembly, men and women, young and old, riding in cars and horses, wearing festive dress, despite the long distance, from all directions to participate in the competition and watch. Colorful flags fluttering, people happy horse neighing, usually quiet grassland, suddenly turned into a bustling colorful city.
Naxi "Torch Festival" Lunar June 25-27 three days, is the Naxi people second only to the Spring Festival grand festival - Torch Festival. Legend has it that the Jade Emperor was bored one day and wanted to see life on earth. Opened the southern heavenly gate, only to see the earth's green mountains and green water, people live a long life, he was very angry, ordered a day will go to burn the earth. The general could not bear to destroy the fruits of the laboring people's blood and sweat, so he panicked and reported to the Jade Emperor that the earth had been burned. The Jade Emperor noticed the lie and killed the general. one day in June, a drop of blood dripped down from the sky and turned into a doll, which cried: the Jade Emperor is going to burn down the earth tonight, and told everyone to light torches and burn them for three days in a row to confuse the Jade Emperor in order to get through the catastrophe. So every household lit torches for three days and three nights, and finally avoided the disaster. Since then, in order to honor the general, there was the Torch Festival. On the first day of the Torch Festival, young men and women dressed up and went to the field to pick wild flowers and fruits, and sang songs and talked about love. Adults split pine wood into thin strips, sandwiched with turpentine in the center, bundled into torches. Housewives prepare a festive meal. When it gets late, families light torches in front of their doors. On the second day, friends and relatives visit each other; married women go back to their mother's home to visit their relatives; young men and women go to the field to have a meal; adults prepare longer torches than those of last night; farmers use the torches to illuminate their crops, to eliminate pests, and to wish for a good harvest. The third day is the climax of the torch festival. Torches are tied long and big and beautifully decorated. Families use torches to illuminate the front and back of their houses, burning away cobwebs and other impure things to drive away evil and stabilize good fortune. Afterward, people gather around the huge torches and sing and dance all night long.
The Miao "Lusheng Festival" Every year, from February 13th to 16th, is the traditional festival of the Miao people in Qiandongnan, Guizhou Province - "Lusheng Festival". These days, the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture is completely immersed in a joyful and festive atmosphere. The Miao people in villages and cottages, men and women, young and old, dressed in festive costumes, gathered in large and small squares to form a circle, the young man played the reed-sheng, the girls stepped on the beautiful melody of the reed-sheng, dancing. Lusheng is a kind of musical instrument favored by the Miao people, the big one is four or five meters high, and the small one is one or two meters high. The Lusheng Festival is a festival for the Miao people to wish for good weather and a good harvest in the new year after the Spring Festival and before the spring plowing, and it is also a time for Miao young men and women to express their love and show their talents to each other's parents. Before the festival, young people often reveal their beloved lovers to their mothers and sisters-in-law. During the Lusheng Festival, mothers help their children to choose good objects by observing the youths' singing and dancing skills on the spot, evaluating their intelligence, and further understanding their moral qualities, good and bad labor. Among the Miao people, it is difficult for those who are not good at singing and dancing, morally corrupt, or who do not work well to find a suitable lover. During the "Lusheng Festival", bullfighting, horse racing and basketball games are also held.
The "Ha Festival" of the Jing people "Ha" means singing in the Jing language. The "Ha Festival" is also known as the Song Festival. It is a traditional national festival of the Jing people who live on dozens of islands in the Gulf of Tonkin in the South China Sea. According to legend, seven or eight hundred years ago, a song fairy came to the Jing area and mobilized people to fight against the feudal rulers in the name of passing on songs. His melodious voice was very popular among the people. Later, people built the "Hatting" to commemorate and praise the Song Immortal by singing and passing on songs. This led to the formation of the annual "Ha Festival". The songs sung in the Ha Festival are called "Ha Songs", which have a fixed handwritten songbook and are sung by specialists, but are not usually sung in normal times. There are three roles of "singing ha", a male called "ha brother", specializing in playing the accompaniment; two women called "ha sister", taking turns to sing. The singing voice is gentle, the qin sound is soft, unique and flavorful, and the lyrics are mostly influenced by Han poems and songs, or singing traditional stories, or reciting Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing," or recounting historical figures, or celebrating friendship and love, which is colorful, beautiful and touching. The Jing people attach great importance to the "Ha Festival". Every holiday, they clean up the house, dressed up, happily gathered in the "Ha Pavilion" to listen to "Ha".
The Maonan "Temple Festival" Temple Festival is the Maonan people's annual grand festival. Every Temple Festival, the Maonan mountain township family steamed five-color glutinous rice and steamed meat, in the middle of the hall inserted willow branches, the top of the dense sticky five-color glutinous rice balls, a symbol of fruitfulness and abundance of grains. On this day, men and women, young and old, newly dressed in colorful clothes, carrying a kind of leaves called "Fado" wrapped in five-color glutinous rice and steamed meat, to visit friends and relatives, women are also happy to take their children back to their parents' homes. The origin of the Maonan Festival is, first, to beg the gods for good weather; second, to pay tribute to the legendary Sanjie Gong, the founder of the Maonan mountain village, who raised plowing oxen and vegetable oxen. During the festival, families also give their plowing oxen a ball of glutinous rice and a piece of steamed meat to show their appreciation for the oxen's hard work throughout the year.
The Bai people's "March Street" "March Street", also known as the "Guanyin Festival", is a grand festival of the Bai people and the street period. Every year in the lunar calendar March 15 to 20 at the foot of the Dancang Mountain west of Dali city. Initially "March Street" with religious activities, and later gradually become a grand exchange of materials. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, merchants from Sichuan, Tibet and the southern provinces came here to trade. It is not only a trading market, or perform a variety of dances and horse races, athletic venues. After liberation, March Street has developed into a prosperous annual meeting of the people of all ethnic groups in western Yunnan for the exchange of materials and national sports, arts and culture, to strengthen the unity of all ethnic groups, and to promote economic and cultural exchanges, played a positive role.
The Dai "Water Festival" China's Dai and some ethnic groups in the Central and Southern Peninsula of the New Year's Day, but also the Dai people in the year's largest traditional festival. It is held in June and July of the Dai calendar. The first two days of the festival are for sending off the old and the last day is for welcoming the new. It is hoped that the diseases and disasters of the past year will be sent away, and it is prayed that the wind and rain will be favorable in the new year. The original custom of the festival early in the morning, men, women and children bathed and dressed to the Buddhist temple fine Buddha, the whole village women for the statue of Buddha splashing water "to wash the dust". Then young men and women splashing water for the play, that can eliminate disasters and diseases. Afternoon held "throwing bags", is a young men and women to courtship activities. In the festival, but also held a public put high up, racing dragon boat activities, so that the whole water festival to reach a climax. After liberation, the elimination of stereotypes, increased health content, such as the first day of the opening of the General Assembly to celebrate the Dai Festival, the military and civilians of all ethnic groups with congratulations on the Dai Festival, will be held after the colorful arts and cultural and sports activities; the next day, the villages and villages to hold a joyful splashing activities, the third day of the rush to the pendulum.