There is also the Mountain Festival, which is a traditional festival unique to the Qiang people, held on the first day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar every year. This is a kind of praying for a good year's activities, to this day, each family's roof inserted cedar branches, indoor shrines hung with paper cut flowers, lit pine light, cypress branches, worship the sky god "Mubi Tower". During the festival, sheep are slaughtered as offerings, and shamans play sheepskin drums and sing their own epics. On the same day, all the villagers, young and old, drink smack wine, sing songs and dance potshoops to pray for a good harvest.
What are the Qiang customs? The Qiang are one of the oldest ethnic groups in China. The Qiang were the first sheep-herding people in the Hehuang area, and later migrated eastward and southward. They are one of the main sources of the Huaxia ethnic group, as well as the main source of the Shu ethnic group in ancient times, and the Tibetans and the Yi ethnic group in today's world. Most of them have merged into the Han and other ethnic minorities, but only in the Minshan region of Sichuan has there remained the only Qiang settlement in the whole country, which includes Mao County, Wenchuan, Lixian, Heishui, Songpan in Aba Prefecture, and Beichuan County in Mianyang City. Among them, Mao County has the largest concentration of Qiangs, accounting for 60% of the total Qiang population.
The Qiang people have a unique material culture and ethnic customs, which have lasted for thousands of years, and have been called a "living fossil" in the history of the evolution of Chinese ethnic groups. The most distinctive features of the Qiangs are the towers, the palisades and the zip lines which are still in existence today. Watchtower in the Qiang language called "Qiongcang", "are living in the mountains stop, base stone for the room, high to more than ten feet", the famous Mao County, Heihu Township group of watchtowers, Ming Jiajing years of construction of Taoping watchtowers. Trail in the Qiang region is characterized by precipitous, the remains of the trail around the field in Mao County, rumored to be the ancestor of the Shu people's legacy of Silkworm. The ancient name of the zip line is "narrow", which is a bamboo rope used to cross the river, and the Qiang center, Mao County, had the ancient setting of "Rope State", whose name is derived from the rope bridge of the ancient Qiang. Among the existing historical relics, the "Yuanyang Slide" is the most famous one, which is more than 100 meters long across the river.
The Qiang area is rich in history and culture. There are cultural relics from the Neolithic period, and there are the remains of Silkworm and Yu. "There are cultural relics from the Neolithic period, such as silkworms and relics of Dayu. The birthplace of Dayu is commemorated in Wenchuan Rou'erping, Maoshen Shigu Township (formerly known as Shi Niu Township), and Shi Niu in Beichuan. The name of the county town of Mao County, Fengyi Town, is also derived from the old saying, "The phoenix comes to the town", which is an ode to Dayu. In Weicheng Township of Mao County, there is a legend that Jiang Wei, a general of Shu Han Dynasty, built Weicheng. The ancient sericulture town of Dixi was transformed into the beautiful Earthquake Lake due to the earthquake.
The Qiang folklore is also very unique. The White Stone is still worshipped by the Qiangs, and the White Stone is worshipped in every Qiang village. The Qiang flute has been passed down from the ancient times, the songs and dances are joyful and affectionate, and the Qiang costumes have a unique charm. Famous festivals of the Qiang people include the Qiang Calendar Year, the Mountain Festival, the Cow King Festival, and recreational activities such as dancing the Sharon Dance, climbing the Sky Pole, shooting the animal buns, and putting on the rope sets. Other activities, such as flower embroidery, Yunyunwa, and drinking smack wine, can make people enjoy the unique flavor of Qiang culture. The Qiang region is rich in pepper, "Mao pepper" is still an important seasoning for cooking Sichuan cuisine.
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(1) Traditional Festivals:
The first day of the 10th lunar month is the Qiang New Year, in which the Qiang people gather in their own costumes to dance the potlatch, and there are also some ceremonial activities.
To "gratitude", "blessing", "harmony" as the theme of the 2009 Qiang "Ok Tho "Celebration in Mao County, Qu Valley held on January 30 (the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar), Aba County, Mao County, Qu Valley Township, Heba Village, Qiang flute melodious, firecrackers, oboe sound, gongs and drums, more than 2,000 people gathered in the township here, singing and dancing, excited, **** celebration of the annual Qiang "Rotho "Festival, praying for a new year of wind and rain, happiness and well-being, the country and the people in peace.
"Russia Tho" means the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the Qiang village hunting festival, also known as the men's festival. The reporter learned that the Qu Valley Township is the Qiang language standard sound point (Qiang Mandarin) and the national intangible cultural heritage "Val O'Tho" inheritance, is the Qiang language, clothing, food, village layout, residential buildings, customs, etiquette and festivals, folk art, handicrafts, and other Qiang culture preserved intact in the administrative township. In this remote mountain valley, there are the Collar Song Festival ("Val-O-Foot", also called Women's Festival) and Hunting Festival (also called Men's Festival), which have been passed down for thousands of years, with Yin and Yang complementing each other, and the strong and soft complementing each other, constituting the same theme as the one of the ****: to be grateful for all the benefits given to the life and exhorting people to respect the nature, and to seek for the innate truth and serenity of unity of the heavenly beings, and there is the Hongmuji Pagoda, which has lasted for a thousand years. The thousand-year-old Hong Mu Ky pagoda, where people annually hold "Oh Tho" celebrations.
As it is now prohibited to kill wild animals, so the wisdom of the Qiang people through the use of flour burned animal-shaped buns to hunt in honor of the Qiang in a god, in fact, is a person, because the Qiang people worship him too much, his respect.
The hunting festival when the virtuous old man to take the sacred fire to return victoriously.
On the morning of the fifth day of the first month, they went to the mountain a sacred tree there to take the sacred fire, they use white stone friction to make fire.
One of the white stones is a sacred relic of the Qiang tribe, which is placed on top of the houses.
The Qiang walled houses are built with stone towers, square ...... >>
What are the traditional festivals of the ethnic minorities? Yi
Torch Festival: June 24-25, customs: lighting torches, wrestling, bullfighting, singing and dancing
Flower Arrangement and Song Festival: February 8, customs: collecting azalea flowers and inserting them everywhere, young men and women dress up in costume and dance the "left-footed dance"
Mizi Festival: February 8, customs: sacrificing to the Dragon Tree, picnics, and other events
The Qiangs are the most important of all.
Dragon Festival: February 8, custom: dancing Lusheng
Race of clothes Festival: March 28, custom: race of clothes
March meeting: March 28, custom: market, dance
White
March Street: March 14-16, custom: exchange of materials, horse racing, dragon boat races, songs and dances
Around the three Spirit: April 23-25, customs: around the mountain, ancestor worship, jumping whip, octagonal drum
Torch Festival: June 25, customs: drive away evil spirits and pray for good luck, praying for a bumper harvest
The main festival: date varies, customs: enshrine the "main", chanting and singing, burning incense and kowtow, songs, dances, fun, games, etc.
Shibaoshan: the main festival is held from March 14 to 16, customs: exchange of materials, horse racing, dragon boat races, songs and dances. p>
Shibaoshan Song Festival: three days at the end of July and the beginning of August, custom: playing and singing the love songs of the Bai people
Miao
Huashan Festival: January 3, custom: singing, dancing Lusheng, climbing the flower poles
Naxi
Mirahui/Banbanghui: May 15, custom: horse racing, agricultural tools fair
Tianzhi Festival: Festival date is not certain, custom: praying for the year, seeking abundance, eliminating disasters and eliminating evil
Tianzhi Festival: festival, custom: praying for the year, seeking abundance, eliminating disasters and eliminating evil
The festival is held in the city of Beijing.
Mule and Horse Assembly: March July, customs: livestock trading
Sandaosi Festival: February 8, customs: horse racing, jumping "Alili", picnic
July meeting: mid-July, customs: livestock trading, singing
Mosuo
Pilgrimage Festival: July 25, customs: livestock trading, singing
The Mosuo
Jingpo
Meiben Zongsong: January 15, customs: jumping Wenbang Dance
Tibetan
The Buddhahood Day: April 1-4
Jumping God Puja: New Year's Eve of the Tibetan calendar, customs: jumping God program
Horse Racing Festival: the first five days of May, customs: tents, picnics, and so on. Customs: pitching tents, picnics, banquets, horse races
Pilgrimage: October 25
Danyang Festival: the fifth day of the fifth month, customs: horse races, dancing pots and pans, stringed dances, picnics
Snowdon Festival: the end of the sixth month and the beginning of the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar, customs: sunshine Buddha, jumping Tibetan opera, over the Rinca
Buyei
Cattle King's Festival: the eighth day of the fourth month, customs: eating cattle king poop, giving cattle loose food, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle, eating cattle. The Cow King Festival: April 8, customs: eating cow poop, giving cows loose food, singing and dancing
Dai
Song and Dance Festival: Song and Dance Festival, Dragon Boat Race, Splashing Water, Putting on Rising Water
The Flower Pickers' Day: Customs: picking flowers and dedicating them to the Buddha
The Dragon Sending Festival: January of the Gregorian Calendar, Customs: sending sacrifices to the Dragon God
Hani
The Zalizhuo Festival: January 1, Customs: ancestor sacrifice, singing songs, swinging on the swings, feasts
Amatu: February dragon day, custom: sacrifice to the mountain, ancestor, sacrifice to the social forest, etc.
New Rice Festival: the first two dragon day in August, custom: taste new, sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice to the relatives of Dian
Bitter Zaza: June, custom: song, dance, sacrifice to the god of the sky
October year: October, custom: ancestor, through the street feast
The girl's festival: February 2, custom: Picnic, singing and dancing
Mother Ceremony: the first cattle day in March, customs: mother sacrifice, sing mother song
Zhuang
陇端节: March, customs: exchange of materials, young men and women sing songs, social
Lisu
Knife Pole Festival: February 8, customs: on the mountain of swords, jumping ga
Song Race: Lunar New Year or early January, customs: song race, bathing
The first day of the festival, custom: the first day of the month.
The Song Contest: the first half of the first month of the lunar calendar, custom: song contest, bathing
Baths: Spring Festival, custom: bathing, friendship
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Eid al-Fitr: the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, custom: worship, gift of "oil incense," etc.
Gurbang Festival: December, custom: reunion, slaughter of cows and goats, etc.
Lahu
Hulu Festival: October, custom: dancing with Lusheng, exchange of materials,
Dengshi Festival: the first day of the first month, custom: catching new water, dancing with Lusheng, hunting
Sun God Worship: on the first day of the summer, custom: honoring the god, praying for good harvests
Wa
Lamu Drum Festival: the first month of the Lunar calendar, custom: pulling the drums, plowing oxen, dancing
Yao
Panwang Festival: May 29, customs: ancestor worship, singing and dancing
Pumi
Transmigration Festival: May 5, customs: transmigration, singing and dancing, firing guns
Achang
Aichang Street: September 15, customs: juggling green dragons, white elephants, and elephant-footed drum dance
Jinuo
Cultivation of the Grand Festival: March, customs: jumping drums, bamboo pole dance
Keno
Ceremony: March, customs: jumping drums, bamboo pole dance
The first day of the festival: March. Customs: drum dance, bamboo pole dance, playing the gyro
Aqua
Duan Festival: late August to early October, customs: copper drum dance, singing and searching for couples
Dulong
Kachowa: Lunar New Year, customs: plagiarizing cows, sacrificing to the sky, jumping pots and pots, and inviting each other to be a guest
Ai Nui
Yekuzha: June, customs: playing the swings, dancing, Gathering
Nu
Flower Festival: March 15, customs: collecting flowers, sacrificing to fairies
Nu year: the 29th day of the lunar month, customs: archery, hitting the stone target, song bu (guessing and singing), swinging, dancing, etc.[3].
Mongolians
The traditional festivals of the Mongols are mainly the New Year of the old calendar, the Mongolian language for "Chagan Saren", that is, the white month. Mongolian New Year's Day is also known as "White Festival" or "White Moon", which is closely related to the white of the milk. In addition, there are Naadam, horse milk festival.
Korean
The festival is basically the same as the Han Chinese,....... >>
Folklore of the Qiang People The Dragon Dance and Lion Dance in the Spring Festival
The Dragon Dance and Lion Dance in the Spring Festival have a long history in Huizhou. Since ancient times, from the first day of the first month to the half of the first month (i.e. the fifteenth day of the first month), the dragon and lion dance teams have been passing through the streets and alleys, bustling with activity every day, which is quite unique to Huizhou.
The traditional dragon dance, lion dance activities by the folk spontaneous composition, mostly a street a dragon, Wu Ban, village lion dance.
The folk dragon dance has a typical Guangdong style. The dragon danced by their own ZhaZhuang. The main skeleton of the dragon's head is made of bamboo, the exterior of the paper and lacquer, colored cloth for the dragon body, the whole dragon is up to 13 feet long, about 42 meters. Dragon dance, the front by the sun and moon, plaques, lanterns, color team (disguised as folk tales through the ages), arowana, phoenix, lion, miscellaneous water (fish, shrimp, crab, mussels, etc.) in front of the lead, and finally the living dragon. All the way to the drums and music, all the way to the drums and music, the number of people from the more, voluminous, through the streets and alleys, the city stirred. Where the dragon passes, from time to time, there are elders with children and grandchildren in the dragon's stomach to drill around, so-called "drill dragon frame", meaning that hope for the son of the dragon, the dragon dance "drill dragon frame", "hunting dragon public", The "Dragon Dance", "Dragon Hunting", "Dragon Stickers" and other folklore, quite a local flavor.
The folk lion dance has the same characteristics as the dragon dance. After the lion is tied up, it is paid to Yuanmiao Guan "open eyes", and "grab the green" activities. Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, the lion team by the master with a box to lead the way, lions, drums, cymbals and cymbals, holding a variety of cold weapons martial arts team in order to perform, wherever you go, shopkeepers, households, firecrackers to welcome, and seal the red envelopes, lively and bustling, and has been extended to the first month of the fifteenth to come to an end.
Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon Boat Festival, folk called "May Festival". Dragon boat race, Huizhou folk called "picking the dragon boat May Festival". Festival, grill dragon boat, dragon every year from the first to the sixth day of May on the lunar calendar, are held in the traditional dragon boat racing activities, after a thousand years, often flourishing.
Every year in the lunar calendar, "May Festival", more than the river full of water, "dragon boat water" so that the streets (villages) of the Dragon Boat Team doubled the interest. May Festival in the past, in the Dongjiang River, completed the pre-race ceremony of the dragon boat team along the river in batches to hold dragon boat races. The participating dragon boats first went down the river and then up against the water, with a final sprint to determine the winners and losers. The prizes are mostly huajiang (bamboo skewers hanging the whole cloth with tissue paper pasted all over it), and those who set up the prizes are mostly local merchants and tycoons. Winners of the "flower river" inserted in the bow of the boat, along the river, for the honor.
Mid-Autumn Festival
Every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a large-scale festival second only to the Spring Festival.
In order to have a good Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk start the preparation of the festival one month from the festival sheep, buy moon cakes (a kind of white cake made of white glutinous rice flour and white sugar), wind corn, rhombus, table elephants, red persimmons, taro, pomelo, peanuts and other eatables, and of course, the essential thing for every family is the mooncake and lanterns.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people who have traveled far away from home each return to the home of the oldest person in the family to have a reunion dinner, telling their families what they have done so far this year and what they want to achieve next, and those who have been in charge for a long time say more good words (words of encouragement). When the moon rises, the family opens mooncakes and lights lanterns together to begin the annual moon viewing.
With the development of the times, folk moonlight viewing activities are going from the court to the public **** place. At present, the scale of the Pinghu moon and Tangquan moon two places.
Chung Yeung Festival climbing, kite flying
Every year, the first nine days of the ninth lunar month for the Chung Yeung Festival. It is a custom to climb up and fly kites in the festival.
According to folklore, climbing on the Chongyang Festival can bring good luck to the climbers, and climbing for three consecutive years can bring good fortune. From the sense of physical exercise to shield, Chongyang Festival climbing does have its unique benefits. Chrysanthemum Festival when the early autumn, autumn high cool, this time to ascend, physical and mental gains are not usually comparable to both exercise, enhance physical fitness, to the top of this mountain, lifting the eyes far away, the mountains and rivers in full view, people's spirit, mood.
Now, every year, the most spectacular Chanyang Festival climbing Luofu Mountain, Jiulongfeng, Xiangtou Mountain, the city's high list of mountains, Fengshan, etc., especially located in Boro Luofu Mountain, every year, the night before the Chanyang Festival (the eighth of September on the Lunar Calendar) more than 100,000 people from the city's counties and Dongguan, Zengcheng, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, the ascension of the Luofu Mountain's peak one after another to the top of the top of the fly to the top of the mountain, the people waiting for the sunrise of the night at the top of the mountain to sit around, each other! Blessing. Sunrise, fireworks, firecrackers resounded to the sky, and the rising sun mingled together, quite spectacular, according to the relevant departments of statistics, in recent years to Luofu mountain climbing the number of people every year there are more than 100,000 up to more than three hundred thousand, so that Luofu mountain climbing to become the Lingnan Chung Yeung Festival event.
The Chrysanthemum Harrier is a relatively unique custom. The ballad sings: September 9, is a heavy sun; release the harrier, line love long. According to China's traditional habits, kite flying is generally more in the clear time. Due to the climate ...... >>
Qiang Festival The Qiang Festival (the first day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar) is the time when all kinds of crops are harvested, and in order to celebrate the harvest, the Qiang people celebrate this day as the festival of harvest.
The Spring Festival is also the biggest festival of the Qiang people, meaning the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. The Spring Festival lasts from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month.
On New Year's Eve, every family has the custom of putting up couplets. There is also a difference between posting couplets: in that year, if someone in the family died, they would post an elegy and write couplets on green or yellow paper to express their condolences and remembrance of the deceased; while those who do not have any of the above would write couplets on red paper to express their good fortune in the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, the Qiang custom is to have a family reunion. People who work or do business in foreign countries will go home to reunite with their families and have a happy and auspicious New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.
The first day of the first month of the new year, people have to get up early to go to the well to carry water, meaning that the next year is not short of water. But also to the outside of the house to get some firewood in and read the words to the intention of inviting wealth into the home, said the new year every day there is wealth into the home. In addition, you can't talk dirty and quarrel on this day, if you violate it, it means that there will be trouble in the family in the New Year. Also can not see the labor tools, see the meaning of the New Year will be very hard, so New Year's Eve days to hide them to the invisible place.
On the first day of the first month of the morning of the custom of not eating rice, meaning that eating rice means that this year's harvest is not good.
On the second day of the first month of the Qiang people have the custom of New Year's Eve, there are the younger generation to the elders to pay tribute to the table elders in the New Year in good health, all the best. There is a custom of the married daughter returning to her mother's home to pay homage to the New Year, the table daughter's blessing on her parents and wishing them good luck in the New Year. It is a custom for a man who is not married but has a girlfriend to pay New Year's call to the woman, wishing her parents and girlfriend a happy New Year. It is a custom for a student to pay homage to his master or a student to his teacher, to thank the master or the teacher for teaching him his craft or knowledge, and to wish the master and the teacher good luck in the New Year.
On the third day of the first month of the new year, there is the custom of organizing new graves for the dead and burning paper money to the dead to pay homage. The custom of not visiting the door on this day means that it is the festival of the dead, so you can't visit the door.
The fourth day of the first month, this day means the beginning of the new year can start work on the auspicious day, so this day there is the custom of work to do. This year, there is a new house repair people have to be under this day under the foot of the custom.
The fifth day of the first month, this day is meant to be an auspicious day for the hunter, so this day the family should give men (regardless of the old and the young) with gray flour to do a like an animal bun, and then each family out of some meat and wine to the Walled City of the designated place to go and bring a hunting rifle, the shape of an animal like a bun put together with a hunting rifle aiming to shoot; such as shot on the hunting meant to be the year has been won. Then everyone gathered around to honor the gods, drink and sing the custom.
On the ninth day of the first month, the whole village and even the whole village bring wine, knives, incense and wax to the temple to honor the custom of God.
On the sixth day of the first month, the whole village should bring wine, knife and wax to the top of the hill to go to the tower of the village to worship the custom, the table people to the worship of nature.
The fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, this day is the last day of the Spring Festival, so there is a family reunion together to eat the custom of the Lunar New Year's dinner, in order to indicate the end of the Spring Festival, the beginning of the new year of spring plowing.
The custom of not going to the mountains on the day of the spring equinox means that it is the day when all kinds of animals in the mountains mate, and it is unfavorable for those who see it.
On the day of hibernation, there is the custom of not going down to the ground.
The Qingming Festival has the custom of sweeping graves, erecting monuments and burning paper on the graves of ancestors.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to worship the dragon, this day there is the custom of getting up early to wash your face and body with dew, meaning that this day everything has a cure for all diseases; but also pulling all kinds of grass to go home for the day of illness. Legend has it that all kinds of grass on this day have very good medicinal effects. There is the custom of drinking Xionghuang wine, meaning that after drinking this wine, snakes do not dare to pester your feet. There is the custom of inserting ai on the door frame, indicating the nostalgia for Qu Yuan.
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, so this day has the custom of sacrificing ancestors and ghosts.
August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, with moon cakes, walnuts, apples and other food first in the roof of the tower after the sacrifice of the Moon God, the family gathered around the custom of eating a reunion dinner.
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar for the Dragon Festival, legend has it that this day is the day of the dragon's head, all the snakes have to come out of their holes to end the winter hibernation, so the custom of shaving the head on this day.
The sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, this day is said to be all the insects do not eat things, so this day there are sunshine at home easy to be moth-eaten sweaters, leather and other clothing habits, to avoid insect infestation.
The fifth day of the fifth month, the daughter of the Qiang Festival. On this day the women of the whole village to have to put on new clothes, to Xihu Zhai hilltop tower to honor the gods, singing and dancing around the tower, and then to the cottages for duet singing, to celebrate the fine traditional virtues of Qiang women.
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Traditional Festivals of Various Ethnic Groups Traditional Festivals of 56 Ethnic Groups in China
1, Achang
Most of the Achang people live in Yunnan, which is one of the earliest hereditary ethnic groups in China's Yunnan Province. Achang Street is a traditional festival of the Achang people, which is held in the middle of September of the lunar calendar every year. The Achang people believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and the meeting street was originally a religious ***. The main religious festivals are into the puddle (closed door), out of the puddle (open door), burning white firewood, water festival. In addition to religious festivals, there are also many traditional festivals unique to this ethnic group. For example, Torch Festival, Wuluo Festival, Flower Pouring Festival and Spring Festival. Juggling white elephants is a traditional festival of the Achang people.
2, De'ang
De'ang folk traditional festivals are mainly water festival, closed door festival, open door festival, burning white firewood, etc., most of them are related to Buddhist activities. De'ang people also sacrificed to the family hall, Zhai God, God of the earth, the dragon, the valley mother and other sacrificial customs, which sacrificed to the dragon is the most interesting. Religious festivals are "into the puddle" (closed door festival), is the devout Buddhists the largest jingju put fasting festival.
3, Dongxiang
Dongxiang and other religious beliefs of the same ethnic groups, there are three major festivals every year, namely, Eid al-Fitr, Gurban Festival, Shengji Festival.
4. Dong Ethnic Group
The traditional festivals of Dong ethnic group have different dates all over the world, and the main festivals include New Marriage Festival, Bridge Building Festival, Cow Sacrifice Festival, New Eating Festival, Flower Firecracker Festival and so on.
5. Bai nationality
The Bai nationality has many traditional festivals, and "March Street", which has a history of thousands of years, is the biggest annual festival of Bai nationality, and it is now named "March Street Ethnic Festival". It is now called the "March Street National Festival". It is characterized by the "Torch Festival" (also known as the Star Festival) and other national festivals. Other major festivals include the New Year's Day, the Three Spirits Festival, the Torch Festival, the Sea Juggling Festival, and the Sun Worship Festival. The same with the Han Chinese, also had Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on.
6, Dulong
The only traditional festival of the New Year's Day (Dulong language: Kachuwa) is also linked with religion. The festival is held on a certain day of the winter month every year, the exact time is set by each family or clan, the length of the festival is often determined by the amount of food prepared, during the festival, people should hold ceremonies to sacrifice to the mountain gods, singing and dancing.
7, the Russian
The Russian traditional national holiday is mainly related to religious beliefs, the annual calendar on January 7, the Russians are celebrating Christmas, to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
8, Oroqen
Oroqen traditional festivals are not much, only the Spring Festival, the clan's "Mokun" General Assembly and religious activities, "Ominaren", and Bonfire Festival. The main festival is the Lunar New Year.
June 18 every year is the traditional festival of Oroqen people - Bonfire Festival. On this day, Oroqen people will light bonfires, sing and dance to celebrate the festival of their own people.
9, Brown
The most distinctive festival days are: New Year's Day, sacrifice to the gods of the village, wash the feet of cattle and so on.
10, Ewenki
Ewenki people, whether they are herders, hunters or farmers, the lunar New Year as the main festival. The twenty-third day of the lunar month should be sacrificed to the fire god. On May 22nd, the pastoral area will have the "Mikolu" festival, which is actually a festival evolved from a production activity. On this day, the number of livestock is counted, and horses are trimmed and branded. People get up early on the fifth day of May to pick mugwort and put it on their heads, and go to the river to wash their faces and take a bath, in order to seek well-being. Pastoral areas, there is a "sacrifice Ovoo", which evolved from religious rituals into festivals, to be held in horse races and other activities. 11, Alpine
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Alpine tribes
Alpine tribes have a lot of festivals. Most of their traditional festivals have a strong religious color. The "Harvest Festival", also known as the "Harvest Festival", "Harvest Festival", "Harvest Festival", etc., which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han Chinese, is the biggest festival of the Gaoshan people. The festival is the biggest festival of the Alpine people.
12, Gelao
Mountain worship, eating new, New Year's Eve, are the three major festivals of the Gelao people around the world. Spring Festival, the biggest festival of Gelao. October 1 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Gelao festival "Ox King Festival", which is unique to the Gelao folk festival.
13, the Korean
Its festivals are basically the same as the Han. There are five major Korean festivals, which are still celebrated today. These five major festivals are: the first day of the Spring Festival (Spring Festival), on the first day of the Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival), cold food (Ching Ming Festival), Dragon Boat Festival, Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival). The Korean people have a long tradition of honoring the elderly, and as early as during the period of the Yi Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910), the ninth day of the ninth month of the year was established as the Day of Comfort for the Elderly (Elderly People's Day). There are also three family festivals, namely, the baby's first birthday, H?nga Festival (60th birthday), and H?ngmyeong Festival (60th wedding anniversary).
14, Li
Li festivals are closely related to the Li calendar. Before the liberation of the Li festivals, in the neighboring Han areas and Li and Han mixed areas, most of them use the lunar calendar, festivals and the same Han, such as the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on. As far as the Li are concerned, the grandest and most common festivals that are celebrated are the Spring Festival and March 3rd.
15, Lisu (lisu are four sounds)
The main festivals are the Kuoshi Festival, torch ...... >>
Traditional Festivals, Lifestyle and Dietary Culture of the Qiang Traditional Festivals, Lifestyle and Dietary Culture of the Tu Traditional Festivals, Lifestyle and Dietary Culture of the Tu 5 Points The traditional festivals of the Gaoshan people include the Sowing Festival, the Ping'an Festival, the "A Li" Fixed Sacrifice of Fung, the Jukan Festival, the Monkey Festival, the Great Hunting Festival, the Short Spirit Festival, and the Dawu's Flying Fish Festival, and so on.
The traditional festivals of the Gaoshan people are usually combined with rituals, which are very complicated.
The diet of the Gaoshan people is based on cereals and roots and tubers;
The Gaoshan people in the ancient times regarded nudity as a beautiful thing, and they only used cloths to cover their shades and furs to surround their waists. However, after coming into contact with the Han Chinese culture, the Qiang people gradually developed into a group where men wore long shirts and women wore skirts.
The Qiang people have a population of about 200,000 in Sichuan. They call themselves Ermai and Ermai. They are mainly found in the upper reaches of Minjiang River in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Sichuan, in Mao County, Wenchuan, Lixian County, Heishui County, Songpan County and Beichuan County under Mianyang City. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the ancient Qiang people migrated from the northwest to the southwest. One of them moved to the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, after which a number of Qiang tribes moved southward and, after a long period of integration, evolved into the Qiang people of today. In the Qin Dynasty, the Qiang people had set up the Wenshan County, and in the Han Dynasty, there were states and counties in the following dynasties. In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Tusi system was practiced in the Qiang area, and in the Qing Dynasty, the system was changed to that of a roving official. In 1935, the Red Army of China's Workers and Peasants passed through the Qiang District on its Long March and created the soviet regime. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, one autonomous prefecture and 21 Qiang townships were established jointly with the Tibetans. The Qiang language belongs to the Qiang branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese characters are commonly used. The system of monogamy is practiced. They believe in the primitive religion of animism and ancestor worship, and the gods are symbolized by white stones. There is smack wine brewed for festivals. Rural Qiang people like to wear linen or cotton long shirt, jacket sheepskin coat, building houses based on the mountain stone, towers more than ten feet high, the ancient name "Qionglong". Specializing in digging wells and building boarding bridges. Women are good at flower picking and embroidery. Line cremation, earth burial and water burial. They are mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Mythological stories such as "The Opening of Heaven and Earth", "The Great Battle of Qiangge" and "Douanzhu and Mushizhu" have been passed down in folklore. The popular potzhuang dance is called "jumping salang". The Qiang flute used is famous in ancient and modern times.
Diet
Pig fat is a traditional Qiang food. It is popular in Mao County, Wenchuan, Beichuan and other places. The pig is strangled to death, the meat is divided into strips, salted for three to seven days, and then hung on the roof beams to dry. The gold wrapped in silver is also a traditional food of the Qiang people.
Beliefs
White Stone Worship The Qiang beliefs and customs. It is popular in Mao County, Wenchuan, Li County and Beichuan. The Qiangs believe in many deities, but none of them have bronze statues. The white stone is the symbol of the Qiangs' beliefs, which is offered to the pagodas on the roofs of the houses, the shrines in the houses, the fires in the houses, and the forests in the hills outside of the villages. The white stone on the roof represents the god of heaven, the white stone next to the fire pit represents the god of fire, the white stone on the hill represents the god of heaven, and the white stone in the field represents the god of the land of green seedlings. Some people have more than one white stone on the roof, which represents not only the God of Heaven, but also other deities. The Qiang people often pray to the white stone to wish for life, burning incense and worship.
Searching for rain The Qiangs believe in this custom. If there is a drought, the Qiangs will hold a ceremony to search the mountains for rain. At that time, people are forbidden to go to the mountains to hunt, cut wood, dig for medicine and so on, and will be condemned or beaten. If there is still no rain, then go to the top of the mountain to hold a rain ceremony.
The Qiang beliefs and customs. There is a sacred grove in the back of every Qiang village, which is regarded as the place of the God of the mountains. It is forbidden to cut down the forest, and it is not allowed to graze or cut grass in it, and the villages hold regular rituals.
Jumping Armor The Qiang beliefs and customs. It is also called the Great Burial Dance. It is performed during the funeral of a meritorious general. The participants are usually a few to a dozen people, wearing leather armor and holding weapons. First, they dance in a circle and then form two rows to face each other, with the weapons flying, the copper inscriptions clanking and the roar shaking the sky to show the mighty spirit of the deceased in the battle.
The Qiangzi (Cataracts) custom. When the eyes are bruised by plant branches or other causes of discomfort, tearing, or white obstacles appearing in the eyeballs, commonly known as cataracts, the Qiang can ask Duan Gong to resolve the problem.
Fighting with oil and fire The Qiang leaders believe in this custom. When there are strange shadows or strange happenings in the house, Duan Gong is invited to perform this ritual to drive away the evil spirits. At that time, the Qiangs will boil oil in a bowl and put a spoon in the bowl. At the same time, a torch is lit and a bowl of cold water is set aside. A spoonful of hot oil is poured over the torch, and then cold water is sprinkled on top of the torch, which explodes and snaps violently, and then cold water is sprinkled on top of the torch, which explodes and snaps violently. Duan Gong walked through the rooms with the torch in his hand and finally came to the door. In this way, the evil demon was expelled from the house.
Treading on the Qiang's head. This is a Qiang custom. When you are suffering from stomachache or bloating, you have to ask Tuan Kung to perform this ritual to cure your illness. Generally speaking, the Qiangs will put the head of a spade in the fire to burn red, and then quench a bowl of water for the patient to drink. In case of serious illness, the patient must sleep flat on the bed or next to the fire, the end of the public will be burning the red head of the share out, barefoot dance on it, and then put his feet on the patient's abdomen, from the bottom to the top of the gently rubbed three times.
Yang Thigh Bone Divination The Qiang beliefs and customs. It is performed by the Duan Gong to divine the luck, cause of illness, the luck of the pedestrians, the year's fortune, and the victory or defeat of the war, etc. The Qiang bone must be taken from the sacrificial sheep, and it is usually taken after the sheep is slaughtered and before it is boiled.
Dwelling
Carved room for the Qiang traditional residential. It is also known as carved building. ...... >>