Miao Nian Festival
It is held on the 9th, 10th, or 11th month of the lunar calendar, i.e., the 辰(Long)日, or 卯(Rabbit)日, or 丑(Niu)日 respectively, after the harvesting of grains into the barn. In the first few days of the Hmong New Year, every family has to clean their houses and actively prepare for the New Year's goods, such as: playing glutinous rice poop, brewing rice wine, playing bean curd, sending bean sprouts, and generally killing pigs or buying pork, etc. The rich families also have to make joss sticks, which are used for the production of food. Wealthy people also make sausages and blood tofu, and sew new clothes for their families. On the evening of the 30th day of the Miao New Year, the whole family will have a New Year's dinner at home and keep watch until midnight before opening the door to set off firecrackers to welcome the dragon into the house. At first light, the elders of each family will lead the ancestor worship at home. After breakfast, young and middle-aged men go to their neighbors' homes to pay their respects, known as "donfniangx" in Hmong, to wish them a happy New Year. During the first two days of the New Year, there are a number of taboos in the family, such as: not to go out to pick water, not to go up the mountain to cut wood and grass; not to sweep the floor; women do not do needlework; in some areas, women do not cook, replaced by men; men do not go out to pick up dung and so on. Male and female marriages in the Miao countryside are usually chosen at the time of the Miao New Year. Starting from the fourth day. Some older men and women also have to pick the wine, meat, glutinous rice poi and so on to visit friends and relatives, or busy at home to receive guests; some young men and women or in their respective villages to blow the sheng dance, or jumping copper drum dance, bullfighting; or young man to go to other villages to travel to the square field "travel to the square", men and women Ding each other song, pouring out their feelings of love and admiration. Before and after the activities, lasted about 9 days to end. This is the most important festival of the Miao folk.
Guandongnan to Leishan County Miao Festival is the most grand, over the years, Leishan Miao into a hot Leishan business card, in Guizhou and even the country formed a cultural brand, the festival, Leishan County, 160,000 people dressed in festive costumes, singing and dancing, incomparably lively and joyful. Miao New Year is mainly concentrated in the first half of October of the lunar calendar every year, visitors can take a bus at the Kaili passenger station to arrive, the length of 40 minutes, you can choose to eat and stay in Leishan County, you can also return to Kaili to eat and stay.
The Spring Festival
This is a traditional festival celebrated by the Han Chinese and other ethnic minorities*** with the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar as the first day of the year. The Miao people in Qiandongnan call the Spring Festival "Han Nian" (niangx diel) and the traditional "Miao Nian" (niangx hmub) side by side, and other ethnic groups a *** with the celebration, especially those who do not Miao Nian Miao area, mainly the Spring Festival, but not as much as the Miao people. Is the Spring Festival, but not as grand as the Hmong over the Hmong year, literate Hmong also paste some couplets, door god and so on, the rest of the same with the Hmong year, that is, increased bullfighting, horse racing, visiting friends and relatives, as well as male and female young people, "touring the party", song and other national characteristics of the content. Some people's marriage is also held in the Spring Festival.
Qian Dongnan Spring Festival activities from the first to fifteen, Danzhai, Leishan organized activities, location and activities are different, Leishan is held from the first to the third, the location for Yongle, Gongtong, Taojiang, Kai Tun, during the period of stamping on the drums, blowing the reed-sheng, horse racing, bullfighting, touring the party and other activities, and Danzhai time is held from the first to seventeen, the activities organized by the location of the Pai Tiao, Wulipu, Changqing and Xingren, during which there are activities such as dancing Lusheng, stepping on copper drums, bullfighting, playing dragon lanterns, singing mountain songs, horse racing and lion dance. Liping's story playing and Taijiang's dragon booing activities are all featured, and tourists can arrive at the corresponding counties by bus from Kaili Bus Station and then transfer to the bus, during which the time spent is 40 minutes. Tourists can choose to eat in the farmhouse special farmhouse dishes, live in the farmhouse wooden house, can also return to the county to eat and live in the county, in the county you can taste the Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup pig's feet, etc.), spicy series, farmhouse series and other special dishes.
Eat New Festival
Every year during the sixth and seventh months of the lunar calendar, when the rice paddies in the fields are tasseling, the Miao villages celebrate the "Eat New Festival" on the d-day (or in some cases, on the noon or the e-day). At that time, each family cooks glutinous rice, a bowl of fish, a bowl of meat, etc., which are placed on the ground (some are also placed on the table), and picks 7-9 rice pods in their own paddy fields and puts them on the side of the bowl of glutinous rice, and then burns incense and paper, and the elder pinches a little bit of fish and rice and throws it on the ground, and drips a few drops of wine, to show respect for the sacrifice and to pray for a good harvest, and then tears open the rice pods and hangs two on the shrine, and gives the rest to the children. On the shrine, the rest to the children to tear open to eat, the whole family happily *** into a beautiful meal. The next day, the villages of men, women and children have to wear new clothes to watch the Lusheng will participate in jumping Lusheng will participate in jumping Lusheng dance; some pull the horse to the racecourse horse racing, some take the bullock to the bullfighting arena bullfighting, the festival period is generally 2 days.
Eat the new festival is mainly concentrated in Kaili, Leishan, Shi Bing, Taijiang, Jianhe and other counties and cities, Kaili region from the second dawning after the start of time, held in Kaili Jiuzhai, Diyu, Wanshui, Weng Xiang, Kaihuai, the side of the sea and so on, during the period of blowing the russet, bullfighting, horse races, touring the party and other activities. Leishan held for the first half of the dd, the location of Leishan Lianhua, bridge port, high rock, during which there are jumping drums, jumping lusheng, bullfighting, touring the party and other activities. Shi Bing organized time for the middle has (three days), held in Pingxin, Xincheng, activities such as bullfighting, horse racing, blowing the sheng, song contest, tour party. Visitors can transfer from Kerry, take the corresponding county bus to arrive can, during the time spent in Kerry 40 minutes, Leishan 1.5 hours, Shi Bing 2 hours, visitors can choose to eat in the farmhouse characteristics of farm food, live in the farmhouse wooden house, you can also return to the county to eat and live in the county, you can taste the Hmong sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup pig's feet, etc.), spicy series, the farm series and other characteristics of the dishes. .
Lusheng Festival
Popular in Guizhou's Kaili, Majiang, Danzhai counties bordering the Zhouxi area. The festival period is not uniform across the region, but is generally held in the first, second or third month of the lunar calendar; individual areas are chosen to be held in July. The main purpose of the festival is to worship ancestors and celebrate a good harvest. Generally before the festival to hold a ceremony, first by a village of respected old man presided over the ancestor sacrifice, at the same time, each family are in their own family ancestor sacrifice, followed by villages and cottages of girls dressed in full costume, wearing silver flowers and silver ornaments, young men are each with a reed-sheng, from the four sides of the field of the reed-sheng to the influx of young men from the villages are each round, blowing sheng dance, lasted for four or five days, the atmosphere is very enthusiastic, it is a kind of It is a mass cultural activity that combines song, dance and music.
Guandongnan region can be roughly divided into Miao Lusheng Festival and Dong Lusheng Festival, which is held in Kaili, Majiang, Leishan, Huangping, Dong Lusheng Festival from Jiang and Liping as a representative of the time throughout the year, the main focus of the Miao in the first month of the Dong for the fifteenth of August, the activities of the Miao jumping Lusheng, bullfighting, horse races, stamping the bronze drums, blowing the Lusheng, the Dong have songs, Lusheng, fighting, race, and the Dong have to the The Dong have song pairing, lusheng, fighting, lusheng race, and singing Dong opera. Kaili, Majiang, Leishan, Huangping can be in Kaili transfer can be reached, the time were 0.5 hours, 40 minutes, 1 hour, 1.5 hours, Huangping can also be transferred from Huangping Airport, tourists can choose to eat in the farm to eat the characteristics of the farm food, live in farm wooden houses, but also return to the county to eat and live in the county, in the county you can taste the Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup pig's feet, etc.), spicy series, farmhouse series and other specialties.
Dragon Boat Festival
This is a traditional festival of water rowing competition of the Miao people, popular on the banks of the Qingshui River at the junction of Taijiang and Shibing counties in Guizhou, and on the banks of the Bala River of the Taijiang River, which injects into this section of the river and is known as "ha yang yong" (qab niangx vongx) in the Miao language of Qiandong. Here in Pingzhai, Liao Dong and other sixty or seventy Miao villages, each family has one to two rowing competitions with the dragon boat. Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, or the twenty-fourth to twenty-seventh day of the five days, the Miao people living on both sides of the river take turns to hold a grand and solemn dragon boat race. In western Hunan, Phoenix, Luxi, Jishou, Baojing, Huayuan and other places, also popular dragon boat rowing, and divided into men's team, women's team, mixed team competition, the scene is very lively. Miao's Dragon Boat Festival, although it is the main content of the Dragon Boat Racing Festival, but also is the national culture and entertainment and young men and women to socialize, middle-aged and old people to visit friends and relatives, talk about the year and production experience of the festival, tourists can choose to transfer in Kaili, 30 minutes in Taijiang, Shibing 1.5 hours can be reached, you can participate in and watch the Dragon Boat Racing, grab ducks, shooting, stepping on the drums, horse races, tour parties and other activities, and after that Then you can taste the local specialties and stay in a special hotel.
April 8
The eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of the Miao people in Guiyang, Huangping, Songtao in Guizhou Province and Xiangxi in Hunan Province. During the festival, Miao compatriots steam flower patties of rice and gather at a fixed place to play the sheng, dance or sing love songs to each other.
April 8 is especially prevalent in Huangping, Tianzhu, Sansui and Rongjiang counties in Southeast Guizhou, where they organize various activities on the eighth day of the lunar calendar, such as horse racing, lusheng playing, bird fighting and ancestor worship in Huangping, singing songs in Tianzhu gatherings, worshipping the bodhisattva Niuwang in Sansui and making black rice in Rongjiang. Convenient transportation conditions also provide a good travel environment for tourists, at present, from the state capital of Kaili, to Huangping 1.5 hours (Yukai high-speed opened at the end of June 2015, after the opening of 20 minutes to reach Huangping), Tianzhu 2 hours, San Sui 1 hour, Rongjiang 3 hours, the night tourists can eat and stay in the county, you can taste the Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup pig's feet, etc. ), spicy series, farmhouse series and other special dishes, enjoy staying in ethnic boutique hotel.
The Drum Stomping Festival
It has been passed down in the Miao areas of Kaili, Danzhai, Leishan and other counties in Guizhou. On the first hog day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year, young Miao men and women automatically gather at the locally regulated singing ground to step on drums. This kind of drum is made of solid nanmu wood hollowed out and taut with cowhide at both ends. At that time, a prestigious old man will put the nanmu drums and drums in his house and move them into the drum field, and beat the drums hard, and people will hear the sound and come to dance, and the young people will take advantage of the opportunity to choose their spouses; the old people will also dress in new clothes, and sing ancient songs around the nanmu drums. After the dance, the girls take out their hand-woven flower bands and offer them on the drum to show their gratitude to the drum. People sing and enjoy themselves until it is dark before leaving the drum field. Finally, the drum master carries the drum home and places it upstairs. Every festival, the drums are also honored with fish and meat offerings.
Jianhe organized time for the sixth day of the first month, Kaili organized time for the lunar February first Ohio, Danzhai organized time for the lunar February the first pig farm start three days, during the period there will be knocking wooden drums, stepping on the copper drums, blowing the reed-sheng, stepping on the wooden drums, haunted by the rush, the bullfighting, touring the party and other activities, the scene is very lively, starting from Kaili, Hukun highway 40 minutes time can reach the Jianhe, take the Kayan high-speed 40 minutes time to arrive at Dangzhi, activities end, visitors to the festival, the Hukun highway 40 minutes time can be reached. Arrive Danzhai, the end of the event, visitors can eat and live in the farmhouse, you can also return to Kerry, or in Danzhai can go to Danzhai Danzhai Shiqiao ancient method of papermaking culture and tourism scenic spot, Danzhai Longquan Chiyu Cultural Park tourism, in the Jianhe can go to the bubble Jianhe hot springs.
Climbing Festival
Lunar March Zi, noon, the main activities in Leishan, Taijiang, Danzhai, Kaili and other counties and cities, the location of the activities were held in Kaili Chongpanxi Zhai, Leishan Xinlian, Niujiao Po, five forks, send flat Zhai, Mantianxing, Dongshan Pinglangde. The eighth to the tenth of the fourth lunar month in the Majiang Longchang Leidapo held at the end of the sixth lunar month, incense burner mountain climbing festival, more lively. Climbing to the top, four and echo. During the period will be held climbing, song, bullfighting, horse racing, jumping Lusheng, touring the party, play mountain, horse racing and other activities. One hour from Kaili can arrive at Banxi Zhai, 40 minutes to Leishan, 30 minutes to Majiang, tourists can tour Kaili Ethnic Style Park, Cloud Valley Fields Ecological Agricultural Tourism Complex, Kaili Bullfighting City Tourism Complex, Xiashi Ancient Town Tourism Scenic Area, Xijiang Thousand Households Miaozhai of Leishan, Leigongshan Original Hmong Culture Tourism Area, Majiang Blueberry Ecological Tourism Area after participating in the activities, eat and stay in farmhouses, or choose the County Specialty hotels and dishes.
Youfang Festival
Youfang, also known as Youfang, is a form of socialization and entertainment for young Miao men and women in the counties and cities of Kaili, Leishan, Taijiang and Jianhe. Miao lads and girls often through this activity to meet friends, find objects or pour out love. In order to choose a life-long partner, some young people often have to climb mountains and wade to the dozens of miles, dozens of miles or even hundreds of miles of villages to go to the party. The tour is usually held during the idle season (e.g., from the end of the fall harvest to the next year before rice-planting, etc.), traditional festivals (e.g., the Year of the Hmong, the Eat New Festival, the Lusheng Festival, the Bullfighting Festival, the Climbing Festival, the Turning Drums Festival, the Spring Festival, and the Song Festival, etc.), and the day of the festival. In the Miao village tour party, generally have a fixed "tour party field", "tour party slope" or "tour party evaluation". These places, or in the village before and after the bridge under the trees, or in the village around the gentle grassy slopes. In order to participate in Yufang, the girls dress up, wear silver jewelry on their heads, put in a few flowers, put a silver collar around their necks, and wear silver bracelets on their hands. In this way, they show their wealth and talent, and display their beautiful appearance and posture to attract the affection of young men. After the tourists participate in the activities, can be in the tour of Kerry ethnic style garden, cloud valley field ecological agriculture tourism complex, Kerry bullfighting city tourism complex, the next division of the ancient town tourist attractions, the night tourists can eat and stay in the city, you can taste the Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup pig's feet, etc.), spicy series, farmhouse series and other characteristics of the dishes, enjoy the residence of the ethnic specialties of the hotel.
Sisters Festival
The traditional festival of the Miao people, "Sisters Festival", also known as the "Sisters Festival", is a unique social festival of the Miao youth along the middle reaches of the Qingshui River, with some villages passing on the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and some on the fifteenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar. Some villages celebrate it on the 15th day of February and some on the 15th day of March in the lunar calendar. During the festival, every family prepares a lot of "sister rice" made of red, yellow, white, black and green glutinous rice stirred together to pay guests. During the day, the riverside, roadside, beach and grass are crowded with people, and at night, on the beach and grass by the river, the high-pitched flying songs, thick and simple songs and love songs are intertwined and spread far and wide in the quiet night. Every spring, the Miao women there will have a "Sisters Festival" and eat a meal of "Sisters Rice". On the morning of the festival, the girls in the village go to the fields to catch fish and prepare the "Sisters' Rice", and no matter which field they go to catch fish, they will be welcomed. After the women have eaten the "Sister Rice", they each bring their own colorful sticky rice and go to the square field to find young men to sing songs with. The young men must win the song in order to get the rice. In addition to the songs, women can participate in all kinds of recreational activities. Married girls also go back to their families to celebrate the "Sisters' Festival". It takes 30 minutes to reach Taijiang from Kaili.
Gu Zang Festival
The festival is an important ancestor worship activity of the Miao people, which is held once every 13 years by killing cows. Each session lasts for three years. "Gouzang Festival" is the most characteristic, most reflective of the Miao ethnic culture of the festival, with a distinctive traditional cultural connotation of the nation, is the display of life values of the Miao people, nostalgia for ancestors, respect for the elderly and love for children, living in harmony, hard work, thrift and simplicity, affluence and well-being, etc., is the prayer theme of the Gouzang Festival. The Hmong Drum and Zang Festival is an encyclopedia of important value for the study of Hmong history and culture. On May 20, 2006, the folklore was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Leishan Drum Zang Festival has attracted many domestic and foreign tourists, during the festival Leishan County is bustling with activity, convenient transportation and beautiful environment, all of which make tourists forget to come back, 40 minutes from Kaili, tourists can choose to experience the farm food in the farmhouse, taste the farm rice wine, live in the farmhouse small hotel, experience farm life, but also in the county to feel the characteristics of the Miao dishes, ethnic special hotels.
Dragon Lantern Club
Night of the first month of the Lunar Calendar, Hakluo Township street gongs and drums, firecrackers, bustling, red lanterns and dragon dance team reflected, everywhere overflowing with festive joy and peace, thousands of villagers to participate in, watch the traditional folk customary dragon dance activities, *** enjoy the Year of the Snake New Year, the first "ethnic cultural feast! *** enjoy the first "ethnic cultural feast" in the New Year of the Snake. "Dragon dance team" walked through the streets and alleys, a sea of people along the way, bustling. Every family has carefully prepared firecrackers, candies, etc. to meet the arrival of the dragon dance team, heralding the welcome to the new year's happiness and good luck. Cengong Shuiwei, Tianma, Longtian Dragon Lantern Festival is unique, the fourth to fifteenth night of the first month of the first month of the year attracts many tourists, during which tourists can see the dance of dragon lanterns, welcome the new year and other activities, 1.2 hours from Kaili can be reached, Cengong beautiful scenery, rich ethnic customs, cultural relics and monuments are as many as the cloud of gold, tourism resources are very rich. There is known as "heaven on earth" provincial scenic area of Longao River scenic area, there are beautiful scenery, rich folk style of the drop arrow Tang Tujia style tourism village, there is the famous Pingzhuang Ten Thousand Buddhas promenade cave. There are also Longtian Yangsi Temple, Xujiawan Zhu Mu Lin scenery, Danyou Zhongmuzhao ancient manor ruins, the county off the Guanyin Pavilion, Yuwang Palace, Note Creek Nga-yuan Tian's ancient architecture, and many other famous natural and humanistic landscapes.
Lusheng Festival
The Lusheng Festival is the most common and grandest traditional festival in the Miao area, and it is a festival in which the Lusheng Stomping Hall and the Lusheng Race are the main activities. Lusheng Festival is generally named after the name of the slope meeting more (such as thirteen slopes, ancient dragon slopes). The timing of the Lusheng Festival varies from place to place due to the fact that some of them originate from the auspicious days of the ancient rules and regulations, some from the celebration of the harvest, and some from myths and legends. Generally in the festival to be held before the ceremony, first by a village of respected old man presided over the ancestor sacrifice, at the same time, each family are in their own family ancestor sacrifice, followed by the village of the village of the village of the girl dressed in full dress, wearing silver flowers and silver ornaments, lads and reed-pipe players are each with reed-pipe, from the four sides of the eight sides of the reed-pipe to the site, the village of the men and youths are each surrounded by the circle, blowing the sheng and dancing, lasted for four or five days, the atmosphere is very enthusiastic, and the festival is a kind of integration of song, dance, and music, and the festival is a very warm. It is a kind of mass cultural activity integrating song, dance and music. During the first month, the townships of Kaili, Zhenyuan, Majiang, Leishan will hold the Lusheng meeting, during which there will be jumping Lusheng, stepping on copper drums, horse racing, bullfighting, song pairing, horse racing and other activities. 1.2 hours from Kaili can arrive at Zhenyuan, 30 minutes to arrive at Majiang, 40 minutes to arrive at Leishan, and at the end of the event, the tourists can eat and stay at farm houses to experience the life of farmers, and also tour the Xijiang Thousand Households Miaozhai and the Kaili Nationalities Customs Park, Cloud Valley Field Ecological Agricultural Tourism Complex, Kaili Bullfighting City Tourism Complex, Xiashi Ancient Town Tourist Attractions.
Play dragon lantern
Mainly popular in the townships within the Shi Bing County, Shi Bing County is one of the most lively traditional festivals during the Spring Festival cultural activities. The ninth day of the first month is the day of the dragon lantern. All the dragon lamps are unified in this day out, on the street parade, to show the street people all the dragons. To the first month of the thirteenth and fourteenth of these two days, the most grand scene, the whole county bustling, people come and go endless stream, the whole city firecrackers, drums and gongs, fire trees and silver flowers, and there is a custom to blow up the dragon. In addition to play dragon lantern, there are stilt team, garland team, color flag team, waist drum team, lusheng team, rice-planting team, song and dance team, and step on the dragon boat, play mussels, play lion, tie story, lift the house of cards, lifting the flower fish and so on. Shibing County is rich in tourism resources, there are national Maoyang River Scenic Spot one of the ten scenic spots of the Cedar River Scenic Spot, the world's natural heritage of Yuntai Mountain, Black Rush Scenic Spot, there are specialties such as ginseng and bittersweet tea. Shi Bing can be reached in 1.5 hours from Kaili.
Thousand Three Reunion Festival
DiMeng is a good place, as long as hard work, no worries about food and clothing, living here in the Dong Dong Zhai forefathers, logging and building houses, open up the land and planting, living in peace and prosperity, soon developed to 1300 families. Soon it grew to 1,300 families. With so many people in the village, it was inconvenient for them to work far away from their home. Walled old men after discussion, decided to live in a separate village. In this way, divided into the Maogong to 700 households, to 200 households in La Cave, to 100 households in Luodai, Ammon stayed 300 households. Split out of the various branches miss their homeland, often back to Ammon ancestor worship, but the time is not unified, can only meet with the people of Ammon reunion, it is difficult to meet other villages and villages of people, after discussion and decided that every year the first month of the first month of the lunar calendar from 11 to 15, for the villages back to Ammon reunion days. Over time, the formation of this festival. Three hours from Kaili can arrive at Liping County, from the county transfer 1.5 hours to arrive in the village of DiMeng, thousands of three reunion festival will also be held during the sacrifice of Sa, stamping song hall, bullfighting and other activities, tourists can choose to eat and stay in the farmhouse, the next day you can return to the county to tour Liping Zhaoxing Dong Village, Liping meeting site, Tiansheng Bridge and other scenic spots.
Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival of the Miao people, but this festival is not a separate festival, but is an important part of the traditional Miao New Year's Festival, just like the New Year's Eve Festival. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month, Rongshui mountainous Miao villages to celebrate the Lantern Festival, the local Miao people call this festival "Nu old main chase", "Nu" of eating, the meaning of the festival, "old" is mochi, "old" is the cake, and "old" is the cake, and "old" is the cake. "is patty cake," the "main chase" refers to the 15th of May, together is the Miao people eat patty cake on the 15th of the first month together. Every year, the Miao festival, the Miao people have to eat two patties, one is the night of New Year's Eve, known as "Nu old worship of the Lord", "worship of the Lord" refers to the New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve to eat patties, symbolizing the reunion and beautiful; while the first month of the fifteenth to eat patties, but symbolizes the beginning of a year of work, is the whole family together to celebrate the Miao Festival, will soon break up and run to a new journey. If you say, "Nu old worship" is a reunion patty, then, "Nu old main chase" is a parting patty, it is the Miao people on the new year's trust and expectations. Miao region of Taijiang, Jianhe Lantern Festival especially for the dragon grand, during the event will also be held to play dragon lanterns, bullfighting, jumping Lusheng and other activities, 30 minutes from Kerry can arrive in Taijiang, 40 minutes to arrive in Jianhe, tourists can swim in the Taijiang Shi hole Miao Cultural Tourism Complex, Jianhe soak in the hot springs, food and lodging are available to choose from the local characteristics of the hotels and restaurants.
Sacrifice "grandmother"
Guzhou Town, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, Zhaitou Village and Kouzhai Village, jointly held a ceremony to pay tribute to the Dong **** with the ancestral deity "Sama", to celebrate the Dong tradition of "Sama Festival". "Sama Festival". "Sama Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Dong people. "Sama" is the phonetic translation of the Dong language, "Sa" is grandmother, "Ma" is big, "Sama" is the big grandmother. Legend has it that in the matrilineal clan society, the Dong a brave and warlike female leader in the defense against foreign invasion, repeated successes, but unfortunately in a battle with several times their own enemies died in battle. The people of the Dong ethnic group have great respect for her, and regard her as a god who can bring peace and good luck, and honor her as "Sama".
The Dong villages choose auspicious days to worship Sama every year in the first month of the lunar calendar to February or after the fall, some a village alone, some several villages joint sacrifice. This year, Kouzhai village invited Zhaotou village together to sacrifice Sa, the day, the two villages of the Dong compatriots dressed in full costume, head inserted to herald the evergreen wormwood, to the Sama shrine to the Sama incense tea, and in the open road Zhai old man and the symbol of Sama holding a half-open black umbrella of the old man's leading around the village string of cottage, and then in the Yiping hand-in-hand in a circle, singing Ye song, praising the Sama, and prayed for the Sama blessing the village and cottage, the wind, rain and a bumper crop. During the event also organized rituals, blowing Lusheng, singing "Ye song", praise "grandmother" and other activities, tourists from Kaili 2.5 hours to arrive in Rongjiang, feel the Dong festival customs, tourists can also tour Rongjiang Sanbao Dong Village, the Maoren River scenic area.
Bullfighting Festival
Miao Bullfighting Festival:The Miao people love bullfighting and fight with buffaloes, not to play with the bulls for fun, but to fight with the bulls to show the characteristics of the Miao family's respect for the bulls and love of the bulls and worship of the bulls. In their love for the strong, powerful and tough bulls, the Miao people experience the beauty of victory, and with this emotion, the bulls worshipped by the Miao people are constantly being raised to realize the evolution of the preferred fighting bulls. Basically, there are bullfighting activities in every assembly festival, and there is also a unique bullfighting festival every year after the fall harvest. There are several kinds of bullfighting, one is a ploughing bull and bullfighting, this kind of bull is more robust, ploughing the fields and ploughing the fields in the ploughing season, and the festival pulls to fight; one kind of professional bullfighting, this kind of bull is selected according to all kinds of conditions, and it is not ploughing in the usual way, and it is for a walled village or a family*** there is a selected skilled person who has a lot of experience in raising bulls, and the festival pulls to participate in the competition. Miao region bullfighting to Kaili, Jianhe, Tianzhu especially prevalent, Kaili held from July 14 to 16 on the lunar calendar, Kaitang, Kai sentinel for the twenty-third, Tianzhu Water Cave and Stone Cave held on the tenth of September and October respectively, Jianhe for the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. Bullfighting will also be held during the bullfighting, song contest and other activities, tourists from Kaili 1.5 hours to arrive in Tianzhu, 40 minutes to arrive in Jianhe, the end of the event are able to feel the local Miao culture and catering.
The Dong Bullfighting Festival:The Dong people like to fight bulls for fun, mostly in the spring and fall season. Although the same two bulls fighting, but the North and South Dong rituals are different, these different rituals have left the remains of ancient conquest. Dong Bullfighting Festival is a traditional festival of Dong compatriots. Dong families like bullfighting, and all villages and hamlets keep "buffalo kings" who are good at fighting. The "Bullfighting Festival" is held in February or August of the lunar calendar every year on the day of "Hai". Before the festival, each of them makes a date with a rival and prepares for the bullfight. Early in the morning on the day of the festival, the iron cannon is fired three times, and the "bull king" enters the bullfighting arena amidst the sound of gongs and drums and the sound of lusheng instruments. At this time, a team, holding a golden gourd, moon axe, holding a variety of flags, front and back, around the field for three weeks, is considered to be the "entrance", also known as "stamping field". Then, each team led their own "bull king", holding torches, standing by. Once the iron cannon sounded, they will throw the torch forward, the two bulls from both ends of the four hooves in the air, rushed up, fighting as a ball, difficult to distinguish. Outside the crowd shouting and cheering, the atmosphere is tense and warm, very spectacular. Dong bullfighting festival has been particularly prevalent from the river and Liping, the time for the annual September to Lunar New Year's Day, the event will also be held during the bullfighting and singing songs and other activities. From Kaili 3 hours to reach from Jiang, 4 hours to reach Liping, the end of the event tourists can also tour from Jiang Xiaohuang, Luan Li and other Dong villages, Long Horn Miao cultural tourism scenic spot, Liping Zhaoxing Dong Village and other scenic spots.
Wrestling Festival
The Dong wrestling is spread in Liping County, Shuangjiang Township, the four cottages, Kengdong, Zhaigao, Huanggang, as well as from the river Guoping, to the hole, Zengchong, Rongjiang, Zaima and other areas, is a set of martial arts and entertainment as one of the traditional sports and athletic activities, the lunar calendar every year on the 15th of February in the Kengdong, the 15th of March in the four cottages have held a grand wrestling festival, the hundreds of miles in the vicinity of the Dong men, women and children get together. Men, women and children of the Dong ethnic minority from hundreds of miles around gather together, in addition to the daytime wrestling matches, there are also lively market trade, male and female youth exchanges, such as "singing and sitting on the moon," and other activities, and sometimes often accompanied by bird fights, Lusheng races, bullfighting and other recreational activities, so that the whole cottage boiled and excited. Liping can be reached in 4 hours from Kaili, accompanied by birdfighting, lusheng races, bullfighting and other recreational activities.
Forty-eight Zhai Song Festival
Forty-eight Zhai Song Festival is a national festival for the Dong and Miao people to gather and play in the mountains, sing, make friends and fall in love in Tianzhu County of Guizhou Province, followed by Jinping County of Guizhou Province and Jingzhou County of Hunan Province, which is named for the forty-eight villages of the Dong and Miao ethnic groups that were initially circulated on the border of Guizhou and Hunan Province, of which Tianzhu, Guizhou, accounts for 70%. Forty-eight villages is the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage, since its formation, so far, there are thousands of years of history, can also speak Miao, Dong, sour soup language, Chinese ethnic groups and villages, the song festival is rich in content, in the long-term exchange of ethnic folk songs, forty-eight villages song festival formed according to the activities of the location, for the characteristics of different singing, singing has a river tune, Gaopo tone, the green mountain tone, A Li tone, etc., mainly Distributed in Tianzhu County Bamboo Forest Township, Body Township, Yuankou Township, Shexue Township, Jinping County Sanjiang Township, Maoping Township, Jingzhou County, Hunan Province, Dabaozi Township, Sanqiu Township, most of the villages. The time span is from May 15 to mid-August in the lunar calendar every year. 1.5 hours from Kaili can arrive in Tianzhu, song festival end visitors can eat and stay in local farms, but also tour Tianzhu three-star rock, Jinfengshan Temple, Sanmen Tong Dong Village, Jinshan Cave and other landscapes.