What traditional festivals do Dong people have?

Festivals are particularly important in the lives of Dong people. One of the main reasons is that there is no writing, and there is no theoretical culture based on writing. Most of the Dong people's history and culture are passed down through oral traditions of festival customs.

I. Annual festivals

On New Year's Eve, they pay attention to each person drinking a bowl of porridge, which means good weather and good harvest. There is also a custom of "scooping water": girls are scrambling to scoop water and scoop it into the well water to make white bubbles, which is the best luck.

In the New Year, it is popular for Dong compatriots to "play the same year". This activity is similar to the "group worship" of the Han nationality. When the "same age" team arrived at a place, the women there lined up and asked each other various questions in the form of singing, and the other party responded quickly, just like the duet in the movie "Sister Liu". It is very interesting to echo each other.

Second, the fireworks festival.

The annual Fireworks Festival of Dong people is held at different times and places. Take Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County as an example, it is the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is the second day of February, Fulu is the third day of March, and Linxi is October 26th. Fireworks are divided into the first gun, the second gun and the third gun. All the guns are tied with iron rings symbolizing happiness and wrapped with red and green lines. When detonated, the gunpowder iron gun was used as the impulse, and the iron ring was washed into the air. When the iron ring falls, people take the iron ring as the goal and compete for it, which is called "grabbing fireworks". As the saying goes, whoever wins the fireworks will be prosperous and happy in this year. Therefore, when grabbing fireworks, everyone was brave. Everyone rushed to grab fireworks and win glory for the village. There is no time limit for grabbing fireworks. Whoever can send the fireworks to the podium first will win. After the fireworks competition, various entertainment activities began. Lusheng team plays Lusheng on Lusheng field; The old man thrushes under the tree and pulls it home; Young girls and boys take this opportunity to talk about songs. Dong cottages are full of festive atmosphere.

Third, catch up with the club.

Dong people have the habit of catching up with clubs. The driving club is not in the stockade, but in the wild, such as Muping or Tianba, as a club field. Every social day, men, women and children flock to the social arena from all directions. Adults buy things, exchange agricultural and sideline products, and children watch the fun. Girls and young students put on new clothes. The girls wore all kinds of silver ornaments, embroidered waist braids and embroidered purses, which contained sour fish, sour meat and glutinous rice. They were in groups of three and five, all smiles, and invited young students to the club for lunch. Later generations buy candy for girls. For people who meet for the first time, those who love each other and have been in contact for a long time will revisit the old feelings and make an appointment for the next meeting. In the evening, epigenetic also invited the girl to the village for a meal. After dinner, young men and women went into the karaoke bars to sing. Nowadays, chasing clubs has become a young man and woman.