Buyi people's Spring Festival customs

Buyi Spring Festival customs are as follows:

1, Laba sacrifices to the land god

Sacrificial activities are generally led by Zhai Lao, and each household raises funds to participate. Nearby Mo Gong was invited to preside over the sacrificial ceremony.

2. Kill pigs on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month

Buyi people are very particular about killing pigs. First, they choose auspicious days, but they don't kill two days. The second is to choose a butcher. Only those who have the ability and a good life (children and promising people) can kill the Year Pig. Third, it is forbidden to kill pigs, that is, you can't kill pigs on the day of the zodiac pig or the zodiac day of your main labor force. In those days, the main family who killed pigs would come to "drink soup" (kill pig rice).

3, the twelfth lunar month "brush Yangchun"

"Yangchun" refers to the bead net and dust on the eaves and floors. "Brush Yangchun" means cleaning up, sweeping away yesterday's old dust and welcoming the new year. On the day of "Brush Spring", the whole family began to clean several houses thoroughly, and the family welcomed the New Year with a brand-new look.

Characteristics of Buyi nationality

Buyi people believe in ancestors and various gods. Mountains, water, wells, caves, and ancient trees with strange growth are all regarded as the embodiment of gods. Every village has a land temple. Some specific religious ceremonies should be dedicated to bamboo. Buyi people everywhere also worship Raytheon, Door God, Kitchen God and Dragon King. These reflect the primitive religious beliefs of Buyi people as an agricultural nation.

Buyi people take rice as their staple food, and also eat corn, wheat, barnyard grass and buckwheat. Buyi people are particularly fond of waxy food, and there are many ways to make it, such as making glutinous rice cake, round sugar cake, ear cake, pillow dumpling and triangle dumpling. On holidays, you must eat glutinous rice and give it to friends and relatives. During the festival, we also like to eat all kinds of "glutinous rice" dyed with flower juice and leaf juice.