Traditional festival customs of Zhuang nationality

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, every household brings people fruits and food such as pumpkins, plums, plantains and cooked corn cobs, or puts them in Shan Ye, and then hides in the corner of a stone, until groups of monkeys gather to watch them eat and chew, and then people quietly leave. Legend has it that this custom is related to Nong Gaozhi's resistance to the Song Dynasty. Once, Nong Gaozhi's troops were trapped in the mountains, and they relied on digging grass roots and peeling bark to satisfy their hunger. One morning on the fifth day of May, tens of thousands of monkeys suddenly fell off the cliff with giant pumpkins in their arms, and the rebels were saved. Therefore, people set up festivals to repay.

Water storage festival:

On the seventh day of July, every household cleans the water storage tank, and then goes to the spring, stream or river to pick up fresh water and fill it with water. People call the water picked up on this day "fairy water", which is used to cook longevity wine for the elderly, porridge for children, sauerkraut and fruit, and can also be used to dye cloth, make wine, make vinegar and treat diseases.

Visit luna festival:

August 15. Commonly known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Reunion Festival. On this day, Zhuang people eat moon cakes and steam powder to make cakes to celebrate the festival of killing ducks with chickens. Appreciate and worship the moon and Yue Bai in various ways.

Grade one and grade two

All tourists must eat zongzi. Zongzi of Zhuang nationality is a noble food. There are big and small zongzi, the big one is one or two Jin, the small one is two or three Liang, and there is another kind called "Feng Mo" (extra-large zongzi), one or two Jin. The main raw material of zongzi is glutinous rice, but it should have stuffing. The stuffing is peeled mung beans and semi-fat pig skin mixed with sauce, which is placed in the heart of Zongzi. After cooking, its taste is necessary.

Cooking festival

1February 23rd is the cooking festival. Legend has it that the Heaven Emperor sent the Kitchen God to the earth to take charge of fireworks and supervise people's behavior. Every Sunday, the Kitchen God returns to the sky to report on his work and the human situation. In order to please the Kitchen God and make him "speak well in heaven and have good luck tomorrow", people offer sacrifices to him and pray for the safety and happiness of his family. At that time, every family will kill a rooster as a sacrifice, and let the kitchen god be a guest and send it to heaven. On New Year's Eve, we will offer sacrifices to welcome the Kitchen God back. So, the dealer took advantage of the kitchen god to leave, and each family built a new kitchen and cleaned it. After the Cooking Festival, families began to prepare for the New Year.