What festivals are there in Guangxi?

What are the traditional festivals and customs in Guangxi? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's sharing!

1, Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: Spring Festival is the biggest festival in Nanning in a year. From 0: 00 on New Year's Day, every household sets off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. On the second day of junior high school, relatives and friends visit each other with gifts, and light lanterns on the evening of the fifteenth Lantern Festival. Temple fairs and "fireworks grabbing" were held in rural areas of sixteen counties. According to the unique customs of Zhuang nationality, we should also carry out activities such as picking new water, drinking spiritual water, dancing lions, raising chickens and spring cattle. Before the dawn of the New Year's Day, Zhuang wives had gone to the river to fetch water for the whole family. When picking fresh water, you should also pick up a few stones similar to livestock and go home to imitate the sounds of six livestock all the way. After returning home, I put these stones in pigsty and cowshed, praying for the prosperity of six animals. Then, make New Year's tea with new water for the whole family to drink. Strong women want to drink smart water, that is, before drawing new water, they compete to drink the clear water given to them by the "smart sister-in-law" recognized in the village. They believe that this will make them smarter, and the girls to be married will take this opportunity to make up for finding the right husband in the new year.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Introduction: Holding Lantern Festival is a popular custom in minority areas in northwest and southwest Guangxi. People put out their lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival and compete to see who can do it best and skillfully. People not only compete with each other for lights, but also compete with the moon for glory. All kinds of lights are hung on trees or placed on the ground to form colorful night scenes. These lamps are usually inserted in pomelo, which means exorcism, or replacing fire with incense, that is, inserting countless incense into pomelo to form a light spot. When the light or incense goes out naturally, it means that the Spring Festival on 15 has come to a successful end and a new year has begun. In Shanglin, Jingxi and other places in Guangxi, there is also the custom of eating oil balls (also called fried piles or oil piles in some places). On Bobai Festival, every household will kill chickens, burn "finished lanterns" and offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors. That night, people went to the potherb field and picked several bags of other people's vegetables to go home. This is called "stealing green", which bodes well. In Shahe, Dungu and other places, in addition to stealing green hemp, some people roll on the ground planted with green hemp, thinking that it can cure low back pain.

3. The dragon raised its head

Time: the second day of the second lunar month.

Introduction: On February 2nd, the most famous is the Dragon Head Fireworks. Fireworks Festival is a traditional festival of the Dong, Zhuang, Miao and Mulao ethnic minorities, which is popular in Sanjiang, Longsheng, Rongshui and Hunan Tongdao in Guangxi. The festival lasts from the third day of the first month to the fifteenth day of May and the second day of February. The Fulu Fireworks Festival in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is the most lively, and the main activity is to grab fireworks. On the day of the fireworks, the nearby village organized gun teams to grab guns, each with a dozen or twenty people. Fireworks are small iron rings decorated with red and green wool and placed on the top of iron cannons. When the guns sounded, the hoop fell from the air, and the contestants strived to win, grabbing the fireworks and sending them to the designated place. The famous fireworks festival in Rongshui Dongtou Township is held every two years, both on February 2nd.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar.

Introduction: Tomb-Sweeping Day, a villager in Hengzhou, soaked willow leaves and snails in water to wash his eyes, which is said to brighten his eyes. After sweeping the grave in Xingren County, long banners made of white paper are hung on the head of the tomb, which is called "standard grave" or "hanging green". When sweeping graves in Kaiyang County, the chief priest of that year prepared wine and food as sacrifices, and relatives and friends ate nearby after the sacrifices, which was called "picnic"; Most villagers in Wuzhou visited graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day on the same day and in the following days, and only a few villagers visited graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day a few days ago. Zhuang people like colored glutinous rice very much and regard it as a symbol of good luck and good harvest. On the third day of the third lunar month or the big day in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, Zhuang families usually make colorful glutinous rice to worship their ancestors and entertain relatives and friends. Children's full moon, the joy of housewarming, will also cook five-color glutinous rice and distribute it to neighbors to show their respect. The Zhuang people love maple leaves, and think that maple leaves can "drive away evil spirits" and bring good luck and peace to people.

5. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: When Guangxi people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional customs to commemorate Qu Yuan include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and preparing sacrifices. Before the legend of Qu Yuan was widely circulated, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival followed the taboo of bad days, focusing on health preservation and avoiding epidemics, which was mainly reflected in hanging calamus leaves and wearing sachets to ward off evil spirits, washing Chinese medicine baths, soaking cold wine and realgar wine.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Introduction: In Nanning, Guangxi, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival not only by preparing a rich reunion dinner, but also by inviting friends to enjoy the moon outdoors in the evening. Watching lanterns is the highlight. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of light shows in the park make people linger. In the Mid-Autumn Festival custom of the Dong people in Guangxi, in the evening, Song Lusheng and the dance team, who are well prepared, go to the nearby village to compete songs. The songs are melodious and the crowds seem to be rippling in the moonlight like water, which is called "Walking on the Moon". Dong people have the custom of "singing to propose marriage". On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, Dong boys dressed in festive costumes, armed with lusheng, marched in groups in the moonlight, played wonderful music, and jumped into the singing contest venue from all directions with cheerful steps. One person leads the song and dances, and everyone is harmonious. The audience is like a cloud and the music is deafening. The young man who can sing and dance was quickly pulled aside by the beautiful girl, and the two of them sang and danced. When couples of young men and women dance along the mountain road, there are fewer and fewer people in the singing field. Young men and women who leave alone will not throw the red line until the Lunar New Year.

7. Fuyang Street Lantern Festival

Time: from the tenth day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Venue: fuchuan county, Hezhou City

Introduction: This is the traditional Lantern Festival in fuchuan county. Diwali lasts for six days, with Diwali on 10 and Diwali on 15. Lanterns in all streets are brightly lit, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing, and dragon dance teams such as Huanglong, Qinglong and Bailong are dispatched to dance in front of the lanterns. All the men, women and children in the county gathered in the county town to watch lanterns and dance dragons, sing and watch plays.

8. windless festival

Time: 20th day of the first lunar month.

Venue: Lingui District, Guilin

Brief introduction: Miao Pingwei traditional festival in Lingui County, Guilin City. Legend has it that in ancient times, Fengshen was angry and the village was affected. Some immortals showed the way to the people, and on the 20th day of the first month, NO FENG フウカ was not heard, offering sacrifices to Fengshen, which proved to be effective, and this day became a windless festival. Before the festival, people tied some crosses with straw, pressed them on the corners of the fields and hung them on the eaves. All sounds are forbidden during the festival, and even clothes can only be spread on the grass. In order to avoid people coming and going to make noise, all the people in the village left home to go to Miaopingwei for the holiday. The festival activities are colorful, such as beating gongs and drums, dancing lions and singing operas, and singing folk songs when night falls. This day, once a day without sound and wind, became a happy event at Miaopingwei.

9.fireworks festival

Time: It varies from place to place, from 1 month to1month.

Venue: Guilin

Introduction: Fireworks Festival is a traditional festival of Dong people. On this day, there will be fireworks. The first shot means a prosperous population, the second shot means congratulations on getting rich, and the third shot means a bumper harvest. After the fireworks, young men and women got together to play lusheng and dance. At night, bonfires are lit, some people are singing Dong Opera, others are singing freely and laughing. The dates of fireworks festivals in different places are different, from January to October. Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is on the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is on the second day of February, Fulu is on the third day of March, and Linxi is on October 26th. Whether you can meet it depends on your luck.

10, Spring Festival

Time: the second day of the second lunar month.

Venue: Hezhou City

Introduction: Hezhou locals celebrate the Spring Festival on the second day of the second lunar month. On this day, every household prepared a banquet to entertain the guests who came to "eat more and more". Huang tian zhen is the busiest city. On the day of the festival, the streets and alleys of the town are decorated with colorful lights, and there are many cultural activities such as lion dance, dragon dance, dancing, singing opera, fireworks grabbing and cultural parade.

1 1, Yangshuo Social Day

Time: February or August of the lunar calendar

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

Introduction: Yangshuo's social days are divided into Spring Club and Autumn Club. Spring Club is held on the fifth day of May in beginning of spring, and Autumn Club is held on the fifth day of May in beginning of autumn, generally between February and August in the lunar calendar. There is a popular saying in the rural areas of Yangshuo that "it is better to play a club for one day than to be an official for three years". Because in every village, no matter rich or poor, there are as few as 10 households and as many as 20 or 30 households. In order to arrange the funeral for each other, a "club-eating" is held on social days (each household 1 male), and a one-year funeral contract is concluded, stipulating that each household will pay for the funeral and be responsible for carrying coffins for the funeral. This is commonly known in rural areas. Anyone who does not participate in the "Eating Club" will be expelled from the "Ten Friends Club", and the members of the club will no longer be responsible for the funeral of their families.

12, Niuwang Festival

Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

Introduction: The legend of the Cow King Festival is the birthday of a cow. People celebrate the birthday of cows in various forms. Every household cleans the cowshed, inserts "Fengxiang" at the entrance of the cowshed, sacrifices to the cow king at the entrance of the cowshed, cooks glutinous rice to feed the cows, and gives them a rest on this day. On this day, farmers in Yangshuo rural areas eat black glutinous rice to feed cows, help them solve problems and thank them for their hard work.

13, Dragon Mother Cultural Tourism Festival

Time: from the seventh day of May to the tenth day of May in the lunar calendar.

Venue: Longmu Temple, Guilin Road, Wuzhou

Introduction: The Dragon Mother Cultural Tourism Festival is centered on the Dragon Mother Temple in Wuzhou, which is well-known at home and abroad, and displays rich and colorful religious culture and Wuzhou folk art. "Dragon Mother Culture" is a Lingnan culture with strong local color, which has a great influence on the people in Xijiang River Basin and Pearl River Basin, and has a lofty position and a long-standing reputation. Legend has it that the Dragon Mother is the leader of Baiyue tribe in Xijiang Valley. Her surname is Ai. Manage water for the people and benefit the people. Dragon Mother belief is widely spread in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and other places. Every year, many tourists come to worship, especially on the birthday of the Dragon Mother (the eighth day of the fifth lunar month), people spontaneously hold a grand opening ceremony.

14, welfare section 5.8

Time: the eighth day of the fifth lunar month

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

Brief introduction: Welfare May 8th Festival is a folk art, sports and sacrifice activity carried out by welfare non-governmental organizations in Yangshuo County. Every year, on the eighth day of May, every household in the market will set up a three-foot-six-inch-high vertical colored lantern in front of the town's father-in-law and mother-in-law's temple and set it off. Then, more than 100 bodhisattvas will be sacrificed in the two temples and carried to the streets for a parade. There are literary and art teams, sports teams, lion dancing, playing with lanterns, walking on stilts, making paper with the Eight Immortals and so on. After the parade, there are folk art performances and sports activities, which usually last for five to ten days. During the festival (known locally as party time), each family brewed bitter gourd as its main course to entertain guests.

15, Taste the New Year Festival

Time: the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

On this day, farmers prepare wine ceremony, offer sacrifices in the corner of the field, tie up grain barrels filled with new grain with money paper, and insert them on the field base to show the Man Cang of rice, or "carry the Bodhisattva" to hold a parade to pray for a bumper harvest.

16, June 23rd

Time: June 23rd of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

Introduction: June 23 is a folk art, sports and sacrifice activity carried out by non-governmental organizations in Baisha Town, which is also called "meeting in time" by local people. June 23rd is the busiest day of the year in Baisha Town. Today is the birthday of Guan Yu, the general of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. Guan Yu was loyal and righteous, so people commemorated him in various forms. Rob "fireworks" is a very important activity in this festival. Anyone who gets the red ring can catch it before reporting it to the first service desk. This is a contest between strength and wisdom.

17, Mengshan Yao Wang Pan Festival

Time: August 4th to August16th.

Venue: Xiayi and Changping, mengshan county

Introduction: Every year, on the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, mengshan county will hold the "Wang Pan Festival", which is also a singing concert of Xia Yiyao people. August 16 is the "Road-building Festival", which is a song meeting of the Yao people in Changping. In the festival of Gexu, Yao men, women and children put on colorful clothes and rushed to Gexu to sing and dance. Young men and women pour out their love in the form of duets, ask and answer each other's names, and give each other betrothal tokens when they get along. At the same time, we also sing a beautiful new life with songs.

18, year of seedling

Time: Miao years vary from place to place, basically after the autumn harvest.

Venue: Guilin

Introduction: Miao Year is a traditional Miao festival. On the morning of the festival, firecrackers are set off and three shots are fired to show good luck. During the festival, people visit relatives and friends and congratulate each other. Some places are also accompanied by grand bullfighting and horse racing. Among them, the activity of Lusheng stepping on the hall is the most exciting. At that time, the young man Lusheng was loud and sweet, and the girls were dressed in festive costumes, wearing dragons, phoenixes, silver horns and silver combs, dancing with the rhythm of the music. By boarding the hall, young men and women can freely choose their lovers.

19, Gongcheng Peach Blossom Festival

Time: March every year

Venue: Gongcheng County, Guilin

Introduction: Every March, Gongcheng County holds the annual "Peach Blossom Festival", where peach blossoms are in full bloom. During the Peach Blossom Festival, villagers sang and danced, made friends at the dance and expressed their feelings with flowers. "Enjoy the peach blossoms in Gongcheng, live in an ecological home, eat green food and enjoy the immortals", which is an excellent place for tourists to enjoy flowers and spring. In the spring of March, China Peach Blossom Art Expo Park, Shili Peach Blossom, Baili Gallery and 10,000 mu of peach blossoms along the Lijiang River attract more and more tourists.

20. Fushan Song Festival

Time: May every year.

Venue: Hezhou City

Introduction: On May 19 every year, Fushan will hold a grand song concert, which is also called the birthday of Wang Chen Temple. National singers from Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, as well as fellow villagers from four towns and villages, came to the party scene one after another, singing and dancing, praying for the Buddha. There are a sea of people on Fushan Mountain, firecrackers are everywhere and songs are everywhere.

2 1, Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival

Time: September or 65438+1October or165438+1October every year.

Venue: Nanning

Introduction: Guangxi is known as the "sea of songs" and is the hometown of Zhuang singer Liu Sanjie. People of all ethnic groups in Guangxi have always loved to sing folk songs. In order to promote folk songs, a folk song art festival was held in Guangxi from 65438 to 0993. At the folk song festival, people express their feelings and make friends with songs to express their yearning and love for a better life together. Folk songs have become a rainbow dancing among all ethnic groups in Guangxi, China and other ethnic groups in the world. In order to make the Folk Song Festival more distinctive, the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region decided to rename the "Guangxi International Folk Song Festival" as "Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival" from 1999, and it will be held in Nanning every September or 10 or1. The Nanning Municipal People's Government invited the Cultural Library Department of the Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Publicity Department of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission to jointly organize it.

22. ASEAN Expo

Time: September every year

Venue: Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, Qingxiu District, Nanning

Introduction: China-ASEAN Expo is one of the long-term exhibitions held by many governments in China. Take the exhibition as the center, carry out multi-field and multi-level exchange activities at the same time, build a platform for exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN, and combine economic and trade activities with cultural exchanges. At the same time, during the Expo, activities such as "Southeast Asia Customs" party, "Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival" opening party, "China Love" party, Golf Masters, "Friends of Tennis" Masters, Fashion Festival, Food Festival and so on were also held, and colorful cultural and sports activities were interspersed among them.

23. International Jasmine Culture Festival

Time: September every year

Venue: Hengxian County, Nanning

Introduction: China International Jasmine Culture Festival is sponsored by the Flower Culture Professional Committee of China Flower Association, Teahouse Professional Committee of China Tea Circulation Association, Nanning Municipal People's Government and undertaken by Hengxian People's Government of Guangxi. This international festival has been held once a year since 20 10, and the first China International Jasmine Culture Festival was successfully held in Hengxian, Guangxi on September 20 10.

24. Guilin Landscape Tourism Festival

Time: June 10 to February 12 every year.

Venue: Guilin

Introduction: In order to improve Guilin's tourism popularity, promote Guilin's tourism industry and attract tourists, the Guilin Municipal People's Government holds an international tourism festival every year. 1992 held a landscape tourism festival, which not only enriched the lives of tourists, but also became more and more popular among Chinese and foreign tourists.

25. Fishing and Fire Festival

Time: 65438+ every February.

Venue: Yangshuo County, Guilin

Introduction: "Fishing and Fire Festival" is one of the eight scenic spots in Yangshuo. In the past, Lijiang fishermen used to fish at night and often dispatched dozens of bamboo rafts to gather in Baisha River bend. The fishermen lit the fishing lamp on the bamboo raft and lured the fish to the bait. Fishing lanterns are like stars in the night sky, shining bamboo rafts on the water, and osprey swaying in the water, which is amazing.

26. Baise Tourism Food Culture Festival

Time: 65438+ every February.

Venue: Baise City

Brief introduction: In order to develop Guangxi food culture resources and promote the development of tourism, the first Guangxi Baise Tourism Food Culture Festival was held on June 5+February, 2002. The festival activities include the opening ceremony, model performance of Zhuang Township decorative fashion show, glutinous rice production "the best in the world", "Eat in Baise" green and healthy food cooking competition, famous and special new products display, investment promotion negotiation, closing ceremony and so on.