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10 What are the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities?

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1, Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon-sending Festival is a unique festival of Dai people, which is held whenever there is prosperity, abundant grain and rich life.

The so-called "sending dragons" means giving sacrifices to the dragon god, which means that the dragon god is very kind and will take care of it and bring good days, so thank him.

Before the Spring Festival, the Buddha came forward to organize, and some families sent food and some clothes. After all kinds of articles were sent to the Buddhist temple, the Buddhist temple organized skilled craftsmen to weave and bind the "Dragon Palace", and the Buddha recited scriptures and sacrificed, and bound the gifts sent by various families to the "Dragon Palace".

After the ceremony is held again, put the "Dragon Palace" on a bamboo raft and let it float away in the sound of prayer and chanting, even if it is "sent" to the dragon god.

2. Flower Festival.

Commonly known as "Flower God Festival", "Hundred Flowers Birthday" and "Flower God Birthday". This is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. (I am a Han Chinese, but I didn't know until today ...) It is popular in Northeast China, North China, East China, Central South and other places.

It is held on the second day of February in the lunar calendar. During festivals, people go to the suburbs to enjoy flowers together, which is called "outing". Girls cut five-color paper and stick it on the flower branches, which is called "rewarding the red".

3, March 3, Tujia Valentine's Day, Buyi's Ground Silkworm Club, Yao's Ganba Festival, Dong's Fireworks Festival, She's "traditional festival" and so on!

4. Water-splashing Festival, from April 3, 2003 to April 6, 2006 (according to the Dai calendar).

On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in China.

Water-splashing Festival, also known as "Bathing Buddha Festival", is a traditional festival of Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang, Thai and Southeast Asia.

Among them, the customs are splashing water (penny splashing water and martial arts splashing water), bathing Buddha, losing packets, dragon boat racing, flying high, Kongming lanterns, border fairs and song and dance activities.

5. torch festival.

The festival time is June 24 of the lunar calendar.

Torch Festival is a traditional festival popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other Yi areas, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The Torch Festival of the Yi people generally lasts for three days and nights and is divided into three stages: offering fire, playing with fire and sending fire.

6. June 6th is the day when Miao people worship their ancestors, and it is also their folk song festival, Liulang Festival of Zhuang people and June Festival of Hani people, and it is also a traditional festival of Buyi people.

7. Taste new festivals.

Every year, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as the "Eating New Year Festival", and the traditional festivals of the Gelao and Miao, Buyi, Bai and Zhuang nationalities are particularly popular.

After tasting the Chinese New Year, local people set off firecrackers, sweep villages, perform Nuo operas, sing folk songs and play martial arts. The elders in the village used sieves to hold chicken, meat and wine, and inserted bamboo poles tied with red peppers and green garlic in the fields to show off their ancestors.

During the festival, the Gelao people will also hold release activities, mainly wild animals and fish. Nowadays, the New Year Festival in the villages of Gelao nationality, such as Wanxiu Wanchai Village in Anshun and Dagouchang in Pingba, is the most grand.

8. Suona Festival.

August 8 is the main festival and folk custom of Tujia nationality in Zhenyuan.

Due to various reasons such as history, living customs and so on. People here have a special liking for suona performance and are known as the "hometown of suona". From old people to teenagers, there is no difference between men and women, old and young. Everyone loves them and is good at them.

After dinner, three groups and two groups came at will and formed their own tunes. Their voices are melodious and melodious, with joy and anger, decline and resentment, such as weeping and complaining, which is a must for the last vegetarian meal.

9. Street festivals.

On the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, it usually lasts about 5 days, and it is changed to three days before and after the National Day.

Huijie Festival is a traditional festival of Achang nationality, which is mainly an opportunity for people to exchange materials, socialize with young men and women and express their feelings.

Playing with dragons and white elephants is the most grand and wonderful entertainment during Huijie Festival. White elephants and green dragons made by folk artists. Generally, it is woven with bamboo and wood and mounted on colored paper, which is lifelike, showing the diligence and wisdom of Achang people and their yearning for a happy life.

10, Miao New Year Festival.

Miao Nian Festival is the biggest festival ever celebrated by Miao people.

The dates of the Year of Miao vary from place to place, but they are all held after the millet is harvested, that is, on the day of Chen (Dragon), Mao (Rabbit) or Ugly (Bull) in September, October or November of the lunar calendar.

In the first few days after the Year of Miao, every household should clean the house and actively prepare new year's goods, such as making rice cakes, brewing rice wine, making tofu and bean sprouts, and generally killing pigs or buying pork.

On Miao New Year's Eve, the whole family will have dinner at home, and they won't open the door until midnight to set off firecrackers to welcome dragons into the house.

At dawn, every household is presided over by the elders at home to worship their ancestors. After breakfast, young and middle-aged men go to their neighbors' homes to pay New Year greetings, which are called "donfniangx" in Miao language to express their congratulations on a happy New Year.