Customs of Qiang nationality over the years

Customs of Qiang nationality over the years

custom

1. Festival

Qiang people attach importance to the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival, also known as "Chinese New Year", is an important day for the Qiang people's annual festival. Starting from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household should sweep the dust, respect the stove and prepare rich new year's goods. On New Year's Eve, pig's head meat will be burned to sacrifice ancestors and gods. The whole family sat together for a reunion dinner, and then sat around the fireplace to celebrate the New Year. Generally speaking, on the first day of school, you don't work or go home. Visits between relatives and friends began after the second day of junior high school. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival will be celebrated, and on the thirtieth day of the first month, new year's goods will be delivered. Every household decorated with lanterns and held various entertainment activities.

In addition, the Qiang people have festivals such as Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival, but the most distinctive is the Qiang people's calendar year and folk song festival.

In the Qiang calendar year, the Qiang language called "Japan, the United States and Kyrgyzstan", that is, "auspicious days." Also known as "off-year". At first, it was an important festival, offering sacrifices to God and ancestors after harvesting food in autumn, and making a wish to God. It is held on the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, and the celebration time varies from place to place, usually three to five days, and some villages have to wait until the tenth day. The main activities are hoping to worship God and eat banquets. The Qiang nationality once stopped in the 1980s. /kloc-resumed in 0/988 and became a festival of the Qiang people. Every year, various celebrations are held in Qiang areas.

Mountain Festival is one of the most solemn traditional festivals of Qiang people. Also known as Zhuan Shan Hui, Ta Tian, Shanwang Hui, Hui Hui or Diaodiao Hui. It is an activity of the Qiang people to worship the white stone, which represents many gods such as gods and mountain gods. It is also a grand ceremony for people to pray for the prosperity of people and animals, bumper crops, peaceful places and lush forests in the coming year. Due to the climate differences in different places, the time and frequency are not uniform, including the first month, April and May, and once or twice or three times a year.

The leading singing festival is called "Waer Russian foot" in Qiang language. Mainly popular in Qugu area of Maoxian county. It is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. In memory of Sister Sharon, the goddess of song and dance in the sky. The whole festival lasts for 3 days. Women show their abilities, enjoy dance salons, and farm work and housework are run by men.

marry

Before the founding of New China, the marriage of Qiang men and women followed the instructions of parents and matchmakers, and there appeared such marriage forms as "belly marriage", "embrace marriage", "boy marriage" and "buying and selling marriage". Marriage pays attention to the right family, and there are customs of changing rooms, adopting children and robbing marriage. After the founding of New China, autonomous marriage gradually became the majority. But the traditional etiquette procedure has been preserved to this day. With the development of Qiangzhai economy, people's lives have been improved, and the ancient wedding ceremony has also added new content. The combination of tradition and modernity gives full play to the traditional culture of the Qiang people and adds a festive atmosphere.

Wedding ceremonies mainly include engagement and marriage. In Qiangzhai, the matchmaker is called "matchmaker". If the man is interested in the woman, the man's family will prepare gifts and invite Grandpa Hong to propose marriage to the woman's family. The woman's family can only get married with the consent of her mother's uncle. After that, Grandpa Hong will go to the woman's house to eat "Xu Kou wine" with gifts such as pork fat and wine. A few months or years later, the man's family asked Grandpa Hong to bring gifts to the woman's home to "order wine" to entertain close relatives, and asked Shibi to calculate the birthdays of both parties and set a wedding date. Immediately, the man's family should prepare a heavy gift to the woman's house to report the date, and hold a banquet at the woman's house, that is, "order a lot of wine" as a formal wedding ceremony to celebrate the woman's family.

Since then, the two families have begun to prepare for the wedding, expecting the good day of "the woman's house stays overnight and the man's house holds a banquet". "Flower Night" refers to the festive party held by the couple, which is the most solemn wedding procedure. It is usually held the night before marriage. The man's party is called "Flower Night for Men" and the woman's party is called "Flower Night for Women". Men celebrate their marriage and women see them off. On this day, at the wedding, mixed wine and 12 "dried vegetables" were placed on the table at the woman's home.

The eloquent wedding team sent by the man's family will be warmly welcomed. According to custom, both sides should hold a singing contest. Singing is to ask and answer questions, with a wide range of contents and random and interesting forms. The next morning, my uncle put red silk on the bride wearing a wedding dress, and the bride cried to get married and bid farewell to her parents, brothers and people. At the door of the man's house, Shibi will make a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods, and then he will bless the new couple after driving away the "Shaqi" attached to the bride. Everyone held a "hanging red" ceremony for the couple. Newcomers salute in front of the shrine, first, they worship the ancestors' pioneering grace, second, they worship their parents' nurturing grace, third, the husband and wife grow old together, fourth, their children and grandchildren are strong, then they worship relatives and guests, and finally they worship each other.

After the memorial ceremony, the bride officially became the man's family. Afterwards, everyone feasted their eyes. That night, the man's parents lit incense and worshipped God to bless the couple. All the guests danced a cheerful salon dance around the bonfire in the courtyard dam. The next day, Xie Keri, the host will prepare two more tables for Xie Ke. The couple should bring a pig's head and a pig's tail to thank Grandpa Hong, indicating that there is a head and a tail, and the circle is full. On the third day after marriage, the newlyweds will "return to the door". The groom and brothers sent the bride home with wine and meat on her back. The groom only stays in the woman's house for a few days, while the bride can stay for a few days, months or even longer, and then the husband takes her back to start family life.

3. Funeral

The burial methods of Qiang nationality are cremation, earth burial and rock burial.

Cremation has the longest history. Appreciation of Lu Chunqiu says: "The shackles of Qiang people are not tired, but they are worried about their death without burning." Taiping Yu Lan quoted the lost article of Zhuangzi: "When the Qiang people die, they will burn their ashes." Until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the shaba, Chibusu, Jiaochang and other places in Maoxian County still kept cremation. Every family has its own fire cemetery.

Influenced by the Han nationality, the feudal dynasty advocated that burial is the main burial method in most areas and has been preserved to this day. Every village has the custom of helping with the funeral without invitation. When you lose your family, you need to inform your relatives in time and tell your mother's uncle what happened before and after the death. Please explain the sacrifice of killing sheep and calculate the burial time. Usually three days later, people bury the dead in the land of geomantic omen. His family will light a bonfire in front of the new grave, burn cypress branches, worship incense wax, tobacco, alcohol and meat as a memorial. After three days of burial, prepare sacrifices and repair the cemetery. At this time, the funeral etiquette came to an end.

Cliff burial mainly exists in some places in Beichuan. If a child dies before the age of three, it should be wrapped in a bee bucket or a simple wooden box and placed in a rock cave.

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history

Since 1950s, Neolithic cultural sites have been discovered in the upper reaches of Minjiang River and along Zagunao River in Wenchuan County, Jiangwei City in Weizhou County, Jianshanzhai in Lixian County and Yingpanshan in Maoxian County. Many sarcophagus tombs from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty were also found, such as the sarcophagus tombs of Cuo ji shan, Moutuo and Jiashan in Lixian.

Unearthed cultural relics include pottery, stone tools, wood, bronzes and so on. These archaeological discoveries not only show that Qiang people have lived and multiplied in today's region for a long time, but also provide new information and clues for exploring the origin of ancient culture in the upper reaches of Minjiang River.

Qiang people originated from the ancient Qiang people. The ancient Qiang nationality was famous for herding sheep, which was not only an important part of the Chinese nation, but also had a wide and far-reaching influence on the historical development of China and the formation of the Chinese nation.

"Qiang" was originally a general term for nomadic tribes living in the western part of the motherland in ancient times. Today, the Yellow River, Huangshui River, Taohe River, Datong River and the upper reaches of Minjiang River in Gansu and Qinghai are the activity centers of the ancient Qiang people. According to historical records, during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Qiang was one of its "square countries", and a leader held an official position in North Korea. Some of them live a nomadic life without a fixed place, while others are engaged in agricultural production.

The Book of Songs records: "Once upon a time, there was a soup, so I didn't dare to enjoy it, and I didn't dare to come to Jun?" , reflecting the close relationship between ancient Qiang and Yin Shang. Many records about "Qiang" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions show that Qiang people were very active on the historical stage at that time.

In the Zhou Dynasty, another Qiang species, Ginger, was closely related to Zhou, and a large number of Qiang people were integrated into China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Yi Qu State established by the Qiang people covered the present areas of Longdong, northern Shaanxi, Ningxia and the south of Hetao. It is an important force for the Central Plains countries to unify Lian Heng, and it has been at war with Qin for more than 1.7 years. Zhurong, dominated by Qiang people, was gradually annexed by Qin.

The Qiang people living in Gansu, the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Qinghai and the Huangshui River Basin are still in a state of "less food and more livestock, shooting for things". It is recorded in The Biography of Western Qiang in the Later Han Dynasty that when Gong Li was in the Qin Dynasty, the Qiang people were captured without swords and fled back to their hometown to teach them to "farm animals". From then on, the Qiang people began to have primitive agricultural production, population increase and economic development.

Since then, the Qiang people have further developed and differentiated. "The Biography of Western Qiang in the Later Han Dynasty" records: "When the great-grandson sword forbeared, Qin Xiangong was first established. Such people are attached to the south, thousands of miles west of the river bend, far from the public, and there is no more traffic. Later generations are their own species, do whatever they want, or be cattle species, Yue Qiang also; Or white horse species, Guanghan Qiang is also; Or for the wolf species, Wudu Qiang is also. " During this period, under the pressure of Qin, the Qiang people in the northwest migrated on a large scale.

Qiang people were widely distributed in Han dynasty, and there were many tribes. In order to isolate the relationship between Xiongnu and Qiang people, the Han Dynasty set up Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Wuwei counties in Hexi Corridor, established local administrative system, and set up important positions such as protecting Qiang captains to manage Qiang people's affairs. At the same time, a large number of Qiang people moved in, which were geographically divided into strong in the east and strong in the west.

Dongqiang, who entered the Central Plains, lived in the Games, mixed with the Han nationality, married and merged, engaged in agricultural production, and the private economy developed to a certain extent, gradually entering the feudal society. Most of the western Qiang people who have not entered the Central Plains are scattered in the northwest and southwest, including the Qiang people in the southern margin of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, the Faqiang people in Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, the Tangmao people, the Yak Qiang people in the southwest, the Baima Qiang people, the Qingyi Qiang people, the Shen Lang Qiang people and the Ranqiang people. Among them, Yak Qiang was originally distributed in Li Shen County, and then went south to Yue County.

Baimaqiang is mainly distributed in the northwest of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province and the south of Wudu City, Gansu Province. Qingyi Johnson lives in the area of Ya 'an City in western Sichuan today. Join the Wolf Qiang, mainly in Wudu City, Gansu Province, especially in the Bailong River area. Ranqiang is distributed in the upper reaches of Minjiang River and the vast area of northwest Sichuan. "Biography of South Manchuria and Southwest Foreigners" contains: "Ran Yi was established by Emperor Wu, thinking that Wenshan County was six years old? There are six Yi, seven Qiang and nine sides in the mountains, each with its own tribe, which shows that Qiang people occupy a large proportion in it, and the development level of various departments is very uneven, and most of them are still in the clan tribe stage.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Fu Jian of Miao nationality established the pre-Qin regime, and Yao Shi of A Qiang in Nan 'an established the post-Qin regime. The post-Qin regime was located in the south of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the north of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and ruled the Qiang people and all ethnic groups in the Central Plains for 33 years. After that, several Qiang tribes rose one after another. That is, Dangchang Qiang in Longnan, the junction of Sichuan and Gansu, and Deng to Qiang in the upper reaches of Minjiang River have existed for more than 140 years. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, most Qiang people in the north have basically integrated into the Han nationality.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Qiang tribes living in Gan Qing and the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau included Dangxiang, Dongnv, Bailan, Xishan Eight Countries, Baigou and Guo Fu, among which Xishan Eight Countries were collectively referred to as the mountainous departments in the west of Chengdu Plain and the upper reaches of Minjiang River. They are between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Tubo forces. Some were assimilated by Tubo, some were attached to the original dynasty, or assimilated by Han nationality, or survived in the cracks, which were preserved and developed independently in the long-term uncertain situation of Tang and Fan.

After the Song Dynasty, some Qiang people who moved south and Xishan Qiang people developed into Tibetan and Burmese people, and some developed into today's Qiang people. According to the widely circulated narrative poem "Qiang War", in ancient times, the Qiang people lived in the northwest prairie and were forced to move westward and southward due to war and natural disasters. A Qiang people who went south met a powerful "Geji".

When the two sides were at war, the Qiang people were preparing to abandon their land and go far away, but they were inspired by God in their dreams. They tied wool around their necks as a symbol and used hard dolomite and wooden sticks as weapons to defeat the "Geji people". Finally, they were able to live and work in peace and contentment and were scattered to nine places. This legend reflects the migration history of Qiang people, and confirms the origin of Qiang people by combining historical documents and archaeological materials.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, some Qiang people moved from Sichuan to Tongren, Guizhou, and the distribution pattern of Qiang people basically took shape.

After 1840, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. Like other ethnic groups in China, the Qiang people are also faced with imperialist aggression and exploitation and oppression by the feudal ruling class. To this end, the Qiang people, together with other nationalities, fought bravely and unyieldingly against imperialism, reactionary government and feudal ruling class and made their own contributions to the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation.

184 1 During the Opium War, Qiang, Tibetan, Yi and other ethnic groups formed an army of 2,000 people and went to the front line in Zhejiang, which dealt a heavy blow to the British invaders in the Zhenhai Campaign in Ningbo. 1894, a remnant chieftain named Kun exploited his own people by virtue of feudal privileges in Qiang areas, which aroused strong opposition from more than 70 Qiang people in Hei Hu Zhai and other places.

They unanimously listed 23 counts of crimes of Kun Tusi to the Qing government, fought face to face with the remnants of feudal Tusi, and finally forced the Qing Dynasty to "take off its top hat and hand it over to the state for inspection". 1905, the Qing dynasty set up an "official salt shop" in Maozhou to specialize in salt and profit from it, which aroused the armed resistance of the Qiang people and forced the Qing government to announce the cancellation of the "official salt shop" and allow salt to be bought and sold freely.

192 1 year, after the birth of China * * * Production Party, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle of Qiang people entered a new historical stage. The Qiang people in Jiashanzhai, Tonghua Township, Lixian County, in order to resist the excessive taxes and levies of the Kuomintang government, ganged up and killed the head of the evil group. From 1924 to 1926, the Tibetan and Qiang people in Lixian rebelled against the oppression of feudal warlords. More than 2,000 people captured Lixian and attacked Wenchuan, Maoxian and Songpan. This struggle lasted for three years and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Kuomintang reactionaries.

During the period of 1935, the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants passed through the Qiang area on the Long March. Under the leadership of the Party, the Qiang people established the revolutionary regime of workers and peasants and launched a vigorous agrarian revolution. They love the people's army and actively join it. More than 1000 people in Maoxian alone participated in the Red Army's northward anti-Japanese war, and tens of thousands of migrant workers provided logistical support for the Red Army. After the Red Army went north to resist Japan, the Kuomintang made a comeback and practiced white terror rule in the Qiang area. The Qiang people, tempered by the revolution, continue their heroic and unyielding struggle against the reactionaries.

From 65438 to 0942, "Maobei Incident" broke out in Maoxian County. In the name of "shoveling cigarettes", Maoxian District Commissioner and county magistrate sent troops to ransack some villages in Xiling Township, Maoxian North Road, causing strong indignation among local Qiang and Han people. They wiped out the security squadron that went to search, took advantage of the situation to attack Maoxian, defeated the Kuomintang troops guarding the city and surrounded the county seat. Although this struggle finally failed because of the buy-off and division of the Kuomintang, the momentum of the struggle gave the enemy a powerful blow and showed the indomitable revolutionary struggle spirit of the Qiang people.

From 65438 to 0947, the Qiang people in Longping and Sanqi townships of Maoxian county set off another armed uprising, which was called "Longping Incident". The incident originated from the contradiction between the Kuomintang government and some of the upper ruling classes of the Qiang people, and later developed into an armed uprising of the Qiang people against the Kuomintang rule. This struggle eventually failed because of the betrayal of the Qiang ruling class, but it once again showed the great strength of the people.

References:

Qiang _ Baidu Encyclopedia

The Origin, History and Culture of Qiang Nationality

1. In the Qiang calendar year, the Qiang language called "Rimai Festival" and "Japan, America and Kyrgyzstan", meaning "Qiang calendar New Year", "off-year" and "Harvest Festival". It is the most solemn festival for Qiang people to celebrate harvest, send blessings and pray for peace in a year.

2. Large-scale activities have procedures of gratitude, blessing and auspicious celebration.

3. The time is the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, usually three to five days, and some villages have to wait until the tenth day of October.

4. "Qiang calendar year" is mainly distributed in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province and Maoxian, Songpan, Wenchuan, Lixian and other Qiang inhabited areas of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

In 2006, the Year of Qiang was listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.

6. In June 2008, the Year of Qiang was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Composition of Qiang nationality's customs over the years

The Qiang people in Beichuan worship gods. There are more than 30 kinds of gods they believe in, which can be roughly divided into four categories; One is the god of nature, that is, the sun god and the mountain god.

Livestock gods such as land gods, Vulcan gods and sheep gods; The second is the family god, that is, the horn god, and in some places there is also the daughter-in-law god; Third, the gods of labor technology, such as pillar gods, masons, masons' wives, blacksmiths and carpenters. Fourth, the land god, in some villages, has its own village god, some dogs, some sheep. Among the gods, the God of Heaven and the God of the Sun are the noblest. They are the gods who dominate everything, protect people and animals and give people light and warmth. In the early morning and near dusk, Qiang people burned incense and cypress branches for sacrifice. Mountain gods, tree gods and sheep gods are also worshipped. Mountain gods ensure peace, and a grand mountain god sacrifice ceremony is held every year; Tree gods can protect the gods and protect the safety of people entering the forest. Qiang people strictly protect sacred forests and sacred trees, and should make sacrifices on schedule. The sacred forests in Wushang Village, Qingpian Township, our county, and the sacred trees in towns such as Taihong, Baini, Duba and Guanling are so tall and lush that the Qiang people envy them. Qiang people are still white, "white is good" and worship Baishi. Therefore, the gods they believe in, except Vulcan, which symbolizes the pot village, the tree god, the sacred forest and the sacred tree, and the sheep god, which symbolizes the two horns, are all symbolized by white stones. The gods represented by the white stone are different from the places of worship. For example, the white stone on the small tower and roof is the god of the sun, the white stone on the mountain is the god of the mountain, and the white stone in the corner of the main house is the god of the family. old days

When visiting relatives and friends, Baishi is often given as the most precious gift. The interaction between Qiang people and God is

, Qiang language is called "Xu"

"Abaxi" or "Abaxi" is also called "Zhe" by the Qiang people in the Duba River Basin. Only men are allowed to serve, and they are not divorced from agricultural production. Divided into upper altar, middle altar and lower altar. Go to the altar to deal with God, do not kill sacrifices, and preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to God; China and Tanzania deal with people; Go down to the altar to deal with ghosts and gods, kill pests, summon spirits, send ghosts, and kill animals yourself. The utensils used are monkey skin hat, monkey head, sheepskin drum, magic stick, knife, token, gong, bronze mirror, bronze seal, claw-claw, animal tooth-claw and so on. , are regarded as extremely sacred items, especially the monkey skin hat and the monkey head, and no one is allowed to touch or touch them. Besides Buddhist scriptures and incantations, Qiang people's witchcraft also includes divination, sending ghosts, stepping on red pots, licking their heads, spitting oil and fire, and washing their faces with charcoal fire. Most Qiang people have certain historical knowledge and social experience. They are the inheritors of Qiang culture and have high prestige among the masses. " Sacrificing to the mountain is an oath and a call. "

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This is what he did to bury his relatives. Qiang culture has a long history. In ancient times, the Geji people in Beichuan and the Tangut Qiang people who moved south from the northwest prairie achieved great integration and became the ancestors of today's Qiang people. The ancient Qiang people were industrious, intelligent, brave and good at singing and dancing, which became a glorious page in the history of Qiang people. Most of the houses of the ancient Qiang people in Beichuan are "everyone lives in the mountain" and "stone is the house". Their house is made of local materials and made of a slate, which is called "stone"

",both residential and defensive functions, modern and modern, gradually changed to wood structure, among which

The most distinctive. Qiang

The basic colors are mainly blue, blue and white. Both men and women have worn knee robes, belts, collars, sleeves and trousers, embroidered with patterns. Its diet takes local corn, buckwheat, highland barley, wheat, potatoes and other miscellaneous grains as food and likes to drink.

Folk meals and snacks are necessary. Qiang people can sing and dance well, and the folk songs they sing include love songs, bitter songs and festive songs.

, wine songs, folk songs, etc. Salang is the most popular dance of the Qiang people, and the first day of the tenth lunar month is the New Year of the Qiang people.

It is the most solemn festival of the Qiang people, often held in the harvest season, to sacrifice sheep to the mountains and pray for blessing. Johnny,

Sheepskin drum and suona are common musical instruments used by Qiang people in festive occasions. Qiang people believe in more than 30 kinds of gods, many of which are symbolized by white stone, and at the same time, they respect Dayu as a god. This is the material. You can write an argumentative essay by changing some parts.

1. In the Qiang calendar year, the Qiang language called "Rimai Festival" and "Japan, the United States and Kyrgyzstan", which means "Qiang calendar new year", "off-year" and "harvest festival", which is the most solemn festival for the Qiang people to celebrate the harvest, send blessings and pray for peace in a year. Large-scale activities have procedures of gratitude, blessing and auspicious celebration. The time is the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, usually three to five days, and some villages have to wait until the tenth day of October. "Qiang calendar year" is mainly distributed in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province and Maoxian, Songpan, Wenchuan, Lixian and other Qiang inhabited areas of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

2. In 2006, the Qiang people were listed as the first intangible cultural heritage by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. In June 2008, "Qiang Year" was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The customs of Qiang nationality over the years are brief.

Qiang people first used the solar calendar to calculate the years and months. In the Qin Dynasty, the solar calendar was changed to the lunar calendar. It is said that before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Qiang people had this custom. The reputation of the original religion of the Qiang people, the classic Mu Zhu Jie, has been inherited.

On the morning of New Year's Day, the owner will reward the hard-working cattle and horses with the best feed. From this day on, I used to herd cattle, horses and sheep, even if I went to the fields to eat the crops that lazy people didn't harvest, I didn't need compensation.

Sacrifice is the most important activity of Qiang nationality over the years, and villagers in Zhaishang dress up to participate, during which labor stops. Due to different geographical branches, sacrificial ceremonies are similar. Many cattle and sheep are sacrificed to God, while small livestock made of flour are sacrificed to God and ancestors. Some villages offer sacrifices to mountain gods. Each family sent people to make flour sacrifices. When the drums sounded in the sacred forest and the ribbons of the staff waved violently, Duan Gong's jumping spirit brought the villagers into an atmosphere of solemnity, piety and expectation. When slaughtering sheep, cold water is sprayed on the sheep's head, and the sheep's head keeps swinging, indicating that the mountain god has received it and can kill it; Don't wave, dare not kill. Sheep blood is sprinkled in front of the altar, and the sheep head worships the mountain god. God-fearing meat will be distributed to families and taken back to enjoy. After the trance, the representatives of each household sat around the sacred forest, eating cooked mutton and mixed mutton and drinking heavily.

In some villages, if no adults die that year, white auspicious symbols will be painted on the walls to celebrate the prosperity of people and animals and the bumper harvest of crops. After the sacrificial ceremony, young men and old people in the village gathered together to form a celebration team, singing and dancing to congratulate every household, and the old people took the lead in singing, and everyone sang festive songs. Others gather on the stockade dam, jump in Shalang and Guocun, and drink and drink. There are also invited families dancing and singing around the fire pond in Pot Village. Over the years, the Qiang people have celebrated auspicious days for as few as two or three days and as many as six or seven days. Due to historical reasons, the Qiang people have been wiped out by far-left dust and smoke over the years. 1988 10, issued by Aba Prefecture People's Government Office "

During the Chinese New Year, no matter where you go, the host will entertain guests with fat but not greasy pork belly and potato cakes, and advise them to drink wine or white wine, which is warm enough to appreciate the Qiang ancient style of "it's a pleasure to have friends from afar". 1995 During the Spring Festival, the author saw the custom of the elderly sending cakes to the younger generation in Qiangzhai, Heihu Township, Mao County. I was even more fortunate to meet "Tiaojia" in Qiangzhai Village, Liu Yang Village, Taiping, on the 15th of the New Year's Day. It is said that this activity was held after three years of bumper harvest and no adults died. Jumping armour is an ancient collective dance of Qiang people. The Qiang villagers dressed in costumes showed the charm of the ancient Qiang traditional culture with radical dance, which made people feel the richness of the Qiang traditional customs and festivals, and even more immersed in the mellow and rich human feelings.