Zhuang festival

Spring Festival; the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

The Spring Festival is the heaviest festival. After the sumptuous dinner on New Year's Eve, people will keep watch around the fireplace. As soon as midnight arrives, people immediately burn incense and light candles, and offer sacrifices such as pork, whole chicken, zongzi, glutinous rice balls and rice wine on the altar. The children set off firecrackers. In many places, Zhuang women immediately take buckets or bamboo tubes to play "new water" in springs and rivers for good luck. The men ran to the temple fair with lanterns to burn incense and paper. Some places opened the door, and the family gathered in the yard to pay homage to the East, wishing: "Oriental Italy is profitable every year, and this year is even better than last year!"

On the first day of junior high school, strongmen in most places don't visit. People eat glutinous rice balls during the day and meat dishes for dinner, thinking that this can eliminate disasters and get sick. There are many taboos in senior one. It is forbidden to say unlucky things on this day. It is forbidden to use scissors, for fear of Chinese New Year, family members will talk eloquently and swear; Don't sweep the floor for fear of losing money. You are not allowed to take things outside the dry bus, and you are not allowed to lend things to others for fear of the outflow of family wealth. In some places, it is forbidden to beat gongs and drums for fear of disturbing ghosts and gods, but in some places, you can beat a man's tall cowhide drum, and you can hear it clearly for dozens of miles around. In many places, from the first day to the fifth day, a piece of hardwood has to be burned in the stove, which means that children and grandchildren will grow up and fireworks will continue. Killing is not allowed on this day. Pigs, chickens and ducks must be cleaned up a few days before the Chinese New Year for sacrifice and eating.

Zhuang people do not bow down, bow down and shake hands, but fully express holiday greetings through language and rich expressions. When people meet in the village or on the road, they will congratulate each other "Congratulations on getting rich".

From the second day of junior high school, relatives and friends began to visit each other. Especially a married daughter. Bring a few pounds of meat, chickens and ducks and other gifts, and go back to my parents' home for the New Year with my husband and children. The married sisters took this opportunity to get together and say goodbye.

According to the usual concept, the whole first month belongs to a festival. Therefore, the Zhuang people in Wenshan, Yunnan Province will play the bronze drums in January and dance for a month. Others are in beautiful rivers and valleys, where young people hold songs or lion dances, play in the hall, listen to Zhuang opera, and so on. Cultural and recreational activities are rich and colorful, and people are immersed in the festive atmosphere.

Horse monster festival

This is an ancient festival spread in Donglan and Fengshan areas along the Hongshui River. Every year, from the first day of the first month, it takes one month to go through three stages: finding beggars, filial piety, accompanying beggars and burying beggars. There are two stories about this festival, one of which is that a long time ago, my son ate Laozi and killed his mother for the New Year. Later, Lin Dong, who was filial to his parents, tried to kill his parents, but he wouldn't let him. He doesn't eat other people's parents' meat either. Then my mother died. He used a coffin to wake up. Outside the house, the grasshopper ignored Lin Dong's sadness, which made people upset. In a rage, Lin Dong watered the grasshopper with boiling water, which caused great disaster. The earth broke frogs, the sun was as red as fire, and the earth cracked because of drought. Later, Buluotuo and Mrojia said that Ma Huai was not a mortal thing. She is the heavenly daughter of Leipo in the sky. As soon as she was called a genius, she had to accompany the crime and invited Ma Huai back to the village for the New Year. This is the origin of Ma Huai Festival. Another story says that Ma Guai, the son of King Lei, was sent to earth as an angel. As soon as he was called King Lei, it rained on the world, so people were very grateful to him and mourned his death, such as paying tribute to Kao Cong. These legends are all related to the fact that Mai Dui is a totem of Zhuang nationality.

March 3 rd festival

March 3rd is Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it is also the Song Festival of Zhuang people. Tomb-Sweeping Day was influenced by the Han nationality. However, some strong people sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day on March 13, 14 and 26, which is very different from Han nationality. Strong people attach great importance to offering sacrifices to sweep graves, so the whole family will go out and bring colorful boards, meat, incense and paper banners to worship the ancestral graves. In Shan Ye, firecrackers came from time to time and lasted for a long time. There are white spirits floating on the hills, forests and bamboo poles at the top of graves, creating a mysterious and solemn atmosphere. According to Zhuang custom, offerings must be eaten in the wild, and some places will be thrown away. Superstition believes that bringing it home will invite ghosts into the door.

In many places, grand song parties are held at the same time for the March 3 rd song party. In recent years, the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has designated this day as a festival for the Zhuang people. The first Song Festival was held in Nanning from 65438 to 0984. More than 700 singers from various counties performed on stage, making Tancheng a sea of singing and dancing in March. Even foreign friends have traveled across the ocean to share the joy of the festival with the Zhuang people. During this period, there are often superstitious activities such as offering sacrifices to gods and playing tricks. But more attractive are fireworks, acting, acrobatics, martial arts performances, dancing colorful dragons, dancing Cai Feng, singing tea-picking poems and other colorful entertainment activities. In recent years, new plays, movies and ball games have been added. However, most of the attention of young men and women is not in this respect, but in how to find the right partner through the concert.

Niuhun Festival

On the eighth day of April every year, it is the festival of cattle soul, also called the festival of taking off the yoke. In the eyes of the strong, cows are sacred objects in the sky, not ordinary animals on the ground. There is a story that it was born in the sky on the eighth day of April, so that day was the birthday of Niu Wang. At the beginning, because the rocks on the land were exposed, the loess could not see the edge, and the air was filled with dust, which seriously affected human life. King Niu was ordered to descend from the sky and come to earth to sow grass plants. Originally, it was planned to sow grass seeds in three steps, but as a result, the lake was sown three times at a time, which led to overgrown weeds and occupied Tian He. Therefore, he was punished to stay on the earth and eat grass. But god has not forgotten. On the eighth day of April every year, Niu Wangmo falls from the sky to protect cows from death, because it is a festival for cows. On this day, people and cows stop working. The host soaked the steamed rice with glutinous rice in the maple leaf, and then pinched a ball for the cow to eat first. There is a small low table outside the cowshed, on which offerings are placed and incense sticks are lit to worship Niu Wangmo. People also sing folk songs and colorful tunes to celebrate the birthday of cows.

A golden knot

The second day of June every year is King's Day, which commemorates Mo Yi, a Zhuang hero who dared to resist the feudal emperor. Zhuang people on both sides of Liujiang River and Longjiang River regard him as their ancestor, and his god position is written on the shrine. June 2 is a small sacrifice every year, and a big sacrifice every six years. The small sacrifice is to kill chickens and ducks and burn incense, asking him to bless the strong family. The big sacrifice is very grand, and a grand ceremony will be held at King's Temple in Mo Yi. There are two animals for sacrifice, namely a pig and a cow. The method of sacrifice is also very special. The twelve dishes should use different parts of pigs and cows, such as meat, bones, liver and intestines, and they are indispensable. You can't cook twelve dishes at once and put them on the altar at the same time. Instead, you can send one at a time. When the twelve dishes are ready, you can burn paper and salute. After the sacrifice, each dish was divided according to the number of households in the village, and one person from each household attended the dinner.

Ghosts'Festival

July 14 to 16 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival. This is a big festival for the strong, second only to the Spring Festival. There has been a festive atmosphere since the seventh day of July. July 7th is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet. Influenced by the Han nationality, the Zhuang people are also very sympathetic to the couple who rarely meet each other. However, the Zhuang people also have another saying that today is the day when fairies take a bath, and it is especially good to dye cloth, make vinegar and boil medicine with water. Therefore, at noon, every household ran to the river or the mountain spring to fetch water. In some places, the seventh day is regarded as Daughter's Day. Instead of crossing the magpie bridge to find her husband like the Weaver Girl, the married daughter left her husband's family and returned to her mother's arms.

After the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people make goods for the Mid-Autumn Festival and are busy snapping up incense sticks and ghost paper. When the festival comes, every household kills chickens, ducks and pigs, which is a festive atmosphere. In some places, from the seventh day of the seventh year, fresh bamboo shoots are boiled in water to welcome their ancestors. 14, the big festival began, and the table was filled with pork, whole chicken, whole duck, rice noodles, cakes, Ciba and glutinous rice until 16. Before each meal, the offerings should be heated and sacrificed to the ancestors before meals can be served. There is a big paper bag under the altar, which contains ghost clothes and paper money cut with blue, white and purple paper. Burn some at every sacrifice. After burning, wrap the ashes with banana leaves, taro or lotus leaves. 16 was wrapped into two big bags when it was burned for the last time. An old man wore a bamboo hat and carried it to the river with a bamboo stick to let it rise and fall on the water. Some people also burn paper boats, paper horses and paper houses, so that their ancestors can return home with full loads.

Frost's descent festival

The first first frost Festival is a festival to commemorate the heroine Cen Yuyin who fought against foreign aggression. It has a history of more than 360 years. This festival is popular in Xia Lei, Lei Ping and Bao Xu in daxin county, but its influence extends to Tiandeng, Jingxi and Debao counties. In the early morning of sunset, people gathered in Yuyin Temple with Ciba, glutinous rice, meat and incense. In the Qing Dynasty, not only the people offered sacrifices, but also state officials dressed in official uniforms led the people to bow down and pay homage. Not provided after 1949. But the commemorative activities are still very enthusiastic, including performances, singing folk songs, lion dancing and so on.

Taiwang steet

The festival of Zhuang nationality in Wang Tai is on the evening of July 20th in the lunar calendar. The old man used the moon to predict the climate in the second half of the year, such as sunny and bright moon, favorable weather in the second half of the year and drought in Yun Zheyue. Festival songs, don't have fun. Young couples can help each other when they join the concert, but the wife can't sing each other, and the husband can help return the song at any time. If the husband can't sing the other side, the wife can also play. When singing, both men and women have a lead singer, and the next audience can participate in one of them at will.

Cloth drying department

On the second day of the second lunar month, Zhuang women take out self-woven and self-dyed cloth from the cupboard and display it on the terrace, even in the fields. After hanging the cloth, the girls dressed up carefully. The boys also put on new holiday clothes and marched around the village looking for girls with more cloth, good quality and good craftsmanship. Folklore: Buluotuo, the creator of Zhuang nationality, let the sun emit a strong flame and spread pesticides on this day. On this day, the cloth is dry, and the insects do not eat, mold or fade.

Flower Festival

The second day of the second lunar month is the flower festival of Zhuang nationality. The festival is held in a place with tall kapok trees. Young men and women came from all directions. They are dressed in national costumes, including colorful glutinous rice, rice cakes or zongzi, as well as headscarves, thousands of new shoes and other gifts for lovers, especially hydrangeas. People gather among the green trees in groups of three and five, singing folk songs, praising couples, each other, seeking love, and praising the beauty and cleanliness of Baihua Fairy. Singing deeply, hydrangea flew to his sweetheart. At sunset, according to traditional customs, people throw hydrangeas at tall kapok branches from all directions. After throwing, colorful balls piled up on the kapok tree, just like a fairy's neon skirt. People pray for the happiness of Baihua Fairy in this way.

Danu Festival

May 26th to 29th of the lunar calendar. From the 26th, every family worships their ancestors. Make an altar of rice wine and seal it next to the incense burner. The prayer says this is for Milo, and there must be three taels of jute in the sacrifice. In the dead of night, the housewife quietly wrapped the zongzi so that no one could see it. When it was done, she called her family to eat. On the 27th, the old man shot birds. Twenty-eight slaughter pigs and sheep, interact with friends, and sing wine songs on bronze drums. On the 29th, men and women in the village gathered together, carrying meat and wine, and singing and feasting on the top of the mountain with bronze drums. Men and women sing and play drums, middle-aged and elderly people drink and recite "Laughing at Wine", and children set off firecrackers to learn to play drums. And horse racing and archery.