Famous festivals of ethnic minorities

Horse milk festival is a traditional Mongolian festival, mainly drinking horse milk wine. Popular in Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia and some pastoral areas in Erdos. Usually held in late August of the lunar calendar, the date is not fixed and lasts for one day.

In order to celebrate the bumper harvest and bless each other, besides preparing enough kumiss, we also treat guests with "hand-grilled meat", hold horse racing activities, invite folk singers to sing greetings, and present gifts to the elderly of Mongolian medicine. It is said that Nadam Festival originated from this.

2. Korea: Return to the Wedding Festival

Xi 'an people advocate etiquette and pay attention to festivals. On New Year's Day and festive days, they will have a big feast. At that time, a cooked cock will be put on the table first, and a red pepper will be in the cock's mouth. The traditional dishes of the banquet are not only various, but also exquisite and gorgeous, and many foods should be made into birds and animals.

Its festivals are basically the same as those of the Han nationality. In addition, there are three family festivals, namely, the first anniversary of the baby's birth, Jiahui Festival (60th birthday) and Wedding Festival. Wedding Festival, also known as Wedding Festival, is the 60th anniversary of marriage. On this day, children, relatives and friends, and neighbors all express their blessings to the elderly. The wedding festival is more lively than the wedding.

3. Miao nationality: Drum Festival

Traditional Miao festivals are popular in today's Rongshui County of Miao Autonomous Region and Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of Guangxi, and they are called "xi Niu" in Miao language. Once every thirteen years, the drum is one foot three feet long; This festival is held every three years and plays a five-foot drum. No matter the big festival or the small festival, we played for three days and nights every time.

When the owner of a village holds a drum festival, people of all ethnic groups, relatives and friends in nearby villages eat drums, which is called "Nuniu" in Miao language. The lunar calendar is held for one day in October. Festival activities are centered on ancestor worship and sponsored by the first or second activity recommended by the people.

4. Yao nationality: Wang Pan Festival

Wang Pan Festival is an important festival to worship the ancestors of Pangu, Pan Geng and Pan Hu, and people at home and abroad attach great importance to this national memorial ceremony. Initiated by the Pan Shi family, it has become the biggest festival of King Pan in China. Every year on October 16th of the lunar calendar, all men, women and children who sacrifice festivals should wear their own national costumes and get together to sing and dance to celebrate Panwang Festival.

The songs they sing are music songs adapted from Song of Pan Wang (which will be introduced in detail below); Dance is a group dance in which each person holds a long drum about 80 cm long, usually in groups of two or two. About Wang Pan Festival, Wang Pan Song and Long Drum Dance, they all have a long history.

5. Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu: Torch Festival.

Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, which has profound folk culture connotation and is called "Carnival of the East".

Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.

Extended data:

National festivals refer to some festivals handed down by ethnic minorities in China due to historical and cultural factors. Some festivals of ethnic minorities have also been passed down through the ages because of some legends.

References:

National festivals? Baidu baike