What festival is June 6th? June 6th is a festival for the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities.

June 6th is a traditional festival for Han and Buyi people.

Due to different living areas, the dates of festivals are not uniform. Han and some Buyi areas celebrate festivals on June 6th, which is called June 6th. Some Buyi areas celebrate the New Year on June 16 or June 26th of the lunar calendar, which is called June Street or June Bridge.

Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, in the village where Buyi people live, every household will slaughter cows and pigs, kill chickens, and wrap jiaozi to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. After that, the family drank to their heart's content. Celebrate the traditional festivals handed down from generation to generation by Buyi people.

Han nationality: It's hot in dog days. After the summer solstice, it coincides with the solar terms in summer and summer, and the temperature rises, sometimes as high as 40℃, which has exceeded the body temperature of people and animals. Liu Xi of the Han Dynasty said, "It's hot in summer, and cooking is as hot as cooking. After a few days, centering on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, there are many folk customs in old Beijing: bathing, drying things, washing elephants, drying scrolls, enjoying lotus flowers, watching valley shows and so on. On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, people call it "washing and drying festival".

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the sixth day of the sixth lunar month was still the legal "elephant washing day". At that time, in order to show his majesty, the emperor put on a huge guard of honor composed of chariots, horses, drums and umbrellas. Elephants are indispensable members in every grand celebration.

Every year on June 6th, if it happens to be sunny, all the horses in the palace will be displayed and exposed to the sun, as well as the imperial history, palace archives, memoirs, imperial treasures and so on. It will also be put in the yard for ventilation and drying. At that time, this day was also called "Hanging Scripture Festival", and temples and Taoist temples all over the country held "Hanging Scripture Meetings" on this day to take out all the stored scriptures and dry them to prevent them from getting wet and being bitten by insects and rats.

Folk sedan chair shops, clothing evaluation shops, leather goods shops, second-hand bookstores, calligraphy and painting shops, pharmacies and various shops all need to dry all kinds of goods. People in cities and rural areas should dry clothes and bedding. There is a saying in the folk proverb: "On June 6th, every family basks in red and green", and "red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. During the Qing Dynasty, all residents in Beijing rummaged through their chests on the sixth day of June, and took out their clothes, shoes, hats and bedding to dry. Therefore, some places call it "washing clothes festival" or "sunbathing".

In Chengbu Miao Township, June 6th is designated as the "Folk Song Festival" every year, and a folk song meeting and competition will be held. On this day every year, Miao, Dong, Yao and other ethnic compatriots in the township are dressed in festive costumes, happily participating in folk songs and singing loudly. There are also various ways to sing, such as solo, duet, chorus, or cappella, or ask your partner to play Konoha, Lusheng and Huqin to accompany you, and sometimes perform other cultural programs.