? The Spring Festival custom of Zhuang nationality is unique. Why do they dance with chickens and cows?

It is auspicious for Zhuang people to jump chicken and cow during the Spring Festival. The chickens and cows here are not real cows. Fifty-six ethnic groups in China can have the custom of fifty-six Spring Festival, and Zhuang people may pay more attention to the Spring Festival than Han people. Zhuang people are simple and kind. They believe that dancing chickens and cows can bring good luck, and they can also pray for the prosperity of six kinds of animals. They will carry water during the Spring Festival, because they believe that the Spring Festival is the first day of the new year, and the water on the first day is the cleanest, so it will bring good luck to their families.

The dancing chicken is made of wood, not a real chicken. Teenagers who dance chicken dance carry it from door to door to send New Year greetings. Teenagers who jump chickens will sing festive songs, and the blessed family will pull a few chicken feathers from this wooden chicken and put them in their own chicken cages. This process is to hope that the six animals will flourish in the new year. This is really an interesting and meaningful custom. I think few people who jump chickens can send blessings from door to door, but the Zhuang people have continued this custom.

The dancing cow is made of bamboo, and then it looks like a cow wrapped in cloth. Someone leads it from house to house to pay New Year greetings. You can't do the cow dance alone. Generally, one person leads the cow, one person drives the cow, and several people sing around. It's very lively, and cows will bring good luck wherever they go. This custom really adds a lot of excitement and joy to the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, Zhuang people will eat zongzi and cook colorful rice on New Year's Eve, which indicates that there will be a bumper harvest in the coming year and every household will have surplus grain.

On New Year's Day, Zhuang people will carry water, and Zhuang women will add brown sugar to the water they pick on this day. This becomes? Smart water? You can become smart after drinking it, and you may meet someone next year. In a word, the Zhuang people really enjoy the Spring Festival, which is very full, which also reflects the excellent quality of the Zhuang people's hard work. I hope that the beautiful customs can be passed down all the time.