Traditional festivals of Zhuang nationality

There are many festivals in Zhuang nationality, such as Spring Festival, Gewei Festival "March 3rd" and Cooking Festival.

-Spring Festival?

Mature? That is, Zhuang's New Year. Time is one month earlier than Han nationality. In the past, every year on November 30 of the lunar calendar, every family slaughtered pigs and sheep, worshipped their ancestors, and went to the village to worship the society and welcome the new year. In the past, there was also a festival to welcome the New Year on August 1st. The music history of the Song Dynasty, Taiping Yuhuan Ji, records: "Tengzhou customs do not know the age, and only the days in August (that is, around October) are used as wax, and the old and the young celebrate each other as the year." The Zhuang people harvest rice in August as a New Year's festival, which is different from the Spring Festival of the Han people and is called "vulgar but not knowing the age". ?

Although the Spring Festival of Zhuang nationality is influenced by the Spring Festival of Han nationality, the form and content of its activities have the characteristics of its own nation. Before the Song Dynasty, festivals in all parts of Zhuang nationality were determined according to the cycle of agricultural production. Since the Ming Dynasty, most areas have gradually adopted the Lunar Festival. The activities of the Zhuang people to welcome the New Year are roughly the same as those of the Han people. From the first day to the fifteenth day, on the fifteenth day, every household eats "Mother Zongzi" (extra-large Zongzi) specially prepared for their ancestors, which means that the New Year holiday is over. In some areas, the Chinese New Year is extended to the end of the month. A small sacrifice made of Pulsatilla or wormwood mixed with glutinous rice (commonly known as "Alba") is the end of the annual celebration, and some festivals are postponed to the second day of February. Therefore, the whole first month is usually regarded as the Spring Festival celebration period, which is called "Celebrating the First Month" and "Eating the First Month". The Zhuang language "the first month" is synonymous with the Spring Festival.

Second, Gewei Festival

March Song Festival: The third day of the third lunar month, also known as "March Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. There are several regular folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year, such as the 15th day of the first month, the 3rd day of March, the 8th day of April and the 15th day of August, among which the 3rd day of March is the most grand. On this day, every household will cook colorful glutinous rice, color eggs and celebrate festivals. Songs usually last for two or three days at a time and are located in an open space not far from the village. Bamboo and cloth were used to build a singing studio to receive singers from other villages. Duets are mainly composed of unmarried young men and women, but old people and children come to watch and entertain. There are one or two thousand people in the small song fair and tens of thousands in the big one. Beside Ge Wei, vendors gather and folk trade is active. The people nearby provided accommodation for those who came to arrest Ge Wei, and they were warmly received whether they knew him or not. A large-scale song concert was attended by dozens of young men and women in Fiona Fang, with a sea of people and songs, which was really lively. Qiao Ye has always been a big song fair in Tianyang County. People go to song parties to compete and enjoy songs; Young men and women sing, and if they hit it off with each other, they give each other tokens as tokens of their love. In addition, there are interesting activities such as throwing hydrangeas and touching eggs. Throwing hydrangeas is mainly for entertainment, but also as a symbol of love. The girl took a fancy to a young man and threw the hydrangea to him. Touching eggs is for mutual fun, and it is also a promise. The Song Festival is a grand gathering of people's trade and national culture. 1985, the district people's government designated March 3rd as Guangxi National Arts Festival. ?

Third, hearth festival, New Year's Eve.

Cooking Festival:1February 23rd is a traditional festival for the Zhuang people to sacrifice to the Kitchen God, aiming at sending the Kitchen God to heaven. It is believed that the kitchen god manages the fire for the farmers' kitchen stoves all the year round, which is bitter and dirty. From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the first day of the first month of the following year, farmers gave the kitchen god a seven-day holiday, gave Chen a farewell dinner, and posted a small couplet at the mouth of the kitchen stove: "Heaven is good, and it is authentic and auspicious". This means going to heaven, putting in a good word for your family and praying for prosperity and happiness. ?

New Year's Eve: Also known as New Year's Eve, that is, the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, is the busiest and most lively festival of the Zhuang people in a year. Every household kills pigs, makes zongzi, makes rice cakes, sews new clothes and sticks Spring Festival couplets. In the evening, pig's head, capon and fruit were solemnly offered to ancestors. Adults stand guard around the fire on new year's eve; Children like their games and stay up all night. Every household hangs firecrackers in front of the door, and the chickens are released as soon as they crow. It is most auspicious to set off firecrackers at the first crow, commonly known as "pressing the chicken's mouth." And offer sacrifices by the fire to welcome the kitchen god back. After that, each chicken will crow again and set off firecrackers until dawn.